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So I recently did some "tube quilting". For those of you not familiar...you have two strips (2 1/2 inch each) of different colors sewn together and one 4 1/2 inch of a solid. You sew the 2 1/2 strips together (wof) and attach the solid to them (right sides together) and you have a tube. Use...
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I have 32 - 8 in.friendship stars squares made to piece togather foar a scrappy quilt for my nephew . I am thinking of making design forming an M or R , initial , or maybe a flag pattern in center of the quilt ,with patriotic print or Alabama (Crimson Tide) print . Right now , have 10 patriotic squares...
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OK! I googled DWR on internet, printed pattern and started on first paper piecing. Whew, 1/2 day later I had 1st section pieced, cut and just was so surprised at the difficulty, and pride at finally getting that one portion done. 1st a picture of my Ms Ella Now for the pieced part and the start of the...
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I am working on an antique Grandmother's Garden quilt, I had to add an entire row to make it a queen size for the own. I am getting ready to longarm quilt it but I wanted to find out if anyone had done a facing on one of the quilts in place of the traditional binding? The hexagon that were used were...
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Blocks: Log Cabin, 9 patch, crazy, rail fence, bear paw, paper pieced, pinwheels, hst's, friendship star, flying geese, sawtooth star, ohio star, scrappy, snail's trail, applique of almost kind. Fabric: Cotton,cotton/poly blend, batiks, floral, stripes, solids, dots, almost any pretty design...
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Sharon, I've been making quilts for about four years, and have a lot of leftover pieces as well. Most of them I just stuffed into plastic bags, not sorted in any way, and I paw through them when I'm looking for something. Recently I've gotten a bit more organized. I bought some bins that...
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that would be a great way to gather yoyos and use up scraps....wish I would have thought of it. I like making scrappy quilts and quilts from the stash. I try to use at least one fabric from my stash in each quilt (but of course I always buy more for the stash) I have been quilting for about 30 years...
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Hi Jo Ann, This is my first post. While I do quilt year round, I especially enjoy the fall. Here in the heart of Texas, fall arrives kind of late compared to other parts of the country, but as soon as it turns September, my thoughts naturally turn to the upcoming holidays, and I begin to get excited...
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Thanks so much for letting me know Bonnie has it in her book. I just bought it this last week. Bonnie was in our local shop just about a month ago. She was visiting her mother over Mother's Day---neat ladies--both of them.
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I use what my favorite shop owner calls "sew on, sew off" pieces, as has been described as landing strips or scraps. For these strips I have another quilt that requires a lot of small pieces to be sewn together, and keep these pieces by the machine, hence, no wasted thread, no wasted time....