Maybe...but I stand by the "she must have ended up in a mental hospital for a stay to get her sanity back after making this quilt"...as DH kept reminding me when I whined about a block...Jane made it from scratch...she didn't even have patterns!! Nuts..I tell ya'...she was nuts! LOL!
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so, educate me. when you hand piece. as i was last nite to make a block come out right. 1/2 way thru. do you use one strand of thread or two? and when you hand quilt, do you use one strand of thread or two? and, i know you knot the thread, and then pull it into the batting. what about when you hand piece? knot or not? and I found out i like to use one strand of thread when appliquing. right or wrong?
i found and rescued a l930's quilt 5 yrs ago or so, when i lst started quilting. it had been hand pieced. 2 strands. larger stitches.... sooo when i hand quilted it QID... i used 2 strands of thread, and sorta repaired as i went. to tighten up the orginal stitchess. worked good. my point---in 1930 she used 2 strands of cotton thread to piece with. I'll go find it. and share...... |
I don't know about what anyone else uses sew...I use only 1 strand of thread when I hand piece...I take a backstitch at the beginning and the end. I use only 1 strand of hand quilting thread when I quilt also, there I knot and bury the knot in the batting. I didn't know that they used 2 strands in the 30's...interesting!
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Ditto for me too Patti!! I agree that Jane must have been a little nutty! And we are all following her just like sheep!! LOL!!!!!!!!!
Got four more rows sewn together and trimmed and tacked down on the back! Slow but sure! |
Fantastic blocks Jan, what a beauty!
I am trying to keep up with the QAYG but am a couple of weeks behind with these. Doesn't matter though as I have a few things coming up with my son that will have me waiting around - the perfect time to put them in my little box and complete. One strand of thread for hand sewing and quilting for me too sew. |
thx ladies. Sorry, didn't feel like taking a picture and posting it, etc. will soon. jane was calling......
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Jan, it seems so much closer to the end when you start getting the rows sewn together doesn't it??
Sew..no problem, we all know THAT feeling! |
catching up today, doing hand applique of diamonds, melons, etc. for weeks l6, 17, and l8.
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woohoo....thats lots of applique!
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nahhhh, i'm retired. just babysit on mon's and tues. have the rest of the week to play. after i do the dishes. and excercise for a 1/2 hr.
housekeeper is coming tomor. , so i have to get up and clean!!!!! ha, ha... :-) |
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