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Mousie 07-22-2014 04:10 PM
I love one generation being able to share with another. Good for you all :thumbup:

pamesue 07-22-2014 04:22 PM
I too have started a gfg by hand..I will be doing some sort of flower arrangement. Love your scrappy

quilt938 07-22-2014 06:49 PM
are you using the paper templates or those thicker plastic ones? a friend who's doing one told me she recommended I get the thicker plastic ones though I don't remember why. you just do a running stitch along the back right? then whip stitch them together then baste and quilt? guess I should just buy some of the dohickies and start and see for myself...I'm not the patient sort (I have a ongoing embroidery project for about 11 years now!) that I'm gonna have to call done and figure out a setting for the blocks and get it done with since I doubt I'll do enough for a full size bed! but I've been working a lot and sometimes there's a bit of a break and I think a hand project might help me focus and relax during those times and for when I don't feel like lugging my machine and big projects into quilt bee

SheriR 07-22-2014 08:09 PM
Originally Posted by Geri B (Post 6810682)
How did you get the pinking shear cut edges on your hexies....did you use pinking rotary blade or actual pinking shears...never thought of that! Less raveling!
As we washed/dried ALL grandmas fabric, my daughter hand cut all her hexis using my pinking shears. She also graphed the size she wanted and cut all her forms from card stock. I was lucky they actually turned out to be a size I could order online! [email protected]

SheriR 07-22-2014 08:13 PM
Originally Posted by judith ann (Post 6810878)
I sew my hexies in rows then sew the rows together.[ATTACH=CONFIG]484360[/ATTACH]This is a doll quilt I made. judy j
Love your doll quilt! It's a great size for someone who'd like to "test" the skill!

SheriR 07-22-2014 08:16 PM
Originally Posted by Evie (Post 6810960)
Sheri, glad to see you're using all of grandma's fabrics. After all the quilts you made for the grandkids your daughter surely deserves this special one, time-consuming as it may be. It's going to be lovely!
Evie, thank you! I was going to make my four kids just a specialty quilt, each unique. But as I started all the other Grandma Quilts one of them thought they'd like a regular quilt like their cousins. So....my kids get two! :D

SheriR 07-22-2014 08:19 PM
Originally Posted by butterflies5518 (Post 6813120)
My Mom and I just finished one similar to yours. We stitched them in rows the desired length and then stitched the rows together all by hand. It was given to my DD for her birthday last month. Sorry I don't have photo at the moment.
If love to see a picture! How big did it end up? If I calculated right, this one should be about 56" x 66".

SheriR 07-22-2014 08:41 PM
Originally Posted by quilt938 (Post 6813411)
are you using the paper templates or those thicker plastic ones? a friend who's doing one told me she recommended I get the thicker plastic ones though I don't remember why. you just do a running stitch along the back right? then whip stitch them together then baste and quilt?
When my daughter started this project she cut her paper piece hexagons from card stock and basted the fabric on with a running stitch. HOWEVER, I'm using glue as per the directions from the following site:

http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/...riday.html?m=0

tron80 07-22-2014 11:44 PM
Great job! Love the random look.

quilt938 07-23-2014 01:03 AM
thank you!


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