need an idea
 

just finishing up on my 1" gfg epp quilt.
I need a new hand project to do. seems I've done a lot of stuff and don't need much more.
but I want to do something by hand. the time wasted in front of the tv. I'm open for suggestions.
HELP!!! please.

Yo yo quilt!!??

How about hand quilting a quilt in a hoop? My current TV hand projects are knitting socks and crocheting an afghan for this winter...

Dear Jane!

I'm currently considering appliqué as my next hand project. Maybe Baltimore appliqué? The book "Mi Amor Legacy Appliqué" looks like it would make a stunning quilt. And it will keep me busy a while...

I'm hand sewing a Farmer's Wife.

What about a tumbling block quilt?

Have you looked at other PP options?? I have two friends that are working on different PP patterns. Both are flower variations. Have you tried a Clamshell?? Just a thought.

This is what I'm thinking about doing, because I HAVE to have a hand sewing project going. Saw a site that showed the hexagon divided into 3 diamonds, therefore making tumbling blocks! I think I wrote the link down somewhere, will see if I can find it, and come back and post it. I'm currently still doing hexies, right now a butterfly, have literally stacks of butterflys and flowers! LOL!

Sorry, no help from me. I hate handwork except quilt bindings!

I thought of a clamshell. that's how I joined this site yrs ago. I was looking for advice on a clamshell.
anyone have advice for doing one by hand? I'm open to suggestions?

How about some embroidery for a quilt. I love the ones by crabapple hill studio.

What about a cathedral window? I'm sewing the squares by machine, joining them by machine, but doing the rest by hand. I love having handwork to do in the evenings.

about 27 yrs ago, I made a cathedral window by hand
my windows were 1 1/2" came out pretty, where is it now???
Someone said clamshell, anyone know how to do that? do you baste the top curve and slip stitch it down?

My 2nd was a modified Lucy Boston Patches of the Cross (I haven't quilted it yet though)......my third is a hexi, but diamond-shaped. I still want to do an apple core and a clamshell, but those two both take a bit more preparation onto the papers than hexies or elongated hexies.....

I like doing Lemoyne stars by hand. Can never get the silly things to match up on the machine.

Here Lynnie, Great tutorial on this blog for Clamshells. Lots of great pictures also. http://browndirtcottage.blogspot.com...-tutorial.html

How about celtic quilt blocks? Or one large celtic design. There are a ton of patterns.

Another fun block that can be done by hand is the Orange Peel Block. Great scrappy. Here is a link to a blog that has a fabulous tutorial with lots of great pictures also. http://frame.bloglovin.com/?post=320...click=0&user=0 In fact, this lady makes it look so do able that I just may have to try it out. I love scrappys.

Judith, thanks for the tutorial on the clamshells, that was kinda how I did it.

Your welcome. I book marked this thread for future reference. I just might want to try out the clamshells as well. That is a fabulous tutorial. Sorry, I couldn't offer any practical advice. I've never made a clamshell quilt.

Some great suggestions! I like to do applique blocks, though right now my cross stitch project has resurfaced along with a bit of Hardanger.

started one when I joined the QB, never did anything with it. I think i'll drag it out tomorrow and see how it's going. when I did it, I appliqued the clamshells onto the backing and batting. I did the rest the way it was shown.

Wool applique is a great hand project. Look on pinterest and you will find hundreds of ideas from pin cushions to couch pillows; table runners to quilts. It is very addictive, so watch out��

Check out Mickey Depre's website...she does a different take on hexies.....a combo of machine work and hand work......fun to do.....or do the katja -forgot last name BOM ---offered on PaperPieces.com website. Millefiiore - amazing EPP!

Also, sue Daley's website on clamshells and other designs is interesting.....just some thoughts....let us know what you decide to do.....

Embroidered quilt squares, redwork or colors,
for the ladies,
http://sentimentalstitches.myshopify...ladies-redwork
For the guys,
http://www.crabapplehillstudio.com/vintage-tin.html

Jane, the ladies are too fancy for me, but I love the idea.
i'll search to see if I can find something "Beachy".
have one more column to put on the GFG hexies.
will be done by the weekend.

What about Mickey DePre's hexies and other blocks (http://mdquilts.com/)? She has a lot of neat blocks.

One that I did awhile back as a hand piecing project was an around the world quilt using 2-1/2" squares. I chose to do mine starting in the center and adding the squares in stairsteps around that dark center square. I used all different shades of green going from dark to light and back to dark. I did not paper piece. Since I wanted the diamond shape orientation, when it was as wide as I wanted, I started decreasing the # of squares per row until it was a single square of the color in each of the corners.
I'm out of state at the moment so can't post a picture until next month.

Thanks Geri, but this is Lynnie's thread, wasn't trying to hi-jack it, was just trying to help her get ideas. Thank you for sharing these links though.

The ice cream cone on this site is sooooo cute!

Get a good applique project going. I love to hand applique while watching TV, (or riding in the car with my husband driving) although I have to confess that in my 20's when I used to knit a lot, I would hold my knitting in my lap and pick up a few stitches when stopped at a red stop light. I know that was very dangerous, but I have reached my 80's still alive. Now I am all into quilting.

What is gfg pep?

Hmmm...would it be grandmother's flower garden English paper piecing?

saw the micky d stuff. love her castle walls, a lot of templates though.
I guess I need to rethink this, do I want a lot of pieces or just a few.
thanks for posting the sites for me to go see at.

I embroidered blocks to go into a quilt with blocks of other fabrics. The blocks are from pictures of hats and shoes. I've been working on them in a "Red Hat" style (just because I was looking for something fun and I liked the colors), the hats are big and fancy. So I have also been adding beads and sparkles. This will be a quilt that goes up for sale or a donation for an auction. Good luck

Right now Temecula Quilt is doing a little gems EPP. It's way cool and so much fun. The other thing they did last year was fussy cut stars using diamond EPP. Just a suggestions, but I love it.

Susan

http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/
Yeah! This is what I'd seen, called little gems, just like making a hexie flower, but instead of 7 hexies, each piece only has 5 sides, so it only takes 6 pieces, would be easy to lay out a hexie flower, and draw your own template, I might try this for some different looks. Anyway, here is the link. Thank you TexasSue!

I am attempting to learn hand applique. Lucked out and found a 2 block kit at thrift store for almost nothing, so I won't feel guilty if I goof up.