Stitching the pieces together
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thanks guys!
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I'm closer than either Barbe or Crissy so I have 1st dibs
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Ok, cat fight over who gets the wall hanging!! Hahahahaha!
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Hey! I called shotgun first!
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you guys are going to have to fight my sister for it! She's already got it hung up in her living room. I'm already on to the next one with daisies.
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Smaarty, so glad it's hung somewhere special! Please tell your sister that if she ever gets sick of it I'm quite willing to take it off her hands.......lol.
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Chrissy, see you are an Aussie. My almost DIL is from there. She has to go back tonight, didn't get her work visa. She'll be back in a month. Because our immigration crap is so screwed up, my son will be moving to Australia the end of the year. She can keep coming back for 3 months at a time, but has to leave for 2-4 weeks, then come back again. The only good thing is that DH and I will be taking a trip there next year! She's from Sydney and it turns out her dad is a top notch PS over there.
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Smaarty my SIL is from Atlanta! Sydney is a nice place to live, expensive but nice. I live about 2000 kilometers from Sydney but was there end November last year for our Aussie BCO get together. I think when you visit you will love it!
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Here is what I got done in 6 hours yesterday, (I'm not usually not that slow). I plan on putting it into a b/w lap size quilt. This piece is just the beginning, I'll need to make it about 6 ft long. It will have a white band on both sides that will square it up. Hope that makes sense. The last section doesn't have it white wings yet. It's definitely time consuming but not hard to do. Have to get these bridesmaid dresses done before I start on anything else. Ggrrrrrrr.
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very cool Smaarty. I love paper piecing.
I did a braided border on a wall hanging, and while it wasn't difficult, that was one time-consuming little bugger. Pretty, but oh, so slow. All those little two inch seams. I felt like I spent more time pressing than sewing.
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Enerva - Your baby booties are just precious!!!
Are you on Pinterest? If you ever decide you want some new ideas, just do a search for "crocheted baby booties" and you will see a gazillion cute designs!
Just be aware that Pinterest is more addicting than drugs.....
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Smaarty, now I'm confused! That is a flying geese pattern you're doing, paper-pieced. Got it. I always thought that the "coloured" piece was the goose, but now you call the "white" part the wings....have I been wrong all these years??? Or did you just call them "wings" for the sake of calling them something....
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Smaarty, can't wait to see the finished product! I love the flying geese pattern but have never attempted it.........one day, maybe.........lol.
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the goose is the b/w parts, I just called the white bits wings without thinking about it. You're ok, not confused.
Melissa, got a pic of your braid?
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Whew!! Thanks Smaarty....
Melissa, was your braid Jacob's Ladder? I LOVE that pattern - it looks so tough and yet is so "easy"!
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Hello Everyone!
I have been on BC.org forums for 8 years but just discovered this thread. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading through your posts and looking at all the lovely craft photos! Such talent and creativity we have here!
I have always been a "craftsy" person over the years. I can remember my "paint by the number" oil paint kits I had as a child...and the potholder kits weaving looped threads on the pegs. During Home Economics class in Jr High I learned how to sew, which came in handy since I was very tall and benefited from making my own pants, long sleeved blouses and dresses. (I even made my own wedding dress when I married at 18!) I began to crochet in my late teens and made numerous afghans over the years. In the early 80's I took up crewel and worked on many projects when I could grab the time while working as an RN on the midnight shift at the hospital (they don't let us do that anymore!). I spent a little time with counted cross-stitch but was never as enthused about that as I was crewel.
When I married in 1972 my parents gave me my first sewing machine, the Singer Futura, as a wedding gift. I continued to use that until 2010 making household items, curtains, my sister's maternity clothes etc...but by 2010 I had gotten somewhat bored with general sewing. I had already been through 2 BC diagnoses and was looking for a new "hobby" now that I was retired. I decided it was time to buy a new sewing machine with the more updated digital features. I bought a nice little Brother machine, nothing fancy, but many more features than the old Singer. I started making simple curtains again, but a good BC friend of mine insisted I should try my hand at quilting.
I had never had any interest in quilting...EVER! My idea of traditional quilting was boring, geometric, tedious piecework AND all that hand sewing!! No way! Ever since my dx with Lymphedema post BC I had increasing problems with my hand dexterity and so many of my old hand sewing hobbies were just not easily done anymore. SO...I decided to humor my friend and accompany her on a "shop hop" where we visited multiple quilt shops, picked up fabrics and patterns and generally had a great time. I have always LOVED just touching and feeling fabrics...so why not? I decided to give quilting a try.
That was in Oct 2010, and today I am absolutely quilt obsessed! I have managed to build up a very decent "stash" of fabrics and quilting notions. I have so many ideas for quilt projects but unfortunately not as much time to devote to my hobby as I would like. I am also a pretty slow quilter. I can't churn out a new quilt every 2 weeks. I might make 2-3 over a year with a few tote bags thrown in. What I am finding I love though is the whole process....fabric selection, pattern design, various techniques in construction. I have taken a special fancy to applique and trapunto techniques and am exploring ways to incorporate them into many of my projects.
The photos below are of a quilt I designed and completed last November 2013. It is 92" x 92" square and fits nicely on a double or queen size bed. I have been trying to improve my skills at Free Motion Quilting (FMQ) but it can be quite a challenge on my small 7.5" throat Brother machine with a large quilt. I also do my quilts entirely by machine piecing and quilting...including the bindings. I use a machine binding technique that works very well for me and is still visually pleasing. Quilting has become my personal "haven" from the stresses of life and BC. When I go down to my sewing room the rest of the world takes a back seat and I can just relax and be creative and feel the simple pleasures of doing something I love!
Sorry for the long introductory post, but I am excited about finding this forum and hope to see more of everyone's beautiful work and share my projects when I can.
Linda
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Linda, what a gorgeous quilt! Thanks for sharing! I'm going to post 3 Christmas stockings I have made. They are for my grandsons and all quite different although from the same pattern. I have another 7 to make for other family members. I love this thread. It is so fun and gets me excited about sewing! I need the inspiration!
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Linda your quilt is amazing!!!! I adore the patterns and colors as well as the quilting.......how can you say you are an amateur? Wow!!!!
Oh, by the way, welcome!.....lol.
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Here are the 3 stockings.
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Yorkie, they are so cute! I can just see them lined up along the mantle at Christmas time!
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Linda, that's beautiful. You can't be a beginner!
Yorkist, the stockings are cute, the kids will love them.
My plans this week are to finish the 2 bridesmaids dresses that are almost done. Cut out the 3rd one and start sewing on it at the end of the week. The 4th one I won't start until the end of April, the gal is pregnant. And I have a newsletter to get out by the end of the week for my quilting guild.
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Thanks chrissyb and Smaarty! I need the encouragement!
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Yorkiemom, those are beautiful stockings! Love the Laurel Burch kitty cat fabric!
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Linda, I used to use a tiny GemGold to quilt. One secret is to piece the square and do any "fancy stuff" on it with minimal backing before assembling it into a larger quilt. Then when it is quilted by machine, the individual squares really pop!! The largest quilt I've made is 115" x 112" but BOY is it heavy!! All flannel!! I, too, LOVE the colours of your quilt!
Yorkie, I ADORE those stockings!!!! Love the classic shape and your fabric choices are delightfully NOT Christmas...don't know why that appeals, but it does....
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Thanks Linda and barbe! Linda, that is exactly right. You really know your fabrics! Barbe, two of them are definitely Christmas themes, but you might need to have the picture closer up to see that. I am trying to make everybody's stocking to match his/her personality and/or interests.
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Okay, I see the Christmas themes now, but they aren't in your face! Debbie Mumm on one of them?
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Debbie Mumm??
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Debbie Mumm does quintesential quilting fabric! Google her....
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The only fabric name I remember is the one Smaarty mentioned. I will google Debbie Mumm. Maybe one of those stockings has her fabric!
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I'm thinking the one on our left is Debbie Mumm....the colours are like all her fabrics, but she's been copied for so many years!
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