Stitching the pieces together
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Bon Anniversaire, Barbe!0
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Merci!! Merci!!!
Meece, if they're doing a section anyway, why do they have to do it earlier if everyone is okay? The lungs develop in the last couple of months, why push for earlier??
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Thanks Meece!!!
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Happy Belated Barbe!!!
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Not belated OTW!! It's TODAY!!!! 53 friggin years old! Who woulda thunk I'da make it this far??
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As you would say Barbe........'You done Good!' Keep 'em coming!
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Barbe, they are going to induce not C-section. We should have an idea by tomorrow night.
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My ex-DH was just over 10 pounds, second child and she went on to have a third. Natural childbirth. I get nervous when doctors step in on the act of birth (except to save a life) as nature normally knows what it's doing. The placenta for my son (8'3oz) was over 6 pounds. If they did the testing like they do today, they might have thought I was having a 14 pound baby! Or twins...he's now 30 and when I had him I didn't even know if he was healthy, or what sex he was.
They are still in my prayers. I'm nervous and excited for you!
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Oh, I had another fabric store adventure yesterday. I went to a different fabric/craft store (closer to work) and as I walked in I heard lots of girl chatter down the aisle that has wedding stuff on it. I didn't think much of it as teenaged girls tend to always make themselves known. As I walked around the the store and headed to the fabric area, I came around a corner and there was a guy with a big movie camera. He was aiming it at several women the cutting table but he was 30 feet away. I thought maybe they were filming a commercial so I walked around to a back aisle and to get to the cutting table. When I got there, another man with a camera was aiming at these ladies from another direction. They got whatever it was they were having cut and headed away and I asked the lady cutting fabric what that was all about. She said they were filming for "Bridezillas".
I got my fabric cut and headed to the register, and guess who was checking out. Not a great thing to have to deal with while on your lunch hour. Another customer and I joked that we may be the blury blobs in the background. I may never know since I can't stand to watch reality shows with people who act poorly. (I was a few minutes late returning to work, but didn't get in trouble.)
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BARBE1958 - oops...Happy Birthday then, 53 years young!!! You go girl!! Enjoy! 0
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Meexe - That's too cool to be able to go some place and find a camera crew filming for a TV Show.
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Another day trip and two more blocks completed.
I think I am going to try to make a sofa sized throw quilt with a pattern like the 5 yd quilt. I need to start a project and complete it.
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A sofa throw is a good idea! I've been looking for one to BUY! I have a bonded leather sofa and need something between my skin and the heat or cool. I've been using regular throws but want a cotton one for summer to block any potential warmth. Never occurred to me to make one! Doi!!
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When DH and I got engaged I made him the "around the block" sofa throw, I then started a "Boston commons" of many of the same fabrics, for myself. My kids come for a visit and I have to fight for one of my quilts. I also have my llama applique quilt for tv watching.
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Hi everyone.......I wasn't expected to find fellow quilters here....although I am not sure why. I haven't been quilting long and now I have lymphedema to complicate matters. But I have a question and maybe someone here knows the answer. I am making a quilt for a friend of mine and she has cross-stitched a number of pieces that I am trying to sew into her quilt. Has anyone every done that? I am trying to figure out a way to have the edges clean and I am just not sure how. Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Carol
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Carol - Could you describe the pieces or post pictures? If they are squares, you could put borders on them and put them together in a series of blocks. I tell you, the resident quilt expert is barbe. She used to own a quilt shop and I consider her the "resident" expert. I have been quilting for about 10 years but stay pretty basic. Would love to help but need more information. You can PM me anytime you want.0
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Jo-1955 - Ok, this is the pattern (designed with EQ)....the "pictures" are what she has cross stitched. I am framing them as you can see....I just want to know how to make the edges perfect....because I am picky that way. Also, not sure why it looks gray/black, but all those areas that look gray/black are actually forest green.
Carol
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Carol, that is going to be buetiful. Love the pattern.
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Barbe, The quilt show is in Western Kentucky at Paducah Kentucky. The national quilt museum is also there.
If you decide to go make your reservations early and be sure to spend some time at the antique stores in the area. Staying out at Kentucky Lake at the Kentucky State Park Lodge on Kentucky Lake is a reasonable drive to the show and is economical and beautiful.
My dad's family is from Paducah and I highly recommend the barbeque.
The museum has some amazing examples of antique quilts as well as modern interpretations. The book store has a respectable inventory. I just love being in there although I have never been to thequilt show. When I have gone it has been possible to sit on the floor and just enjoy a particular quilt.
Enjoy Ginger
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Thank you, chabba......I only hope I can do it justice!
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Carol, as Jo already said, you just need to but cloth borders around each picture to stabilize them. In fact, I'd put a stabilizer backing on them first, as well! Use a favourite one, it doesn't have to be one that washes away. This is going to be a wall hanging, right?
What you'd do is pick the 'horizon' of the picture and make your first border parallel to that one. Then the others are at 90 degrees, so it's all squared up. What size of strip you used for your first one, will become the size you use for all of them to keep everything the same size. EQ should give you that number. Good luck!
I've never seen pictures cross-stiched so well! I thought they were photographs...
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I thought they were, too/
I got all the piece cut for the sofa quilt and spent a long time yesterday arranging them to find the best color combinations. There are twenty blocks with two colors each. I used twenty colors and cut one set of each. I arranged them, took a picture, studied it and switched them around, then repated the process. I have six blocks sewn and can't wait to geth the remaining ones done. I think I will have them done today.
This is the pattern "Wishing RIng 2" and I am doing it in batik fabrics (My first for using them).
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Carol - That is going to be absolutely beautiful. Barbe has a marvelous idea - I told you she was the resident expert here. She has really good ideas and tips.
Meece - Love the pattern. That would be a great one to use up all the scrapes I have. I have never seen that pattern - looks interesting. The quilt I am just about finished with was done in batiks - my first time too and they are so nice to work with. I am be hooked on them now.
I should have my lastes quilt done in the next couple of days and will post a picture.
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jo1955 - Thank you.....this is going to be a long project, I can tell.
barbe1958 - Thanks for the advise, I hadn't thought about stabilizer, and no it is not a wall hanging it is a Queen Size Bed Spread, with the center covering just the area between the pillows and the end of the bed and all the green hanging over or going over the pillows. Also, could you explain the "horizon" of the picture.....I don't think I understand that part.
MEECE - love your pattern, so many ideas/patterns and so much time wasted at work....lol. Would love to see it once you have it done.
Just as an FYI - My friend has a program that turns her digital photos into cross-stitch patterns, which is probably why they look so good....one she takes great pictures, and two she does amazing cross-stitch work.
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Carol, I'd LOVE a program like that!! I'll have to gogle it.
As for the horizon....when we look at a photo it gives us unease if the 'horizon' isn't straight as it 'should be' in real life. The horizon could be the ground, the sea, the top of a house/car/building, etc. Whatever in the picture looks like it should be level in real life, has to be made level even if it isn't stitched straight. I'm sure she left you excess fabric around her pictures. The same thing is done when you frame a picture. So, the horizontal borders have to be level - by doing this, the side ones will become 90 degree angles too. Make sure you make all the cross-stitched squares the same size, so work off the largest. I hope this explanation helps. She may already have a straight horizon, but when worked by hand, fabric gets skewed. That's where a stabilizer will help.
Let me know if this is better or you need more info...
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The main top is done, now for the borders...
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Meece - That is fabulous. How is it done? Piecing, paper piecing what? I would love to have a copy of the pattern.
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Just regular piecing. Four elongated hexagons make the ring.
I can email you the pattern.
I have the backing ready, and one small border of the green done, but I am short fabric for a wider border. Bummer, or it would be done tomorrow. It is a wedding gift for a wedding four weeks away. Not like me to get something done well ahead of time.
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Barbe1958 - the program she uses is called PC Stitch....and thank you for the clarification regarding the "horizon".....I got it now.
Meece - Wow that looks great....and so fast too. I work at a snails pace since I am so new to quilting. I have been sewing since I was 12 or so. I also have a knitting machine that I hope to get back to again some day and an embroidery machine that I just bought but have not had any time to play with yet.
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Meece - Thanks for the pattern. I am always looking for a new challenge.
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