Hello all........Are guys welcome here ????
03-04-2013, 08:37 PM
#72
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Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 2
Wow! Look at all of those points and stars for a first quilt! Looks great. I'm new too. The first one I did was a star pattern but I only did a baby quilt because I wanted to try it. My second quilt was a sampler quilt. Only completed that one with a little help from a friend.
03-05-2013, 03:13 PM
#76
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: northern California
Posts: 1,098
Guess you're welcome! I like to bike (but only with pedals now), hike, kayak, all those manly things. The best part is that my hubby likes them all too.... My 15 year old grandson came up for a couple of weeks to quilt a lap robe for his other grandfather who has had a stroke. He made his first quilt when he was 8, but he did well then and now. Actually, I had surgery two days before he left and he stayed to take care of the dog and help get me up the stairs.
We decided how we were going to quilt the QIP before I went to the hospital, and he finished it perfectly by himself. Am I proud? We had made the quilt 2 sided and the sides were very different. So we made simple +s... 10 long stitches one way crossed with 10 long stitches crossing it. I've used that a couple of times for quilting hard to do quilts. It is very unobtrusive if you match your thread color to what ever fabric you are quilting over. And we did not put them in perfect order, but altered them to fit where they would look best. Just a thought about a simple way to quilt. If you worry about it being sturdy enough you can start in the center, go forward 5 long stitches and return over your stitching and do 5 long stictches in the other directions and the same with the cross stitches.
Yes, of course you are welcome. There are several men on QB. Variety is just that: Art, patterns, landscapes, scrapies... all done on your domestic or sent out to be quilted... wild, calm, funny. You may have to get a dog or cat to critique your quilt as you sew to really belong!
We decided how we were going to quilt the QIP before I went to the hospital, and he finished it perfectly by himself. Am I proud? We had made the quilt 2 sided and the sides were very different. So we made simple +s... 10 long stitches one way crossed with 10 long stitches crossing it. I've used that a couple of times for quilting hard to do quilts. It is very unobtrusive if you match your thread color to what ever fabric you are quilting over. And we did not put them in perfect order, but altered them to fit where they would look best. Just a thought about a simple way to quilt. If you worry about it being sturdy enough you can start in the center, go forward 5 long stitches and return over your stitching and do 5 long stictches in the other directions and the same with the cross stitches.
Yes, of course you are welcome. There are several men on QB. Variety is just that: Art, patterns, landscapes, scrapies... all done on your domestic or sent out to be quilted... wild, calm, funny. You may have to get a dog or cat to critique your quilt as you sew to really belong!
Last edited by Sierra; 03-05-2013 at 03:17 PM.
03-05-2013, 04:09 PM
#80
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: PA
Posts: 10,704
Welcome Randy from Pa. We need more men on the QB. Have fun. I got your meaning right off the bat. Very funny.
any time you have a ? you know you will find an answer here, maybe several answers.
How near is Amsterdam to Dolgeville, NY? I used to live there and loved it.
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any time you have a ? you know you will find an answer here, maybe several answers.
How near is Amsterdam to Dolgeville, NY? I used to live there and loved it.
peace
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