a challenge

Oh, what a shame; not a month ago I gave away my (what I consider to be)
my worst quilt to someone who loved it anyway! I might have a photo of
it somewhere. Then there is my 'kept for showing errors' log cabin
miniature. I'll see if I can rustle something up. It is a good idea
Jessamy. These wouldn't be my first ones, but when I started
experimenting more (my first ones - a slightly un-matched pair - were
actually quite nice!)
..
In message , Jessamy
writes
It occurred to me today (while I had a house full of visitors) that it might
be really intimidating for a person to introduce themselves into a room full
of strangers at a social event and that usually the hostess would do some
intro's and make sure that the person is looked after and happy.

In a group such as ours we don't have a hostess to do such things so it
might be that some people are lurking in the background wanting to share but
being a tad too intimidated by all the amazing stuff people in this group
produce.

so my challenge is to all the hotshots out there (g) instead of showing us
your successes can you show us a disaster too? or your first quilt,
mismatched fabrics, wonky seams and all?

in fact can *everyone* not only the oldies and regulars but the newbies and
lurkers too share their first quilt photo's? project size isn't a
requirement here just what ever it was that you quilted first :-)

I'll go off and see if my camera has enough battery left to show you mine
:-)


--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

Mine is going to have to wait until we return home. I made a "Storm at Sea"
wallhanging in rusts and beiges, using a cardboard template enlarged from a
magazine article. Cut with scissors and machine stitched, and amazingly,
none of the triangle seams matched!

--
Susan in Zephyrhills FL

http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston
"Jessamy" wrote in message
...
It occurred to me today (while I had a house full of visitors) that it
might
be really intimidating for a person to introduce themselves into a room
full
of strangers at a social event and that usually the hostess would do some
intro's and make sure that the person is looked after and happy.

In a group such as ours we don't have a hostess to do such things so it
might be that some people are lurking in the background wanting to share
but
being a tad too intimidated by all the amazing stuff people in this group
produce.

so my challenge is to all the hotshots out there (g) instead of showing
us
your successes can you show us a disaster too? or your first quilt,
mismatched fabrics, wonky seams and all?

in fact can *everyone* not only the oldies and regulars but the newbies
and
lurkers too share their first quilt photo's? project size isn't a
requirement here just what ever it was that you quilted first :-)

I'll go off and see if my camera has enough battery left to show you mine
:-)

--
Jessamy
Queen of Chocolate Squishies (and Occasional Liquorice Ones)
In The Netherlands
Take out: _I love the colour_ to reply.
www.geocities.com/jessamy_thompson
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos
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Okay, I fell into quilting very much by accident! The volunteer fire
dept. was making a depression lace quilt to raffle to raise badly
needed funds. I was asked to embroider and quilt one block. I had
been sewing for close to thirty years by then, but I said, "NO! I do
not quilt and I do NOT want to learn to quilt! I'll just donate some
money instead of making a block." Well, they talked me into making
the darn block and the rest is history. This was in 1988. I bought
every quilting magazine and book that I could find and I was
determined to try every technique I saw, every saching and several
borders. This is a rather strange and unusual sampler, so I included
quite a few photos. Have fun looking at it and laugh all you
want..... I am! It looks much better in the pics than in
person..... I made *every* beginner's mistake and then some. (I
included captions with each pic- you can skip all the explainations if
you want.) And ha-ha Jan... the box was right where I thought it
would be!

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...58564719hrtRyF

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On Apr 8, 11:54 am, "Jessamy"
wrote:
this I wanna, hafta see g

a tossed into the corner WIP/UFO is more than acceptable :-)

--
Jessamy
Queen of Chocolate Squishies (and Occasional Liquorice Ones)
In The Netherlands
Take out: _I love the colour_ to reply.http://www.geocities.com/jessamy_tho...pson/my_photos
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What if it's still a WIP??? Yep, my first quilt is a sampler (started
in 1989) with every technique I could find in every book and magazine
I could get my hands on. And it's quite outrageous- it features my
beloved black cat in nearly every block and it's all in black and pink
with some cream accents... Pink!- even tho "he" was all boy. It's
one of my "why finish the quilt top as I'll NEVER be able to quilt it"
projects. WAIT! I just may tackle quilting it after I finish the
horse-pital quilt! It's all basted and languishing in a box....
somewhere???

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

On Apr 8, 10:18 am, "Jessamy"



wrote:
It occurred to me today (while I had a house full of visitors) that it
might
be really intimidating for a person to introduce themselves into a room
full
of strangers at a social event and that usually the hostess would do some
intro's and make sure that the person is looked after and happy.

In a group such as ours we don't have a hostess to do such things so it
might be that some people are lurking in the background wanting to share
but
being a tad too intimidated by all the amazing stuff people in this group
produce.

so my challenge is to all the hotshots out there (g) instead of showing
us
your successes can you show us a disaster too? or your first quilt,
mismatched fabrics, wonky seams and all?

in fact can *everyone* not only the oldies and regulars but the newbies
and
lurkers too share their first quilt photo's? project size isn't a
requirement here just what ever it was that you quilted first :-)

I'll go off and see if my camera has enough battery left to show you mine
:-)

--
Jessamy
Queen of Chocolate Squishies (and Occasional Liquorice Ones)
In The Netherlands
Take out: _I love the colour_ to

reply.http://www.geocities.com/jessamy_tho...hoo.com/ph/jes
samy_thompson/my_photos



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Leslie, if this was your first quilt, you really should finish it. OK,
it is quirky; and it is a little over-pink; but it has so much going for
it. The appliquéd cats are terribly good - their shapes are so
realistic - and the little fat one curled up but smiling would always
raise a smile as you passed by. It is full of love of Pudd and that
shows. There are lots of the little filler bits that I really like; and
the fact that it is not all regular squares makes it uniquely yours.
Now that you enjoying your free motion quilting, why not finish it
sometime this year? You know, it is part of your history, and there is
so much to look at. How about a chenille fishy on that blank square?
That would bring it up to date and span the decades. It wouldn't take
long to finish now. Go on, do it .
..
In message . com,
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. writes
Okay, I fell into quilting very much by accident! The volunteer fire
dept. was making a depression lace quilt to raffle to raise badly
needed funds. I was asked to embroider and quilt one block. I had
been sewing for close to thirty years by then, but I said, "NO! I do
not quilt and I do NOT want to learn to quilt! I'll just donate some
money instead of making a block." Well, they talked me into making
the darn block and the rest is history. This was in 1988. I bought
every quilting magazine and book that I could find and I was
determined to try every technique I saw, every saching and several
borders. This is a rather strange and unusual sampler, so I included
quite a few photos. Have fun looking at it and laugh all you
want..... I am! It looks much better in the pics than in
person..... I made *every* beginner's mistake and then some. (I
included captions with each pic- you can skip all the explainations if
you want.) And ha-ha Jan... the box was right where I thought it
would be!

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...58564719hrtRyF

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

I will try to get someone to take some pics of my very first
quilt - still a UFO after over 30 years!

That long ago there were no quilt shops anywhere near me,
and I had no access to quilt books. So when I saw a cushion
in a weekly magazine made from four enlarged Cathedral
Window blocks I thought "I can do that". So I drew up the
design for a queen sized bedspread (reached the floor on
both sides and bottom of bed so must have been about 9' X
10' in the planning) and then scaled down the blocks to
about 4" units. Are you beginning to see why it remains a
UFO? lol. I planned this project almost to death,
colouring in tiny patches on my pattern and deciding exactly
where each colour was to go so that I had a mathematically
even distribution of fabrics!

Then I went shopping. I did say there were no quilt shops
near me didn't I? I bought MILES of navy blue polycotton
for the blocks, and several yards each of five small
polycotton floral prints (red, yellow, blue, green and white
backgrounds) to make the inserts. Then I got the
"brilliant" idea that the inserts would look even better as
tiny little pillows! So I cut up tiny squares of nylon
fabric (!) to back the inserts so I could stuff them.

In a box here in my sewing room I still have the fabric and
all the squares I cut up (hundreds and hundreds of pieces
lol) and the section of the quilt I actually made. It is
almost wide enough that if I turn it on end I could just add
a row and make it a VERY long thin quilt for a single bed.
The box is labelled with the name of the quilt -
"Ignorance is Bliss".

I carted that quilt around with me through 26
houses/quarters, all my moves in the Air Force and then
some. Every so often I would drag it out and add a row.
Now my eyesight is so bad I can not see to work on the navy
fabric, and I doubt I could bring myself to sew any more on
it anyway. But I show all my new "students" just so they
can realise that there is a reason I teach them really basic
stuff in the beginning (even though some have been sewing
for years). Being able to sew does not automatically make
you a quiltmaker/quilter roflmao!

I planned that quilt SO carefully, and it is an absolute
disaster and destined never to be finished. But I wouldn't
part with it for the world. I may even be buried in it!
lol And let's face it - storage is no problem. No
self-respecting moth or silverfish would eat it!!



Thanks for the giggle remembering this. Poor old IIB hasn't
seen the light of day in a while. I may go drag it out and
let the cats play with it.

--

Cheryl & the Cats in OZ
o o o o
( Y ) ( Y )
Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau


"Jessamy" wrote
in message ...
: It occurred to me today (while I had a house full of
visitors) that it might
: be really intimidating for a person to introduce
themselves into a room full
: of strangers at a social event and that usually the
hostess would do some
: intro's and make sure that the person is looked after and
happy.
:
: In a group such as ours we don't have a hostess to do such
things so it
: might be that some people are lurking in the background
wanting to share but
: being a tad too intimidated by all the amazing stuff
people in this group
: produce.
:
: so my challenge is to all the hotshots out there (g)
instead of showing us
: your successes can you show us a disaster too? or your
first quilt,
: mismatched fabrics, wonky seams and all?
:
: in fact can *everyone* not only the oldies and regulars
but the newbies and
: lurkers too share their first quilt photo's? project size
isn't a
: requirement here just what ever it was that you quilted
first :-)
:
: I'll go off and see if my camera has enough battery left
to show you mine
::-)
:
: --
: Jessamy
: Queen of Chocolate Squishies (and Occasional Liquorice
Ones)
: In The Netherlands
: Take out: _I love the colour_ to reply.
: www.geocities.com/jessamy_thompson
:
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos
: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
:
:

Jessamy wrote:

so my challenge is to all the hotshots out there (g) instead of showing us
your successes can you show us a disaster too? or your first quilt,
mismatched fabrics, wonky seams and all?

in fact can *everyone* not only the oldies and regulars but the newbies and
lurkers too share their first quilt photo's? project size isn't a
requirement here just what ever it was that you quilted first :-)

I'll go off and see if my camera has enough battery left to show you mine
:-)

I think my first (and so far only) quilt is located at the link in
signature below, other projects are here http://melinda-mullen.fotopic.net

--
Melinda
http://cust.idl.com.au/athol

I agree. You should put your new found machine quilting techniques to work
on this little cutie! You've put too much thought into the sweet blocks to
leave it unfinished. I agree with everything Pat said. She's "spot on!".

--
Kathyl (KJ)
remove "nospam" before mchsi
http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz
"Patti" wrote in message
...
Leslie, if this was your first quilt, you really should finish it. OK, it
is quirky; and it is a little over-pink; but it has so much going for it.
The appliquéd cats are terribly good - their shapes are so realistic - and
the little fat one curled up but smiling would always raise a smile as you
passed by. It is full of love of Pudd and that shows. There are lots of
the little filler bits that I really like; and the fact that it is not all
regular squares makes it uniquely yours. Now that you enjoying your free
motion quilting, why not finish it sometime this year? You know, it is
part of your history, and there is so much to look at. How about a
chenille fishy on that blank square? That would bring it up to date and
span the decades. It wouldn't take long to finish now. Go on, do it .
.
In message . com, Leslie
& The Furbabies in MO. writes
Okay, I fell into quilting very much by accident! The volunteer fire
dept. was making a depression lace quilt to raffle to raise badly
needed funds. I was asked to embroider and quilt one block. I had
been sewing for close to thirty years by then, but I said, "NO! I do
not quilt and I do NOT want to learn to quilt! I'll just donate some
money instead of making a block." Well, they talked me into making
the darn block and the rest is history. This was in 1988. I bought
every quilting magazine and book that I could find and I was
determined to try every technique I saw, every saching and several
borders. This is a rather strange and unusual sampler, so I included
quite a few photos. Have fun looking at it and laugh all you
want..... I am! It looks much better in the pics than in
person..... I made *every* beginner's mistake and then some. (I
included captions with each pic- you can skip all the explainations if
you want.) And ha-ha Jan... the box was right where I thought it
would be!

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...58564719hrtRyF

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill

I don't have a picture of my first quilt. It never dawned on me to
take one, and that quilt is long gone! However, here is a link to the
second one I ever did. It's a Quilt in a Day by Wendy Gilbert called
Christmas Traditions.

http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle/christm2.jpg


On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:18:30 +0200, "Jessamy"
wrote:

in fact can *everyone* not only the oldies and regulars but the newbies and
lurkers too share their first quilt photo's? project size isn't a
requirement here just what ever it was that you quilted first :-)

Carole D. - Retired and loving it in the foothills of NW Georgia

My quilts, crafts, QIs, and more - http://home.windstream.net/caroledoyle

Funny - I was just looking at my first quilt today and actually
contemplating tossing it because it was so bad, but decided not to.

Linda
PATCHogue, NY

On Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:18:30 +0200, "Jessamy"
wrote:

in fact can *everyone* not only the oldies and regulars but the newbies and
lurkers too share their first quilt photo's? project size isn't a
requirement here just what ever it was that you quilted first :-)

What fun!
http://kjbeanne.com/images/selfport1.jpg this trapunto is the first thing i
ever quilted.
http://kjbeanne.com/finish.htm the Angel quilt is the first pieced quilt i
finished.
Jacob's quilt is the first bed sized quilt i attempted. I hand pieced it,
and attempted hand quilting, but gave up 7 years later (and only a third of
the way done) and sent it to Jan to finish on the long arm Like Ragmop
says Finished is Good !

Now I have way, way, way too many tops ready to go that i really must get
to. But i don't seem to have good raport with my machines right now. And
the master bedroom curtains are higher on the list lol

Kellie


"Jessamy" wrote in message
...
It occurred to me today (while I had a house full of visitors) that it
might
be really intimidating for a person to introduce themselves into a room
full
of strangers at a social event and that usually the hostess would do some
intro's and make sure that the person is looked after and happy.

In a group such as ours we don't have a hostess to do such things so it
might be that some people are lurking in the background wanting to share
but
being a tad too intimidated by all the amazing stuff people in this group
produce.

so my challenge is to all the hotshots out there (g) instead of showing
us
your successes can you show us a disaster too? or your first quilt,
mismatched fabrics, wonky seams and all?

in fact can *everyone* not only the oldies and regulars but the newbies
and
lurkers too share their first quilt photo's? project size isn't a
requirement here just what ever it was that you quilted first :-)

I'll go off and see if my camera has enough battery left to show you mine
:-)

--
Jessamy
Queen of Chocolate Squishies (and Occasional Liquorice Ones)
In The Netherlands
Take out: _I love the colour_ to reply.
www.geocities.com/jessamy_thompson
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jes...pson/my_photos
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