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#181
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 17
Please don't be discouraged. This is my first reply. Turning Twenty and Turning Twenty again are great and simple. Also when my friend started me in my journey to quilt the first thing she told me was to look at it 1 block at a time not the whole quilt. I still do this. I enjoy it so much, you will too.
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#182
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Syracuse, NY
Posts: 13
Most of us started with patches. Beware, though, once you sew a few simple patches together and see how beautiful they are, you're hooked for life. Quilters TV has a video by Billie Lauder on making four patches. Also on you tube Missouri Quilt Company gives tutorials for beginners. Don't worry too much about everything being perfect, just start sewing and the more you do, the easier it gets!! Good luck. You can even buy the patches all cut out already in a charm pack if you're too nervous about cutting them. That would be an easy way to start too!!
#183
Originally Posted by scowlkat
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#185
I feel discouraged just like you ....I don't know how to set colors to make it attractive and don't know much fabric to buy. I want to make
a full size easy peasy quilt..well two of them by Christmas for granddaughters...ugh..I am feeling pressures.
One of them needs to be b/w with a touch of red and the other needs to be red, black and tan.
I have looked at kits but the size and colors do not coordinate.
So, here I sit...looking through books and magazines to get something to grab me.
Time is getting shorter and shorter...I need to buy and get started. I know how to hand quilt, but have never put one together. I love hand quilting..it is so relaxing to me.
Good luck hon.
Hugs, Dee
a full size easy peasy quilt..well two of them by Christmas for granddaughters...ugh..I am feeling pressures.
One of them needs to be b/w with a touch of red and the other needs to be red, black and tan.
I have looked at kits but the size and colors do not coordinate.
So, here I sit...looking through books and magazines to get something to grab me.
Time is getting shorter and shorter...I need to buy and get started. I know how to hand quilt, but have never put one together. I love hand quilting..it is so relaxing to me.
Good luck hon.
Hugs, Dee
#186
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Where the deer & antilope play and the eagles soar
Posts: 1,540
D don't get discouraged...is there anywhere close to you where you can take a class or a quilt guild? they will be a great help. I did my 1st quilt out of the rail fence pattern. It was so easy. Don't give up!! If I can be of any help send me a PM and I will try and help you in anyway I can..
Happy Stitchin' Linda B.
Happy Stitchin' Linda B.
Originally Posted by Dmacc502
For weeks I have watched videos, read articles, searched forums, and I am more discouraged than ever. All you quilters make everything sound so easy. I can't find just a simple patch pattern. I don't want stars, diamonds, triangles, just squares. I am getting burned out on all the info and still not knowing anymore than I did when I started. I think I'll just buy a quilt.
#188
I have been quilting for a long time, but I don't do elaborate in intricate patterns. My favorite is the dnp (which was explained earlier). I have just found one that has pieces that are rectangular (3x6, 4x7 maybe). Sew them into a strips. Off set the strips so that you aren't matching seams. That's the one I'm going to try next.
Also, don't get stuck thinking big. I make placemats and hot pads. I make table toppers and runners and wall hangings. It's easier to try something new if it's not huge. Good luck and hang in there!
Also, don't get stuck thinking big. I make placemats and hot pads. I make table toppers and runners and wall hangings. It's easier to try something new if it's not huge. Good luck and hang in there!
#189
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 2,061
Originally Posted by Dingle
I kinda feel like you do sometimes. I'm pretty new too. I have done a Rail Fence, D9P, Bow Ties, Jacobs Ladder, and a few with triangles. All have been pretty easy. Still don't feel comfortable enough to do a block with lots of piecing. Everyone says a Pin Wheel is easy, but I just can't do it. The one quilt I did which I really like and was super easy was the Jacobs Ladder. I only used 2 colors and it turned out great. I used a darker blue pattern fabric for the ladder part and and white with a light blue pattern for the back ground. You should try this one. Really easy and all squares. :thumbup:
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