Help, I'm scared. (new Quilter).
06-07-2010, 06:00 AM
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Yeah, it's finished, all except for the hand quilting and the binding. Hope I get it done by Christmas. It's only taken more than ten years to get this far. Had the top done ten years ago, but just recently revived my interest. Now I can't wait to get it done and to start on a new one. Of course I'm not going to wait on getting started on the new one. Must have more than one goin. :-D
06-07-2010, 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by MadQuilter
I have an old quilt from a friend's daughter ready for surgery. It has quite a few seams that have come undone and frayed so sewing them together is not an option. I have decided to make rectangular applique pieces to hand sew over the open seams. As the blocks are in a regular pattern, I will have to put the same applique in several spots on the block to look even and balanced. Maybe you could do something like that too.
06-07-2010, 09:28 AM
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Do you have room enough between the major patterns to put a
small colorful seam? I had an old one given to me with a 1/4 inch
binding hand sewed over all of the connecting seams, probably for
much that same problem. It is a pretty quilt and I use it for children
who visit, as I suspect it's not strong enough for daily use, but too
much family history in it to get rid of it.
small colorful seam? I had an old one given to me with a 1/4 inch
binding hand sewed over all of the connecting seams, probably for
much that same problem. It is a pretty quilt and I use it for children
who visit, as I suspect it's not strong enough for daily use, but too
much family history in it to get rid of it.
06-07-2010, 09:32 AM
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I LOVE that color and pattern. They came together to
make a memorable quilt that will be loved for many
years to come. Congratulations on all your hard work.
Keep us posted on future ones, since this first one is
so beautiful.
make a memorable quilt that will be loved for many
years to come. Congratulations on all your hard work.
Keep us posted on future ones, since this first one is
so beautiful.
06-07-2010, 09:37 AM
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I managed to get the seam to hold together. I didn't know that there was backing on the fusible web. :oops: Once I took it off. it stuck together. Hope ther aren't any more seams like that, but if there are I have the fusible web to repair them and won't panic so much because people on this QB have helped so much. :D
06-07-2010, 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
I LOVE that color and pattern. They came together to
make a memorable quilt that will be loved for many
years to come. Congratulations on all your hard work.
Keep us posted on future ones, since this first one is
so beautiful.
make a memorable quilt that will be loved for many
years to come. Congratulations on all your hard work.
Keep us posted on future ones, since this first one is
so beautiful.
And I will keep you'all posted on it.
06-07-2010, 01:33 PM
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Thankyou for saying that. Ihave only put a small quilted wall hanging together before and haven't even put the binding on or had it out of storage in years. So I don't really know if that one is holding together. But you are the experienced one so I am going to hold you to that. :lol:
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