Originally Posted by
Honchey
JeanieG & QuiltE, I'm thinking with everyone that has expressed to maybe do this and those that have commited to doing this journey we should be close to 60 ???
Honchey ... My list has 55, including the "committed" and those that left me unsure as to whether it was active interest or passive.
Originally Posted by
oksewglad
Actually think I learned this from
QuiltE while doing PC blocks. That's what you get for Hand Piecing all your barbed wire blocks--you didn't pay attention to the PP hints
(She also likes to stitch them in place in the seam allowance area)
OKSGlad ... I cannot take the credit as twasn't I!!
OKSG, ITA
DD missed those lessons, thanks to all her hand piecing work!! I know who to turn to for advice when I am doing my DJ and screaming my lungs out! (and NO, it will not be hand pieced ... though there's going to be some tense moments as I do applique and will need LOTS of TLC to keep me in love with doing the project!
Originally Posted by
deranged_damsel
Sigh... well I WILL pay attention NOW, I guess a girl can start sometime... LOL
DDamsel ... so there is hope for you, yet!
No glue from me, as I always fear the residue that may be left behind, with the time delay from use thru to washing it out. When I want to hold something in place when PPing, I just use long machine stitches ... often put that first piece on with a few long stitches. Then add the next one(s) ... if too large and worried it/they will not lie flat, then some more long stitches. All come out easy enough with the stitch ripper as you move along. Sometimes I do stitch in the final seam edge, though I never trim that final edge off til paper is removed and block has been fully pressed/starched to the max. Then I square all up to get my precise block size.
Another helpful hint ... make those stitches super tiny ... 1.0 or even smaller! I've had no problems taking off my papers, nor with the stitches coming apart.
Originally Posted by
DogHouseMom
I'm ashamed to say that I do not own a single quilt!! ...........When I finish one of these I'm slapping a label on it that say's "you'll have to pry this quilt from my cold dead hands".
Shame on You!!!
and yes, about time you remember it's all about YOU! YOU!! YOU!!!
DHMom ... and such good news about your friend and her latest achievement!
QNSue and All the Quilt Show Ladies! ... what a lovely and varied group of quilts. Totally inspiring
Here's one of the ones that is on my bed ... The centre blocks were extras from the 1st quilt, a sampler that I made when I started back sewing about 8 yrs ago. While simple rail fence blocks I often feel like they are a floral trellis.
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