Stitching the pieces together
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I love Missouri Star Quilt Company. They have alot of great tutorials on precuts. They have great customrs service as well. I have ordered from tham several times in the past and have gotten my stuff pretty quickly. I to like Connecting Threads as well.
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sewingnut - I love Connecting Threads - I especially love the fact that they have batiks for $6.96 a yard. I am getting ready to make a king size log cabin quilt for a dear friend of mine and I like it that I can choose colors I want and put them on a design wall before I order them. I have gotten lots of free patterns from them also.
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Wow, I step away from the computer for awhile and everyone gets busy writing!
I also have a Viking Husqvarna as my primary machine, a SOFRO (A singer made for House of Fabrics) Electronic from the 80s I love it but can't get anyone to work on it, I have my first Singer Antique portable that I got in 6th grade, suprisingly DH had a slightly newer model when I met him. I also have Dh's aunts 1960s Singer, two Necchi portables and my Grandmother's White which I use to sew heavy fabrics (needs a new belt now). I could open a sewing school with all of them!
I love Fabric.com and I have also ordered from 800fabrics.com. I need to check out connecting threads, I haven't thought about them for years!
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Meece, If you like sewing with batiks, Connecting Threads has a wonderful assortment of fabrics and for only &6.96 a yard. I have not found it any cheaper and it is good stuff. I have ordered several times and have always been happy with what I get.
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Meece' I think you win! I have my grandmothers Singer Rocketeer style mschine, a featherweight, a singer 66 (about a 3/4 size machine) a small inexpensive Janome and a serger. I guess it would be helpful if I got one out and did some sewing instead of playing on the 'puter occasionally.
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I got my goods in the mail today YAHOO! I cant wait to get started tomorrow. Lets just hope the wind dies down so I can do the mixing of the fabric dyes outside. I cant wait to show you all the cool colors I come up with. I also got a fabric dyeing dictonary that has tons of mixes for different colors and the all pretty much use the same colors just mixed different. Oh how Im not going to get any sleep tonite because of my new goodies. I will post my fabrics as I get them done! Take care gals and sew away
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I must be crazy. I was shopping in a consignment store. Just looking at nothing in particular. I turned around and there it was. LOL A double wedding ring quilt, already cut out by The King Quilt Company. It was only $4.00. A bargain right? Keep in mind the only quilting I have done was years ago, a wall hanging. Needless to say I need some tips if any of you have ever quilted anything on the curve. Not a straight edge on the whole thing. I thought it would get my mind of the whole BC thing. It works...Sewing by hand atm. I have a machine but not really good at sewing on it yet..
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When we were going to move from Ohio to Alaska in 1957, I asked my dad if I could have a scooter & he agreed. I was born in Alaska but we left when I was 2 so I didn't remember it but my parents remembered Fairbanks as being a very small quiet town.... After we arrived & dad saw how much it had built up, he talked me into a top-of-the-line Singer 401A Slant-O-Matic. I do believe it was the best choice for both of us since I still have the 401 - it doesn't zig-zag anymore but it's still the toughest sewing machine I've ever had. I don't sew very much anymore but I am fortunate enough to have a permanent spot where I can keep my machines out & have storage for my assorted "stuff" - all important of course.
Martha
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IRW, my grandmother made several double wedding ring quilts and she always pieced them by hand to make fure that she didn't stretch the bias edges, just make sure that you keep an even 1/4 inch seam allowance. Here is a link to show how to assemble the pieces. www.ardcotemplates.com/dww-instruct.shtml
I am working on some vintage dresiden plate center blocks that were given to my sister-in-law and she thought that I would like them. They were hand stitched but with crochet cotton thread, not quilting thread, large knots and the seam allowance was not consistant. The plates did not lay down flat because of the uneven seams. I am in the process of taking out the crochet cottin thread and restitching them with good thread, I am taking time to mark each seam allowance at 1/4 inch to make sure that they will lay flat. I am taking them apart in quarters to change them to smaller size fan blocks. To keep the vintage look, I am also going to applique them on some vintage bleached white feed sack that my mother got from her aunt's estate. Some of the feed sack still has some faint printing showing that I will use on the back to keep with the look I want.
Sheila
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Sheila, that sounds amazing! I can't wait to see pics!! Don't be surprised if your 1/4" seam allowance doesn't 'fix' things - they may not have been cut out perfectly in the first place.
Paula....we should see pics from you by now...!
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lvtoqlt Thanks so much for the link. Much better then what came with it. I have not measured the 1/4 inch seam, just eyeballing it. But I will start. The quilt you are working on sounds really pretty. How will you cover the holes from the crochet thread? They have to be big.. I have seen a quilt made of feed sacks they are beautiful.I know what we will be doing all winter. LOL once you start it is hard to put down. Have a wonderful day everyone. lisa
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Barbe, that is why I have taken them apart in quarters so it won't matter as much if they don't lay flat like a circle would. I can adjust the fan position from the corner to help them go from edge to edge. I am planing on appliqueing them on 8 inch finished white feed sack blocks. Some of the plates I had to throw away. They had gotten wet before I got them and some of the dark colors ran into the light colors. I did keep some of the stained blocks to give it that original look but some were so badly stained it wouldn't look right. I took one that was ruined and tried hand washing it to see if the bleeding color would come out some but it didn't work. My original plans were to make this for a new wall hanging in my office before I was laid off last year. I haven't done any work on it since the lay off but I came them when I was cleaning last week. I have 25 fans done and I think I have 8 or 10 more to rework. Still not sure how I am going to lay it out or how big it will end up, but it will be interesting.
Lisa, the holes seem to close up when the blocks are pressed but if the holes don't completely close up, it will give it more character.
Sheila
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Sheila, it's true. The heat from the iron will relax the fibres to close again. Steam them if you need to. I'd love to see the pics you have so far Sheila. I have a bunch of old quilts I wasn't sure what to do with. All I could think of was pillows out of the good parts. Now I'm thinking shadow-boxing!
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Thanks Barbe, I put some photos up on FB of the blocks I have done so far and close up's of some I haven't reworked showing the crochet cotton thread.
I also found the box of vintage hankies from my great aunt Alice and great-great grandmother Cora. I think I will be doing a quilt top for the twin bed in my son's room (after he leaves again) and the room is turned back into my sewing room. I have so many ideas to do and not enough time to do them
.Sheila
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Sounds so pretty. I really enjoy the older quilts. I have 1 my Grandmother made that is between 30 and 40 years old. Needs a new back put on. I hope one day to be as talented as you Ladies are... LOL *Wishful Thinking*
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It doesn't have to be just wishful thinking...it just takes time.
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Sheila, if the pics are on FB you just have to copy and paste them here. The system will ask you twice if you are 'sure' and you say yes each time. I'd love to see them!
lrw, everyone is talented to their current level. It just takes 'wishful thinking' to push them to improve.
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Chemo #3 today. I got another sock monkey finished during treatment. I am making them for Craft Hope which is sending them to kids in Texas that lost homes in the fires this summer
Then we are working on stuff to sell at this year's Holiday Bazaar on base. I decided to donate all proceeds to our local Breast Cancer Coalition, so I am excited to have a good purpose for my sewing right now 
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this is part of one of the original plates I am taking apart.
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here are some that need reworking, notice the thread that was originally used. The pencil line is where I am going to restitch the seam.
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Let me try that again, picture was too big and I tried to change size and it double posted.
This is the back side showing the heavy thread that was used originally. I have marked the line where I will restitch the seam with a pencil.
You can see in this piece some of the blue dye that bled onto some of the blocks. I am hoping that the bleed will give it character.
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Here are some that I have finished the restitching.
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ivtwoqit
Those are pretty cool. Can't wait to see the finished project. My mom mades those kind of quilts years ago. She is not use a rotary cutter. She marked each piece and cut them out with scissors.
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Thanks Jo, this will probably take me a while to finish. Right now I am working on projects for the church bazaar that is next month. I started on this quilt about 18-24 months ago.
Sheila
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IRW, we all had to start somewhere with our quilting/sewing skills. Don't put yourself down because you can only do the basics. We have one lady in my quilt guild that came in the other week with a box full of ribbons she won at a quilt show on 2 of her quilts. I don't try to compete with her but I still enjoy her work.
Sheila
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Barb I hope to get started by the weekend. The weather hasnt been the best to do it outside so I have to get a spot in the basement cleared. I am so ready to get going. I have lots of ideas in the old noggen and want to get going.
IRW I'm still new to all this and I know with time and practice I will be right there with the pros. I also have gotten alot of fabrics from others so I can practice. I just cant stand the thought of messing my project up so I use the give me fabric for that.
Sheila I love the dresidens. I love the colors.
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Lvtwoqlt,
The pieces you have done look great! My friend wanted me to finish some quilt tops she found in Grandma's attic. I reinforced every seam as they were also hand sewn. She didnt want them quilted just tied. I was lucky to find binding that matched.
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My aunt gave my mother a quilt that my paternal grandmother had made as well as some of grandma's kitchen aprons. The quilt was worn and my aunt wanted my mom to try and repair the damage with the pieces from the aprons. Mom couldn't repair the entire quilt but I think she repaired a portion of it and is going to have it framed for my aunt to display in her house.
Sheila
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Thanks everyone for the encouragement. Sewing away. haha At this rate it will take me forever. Truly takes your mind off things for awile and you can take it to all the Dr. Appts that are neverending... lvtoqlt love what you are doing, looks really nice. It has a lot of character. This thread is great for ideas... Thank you Ladies. You inspire me...
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Irw333 - I do quilt but I don't do any of the advanced stuff like applique, foundation piecing. I like to stick with squares and rectangles. I have done some triangles. I love to quilt but don't have a lot of time - strip piecing is the best for me. I have posted pictures of some of my projects on here. I can remember my very first quilt was basically nine patches. A friend talked me into entering in a quilt show and I did get an honorable mention - still have the quilt and use it.
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