New York Beauty Challenge
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: midcoast Maine
Posts: 33
I recently had the same problem trying to mark a dark maroon batiq border. I found a marking pen that worked great for me. Chalk was no good, as I hand quilt, and the chalk just doesn't stay with all that bouncing. The pen I bought is a white marker, very fine point, and is removed by ironing, although the quilting stitches covered up that line, so I did not bother ironing it. It is made by Clover, but I see no name on the package except "white marking pen-fine" I think I bought it on connecting threads web site, although I did see one in Joann's the other day. I was really pleased that I could mark the border all in one shot on a flat surface, instead of trying to mark every three inches or so as I went along. I don't know if this will help you finish your beautiful ny beauty, since the fabric you used is satin and maybe cannot be ironed. I think the price was around 6 dollars.
#14
Wow! That is beautiful! I live in the state of New York and would love to make that as a wall hanging. Any chance that the pattern was paper pieced? That's about the only way that I could manage it. Also, how large is the finished piece? Again, that is truly magnificent.
#15
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Pittsburg, Kansas
Posts: 110
Beautiful! That is one of my favorite patterns.
I made a table topper for our daughter when I just started back in quilting. I could, or course, see lots of things that needed touching up, but she loves it, so that is what counts.
I am glad to know about hair spray on chalk to get it to last for a marking tool.
Great, and thanks for sharing!
Marta
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I made a table topper for our daughter when I just started back in quilting. I could, or course, see lots of things that needed touching up, but she loves it, so that is what counts.
I am glad to know about hair spray on chalk to get it to last for a marking tool.
Great, and thanks for sharing!
Marta
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#16
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Daytona Beach Shores, FL
Posts: 2,352
Originally Posted by Nita
Wow! That is beautiful! I live in the state of New York and would love to make that as a wall hanging. Any chance that the pattern was paper pieced? That's about the only way that I could manage it. Also, how large is the finished piece? Again, that is truly magnificent.
#17
Originally Posted by Nita
Wow! That is beautiful! I live in the state of New York and would love to make that as a wall hanging. Any chance that the pattern was paper pieced? That's about the only way that I could manage it. Also, how large is the finished piece? Again, that is truly magnificent.
#18
Originally Posted by Sparky
I have a friend who loaned me a pattern for a New York Beauty because she was having trouble getting it to all fit together. I tried to do it and I think most of it worked. I must have made a mistake on one or two of the squares cut into diamonds on the border, because the points are wrong on a couple of them, but mostly I was satisfied. I used silks and lame fabric for a sparkle. I don't know how to quilt the border. What would you use for marking quilting lines on this, I think chalk will brush right off. I need to really be able to see it!
Margie
#19
You did a great job! I love the sparkle and pop of the fabrics. Yummy!
I agree with Klue about the quilting design for the border. And the gold paper is wonderful stuff!!!
I would suggest marking the borders with the white Sewline chalk pencil. They are amazing and so easy to use!! It looks like a mechanical pencil. My girlfriend has the white one and has let me try it and I have a yellow one. I haven't tried the red or blue chalk pencils but the white and yellow are so amazing it makes me want to get the other colors and never use anything else again! The lines stay but you can easily wash or erase them out. I have brushed them out but I tend to mark a bit hard when marking my lines and it's easier to simply wash them out when I wash the quilt after it's finished and I'm ready to block it.
http://www.sewline-product.com/
I agree with Klue about the quilting design for the border. And the gold paper is wonderful stuff!!!
I would suggest marking the borders with the white Sewline chalk pencil. They are amazing and so easy to use!! It looks like a mechanical pencil. My girlfriend has the white one and has let me try it and I have a yellow one. I haven't tried the red or blue chalk pencils but the white and yellow are so amazing it makes me want to get the other colors and never use anything else again! The lines stay but you can easily wash or erase them out. I have brushed them out but I tend to mark a bit hard when marking my lines and it's easier to simply wash them out when I wash the quilt after it's finished and I'm ready to block it.
http://www.sewline-product.com/
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