almost ready to take it off the quilting frame

I have been working on a quilt for...well, I am not going to say. It is
rolled uo on a quilting frame, so I am not even sure of the dimnensions, one
of them (the one I can measure) is 90". I think the other dimesion is
longer by 1 to 2 feet, but I am not quite sure about this. It is almost
ready to be taken down and finished.

Pictures are at http://photos.yahoo.com/v_1brchr, miniframe1 and frameman.
It is a simple fence rail (the piecing was a whole lot faster than the
quilting has been. The little paper man is the pattern I have been using to
quilt the "inner squares." The "outer squares" I have been quilting simply
1/4" (approximately) from the seams (please don't magnify the pictures and
inspect my hand quiting too closely, please).

The two strips I have for the outer framing (sashing?) I am either going to
quilt in the ditch or machine stipple. I certainly am not going to hand
quilt the outside. The binding is going to be dark green and the kind that
you get prepackaged in the store, several packages, I suspect. I know how to
make bias binding, but I am just not going to in this case.

Brian Christiansen (I am up in Oro Valley, so I guess I am in the newish
portion of the old pueblo, I suppose)

I like it! Those are neat colors you used. The quilting stitches look nice
and even, but the most important question is, are you having fun?
Diana

"Brian Christiansen" wrote in message
.. .
I have been working on a quilt for...well, I am not going to say. It is
rolled uo on a quilting frame, so I am not even sure of the dimnensions,
one
of them (the one I can measure) is 90". I think the other dimesion is
longer by 1 to 2 feet, but I am not quite sure about this. It is almost
ready to be taken down and finished.

Pictures are at http://photos.yahoo.com/v_1brchr, miniframe1 and frameman.
It is a simple fence rail (the piecing was a whole lot faster than the
quilting has been. The little paper man is the pattern I have been using
to
quilt the "inner squares." The "outer squares" I have been quilting simply
1/4" (approximately) from the seams (please don't magnify the pictures
and
inspect my hand quiting too closely, please).

The two strips I have for the outer framing (sashing?) I am either going
to
quilt in the ditch or machine stipple. I certainly am not going to hand
quilt the outside. The binding is going to be dark green and the kind
that
you get prepackaged in the store, several packages, I suspect. I know how
to
make bias binding, but I am just not going to in this case.

Brian Christiansen (I am up in Oro Valley, so I guess I am in the newish
portion of the old pueblo, I suppose)

Thanks for sharing, Brian.
I really like the teal/terracotta colour mix.
..
In article , Brian
Christiansen writes
I have been working on a quilt for...well, I am not going to say. It is
rolled uo on a quilting frame, so I am not even sure of the dimnensions, one
of them (the one I can measure) is 90". I think the other dimesion is
longer by 1 to 2 feet, but I am not quite sure about this. It is almost
ready to be taken down and finished.

Pictures are at http://photos.yahoo.com/v_1brchr, miniframe1 and frameman.
It is a simple fence rail (the piecing was a whole lot faster than the
quilting has been. The little paper man is the pattern I have been using to
quilt the "inner squares." The "outer squares" I have been quilting simply
1/4" (approximately) from the seams (please don't magnify the pictures and
inspect my hand quiting too closely, please).

The two strips I have for the outer framing (sashing?) I am either going to
quilt in the ditch or machine stipple. I certainly am not going to hand
quilt the outside. The binding is going to be dark green and the kind that
you get prepackaged in the store, several packages, I suspect. I know how to
make bias binding, but I am just not going to in this case.

Brian Christiansen (I am up in Oro Valley, so I guess I am in the newish
portion of the old pueblo, I suppose)



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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Do we detect a little bit of burn-out? Courage, Brian!
I really like the little man quilting design (working out how this might be
done continuous-line on the machine :-) This will be a wonderful quilt.
Binding doesn't have to be bias! For rectangular pieces, I normally use
straight-grain binding. The store stuff is always too narrow -but of course
we aren't shopping in the same stores!
Looking forward to the finished view!
Roberta in D

"Brian Christiansen" wrote in message
.. .
I have been working on a quilt for...well, I am not going to say. It is
rolled uo on a quilting frame, so I am not even sure of the dimnensions,
one
of them (the one I can measure) is 90". I think the other dimesion is
longer by 1 to 2 feet, but I am not quite sure about this. It is almost
ready to be taken down and finished.

Pictures are at http://photos.yahoo.com/v_1brchr, miniframe1 and frameman.
It is a simple fence rail (the piecing was a whole lot faster than the
quilting has been. The little paper man is the pattern I have been using
to
quilt the "inner squares." The "outer squares" I have been quilting simply
1/4" (approximately) from the seams (please don't magnify the pictures
and
inspect my hand quiting too closely, please).

The two strips I have for the outer framing (sashing?) I am either going
to
quilt in the ditch or machine stipple. I certainly am not going to hand
quilt the outside. The binding is going to be dark green and the kind
that
you get prepackaged in the store, several packages, I suspect. I know how
to
make bias binding, but I am just not going to in this case.

Brian Christiansen (I am up in Oro Valley, so I guess I am in the newish
portion of the old pueblo, I suppose)

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 08:21:35 GMT, "Brian Christiansen"
wrote:

I love the little man. He'll be leaping and dancing all over the
quilt.

Debra in VA

Love the colors. Hand quilting, you are a brave man!

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Sugar & Spice Quilts by Linda E
http://community.webshots.com/user/frame242

In article ,
"Brian Christiansen" wrote:

I have been working on a quilt for...well, I am not going to say. It is
rolled uo on a quilting frame, so I am not even sure of the dimnensions, one
of them (the one I can measure) is 90". I think the other dimesion is
longer by 1 to 2 feet, but I am not quite sure about this. It is almost
ready to be taken down and finished.

Pictures are at http://photos.yahoo.com/v_1brchr, miniframe1 and frameman.
It is a simple fence rail (the piecing was a whole lot faster than the
quilting has been. The little paper man is the pattern I have been using to
quilt the "inner squares." The "outer squares" I have been quilting simply
1/4" (approximately) from the seams (please don't magnify the pictures and
inspect my hand quiting too closely, please).

Very nice, Brian! I like your little man quilting pattern.

The two strips I have for the outer framing (sashing?) I am either going to
quilt in the ditch or machine stipple. I certainly am not going to hand
quilt the outside. The binding is going to be dark green and the kind that
you get prepackaged in the store, several packages, I suspect. I know how to
make bias binding, but I am just not going to in this case.

Brian Christiansen (I am up in Oro Valley, so I guess I am in the newish
portion of the old pueblo, I suppose)

And it's a very pretty area, too!

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