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06-13-2010, 11:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Grandma12
Are you using a frame when you quilt or do you work in your hands...? If you use a frame, may we see it?
And two, would you mind walking us through how you hand mark your tops before layering and quilting. I have seen it done many different ways, and would particularly enjoy hearing how you get it to all line up.
And two, would you mind walking us through how you hand mark your tops before layering and quilting. I have seen it done many different ways, and would particularly enjoy hearing how you get it to all line up.
I don't use a frame for hand quilting, I work on a 18" hoop on a stand (Jasmine). I do all the markings "as you go" - mostly starting in the middle of the quilt (on this one I started on the right edge in the middle of the big motiv) and working to the outer edges. Because I work in a hoop the markings rub off quite easily when using watercolor pencil, therefore this way is the best for me.
When I quilt the middle I often don't know how I will do the borders. The ideas for it develop during the process of quilting.
06-13-2010, 11:20 PM
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Originally Posted by elizabeth
Straight lines come naturally to her????
06-14-2010, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Borntohandquilt
This quilt I made 6 years ago for an exhibition in a museum. The house was built at the beginning of the 18th century and the ceiling beams in it are quite big so we only could hang quilts not wider that a metre (40 inch). But they could be longer! I made three quilts in that longish size for the exhibition. For this one I used just half of a complete wholecloth design- just for fun!
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