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Old 01-06-2014, 01:14 PM
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so, i am making table toppers, i guess they're called. my first try at quilting. i finished assembling the squares i made SO many mistakes the ones you can see the worst are i guess i must have sewn a not straight line or cut the squares wrong . the lines don't match and even no i see so many oops i am so proud of it lol now i need to decide on what kind of quilting to do? i am looking for the easiest at first not sure if that's hand or machine thou any advice? oh here is the top layer of both i made one for my coffee table and one for my end table ...

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two seconds after i took this picture my cat jumped up and snuggled into the middle lol i had to laugh she was loving it mistakes and all
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I think they look just fine to me. I love the pink and black.
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Old 01-06-2014, 02:05 PM
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Oh, these turned out so cute! You have to be pleased. I have never hand quilted, don't have the patience for it...so I'd vote for machine quilting.

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How pretty those are! I am too green myself to offer any advice, but I just had to congratulate you on your first attempt!
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Kudos! I think you did a real good job.......and great choice of colors!
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Old 01-06-2014, 03:34 PM
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We all start somewhere and we all learn as we sew. You should be proud of your first work -- be sure to make a label with your name and the date. In a couple of years you won't remember when you made your table runners.
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they look really good!! Both hand quilting and machine quilting take practice, but straight line machine quilting would go faster. Google will be your friend.
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They look very pretty and looks like a great job to me! Congratulations on your first project! Enjoy it only gets better
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Also be sure to check out tutorials on YouTube. There is so much help there. I'm a visual person myself, and seeing someone actually doing something is very helpful to me.

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they look really good!! Both hand quilting and machine quilting take practice, but straight line machine quilting would go faster. Google will be your friend.
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Old 01-07-2014, 04:25 AM
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great first! from here I see no mistake at all... Stand back, you are looking at it with a magnifier!

I learned how to handquilt a small project and this would be a nice size to practice on! Go ahead and make more mistakes as you are the only one who sees them!!! Congratulations.
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