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Post by Staff on Jan 17, 2010 23:25:45 GMT
As the first Anything "on the go"? thread has reached 12 pages, we're starting a fresh new one. Please continue the discussion here. To see the previous posts click here.Thanks
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Post by sorcha on Jan 18, 2010 16:11:32 GMT
rags, I deleted the progress pics. I still have them in my computer tho.
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Post by sorcha on Jan 18, 2010 19:08:38 GMT
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 19, 2010 1:39:37 GMT
Sorcha, simple design, few colours, its lovely.
I'm not a quilter tho I hang around with quilters & make little patchwork/quilted things & admire most of what my friends make, but I find a lot very fussy/busy & while I can appreciate the work in selecting colours & creating the pieces, these quilts are just not me.
Something that almost put me off quilts forever was one in the quilts in the big Quilt show of 1988 (1988 was the Bicentennial year celebrating 200 years of European settlement). It was made of 981 (961?) triangles, each a different fabric, & I thought things like - yeech & other rude things. Collecting then cutting up 981/961 fabrics ...
I'm not comfortable with matching patterned fabrics & have relied on Quilt shop staff & friends to suggest fabrics that go together, & the Dolls Reverse quilt (black body with multicolour border) that I made recently was my first attempt to use patterns that seemed to me to be in similar shades/tones. No one pointed out glaring "errors" & when I next assembled a set of fabrics for no. 3 Dolls quilt, my friend didn't reject any, and suggested several sets to use together.
But I still find it easier to use plain colours!
sandra
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Post by jennieg on Jan 19, 2010 5:38:28 GMT
Sorcha, that's terrific!
Yesterday I finished the skirt I was making, I will put a picture on my blog when I get around to taking one. I'm quite pleased with it! Cost was $2 for fabric, probably about 75 cents for a zipper, and I already had the pattern (which I have made a few times already), interfacing, plain black cotton for lining the yoke, and binding for the hem. It looks like a $25 skirt, I would reckon. This morning I tried using a ruler and rotary cutter, slowly and carefully, and it wasn't too difficult. So that's good! Now the only thing I can't yet do is to drive the car, I can't clench my hand into a fist yet to hold the steering wheel. But that will come too.
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Post by maryinkentucky on Jan 19, 2010 19:44:43 GMT
Jennie, great progress, but I'm amazed you can use the rotary cutter. It hurts my wrist when I'm well!
Sorcha, I remembered what you said about trying to quilt 2 hours a day, so I've been trying to do that. Boy, it's hard. I'm trying to get as much hand quilting done as I can while the weather is yucky. Here's Jenna's quilt.
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Post by maryinkentucky on Jan 19, 2010 19:45:59 GMT
And here's the back. It's shows the crosshatching quilting - fun, but lots of work!
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Post by jennieg on Jan 19, 2010 22:09:31 GMT
Mary, that's a gorgeous quilt, Jenna is very lucky!
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Post by sorcha on Jan 20, 2010 12:35:45 GMT
Yes...WOW! At least cross hatching goes fairly fast!
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Post by sorcha on Jan 20, 2010 18:12:12 GMT
Well, Mary, I don't just sit there and not get up for 2 hours! I do 3-4 long threads, take a break, play a game or two of Sol, then go back to it. 2 hours doesn't have to mean all at once! If my fingers and back hold out, some days I can do more. Depends on what else I have to do too.
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Post by sorcha on Jan 21, 2010 20:06:55 GMT
The butterfly quilt is half finished, and my hands hurt!
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Post by ragdall on Jan 23, 2010 3:34:42 GMT
Mary, Jenna's quilt is gorgeous! The fabrics work so well together.
Sorcha, maybe your hands need a rest?
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Post by ragdall on Jan 23, 2010 3:47:33 GMT
One Saturday night a couple of weeks ago I recovered the seats of six dining room chairs I had bought at a thrift store in 2008. Next we will have to find out how to touch up the worn or damaged wood and cane bits with a dark walnut stain and keep it from rubbing off on clothing. I paid $5 for a two metre long remnant of upholstery fabric, removed one of the seat covers to use as a pattern and traced it on the back side of the fabric with a bar soap scrap. There was just enough fabric to cut out the six seat covers. Before and after The Next evening all chairs were finished. Here are five of the chairs, ready for guests to arrive to listen to (recorded) music. The guests were my motivation to recover the chairs that night.
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Post by sandrainsydney on Jan 23, 2010 13:00:52 GMT
wow! what a difference a little fabric makes.
now how do you attach pics - I've tried & nuffin' works
sandra
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Post by sorcha on Jan 23, 2010 21:09:18 GMT
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