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March - June 2020 Wall Hanging Swap

Old 04-23-2020, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Annaquilts View Post
I am home but in our large family 5 are working. I made masks and made some with ties. Poly cotton thread works just fine. As for the nose piece, it all depends on the nose. I made a very small dart for myself and some of the boys but I have one son and daughter that do better with nothing. They have a round flat nose. Hubby's nose sticks out and he prefers a home made piece of metal that he clips on to the mask. He also wears glasses so the condense is very annoying if he can not get it thight around his nose. Some patterns I made have a pouch for a filter, like coffee filter. We all prefer 2 layers of quilting fabric and no filter. I am concerned about furnace filters as many contain asbestos. Best to make pouches and people can add their own filter is they want one. My boys prefer a simple mask with quarter inch elastic around the ears and 2 layers quilting fabric accordian style for the mask.
Anna can you share your coffee filter mask pattern? I am undecided if to make more pleated masks or try the coffee filter kind. I ran out of interfacing so was going to use the coffee filters. no filter is easier to make but is it good enough? I wondered if I could just sew the coffee filter into the mask like the interfacing. Would it survive the washing machine?
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Old 04-26-2020, 10:56 AM
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I am thinking of making a small wallhanging with scrappy houses on it to mark this stay at home time. Anyone else working on a wall hanging yet?
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Old 04-26-2020, 05:17 PM
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Hi everyone. Wow, what a month it has been. I stopped working when my governor mandated a lockdown and all nonessential work stopped. Two weeks later we were up and working again, making 10,000 masks in an effort with 5 other sewing manufacturers to provide much-needed protection. We are working non-stop and the six people at work have made over 3,000 masks so far. We are doing a job that is needed and I am grateful to be able to help.

I am working on my WHing, too.

Granky, your blocks are wonderful. They look like you faced them and sewing together. Am I wrong? how are you finishing them?

I hope everyone is staying safe and well, keeping busy and being creative.

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Old 04-26-2020, 05:22 PM
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Here is my progress so far. Applique and embroidery.

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Old 04-27-2020, 01:03 PM
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That is very pretty UBE! I am still trying to finnish masks. I was hoping as they were opening up certain things the need for wearing a mask declined but instead I think we are all to wear one in public plus do distancing. So back to mask sewing.
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Old 04-27-2020, 02:31 PM
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Happy little birds and flowers! That is going to be really pretty!
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Old 04-27-2020, 06:45 PM
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That is so cute, Ube!!! Very springy....

Anna....I'm still doing masks, too. Not a lot but some... I'll keep making them until I run out of elastic. There is no telling what our future holds in terms of distancing.
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Old 04-28-2020, 03:53 PM
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Welcome Ukinusa...I'm sure you will enjoy it. I thought I had my wall hanging done....but am re-thinking it. I'm going to have bunches and bunches of 'they weren't quite good enough' wall hangings lying around the house! Oh well......
Thank you Granky, I think I need to get busy making one.
Im sure they are all lovely that you make but we quilters are way too critical of our own work.
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Old 04-30-2020, 02:53 AM
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Here is Western Australia we aren't making masks as we don't have to wear one. Distancing and we are not allowed out of our areas is all we have . As I live in the wheat belt area and mum and family live in Perth I can't go to visit them . We are very lucky as we are no where as bad has you people
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Old 04-30-2020, 04:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ube quilting View Post

Granky, your blocks are wonderful. They look like you faced them and sewing together. Am I wrong? how are you finishing them?
Ube...sorry to be so late in responding, but I just found your post when I was going back through the thread...anyway, I stitched the blocks together and then 'birthed' them. Hindsight tells me it would have been easier (and maybe more professional looking) if I had finished each one individually and then put them together. I hope whoever receives this wh will like it in spite of it being one of my 'oh! I want to try that!' moments...and then diving in headfirst!


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