Originally Posted by grammypatty7
Originally Posted by penny doty
Originally Posted by grammypatty7
Originally Posted by penny doty
very pretty. thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much. It's obvious I was a novice at quilting when I took that one on but it sure was fun making it. I think it took me a full year working on it at every opportunity.
Hugs
Patty
Your very welcome. I am doing the march doll quilt swap, and it is my first time quilting, hard to believe that something so small would take so long, but I am learning a lot from this project, and perhaps I should have done something a lot easier than what I have picked. a lot of detail in this for my first quilt.
That's how we learn. I often get myself into challenging situations because I think I have to constantly try to learn to do new things. Today I decided to totally use the machine to put a binding on a gift quilt. It looks nice, they are pleased with it but my bindings are normally beautiful and this one does NOT please me but because I used the blanket stitch to top stitch on the right side, that's way too much work to rip out and start all over again. Grrrrr. Dumb, dumb, dumb and the worst part is that the rest of the quilt is one of my best even though I did quite a bit of machine quilting (just learning how) and detailed hand quilted butterflies to fill the 15 inch squares. Kim will love the quilt and won't know the difference so that's a good thing. She will be celebrating her 40th birthday March 23rd and is so thrilled that her new friend Patty is making her a special quilt - she is down syndrome. Now I'm working on the signature tag and that's been another experience - guess it's called practice. I've only done 3 or 4 since buying the machine the end of Sept. so of course I had some problems and a couple of jams making this one "practice" but that's a good thing. Enough practice and such won't annoy me again - sure Patty. Uh huh. LOL. The very first thing I did with this new machine was make a tag for a quilt. LOL. The sales lady couldn't believe that was my goal and I did it although it took me the whole weekend to get it figured out as it works differently from my 5 year old Pfaff.
When I go to do the binding, I am gone to do the flip the back peace of fabric to the front, I want it to be perfect for my doll swap partner, I will practice on family quilts, but I am gone to due the easyer one so there won't be any mess ups on it. Penny Oh I forgot I need to make a lable for the quilt, this is sure turning out to one of my biggest learning experances in life.