Have you ever started a project that you thought would be easily done?
05-03-2012, 08:54 AM
#21
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I started a Flying Geese for my GD, seems like it is taking forever. Didn't have enough matierial of the one color to finish it so had to chang it and use 4 rows of another color. I put 2 rows of the second color at the top and 2 at the bottom. I don't like it but she says she don't care.
05-03-2012, 11:23 AM
#22
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Location: Minnesota
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One of my first attempt at quilting was a double wedding ring. Not until I was nearly finished did I notice that it was a pattern not reccomended for beginners. It was a wedding gift I actually finished shortly after the wedding. The couple did not like it, it did not match their decor. So it is still at my house. Sad but at least it is not in a dog house or worse.
05-03-2012, 01:02 PM
#23
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Location: Middle Tennessee
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Our quilting guild makes charity quilts for the needy. I make quilts for wounded soldiers. I have processed a lot of "dated" fabric. We do not use blends, but I don't mind some of them for my personal charity quilts. If they don't use it, I make some for the women's shelter and the police department. Yes, police departent. They keep one in the trunk of their squad car for those unusual emergencies, where someone needs cover or comfort. There are lots of really easy patterns that do go quickly. We don't waste anything but the ravelings. We learned a long time ago, there isn't such a thing as "ugly" fabric. Cut it small enough and it will work. There are too many needy and too little time.
05-03-2012, 01:16 PM
#24
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Location: West Texas
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Our local Senior Citizen's Center gladly takes fabric/yardage donations (and it's tax deductible for you since they are a not-for-profit 501c3) They make quilts, all sizes, shapes and colors from these donations and have a big fund raiser each year. They periodically will have a yardage sale that they then turn the income back as another fund raiser. They win-win from the donation and you get that tax deduction!
05-03-2012, 02:44 PM
#25
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Lawd a mercy! Just give it away. What you won't use is wasted just sitting in your way and someone else might view it as a huge and wonderful gift. My grandmother used to say, "Bless it and let it go!" Here's a thought--give it to someone who is making "Little Dresses for Africa" and "Shorts for Africa." froggyintexas
Originally Posted by collady
I thought that I could organize my sewing room and remove much of the fabric that I had inherited from my mother in just a couple hours. BIG MISTAKE. I started on Saturday and am still digging through fabric. I have now removed more that a dozen large rubber/plastic totes filed with fabric that is mostly poly and very dated. (My mother died more that 10 years ago.) I have moved almost all of my quilting fabric onto the shelves in the closet, but I still have the scraps to sort and reorganize. I have fabric in the kids old play room and in the attic. A friend suggested that I have a "Yards" sale and sell as much as I could. That would give me money to purchase more fabric! HA HA!! I am wondering why I thought I could do it all in a very short period of time. My DH is going to help me sort through the fabric that I have removed from my space, and we will try to sell some and donate some. So dear QB friends, as you sit at your machines sewing, think about me and wish me luck on finishing this project!
I will post pictures when I get it all finished!
I will post pictures when I get it all finished!
05-03-2012, 03:36 PM
#26
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Location: Dillsburg, PA
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I'm a fairly new quilter, but DID sew for years. Like linkd, I found burgundy cordoroy fabric that I bought to make something for my son when he was like 7 or 8 years old. He's now 40...lol.
Then my daughter decided she wanted to make sun dresses for her daughter. She never liked sewing but wanted me to teach her....again. So we bought 3 patterns and 4 fabrics. I pinned all of the pieces on for her and said now you cut it out. She said...you know how poorly I cut since I'm left handed. I said...either you cut or we are done. Guess what...we were done. So I had that fabric and patterns...her daughter is now 18. My grandaughter loves to sew and I gave her my old machine when I bought the Janome 7700. I gave her the 4 fabrics...which are very cute and said...here...you can make some purses out of this. Which reminds me....we still have to continue working on the dress she wanted to make. One thing about her is....she WANTS to do the work under my supervision. Nothing like her mother. LOL
Then my daughter decided she wanted to make sun dresses for her daughter. She never liked sewing but wanted me to teach her....again. So we bought 3 patterns and 4 fabrics. I pinned all of the pieces on for her and said now you cut it out. She said...you know how poorly I cut since I'm left handed. I said...either you cut or we are done. Guess what...we were done. So I had that fabric and patterns...her daughter is now 18. My grandaughter loves to sew and I gave her my old machine when I bought the Janome 7700. I gave her the 4 fabrics...which are very cute and said...here...you can make some purses out of this. Which reminds me....we still have to continue working on the dress she wanted to make. One thing about her is....she WANTS to do the work under my supervision. Nothing like her mother. LOL
05-03-2012, 08:23 PM
#28
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Location: Independence, MO
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Originally Posted by linkd
I was just sorting through some old fabric - from prequilting days and I found a cut out maternity top, never sewn. My son will be 27 next month, my first grandchild is due in August and the fabric is 100% cotton. I think I will stick a couple of squares in a baby quilt as a private joke. (in my defense - my son was seven weeks early!) Cleaning/sorting/restashing never takes "just a couple of hours" when there are memories involved, but I'm not sure that's such a bad thing.
05-03-2012, 08:46 PM
#29
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: southern Oklahoma
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We are doing a Trip Around the World Bargello class that involves sewing 2 1/2 " strips together and making 7 tubes to be cut the other direction in various widths. It really looked easy......LOL! I was very careful cutting my strips and I thought my quarter inch seams were fine, until I started measuring them! I've been stitching and froggy stitching and stitching and froggy stitching...you get the picture. It is taking me FOREVER to get my tube made and cut. So much for easy!
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