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Month 7 finished! Unintended 'design choice' on bottom border - should have read instructions twice then sewn once!...
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Here’s my progress so far. I am not 100% pleased with my log cabins, but I don’t think I’ll change them. The fabrics...
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Great job on your appliqué.
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Beautiful !!!
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This looks great! I love what you did with the green fabric. The middle is very colorful and I love the design !
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Wow, this looks amazing!
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Lovely! And what a terrific back, truly a two-sided quilt.
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Couple of years late, but enjoying this one so far!
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I got my quilt back from the quilter’s today. I like doing double sided quilts, so it took a while to complete this....
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Thank you Barbara, I'll look for that tape.
Last year I moved my quilting set up from a finished attic to a... -
I use a Black+ Decker hardware tape measure. Fold the strip in half, measure half the length needed, don’t forget the...
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Accurately cutting the brown border.
I measured the top and it seems correct, but my first two borders are... -
There is one corner that I do not liking the color and will trade out bottom left for a square in a square log cabin half...
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Im having fun!
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Woo hoo! The updated file worked. As an FYI - I use EDGE as my browser, and I always download first then call up the download...
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Ready for next month!
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Hi Everyone, I did something cool today.
I rented time on a long-arm machine and it was great. It was an LQ 16 on a very large table, but I was only doing about a twin.
I was told to bring 2 yards of fabric and 1 of batting to practice. I was shown how to pin it and roll the layers and how to baste the edges. I was pretty comfortable right off, since I've done alot of free-motion on my home machine. It was so nice to just glide along and not struggle with the quilt.
I spent about 1 hour getting set up and practicing and then it only took 1 1/2 hours to do my twin sized stack N whack. It turned out lovely and was so quick!
I have TOTAL RESPECT for you professional long-arm quilters!!! I didn't have much trouble doing it well enough for myself and my family, but I can see that it takes ALOT of practice to do it well enough for someone else.
Also, this shop, Jackie Lynn's, in Rochester, NY, has a great helper, Cindy, who instructed me and assisted me until I was comfortable. She wound the bobbins and adjusted the tension and made sure it was all pinned and rolled smooth and even.
If you get the chance, do this! :P It was alot of fun and it only cost me $40, which is $15 per hour and 2 spools of thread!! I won't be struggling with another large quilt at home! NA in sunny, thawing western NY
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived ! -
That sounds like a lot of fun. I have been trying to decide what to do with some quilts I will be getting ready to quilt soon. Do I want to struggle with them in my home machine, or send them out? I don't do much free motion quilting, so even doing a long arm would be something new for me. But it might just be well worth the epxense to try this out, and see how I would do on just some leftover fabric, before I actually wanted to do it on a quilt.
I will definatly look into if any LQS around here offer this. My problem would be having the time off work to be able to schedule the time to do this.
Diane in Colorado Springs -
I hope this will be taken the right way---
Diane,
If you'd like to send your quilts out, email me privately and we'll talk.
eileenkny 8)
from the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY
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