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Forum: Main
01-01-2013, 05:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,718
Posted By kaysue4

Help to understand pattern

Hello, happy new years to everyone.
OK, this is my second quilt but first with a pattern. In the pattern it has a square then tells me to sew on tri-angles onto each side. But then it says it forms...
Forum: Main
10-09-2012, 05:31 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 771
Posted By kaysue4

I finished my quilt

I finished my quilt and not bad for my first.
There are some mistakes that I made, like the back is actually put on the wrong direction, instead of up and down with the direction of the bed, it is...
Forum: Main
09-23-2012, 05:55 AM
Replies: 114
Views: 6,339
Posted By kaysue4

I am so thankful for this Board because I am just...

I am so thankful for this Board because I am just on my first quilt and because of everything I am learning on here, it is making it seem so easy.
People cannot believe that this is my first quilt....
Forum: Main
09-23-2012, 05:51 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,994
Posted By kaysue4

Won't be working on this for a couple of days. I...

Won't be working on this for a couple of days. I have a really bad cold. Yucky. I just had some regular yarn here at the house, so I hope the new way of tying helps. Three forthes of the quilt is...
Forum: Main
09-23-2012, 05:45 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,994
Posted By kaysue4

Dayle, I am now tying them three or four times...

Dayle, I am now tying them three or four times and they seem to be staying now. I have 3/4 of them tied now. I might end up redoing them or gluing them with a dab of something
I was going by what I...
Forum: Main
09-18-2012, 07:51 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,994
Posted By kaysue4

Ok, I don't know what I did wrong, some of my...

Ok, I don't know what I did wrong, some of my knots are coming undone. Maybe I didn't leave them long enough, but I can't retie them. Now what to do? Redo them or just leave them? Getting frustrated...
Forum: Main
09-13-2012, 05:30 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 769
Posted By kaysue4

I am new to this, what is a rail fence? a scrappy...

I am new to this, what is a rail fence? a scrappy four patch?
Thanks.

Thanks for all of your condolences. I had also lost my mother-in-law a week and a day before that. November has been a bad...
Forum: Main
09-13-2012, 05:08 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 769
Posted By kaysue4

Pattern idea needed please

I am going to work on two twin size quilts for my grandsons. I am using my Mom's old dresses and such for this because she passed away in November.
Can someone please suggest an idea? I was thinking...
Forum: Main
09-13-2012, 04:08 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,857
Posted By kaysue4

I had never thought of doing this. Thank you for...

I had never thought of doing this. Thank you for the idea. Being that I am on my first one and I have taken a few pictures, I will keep track of when I am finished with this one and what I made ot...
Forum: Main
09-13-2012, 03:59 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,994
Posted By kaysue4

What kind is that? I never heard of it, being all...

What kind is that? I never heard of it, being all new to this kind of sewing. Thanks
Forum: Main
09-12-2012, 10:11 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,994
Posted By kaysue4

I found some yarn that has a mix of colors that...

I found some yarn that has a mix of colors that match the top of the quilt. I watched the video and that gave me good tips for threading the needle also.
Forum: Main
09-12-2012, 07:52 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,994
Posted By kaysue4

I will when I take when finished. I had a guy...

I will when I take when finished. I had a guy come over and he seen the quilt and asked me if I was selling it. I looked at him and told him that it was my first quilt and it is all hand done. He was...
Forum: Main
09-11-2012, 05:37 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,994
Posted By kaysue4

Thanks everyone, I just got to my question and I...

Thanks everyone, I just got to my question and I should have read this first because I started and got one section done on the quilting table, but I only used 2 strands of floss. :eek: But I am not...
Forum: Pictures
09-08-2012, 04:33 PM
Replies: 453
Views: 38,544
Posted By kaysue4

Wow, you do amazing work. I have started my quilt...

Wow, you do amazing work. I have started my quilt all by hand and people at our county fair kept feeling between the top and the bottom to look at the stitches and can't believe that I did over 800+...
Forum: Main
09-08-2012, 04:25 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,994
Posted By kaysue4

Question about tying a quilt

I have changed my mind and want to tie the squares to my backing, how do I do the knotting for that so it won't come out? What type of thread should I use, embroidery thread?
Thanks much,
Kim from...
Forum: Main
08-17-2012, 06:07 PM
Replies: 67
Views: 7,056
Posted By kaysue4

I am doing a Civil War quilt right now. But, I...

I am doing a Civil War quilt right now. But, I also love frogs and my grandsons like monkey's. My grand daughter likes Spongbob, so maybe one day I will get to one of those.
Forum: Main
08-17-2012, 07:13 AM
Replies: 73
Views: 29,642
Posted By kaysue4

I didn't think about that, but I have some that...

I didn't think about that, but I have some that are years old sitting in a composting area. But do they help sharpen the needles? What would I use to sharpen the needles?
Forum: Main
08-16-2012, 08:12 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 29,642
Posted By kaysue4

Now I have found a use for all of the walnut...

Now I have found a use for all of the walnut shells that the squirrels leave empty for me in the back yard! I guess I would just bang them down with a hammer, right? I am also taking the whole green...
Forum: Tutorials
08-15-2012, 07:06 PM
Replies: 598
Views: 344,932
Posted By kaysue4

Thumbs up What a great idea!

My Mom passed away in November of last year and I got some of her clothes and I wanted to make quilts for my grandchildren. I can do this with the skirts and dresses and it would be really be easy to...
Forum: Main
08-15-2012, 06:13 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,486
Posted By kaysue4

Thank you Janet. I do have one of those tomato...

Thank you Janet. I do have one of those tomato things and I have run it through a few times, I guess I just need to change the needle. I will try what you recommended on cutting it at an angle and...
Forum: Main
08-14-2012, 07:02 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,618
Posted By kaysue4

I thought that I was the only one that named my...

I thought that I was the only one that named my dog Pig, well, Piggy. We had to put him down last month, he was 14-15 years old.
As for the dog hair, I sit on my bed and sew my squares together and...
Forum: Main
08-14-2012, 06:48 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,486
Posted By kaysue4

I am doing this during a Civil War Event, so I...

I am doing this during a Civil War Event, so I can't use the spray, but I will keep candle wax on hand for the thread. I am putting it on a long quilting table, and thanks for the advice on the...
Forum: Main
08-14-2012, 02:41 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 2,486
Posted By kaysue4

Question Need advice from a hand quilter

Hello, this is my first quilt and I am hand sewing the whole thing, so I have a few questions:
1) What size needle should I be using to finish up my quilt?
I got a quilt guide and it came with...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
08-05-2012, 08:00 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 3,976
Posted By kaysue4

I really understand this as I have Fibromyalgia...

I really understand this as I have Fibromyalgia and some days, I just can't do the work. With the way the heat and humidity has been, I can barely walk outside to do a few things and I am in need for...
Forum: Main
07-30-2012, 06:59 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 10,803
Posted By kaysue4

My first one that I started, not finished, not...

My first one that I started, not finished, not sure who will get that yet. The first major one that I am working on for my Civil War re-enactment will be used at camp and at home.
Then will be for...
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