S / O of glove lost in free motion quilting
03-18-2015, 03:10 PM
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S / O of glove lost in free motion quilting
A recent thread about one glove lost during the quilting process reminded me of one of my favorite quilting circle stories, shared by an older lady back when I was the young newbie at a quilting circle far away and long ago . . .
My friend had a tiny nook in the corner of her laundry room in which she did all her sewing. She was a prolific quilter, and managed to create beautiful, queen and king sized quilts on her domestic sewing machine in what was essentially 4 square feet of space wedged between the washing machine and a wall.
She told us the story one time of working on a large, complicated quilt which she hoped to show in the state fair, stitching late into the night, but she got it done, only to find in the morning light that a terrible thing had happened.
A laundry basket of clean whites was on the floor by her machine, and unfortunately, a big old pair of polyester granny panties got static cling stuck to the back of the quilt; they were very thoroughly quilted to the backing. To unpick it would take a lot of time, and the quilt might not recover. So, being a resourceful woman, she quickly picked out some men's tighty whities and assorted kid undies representing every member of the family which she artistically stitched to the back, along with a cord to represent a clothes line.
She named it "Letting it all hang out".
And if I recall correctly, she won a people's choice award.
My friend had a tiny nook in the corner of her laundry room in which she did all her sewing. She was a prolific quilter, and managed to create beautiful, queen and king sized quilts on her domestic sewing machine in what was essentially 4 square feet of space wedged between the washing machine and a wall.
She told us the story one time of working on a large, complicated quilt which she hoped to show in the state fair, stitching late into the night, but she got it done, only to find in the morning light that a terrible thing had happened.
A laundry basket of clean whites was on the floor by her machine, and unfortunately, a big old pair of polyester granny panties got static cling stuck to the back of the quilt; they were very thoroughly quilted to the backing. To unpick it would take a lot of time, and the quilt might not recover. So, being a resourceful woman, she quickly picked out some men's tighty whities and assorted kid undies representing every member of the family which she artistically stitched to the back, along with a cord to represent a clothes line.
She named it "Letting it all hang out".
And if I recall correctly, she won a people's choice award.
03-18-2015, 03:21 PM
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Love this story and I can relate to both - stitching and the tiny sewing area. While watching TV I was sewing beads onto the lace hem of my soon-to-be DILs wedding dress, draping it across my lap , and sewed parts to my fleecy track pants. Had to unpick quite a bit. My Hubby didn't hesitate at the wedding to let all the guests know.
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