Welcome to the Quilting Board!

Already a member? Login above
loginabove
OR
To post questions, help other quilters and reduce advertising (like the one on your left), join our quilting community. It's free!

Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
Results 1 to 10 of 18

Thread: New to site and quilting

Hybrid View

  1. 01-22-2012, 10:08 PM #1
    regina1062
    regina1062 is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Posts
    25

    Post New to site and quilting

    I'm Regina and I am new to quilting and eager to learn but dont know really where to start yet. I have done a few rag quilts and bandana quilts but that was about 4 years ago. Since then I have become legally blind. I am thinking about doing a flannel rag quilt and I am looking in second hand stores and such where I can get free flannel shirts to do this. Any suggestions from anyone

    Thanks in advance
    Regina
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  2. 01-22-2012, 10:21 PM #2
    auntpiggylpn
    auntpiggylpn is offline
    Super Member auntpiggylpn's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2011
    Location
    Michigan. . .FINALLY!!!!
    Posts
    6,917
    Blog Entries
    1
    Welcome to the board!
    No one has ever become poor by giving. - Anne Frank
    Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. - Martin Luther King, Jr.

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheQuiltedPig
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  3. 01-23-2012, 02:50 AM #3
    ckcowl
    ckcowl is offline
    Power Poster ckcowl's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2009
    Location
    Northern Michigan
    Posts
    10,528
    Blog Entries
    1
    flannels and homespuns are both good choices for raggy quilts- choose the shirts by feel- if they feel good they are good
    don't rule out dresses/jumpers/skirts- you can get alot of nice fabric out of a skirt/jumper!
    i generally wash everything in hot water as soon as i get it home from the thrift store- before de-constructing- then cut them up- put together your blocks/raggy quilt- then after clipping wash & dry again.
    hiding away in my stash where i'm warm, safe and happy
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  4. 01-23-2012, 02:55 AM #4
    sewbeadit
    sewbeadit is offline
    Super Member sewbeadit's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2011
    Location
    Washington
    Posts
    3,997
    Welcome to the group and to quilting! How much can you see of the fabric? I had a friend that was legally blind and could knit even tho she could just barely see the item she was working on. She loved it.
    Sewbeadit
    W. Washington
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  5. 03-11-2012, 12:53 PM #5
    regina1062
    regina1062 is offline
    Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Posts
    25
    Sewbeadit I cant see at all out of my left eye and my right isnt that great but I have a couple of people who helpt me and I still crochet. I am lucky though I have a cctv from the va and it enlarges things so I can make it out and my computer hooks up to it also.......
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  6. 03-11-2012, 01:59 PM #6
    luce321
    luce321 is offline
    Super Member
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Location
    Louisiana
    Posts
    2,411
    Blog Entries
    3
    Welcome from Louisiana.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  7. 01-23-2012, 05:07 AM #7
    Val in IN
    Val in IN is offline
    Super Member Val in IN's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    IN
    Posts
    1,151
    Blog Entries
    1
    Welcome to the board from Indiana!
    "I've always been crazy, but it's kept me from going insane!"
    Valarie
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  8. 01-23-2012, 05:12 AM #8
    CarrieC
    CarrieC is offline
    Senior Member CarrieC's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2011
    Location
    Virginia
    Posts
    818
    Welcome to the board! I agree with CKCOWL "don't rule out dresses/jumpers/skirts- you can get alot of nice fabric out of a skirt/jumper! i generally wash everything in hot water as soon as i get it home from the thrift store- before de-constructing- then cut them up- put together your blocks/raggy quilt- then after clipping wash & dry again. "

    I hope you find the help, inspiration and friendship on this board that I've found. Truly an amazing group of people to interact with.
    Carrie, Queen of the Seam Rippers!
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  9. 01-23-2012, 09:40 AM #9
    Thumbelina
    Thumbelina is offline
    Super Member Thumbelina's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Location
    Heaven on earth/to N.E. Ohio
    Posts
    4,715
    Blog Entries
    4
    Hi Regine, welcome from NE Ohio.
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
  10. 01-23-2012, 10:52 AM #10
    Christine George
    Christine George is offline
    Junior Member Christine George's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Milwaukee WI
    Posts
    175
    Welcome from Milwaukee
    Reply With Quote Reply With Quote
Page 1 of 2 1 2 LastLast
« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Forum Rules


SEO by vBSEO ©2011, Crawlability, Inc.