Completed HST projects

[Shirley R.]

Beautiful quilt, Melavia. Shirley35

[Karen G.]

I love your quilt, Melavia.

[Karen G.]

Sylvia;

Your Granddaughter is a natural quilt designer! How beautiful! When do the two of you start your youtube lessons? You have the makings of an award winning quilter there! Congrats!

[Karen G.]

How is the book with our completd projects coming along? I haven't heard anything for awhile....Doreen

[Patti P.]

I love the story!

[Patti P.]

Have enjoyed all the quilts as I caught up with the last several pages of posts. Wish we could do an exchange again as these quilts seem to be so pretty. Thank you Lotti, Karen, Doreen and Sylvia. Nice jobs.

[Patti P.]

I missed a quilt I meant to admire. I went as far back as to see the tree of life by Lois. That was very nice as well. I am still at the point of having a tough time getting blocks to be the same size and getting seams to be 1/4" all the time, so it's nice to see so many people who have that down and I think the scrappy nature of this exchange makes me appreciate how beautiful scrap quilts can be.

[Patti P.]

Maybe talk to Rosemary about seams --- it seems that what shows on front is more important than the back - , or so it seams! I'd just wiggle them a bit, so it's right on the front. I had the same problem with my HST's, However most of the Wot Rotts were good.

[Patti P.]

I missed a quilt I meant to admire. I went as far back as to see the tree of life by Lois. That was very nice as well. I am still at the point of having a tough time getting blocks to be the same size and getting seams to be 1/4" all the time, so it's nice to see so many people who have that down and I think the scrappy nature of this exchange makes me appreciate how beautiful scrap quilts can be.

Maybe talk to Rosemary about seams --- it seems that what shows on front is more important than the back - , or so it seams! I'd just wiggle them a bit, so it's right on the front. I had the same problem with my HST's, However most of the Wot Rotts were good.

Personally, I consider that the front measurements are more important than the back. When I first started on the 2009 BoM, I found myself measuring the blocks as I went along, particularly as we got into the stars. Sometime it isn't the whole seam that need undoing, just a short length of it, so I would just frog that section nudge it about & re sew and re check. Just as Sally Collins recommends, it doesn't have to be right the first time, just the last, and if you check as you go along, you catch the problems as they happen, rather than at the end and you can be more inclined to correct it if you catch it right away.
That said, theoretically if you cut accurately, stitch accurately, press accurately then you would have the right size on the front & 1/4" seams on the back. But remember fabric does stretch, unlike paper.

It does come down to what you personally consider to be important to the finished item. With my embroidery, I was taught to keep the backs as neat as the front, and when you do 'both side's alike' embroidery this is vital, but from my dressmaking/tailoring when fitting the human body if you need to slightly adjust the seam so that the garment lies better over the body, then I will adjust the seam, even if it means that the seam allowance is now no longer perfect, because that is what will give the best look to the garment. My piecing comes somewhere between the two, and I do for my pleasure, rather than for others to judge, and can depend on how fussy I am feeling towards the project when I am working on it. Some days my 'tolerences' are more generous than others (as in oh ***** I need to finish this, or not)

[Patti P.]

It's a minor miracle my first quilt came out OK. I think the HST's in it were bigger so it was less dicey. I also hand embroidered but thankfully no one will ever see the back. You would be horrified Rosemary. Just kidding. But it is ugly underneath. I hadn't learned the art of fronts and backs looking the same for sure. I took a class two yrs ago but I never finished the piece and forget how to do it. We have a quilt show in November and I always feel guilty when I go. My family has to tolerate the obsession you know. This year I am taking an applique fusing class. I have no idea what to do. But it will be small so it's easy to finish. Jan

[Patti P.]

Well at least our obsession is neither illegal, immoral and nor does it make us fat (cannot stand sticky fingers near fabrics) :wink: And I am sure the rest of the family also have hobbies & passions that they follow, that we just tolerate because you do with family.

[Patti P.]

DH's is bike riding. Only he hasn't felt good enuf to indulge. DS's is video games. Pity they aren't messy hobbies. DD has her hands full with social life and academics. At least the quilt show is near my birthday so I have an excuse.

[Patti P.]

Well at least our obsession is neither illegal, immoral and nor does it make us fat (cannot stand sticky fingers near fabrics) :wink: And I am sure the rest of the family also have hobbies & passions that they follow, that we just tolerate because you do with family.

Well, it's not that active in terms of physical movement. I live in a split-level house, so I've kept my ironing board one level below my sewing room, so I have 7 steps to go up and down each time I have to press a seam. And I believe in pressing! That way, I hope to get my exercise, just not sure it's enough because unfortunately, somehow I am still getting puffier...(cuter way than saying 'fatter')

[Patti P.]

MAYBE someone ( who has made a quilt with HSTri ) can start a flicker page for posting pictures. I am involved in several groups that does that and it is really fun.

LADY RAGS.

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[Lena R.]

I was helping someone out at the Quilt Market today in Houston.... I ran into Edyta Sitar. She had her TQS exchange HST quilt with her --- it is beautiful of course.