ragdall
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Post by ragdall on Aug 5, 2009 5:25:34 GMT
Phase One is completed. You can see it now and what it was like before I started   I'm going to take a rest before beginning Phase Two. |
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Post by sandrainsydney on Aug 5, 2009 8:26:40 GMT
wow! a veritable castle!
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Post by sorcha on Aug 7, 2009 21:30:24 GMT
Mary, the book arrived today. It's EXACTLY what I needed! Thanks! I'll get it back ASAP
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Post by sorcha on Aug 10, 2009 18:00:44 GMT
Mary, I copied the relevant pages and the book is back in the mail
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Post by maryinkentucky on Aug 12, 2009 2:02:48 GMT
I'm glad it was helpful. I really like the strip piecing method.
I was afraid I might need the book soon --------- But --------- I misunderstood niece #4. She just got engaged and said the wedding would be in October. I thought October, 2009, but found out today that it will be October, 2010.
She looked at my pictures of quilts and liked the Garden Twist pattern with bright colors. Soooooooooooo, I rushed to the quilt shop and bought a Kaffe Fassett (gorgeous and expensive) hot pink on navy, floral print and some funky greens for the lattice. I did this thinking I would use gorgeous material in big blocks and have it machine quilted. Well.........now she will have a quilt with gorgeous material in big blocks..........and probably hand quilted since I have over a year to finish it!
Which reminds me of a saying that my friend the artist always says. Always use the best materials and tools. I bought some expensive thread this time and can't believe how much nicer it is to sew patchwork pieces with this thread. I knew it was much more enjoyable to use good fabric, but I didn't realize what a difference expensive thread made.
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Post by jennieg on Aug 22, 2009 9:49:23 GMT
The three quilt tops I put together for the bushfire victims have been handed over to be quilted and distributed - I put a few photos on my blog the other day. bronzewombat.blogspot.com/ I now have the greatest admiration for people who make charity quilts from donated blocks! |
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Post by ragdall on Aug 23, 2009 11:40:52 GMT
Jennie,
The quilt tops are gorgeous! You have excellent taste in fabrics. The recipients will be thrilled to get the quilts.
Was it more difficult to piece the blocks together because they were made be several people?
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Post by Joan on Aug 23, 2009 22:38:03 GMT
Hi There, Well I still have my rug hooking on the go but far from completed. Have had a lazy summer and done nothing . Hope others are not like me??? Joan  |
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Post by jennieg on Aug 24, 2009 23:53:16 GMT
Rags, it definitely was. The large blocks were supposed to be 12-1/2in (so that they would end up 12 in when sewn together) but varied from 11-3/4in to 12-3/4in, so I trimmed them all down to the size of the smallest block. The small star blocks weren't quite as varied as they were all made by one person but they were undersized too, and the choice of fabrics was creative to say the least. But they have all turned into quilt tops I am pleased with, and hopefully the recipients will like them which is the main thing.
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Post by ragdall on Aug 25, 2009 2:11:23 GMT
Hi Joan, I'm still hoping that you'll post a photo of the progress you've made on the rug hooking.  I'm stalled on further work on the tree house, citing the weather as an excuse, but really it's just laziness on my part. |
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Post by Joan on Aug 27, 2009 5:11:39 GMT
Rags, it definitely was. The large blocks were supposed to be 12-1/2in (so that they would end up 12 in when sewn together) but varied from 11-3/4in to 12-3/4in, so I trimmed them all down to the size of the smallest block. The small star blocks weren't quite as varied as they were all made by one person but they were undersized too, and the choice of fabrics was creative to say the least. But they have all turned into quilt tops I am pleased with, and hopefully the recipients will like them which is the main thing. Jennie, Your quilts are wonderful and I am sure much appreciated. I know the problems you had everyone sees things different. I have helped to hand quilt with a group... every nite after the ladies would leave my sister in law and I would crawl under the frame and undo stitches that were tangled etc, then a rug hooking that ladies would hook in different directions ... undo and do again, sewng squares together the same problems you had, but the friendship of working together was worth it and the other ladies still brag about the things they did!! |
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Post by ragdall on Sept 8, 2009 10:22:11 GMT
Joan has made some progress on her rug. I took this picture of it a few hours ago:  |
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Post by jennieg on Sept 10, 2009 5:28:53 GMT
Doesn't that look good!
I have been making an appliqued and quilted Halloween wall hanging for our son's girlfriend in Canada, I'll give it to her when we see them next month, it's her birthday soon. I need to sew on the hanging tabs then bind it, and it's done.
And I am re-knitting my blue cardigan, I finished knitting it but didn't sew it together as it would have been too small. A cardy doesn't look good strained over the bazooms! So I am re-knitting it much faster than I knitted it originally. Both fronts are finished and the back is coming along nicely. It has a deep sailor collar and fastens with one button, and of course being a cardigan is worn over other garments so needs to have some ease.
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Post by ragdall on Sept 13, 2009 6:00:55 GMT
Jennie,
How big is the wall hanging? Are there any pictures of it? What a nice idea for a gift to be given in October.
I agree that a snug cardigan wouldn't look, (or feel), good. You're very patient to do it all over again. I'm glad that it's going more quickly for you this time.
rags
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Post by jennieg on Sept 14, 2009 1:21:36 GMT
Rags, I have almost finished sewing the binding down on the Halloween hanging, I will take a picture when it's finished but won't put it on the web until I give it to Sayward. While I try to make original things sometimes there is a project in a magazine or book that is just right, and this one was! It's from The Quilter Magazine November 2004 issue that someone gave me, and is 32in long by 17in wide. There are three 6in blocks set vertically, top and bottom have tubby little witches and the centre block has a black cat silhouetted against a full golden moon. I embroidered the cat's eyes with glow-in-the-dark thread for a bit of fun! The blocks are set with black sashing, then a 1/4in deep gold border, and the outer border is tiny golden stars on a purple background (Sayward likes purple). The backing is very bright spider webs on a black background, and I will also give her the backing leftovers as she has started quilting since going to a couple of quilt shops with me on our 2007 visit - I might use the fabric instead of wrapping paper.
Halloween isn't a big deal here (although commercial interests are trying to whip it up) so it was fun to make something different for a change.
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