I have a 22-year old UFO and I have all intention of finishing it one of these days.
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The second quilt I made - about 30 years. Started it the day Ronald Reagan was shot and finished it during the 2002 Olympics. It was machine pieced and hand quilted.
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I put mine up on the wall today. Back in 98 we didn't have the easy ways to make hst and I see lots of bad points. I bet it would look much better if I did another now with the new techniques.
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Originally Posted by dellareya
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It took my 12 years from start to finish on my hand quilted sampler. Of course the birth of triplets slowed me down for a couple of years.
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I have some blocks I started... well, it was before I went back to college & that was 1997. I was just thinking about them the other day. I'd love to make them into a quilt for my DD (they're a "Barrister's Block" variation & she's a fairly newly-minted lawyer) but they're so old, I don't have the pattern anymore, not to mention the fabric is long gone. I don't think I have enough for a full-sized quilt so maybe I'll set them diagonally or something. I'd set them together with a plain square but the pattern works so much better set side-by-side. That' the problem with taking so long to finish a project. Have y'all found that to be true?
I used to not mind working on things for a long time but anymore I want speedy. And to think when I first started quilting I was cutting out templates with scissors! How things have changed! |
Originally Posted by skowron5
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This morning I finished a wall hanging that I started in 1998.
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Originally Posted by Kitsie
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I can tell its going to be the Dear Jane I'm doing now! I'll let you know in a few or 20 years!
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Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
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The second quilt I made - about 30 years. Started it the day Ronald Reagan was shot and finished it during the 2002 Olympics. It was machine pieced and hand quilted.
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Made one for one of my daughters that took 20 years...they got it for their twentieth anniversary and really loved it! (Not that I procrastinated or anything like that; life just got in the way!).
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I have approximately 50 quilt tops and they all need to be quilted. I have learned free motion quilting by making doll quilts, table toppers and baby quilts but am afraid to tackle a large one on my home sewing machine. I purchased a Pfaff mid arm two years ago. It is set up in one of my sewing rooms and has a 12 foot frame but am afraid to try it. My husband says use it or move it. I hope to take a class soon so I can say I made my quilts from start to finish.
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