From Don-isewman--???
 

I'm asking for a little help. I need a quilt top FAST. The reason, I'm asking is at my Oct quilt meeting, were going to have some different demo's, from our group, going on. I was ask to do a demo, on my hand quilting, technique, I use. Me being a person, of not being very courages, I said yes. I thought, of using my GFgarden, quilt top. But, I may be thru with it, before Oct's meeting. I thought, of a quilt top, because, that is what I make most of the time. Not much on wall hanging's, unless it catches, my eyes. Don

why not use some cheater cloth or a panel that will give you plenty of room to showcase your quilting?

Are you looking for a pattern or someone to make a quilt top?

Who said it had to be a full sized quilt? You could make a table topper or a small wall hanging. Heck, even hot pads. That way the other members of the guild would see a finished product that much sooner.

How about a pillow to go with your grandmother's flower garden quilt? Maybe you have some extra fabric or already cut hexagons.

That's what I thought of, and what I'd do.

Why not try your hand at a wholecloth? You could get it all marked out by then quite easily or you can purchase one of the pre-printed wholecloths found on line. Our member Holice has some and you can also find some at the Stencil Company:
http://quiltingstencils.com/preprintedwholecloth.aspx

they have mini ones and bed sizes here.

As the demonstration is on your handquilting technique, I would think it most appropriate to showcase your handquilting skills instead of your piecing skills and nothing will do that better than a wholecloth. You can start working on the wholecloth prior to the demonstration so a large portion of it will be completed for showing participants as well as being able to demonstrate the technique itself in the unfinished portion.

How big does it have to be? I am not sure I have one, but I can look. This is for October's meeting??

I understand your shyness. I have been asked by 2 guilds to teach and I just couldn't do it.

You can do it Don. I know you have many skills. I have seen them in the past. Whole cloth or cheater cloth would also be an idea. Good luck.

I don't think you even need to use a quilt or wallhanging. I think a plain fabric with a contrasting thread, while perhaps not what you might use in a real project, would accent the stitches you are demonstrating. The group could better see how your stitches are made and how they work together, rather than blend into a patterned background.