Stitching the pieces together
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Hi, I've been lurking on your thread for quite a while and would love to join in on your fun! I quilt and embroider redwork and have been sewing up a storm lately. I'll secretly confide in you--because I had Stage II breast cancer in 2009 and just last Feb was diagnosed with kidney cancer Stage III (new primary), I feel like I have to use up my HUGE stash of fabrics. If anything happened to me, my adult kids would have no clue as to what to do with all my fabric. You've probably heard of the old saying, "Whoever dies with the most stash, wins" but what a headache for the family, huh?
I'm not a perfectionist quilter and am quite pointless when matching those silly corners, but I love sewing and I get together with quilting friends often to share creations, advice, inspiration and, of course, food and laughter.
Haven't figured out how to insert photos properly yet, but here's a wall hanging I made trying to combine quilting and redwork. Please tell me what website you use to post photos to insert on these boards, k? I love seeing all your photos!
Linda
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Linda, that is GORGEOUS!!!! When I had my store, I would play on all the sewing machines and used the Husqvarna to do redwork pieces I wanted to put into a quilt later....now where are they....?????
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What is redwork? The hanging is really gorgeous.
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Redwork is just embroidery sewn with one color rather than a gazillion. SOOOO much easier that changing colors all the time. While in the olden days they just used red thread, these days you can use any color you want. I used to cross-stitch but it took so long to sew. This is quicker and I usually personalize it by using different fonts from my 'puter. For example I made these stockings with names at the top.
Redwork is fun and makes me feel productive when sitting and watching TV!
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I'm thinking some of the pillowcases used to be redwork. I'm most familiar with it in counted cross stitch though I never made any. Pretty good listing of patterns when I googled it just now.
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Hi, Linda - Your wall hanging is beautiful! Most of the ladies in my Senior Adult quilt class are expert quilters AND embroiderers, and some of the most stunning, vintage-look quilts have both pieced blocks and redwork.
Your Christmas stockings are gorgeous, too!!!
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Oh, Linda, I was remiss in not telling you how beautiful the stockings and wall hanging are. Love the yellow wall as well. I found what must be 50 paint chips for yellows for bedroom and still can't seem to get it done. In the stack with the Mary Engelbreit pics to do something with this year.
How is your treatment going? We have another member (Elimar - Middle Aged Women 40-60ish) who is having tx for colon cancer.
Meece come out come out where ever you are - Missing you.
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Actually, that's #1 son's yellow wall. I forgot to take photos of the stockings before I gave them to him so he took the pics.
While I had mastectomies (my choice) and chemo back in 2009 for the breast cancer, the only treatment for my kidney cancer was surgery. Very different than the BC experience. So now I have only one kidney and go for scans every 3 mos. ugh. Living with just one kidney isn't bad, just can't have NSAIDs (Advil, aspirin, etc). Only tylenol, which is a like a sugar pill to me.
I've been getting lots of sewing ideas, inspiration and patterns on Pinterest.com. (Of course, I must admit I waste LOADS of time looking on there also.) Hope you all are 'pinning' too. Let me know if you don't know what it is. We 'addicted pinners' love to share.
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ARRRGH!!!! PINTEREST!!!! SOMEBODY STOP ME!!!
Totally addicted...I finally signed up for Pinterest, but have never formally pinned anything. I used to just create a shortcut on my computer before I went to Google Chrome...now it's a PIA, and I should really be keeping track of my own pins.
Tell me...every time I pin something, does it show up on my Facebook page? I can see how my FB friends would get awfully tired of that...
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Linda, your quilt and stockings are just great. It is so much fun to see what everyone's working on. I recently created a new studio for myself which required gathering up, sorting, folding and arranging my entire stash. Talk about an excess of riches! I haven't done any embroidery or redwork in years but admire it.
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Eeks, no, not every pin will be copied to facebook. When you pin something and choose which of your boards to pin to, just make sure the box beside "facebook" is unchecked. Goodness, folks would be awfully bored seeing all the quilts I pin. I just share the funny stuff with facebook friends.
BTW, I inserted an improved photo of my Christmas quilt in my original message above. Much clearer than the first pic I posted.
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Denali, that little Santa embroidery is too cute! The newer picture is much clearer.
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Linda your quilt and stockings are wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
I am hopeful to get some more of my sewing room made useable again. New Year and all right!
Have a great day, hope it isn't too cold where you live today.
Ginger
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Ginger, I have not found any type of glove that helps me be able to do any type of needle work plus like Barbe my eyes don't see as well as they used to. Thanks for thinking of me. AJ
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Silk scarves have become a staple in my wardrobe to help camouflage my new figure. However, my favorite use for them is to make scrumptius cuddle quilts. During this last year a friend and I created silk quilts as Christmas gifts for three of our friends. The main parts are silk scarves that had belonged to their mothers. Here's a photo of one friend cuddling under hers just after she had unwrapped it.
If you'd like to see the other three quilts go to my blog at this link:
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Wow! Everything in the pictures is beautiful. Welcome, Denali. I was out of town visiting my son and his family. I scoped out the room which will be the new nursery and got the wall color so I can start up the new quilt and window covering. Baby could be here in as few as 12 weeks (as for doctors making the decision to deliver the baby early), so the countdown begins.
I tried to spend every waking minute hugging on Patch so I didin't even open my laptop the whole trip!
Glad to be back and see that everyone is stitching away.
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Luv, has the book arrived yet? I started my snowflakes by buying the book, a size 6 hook and some bedspread weight thread. Three things, and I was able to start off. I tried to decipher a pattern in a book my DIL had, but when it came to "puff stitch" I was unable to figure it out. I will have to see an actual diagram.
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Meece, thanks for asking. The book came Wednesday. I got the thread, hook, needle threaders and a CD today to teach me. Hobby Lobby was great and the Michaels in Ft. Worth was much better than the local one. JoAnns didn't have much and really none of them had much for crochet. Saw Barbe's comment about sparkle thread and didn't see anything like that. Do y'all special order stuff like that? I bought Aunt Lydia's pure white 10 weight thread. I saw something called Crosheen (sp?) and remember my mother using it.
I saw a couple of red work kits at Hobby Lobby I think. I went to 2 Hobby Lobbys, JoAnns, Michaels and WalMart so mind not working too well. Plus numerous other stops while I was in town. And for me most unusual I had a glass of wine tonight. Watching Sleepless in Seattle for the 2nd time around tonight. And this gal is getting verrrrry sleepy.
Nellie - your scarf quilts are beautiful. What treasures!
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I got my sparkle thread at Walmart.
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Granellie - those silk scarf quilts are stunning...and very meaningful, I would imagine...
In fact, I'm going to print out your blog and take it to my quilt class for Show And Tell next Thursday! Those quilting gals will be very impressed, I promise you!
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LOVE the concept of the silk scarves. I did a tie quilt for my Dad while he was on chemo for his lung cancer. I backed it with flannel so it was warm if he needed it. I named it "The Ties That Bind". Silk is slippery, how did you stabilize it graniellie??? I kept the backing on the ties to keep them from stretching out and skewing badly. I really should take a picture of it one day....
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Thanks for your comments and compliments for the silk quilts. I'm honored that you plan to share my blog post, Blessings. And yes, silk is slippery. I spray starch and iron the scarves before cutting to give them body and keep them from stretching ... otherwise, those cut in half or quarters on the bias would be nearly impossible to work with. I wash and block all utilitarian quilts when they're finished, so these softened up considerably. Also, you may have noticed that the backs are made with other fabrics, either entirely or in combination with heavier silks, so they won't slide off the cuddler.
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It's gorgeous, Nellie!
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Granellie, those silk scarf quilts are inspiring. Just wonderful. Course, yesterday my DGS asked for a Pokemon quilt. I was excited he wanted a quilt, but Pokemon will be hard to achieve!
Question.....I need to make a duvet cover for my 94 year old Mom to match a quilt I made her. Originally I was to close it with buttons, but she's decided they're hard to work and wanted a zipper. I can't find a zipper that's long enough except metal/outerwear weight....which sounds uncomfortable to me. I mentioned closing it with strips of Velcro but she thinks that might not hold. Since I don't use a duvet, i've no idea about this. Can anyone help? Oh....I have to have that, plus the bed skirt done by the 12th when she moves to senior/assisted living.
Also, anyone have any tips on bed skirts? My latest idea is to attach the pleated drop to a fitted sheet. Since the sheet would fit snugly over the box spring, I'm hoping it will keep the bed skirt from shifting all over the place and looking uneven. Thoughts?0 -
Beautiful idea! bet they're gorgeous in person. So here's a dumb question: can you wash the silk scarf quilt?
Bein' from the ole west, I'm more used to jeans.
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Mostly Sew, your plan for the bedskirt being sewn to a fitted sheet is a good one. As for the duvet closure, if I were making it I'd place tabs of velcro (each 2"-3" long) evenly spaced across the opening along the opening at the bottom since you're mom doesn't care for buttons ... a solid long strip would make that edge really stiff. Short strips of velcro hold really well. In fact, it can be difficult to pull it apart.
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Denali, yes the silk quilts can be washed. All my functional quilts get washed and blocked before they're gifted or entered in a quilt show. I use a "color catcher" sheet in a short and gentle washing cycle of cool water. One of the scarves in those recently made quilts seemed more fragile than the others, so it was put into a pillow case and tied shut with a shoelace for the washing cycle. I put them in the dryer for about 5 minutes to remove the washing wrinkles, then spread them flat on a bed or the floor to air dry. These quilts were constructed with a variety of fabrics and fibers and some of them may need bit of pressing with a warm iron to remove wrinkles.
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Granellie, thanks, I was leaning toward the Velcro strips...easy too which is nice.
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I used velcro strips on mine and it holds just fine. I do keep them at the bottom. The only long zippers I've seen are for upholstery. You buy them by the yard. I'm going to try the fitted sheet if you say it works. I like the look of no skirt, but I have the underbed space absolutely stuffed.
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Hi Wren, I looked at Joann's today for the zippers by the yard, but they were out. I think the Velcro will solve my whole problem. I'll let you know about this twin sheet used as my "platform" for the skirt. My daughter who cleans houses hates the skirts, because they're always uneven, but ran across one of these set ups once and said it was great. I'll let you know. The problem is, I don't have a twin bed here to put the sheet on to then mark off the top edge to set the skirt to...so will need to get a bit creative for that part of the job.
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