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PHEW !!!! Are we finished ........ ???????
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Originally Posted by borntoquilt
PHEW !!!! Are we finished ........ ???????
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LOl...me too!
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Originally Posted by Sadiemae
Originally Posted by borntoquilt
PHEW !!!! Are we finished ........ ???????
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Shouldn't we be DONE? DONE! and more DONE!
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Originally Posted by sailsablazin
Shouldn't we be DONE? DONE! and more DONE!
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Sorry -- we had it again last night and finished it off LOL Some things taste even better a day or two later , and chili is definitely one of them
Mim
Originally Posted by dunster
I'm still hungry for chili. |
Originally Posted by aorlflood
I agree. But I also like machine quilting that is less dense, too.
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Chili is definitely better after being "married" for awhile!
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Without reading through all the posts, I will state that for me, less is more in quilting. I like the quilting to complement the piecing, not drown it out.
Too often it is as if the LQer is trying to quilt every inch of space and fill every block of fabric. I am also not fond of stippling. As a quilting teacher here calls it, it is scrambled egg quilting. It has it's place just like all the other quilt patterns. I like feathers, but as with everything, in moderation. |
I like your analogy -- I'm still on my honeymoon year and it keeps getting better. LOL
Mim
Originally Posted by sandpat
Chili is definitely better after being "married" for awhile!
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Absolutely beautiful!!!
Originally Posted by doowopddbop
Wow, don't you love how passionate we quilters are??? We all love our craft - and we all love our quilts.
As a longarm quilter, I use feathers occasionally. It took a few years of testing and trying to get just the look I wanted without too much quilting; the overquilting and double stitching and bump-back and double stems/filled stems is just not to my taste. I've found the technique I like now, and have used it on a couple of quilts with lots of open space. I chalk the spine but don't stitch it, and I leave a small space between the feathers. My husband requested feathers for his own quilt that my girls and I made for him, and it suits the quilt perfectly. He loves it--enough said. I also used it in my tree skirt, because, frankly, I liked the look, and couldn't figure out how to quilt holly leaves and make it look as nice. http://www.quiltscapesquilting.com/patterns Shivers go up and down my spine when a client asks me to do an overall pattern on applique' quilts, or motifs - I talk them out of it... The quilting is just there to add texture and bring the design of the quilt to life. If someone tells me to quilt it however I want to, I take clues from the design of the quilt, how it will be used, who it is for, and then I let the fabric and the quilt speak to me. (I hear quilts...) So, at the risk of being shunned... |
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