"Drat", says newbie...

Georg wrote:

Jean B. wrote:

Georg wrote:


Thanks, georg. I guess eventually the quilts would have different
purposes, so I'll have to ponder what that dictates for each of them.
One thing's for sure though: anything I produce should not be
ultra-attractive to cats....


Everything I make has the cat hair already installed.

-georg

I had to LOL! Mingy is a Persian, so I have cat hair
everywhere. I'm sure there will be little black hairs
sticking out of my stitches!

--
Jean B.

Sally Swindells wrote:

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:38:06 -0400, "Jean B." wrote:

Ahh, but from squares and rectangles comes a little quilt top! When I
went to my first beginners class we made a 36" square quilt - Henny
Penny in my Webshots album. It taught me how to choose fabric, how to
cut it, how to put it together with a 1/4" seam so the seams matched,
a bit of applique, and the final adding the batting, backing, simple
quilting and binding.

After that I went on to do a King size sampler quilt.

Matching the seams can be a bit fiddly (so the corners of the squares
line up). One of the secrets is to press the seams on the first piece
to the left, and the second to the right. Then when you hold them
between your finger and thumb prior to pinning, they just nestle
together and magically line up (well almost always). The long quilters
pins are best - you don't pin parallel to the edge, but at right
angles to it, and if you are careful you can machine straight over the
pins. (with the magic 1/4" seam.)
--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

Gee, if my first effort looks as good as your henny penny,
I'll be most pleased! I like your fabric selection. I worry
about my ability to come up with a combination that I like.
In my wanderings last night, I saw a fabric with geese in
flight, which appealed to me. I have to see whether I can
find something to go with it--and the amounts of each fabric
to get. I really know NOTHING!
--
Jean B.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:

Jean-

Nope, you won't find me on a cat group. I have a sweet outdoor cat and
I love her, but I am allergic to cats. I'm a dog-person who is owned
by four of the sweetest, cuddliest and smartest canines you'll ever
meet! You can see my HairyButt Gang on the link below... and my
totally non-hairy Mr. Toad!

http://community.webshots.com/album/552662543cbzNgS

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Jean B. wrote:

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:


Jean-

Welcome to your new obsession/passion/addiction!

This link will get you to *everything* you ever wanted to know about
quilting and then some. Plan to spend an afternoon (or longer!)
checking out all the info on this website...

http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.ne...inePiecing.htm

Good luck, have fun, and hang around here. We'll always answer any
question- and debate the merits- any time you need some info! ;-)

And WELCOME to r.c.t.q.!!!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

Awwwww. And now I am totally mystified as to why your name is
familiar. I have been on a number fo groups, although my
activity on some of them has dwindled quite a bit. Well,
maybe I'll figure it out someday.

--
Jean B.

Debra wrote:

You will have to make some very hard quilts then. Most cats are
attracted to nice soft quilts.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

Has anyone made a quilt for a cat?
--
Jean B.

Jacqueline wrote:

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:48:13 -0400, "Jean B." wrote:


Jacqueline wrote:


I too, would like to say welcome, even though I am a newbie myself. I
have not sewn the first square together but am trying to get ready to
do so. I can't wait this is something I have always wanted to do and
I am going to do it even if it kills me. Well, I don't think it will
kill me but I am going to do it.

Again, Welcome,

Jacqueline


I have been reading your posts, and the responses to you--but
then my pea brain forgot whether you were a total newbie or
someone who used to quilt. Maybe we can be friends and share
our newbie woes! :-)



Sounds good to me. I am a total newbie. Although it is something I
have planned on doing for years. Use to carry a quilting book for
beginners with me eveywhere I went and had read it cover to cover but
that was so long ago I have forgotten most of what I read.
Then one day I was at the doctor's office and in the process of
leaving the parking lot I apparently layed it on top of the car to
unlock and it went bye-bye and that was the end of my quilting days
then. But really shortly there after my mother became sick and I just
didn't have the time to learn, losing that book didn't keep me from
it.

Jacqueline
http://www.mountain-breeze.com
Recipes and other fun things

Well, perhaps you have retained some of your reading, and it
will help you. I gazed at some books for beginners yesterday.
Hmmm. I will go to the library today if they have anything
relevant (to a rank beginner). Then I can start my more
systematic planning and purchasing.

--
Jean B.

Sandy Foster wrote:

Oh, Jean, *now* you've re-opened a can of worms! There are as many
opinions on that as there are quilters. LOL! Personally, I prewash, but
there are many who do not. Test religiously for bleeding? Nope, but I
cross my fingers a lot. G

Oh, gee, after I wrote that I was seeing responses to
Jacqueline (I think), and I hoped folks would know that they
didn't have to reply separately to me--although I will
appreciate the replies.

One reason why I am thinking I want to do this by hand is that
that's what folks did before the advent of sewing machines. I
was thinking of buying a treadle machine, but I have refrained
from doing so thus far. When I think of more-modern sewine
machines, I think they run away with you.... Silly, huh? But
I may not have sewn anything since I was in home ec, and that
would have been more than 40 years ago. Ack!


I have a pretty new sewing machine that I love, but doing things by hand
is also lots of fun in a totally different way. You have to choose which
way you want to do each project; you can do some by hand, some by
machine, and some in a combination of ways, if you choose. My DT began
quilting a year or two ago, and she's doing it all by hand, since she
doesn't have a SM where she's temporarily living in Beijing. It's all up
to you!

I have a feeling I will start by hand and then decided I have
to tame a machine. My 15-y-o daughter sews some on her
grandmother's old Necchi (sp?). I would want something REALLY
basic. But then even as I type that I think that might be a
mistake if I really get into these things....

--
Jean B.

Sandy Foster wrote:

In the house we had in Arizona before moving here, I had a sewing
*closet*, Jean -- you do what you have to do. G Now I have a room --
it's not very big, just a spare bedroom -- small -- that I appropriated
when we moved here. G Other people have lovely big studios. drool
But as long as we can quilt, we're happy.

Well, there's no extra room here. I do look at houses and
wish for just one more room for projects.

--
Jean B.

Debra wrote:

Don't sweat it Jean. Everyone here doesn't have a dedicated sewing
space. A lot of us are using various rooms to quilt in. Sometimes I
use the livingroom, sometimes the kitchen, and sometimes I use both
those rooms plus the hallway (the ironing board fits nicely along the
long wall). Everything I have, including the cutting table is totally
portable and can be set up in very little time.

Once upon a time I tried making a sewing spot in one room but quickly
found out, among other things, that it didn't have enough light or
space in the room for sewing.
Debra in VA
See my quilts at
http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

No, sweating it wouldn't have any positive results. But I'd
better get more organized or something.
--
Jean B.

Maureen Wozniak wrote:

On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:36:32 -0500, Jean B. wrote
(in article ):


Not my chocolate!!!! I have a chocolate stash.... DARK
chocolate.... I'm a chocoholic.... It will take a while to
accrue nice cloth though. I did just pick up the last
supplies to try out the methods in "Color by Accidental", so
we'll see what happens. (Since everything I read said one
should use a mask when dyeing, I decided to take that advice.)




I know Pat is the official chocolate taster, but just in case she doesn't get
to your Dark chocolate fast enough, I'm willing to help her out her. Just
send a piece my way.

Let me know how your color by accident experiments go. I have that book too
and plan to play with dyeing myself...some day, along with all the other
gazillion projects I have in my mind.

Maureen

LOL! I THINK I'm going to try my first dyeing or discharging
experiment today. I hope whatever it is doesn't turn out too bad.

I'm going to have to guard my stash of chocolate, I guess.
I'lll have to go back and look at the posts re chocolate....

--
Jean B.

Pat in Virginia wrote:

Quilting is the only social disease worth catching.
ANON.


LOL! And are you the Pat who will endanger my chocolate
supply? :-)

--
Jean B.