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Old 03-30-2007, 07:53 PM
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moonchild72248
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I am a mother of two daughters and grandma of 3 handsome boys. I have sewed to make clothing and most especially costuming for the past 37 years. I remember my mama quilting on a big old wooden thing that took up the whole living room and she made beautiful (necessary) quilts for us. [I have this wooden thing in my garage but it is missing all the c clamps and one leg thingy.] Mama passed and I want to take all her polyester pants and turn them into a special quilt for each of her 4 grandchildren. Now heres the problem... I watched mama quilt, but never did any. I dont have room to set up that wooden thing and I was thinking I would make a bunch of 12.5 squares that were a sandwich of backing, batting, and the pieced square design which I would machine quilt; then join the quilted squares into strips binding the joints on the back with a decorative fabric which would make a block design on the back of the finished quilt. I have been avidly reading books, this site, all sorts of things, and formulating my "strategy" in my mind; but making the first cut has just left me with fear that I will mess up and waste my materials. I had just about got up the nerve to start cutting, when I read that I need to have a 3 inch bigger backing and batting if I am gonna machine quilt.... now I assume that 3 inches is for a full quilt, but wonder how much if any extra I would need if the pieced block is 12.5 to sew up to 12. Any help, comments, or encouragement would be greatly appreciated.
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