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02-27-2011, 06:22 PM

#11

wildyard

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Originally Posted by granniegg

Yup, stocked up on the sweatshirts when Walmart had the sale.
Church ladies craft group all want to learn and get good at it so out came the scraps. Speaking of scraps......you'd think a quilter with boxes of it would have enough.....went to the Watsonville fair yesterday. A whole building was dedicated to piles of scraps thrown on tables and it was the busiest place of the whole fair. You paid for the scraps by the pound. It was so liberating to find pieces you need. What fun!

OMG, does that sound like the most fun ever or what? I think I would spend the whole day in there!!

02-27-2011, 06:27 PM

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primgranny

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http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-48923-1.htm

and this one has pictures to help along
sounds like a great jacket

02-27-2011, 07:52 PM

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craftymatt2

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Thank You so very much, I guess I better run to Walmart before they are all gone.

02-28-2011, 07:48 AM

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Connie in CO

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I have a yellow one ready to go.Maybe make a summer and spring one.Connie in CO

02-28-2011, 10:27 AM

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granniegg

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We did go back and forth to check the restocking. It was amazing. Quilters are so courteous and helpful.....we shared ideas and pieces and were shared with.......

03-01-2011, 06:30 PM

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jpthequilter

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Originally Posted by sitzy

Where is this tutorial that you are following? I would like to
make a jacket out of a sweatshirt but I don't want the binding in a different color going around the neck and front but I don't know just how to finish it off. Thanks I would appreciate any
ideas etc. Christine

Basically, its a large sweatshirt with the knit parts cut off.
The front is carefully cut up the exact center. both underarms are cut open.
There are many different possible combinations of fabric to sew on top, but one of the favorites is allover strips, made of short sections of different colors, or different shades or the same color family.
If you are clever and carefull and especially patient, you can turn the dges under and topstitch,all around, but it is easier to trim the all the edges even and use bias binding - maybe 100 times easier!
This is one time you might like to use that curly little bias binding foot you got with your machine.
Practice first, perhaps make a set or two of mug rugs!
Those are fun to whiz zround!