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My first "real" Quilt -- LOL
How fun! Just see how much you have learned over time in quilting! Now you
get your fun quilt back and get a do-over -- Kathy in CA Quilting Stuff: http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/kathys1068 "Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply " wrote in message ... Hi Guys, If you remember, I posted last week about the pink floral quilt I had made for my VDMIL and that I had gotten back now that she is in a Nursing Home. Well, the other thing I got back was one of the very first pieced quilts I ever made -- a christmas gift for her. It is made of something like 43 different cat print fabrics, has a small panel set in the center and is surrounded by HSTs in a pinwheel type pattern. I had tied the quilt and used poly batting (what did I know way back then before I got online and found you guys?) and, to make matters even worse, I SERGED the HST pieces together to make blocks!!!!! You wanna talk about thick seams? This baby has some *think* seam intersections!!!! I had just gotten the serger when I made this quilt and that was back in autumn of 1994. I must have been having fun sewing stuff with the new serger -- LOLOL! I also sewed all the blocks together on the serger and pieced the panel together with nylong thread. Instead of putting binding around the edge, I wrapped the backing around to the front. Nothing wrong with that but I sewed it down with nylon thread -- *cheap* nylon thread at that VBS! I have now removed the yarn ties (and I hadn't put anywhere near enough of them on the quilt originally) and taken the quilt sandwich apart. Some of the nylon thread I used to sew pieces to the panel to make it the right size had broken so I will take all of that apart and redo it. I am just gonna leave the serged blocks alone cuz' THIS quilt I will keep and use for MOI! My VDMIL used to tease me almost every time we talked about the way I like my kitties :-))). I don't mind the heavy seam intersections and will just use a bit longer stitch length when I machine quilt the whole thing. The mismatched points will have to stay where they are -- adds character dontchaknow :-)). Anyway, when I look at this poor quilt 9 years later, I wonder what I was thinking when I did the blocks on the serger and I laugh at myself. But I also remember how it made my VDMIL laugh when I talked to her that Christmas morning all those years ago! I think getting this quilt back as a keepsake (knowing that I can redo it to make it more usable for me) is better than getting something that she had bought for herself. Every time I see this quilt, I remember how she *loved* it and used it and cherished it and laughed and teased me about all those cat fabrics saying "Oh YOU -- you and your da*ned cats". That quilt made her smile every time SHE looked at it and THAT knowledge means more to me than anything material of hers I might get as a memento. I have acquired even MORE cat fabrics in the 9 years since I made that quilt. I wonder if I should add a few borders? I DO know that this time I will use a different backing (the old one was white poly-cotton and pieced) and I will use binding around the edges. Fixing this quilt will be at least as much fun as making the original. CiaoMeow ^;;^ . PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their WHISKERS!! Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs! |
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I betcha we saw the same series of shows about using surgers. Mind you
I would not consider it any longer... the funnier thing is the UFO I am working on right now is one of those surgered quilts. The quilting is going pretty smooth thought. The bigger problem is the places where the fabric was not quite even or in line with I ran it through the surger and places were not sewn together... a little added stitching though is taking care of those problems. juliasb MB wrote: I saw Eleanor Burns on her TV show a few years ago using a serger to piece blocks together !! I am quite sure that she doesn't use this method anymore but on that show she was raving about that method!...It was probably more than a 'few' years ago that I saw this!!!.. Mary ( snipped) (what did I know way back then before I got online and found you guys?) and, to make matters even worse, I SERGED the HST pieces together to make blocks!!!!! You wanna talk about thick seams? This baby has some *think* seam intersections!!!! I had just gotten the serger when I made this quilt and that was back in autumn of 1994. I must have been having fun sewing stuff with the new serger -- LOLOL! I also sewed all the blocks together on the serger and pieced the panel together with nylong thread. Instead of putting binding around the edge, I wrapped the backing around to the front. Nothing wrong with that but I sewed it down with nylon thread -- *cheap* nylon thread at that VBS! PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ -- Remove (nospam) from address. now... come and journey with me from darkness.... .... into New Life http://www.nwlife.com |
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Have TWO (one King-size and one Queen-size) done with the serger in our
house----both get a LOT of use. One is about 10 yrs old and has almost daily use. Holding up fine ; ) Did get them PRO-quilted. HTH Butterfly MB wrote: I saw Eleanor Burns on her TV show a few years ago using a serger to piece blocks together !! I am quite sure that she doesn't use this method anymore but on that show she was raving about that method!...It was probably more than a 'few' years ago that I saw this!!!.. Mary ( snipped) (what did I know way back then before I got online and found you guys?) and, to make matters even worse, I SERGED the HST pieces together to make blocks!!!!! You wanna talk about thick seams? This baby has some *think* seam intersections!!!! I had just gotten the serger when I made this quilt and that was back in autumn of 1994. I must have been having fun sewing stuff with the new serger -- LOLOL! I also sewed all the blocks together on the serger and pieced the panel together with nylong thread. Instead of putting binding around the edge, I wrapped the backing around to the front. Nothing wrong with that but I sewed it down with nylon thread -- *cheap* nylon thread at that VBS! PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ |
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