Nice job on the quilting.
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Nice quilt, and what a clever idea! It looks really nice hanging there
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Congrats on your new toy and have with it. Like your new door lol!
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Congratulations on the long arm and you did an awesome job on the first quilt.
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Congratulations on your Tin Lizzie! I love your use of the quilt in the doorway, which looks great!
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Congrats on your first LA finish!
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Well done....hope to see more of your long arming.....
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Beautiful and great idea. Years ago when I lived in Virginia it was so cold that I would hang up my quilts in front of the big windows in order to keep the heat in. They worked wonderfully. I love the colors in your quilt.
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I think your quilt is beautiful and love it hanging in the doorway. It serves a great purpose there. Your quilting is great, too. Never would guess it was your first one on your new Lizzie! Great job!
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Originally Posted by dilyn
(Post 6729716)
This has been a busy spring for me. Yard work always takes over my live in the springtime! Something wonderful came into my life last month! We finally bought a long arm!!! Oh my, I am so intimidated by it, but I've been practicing on my 'uglies' (fabric I bought so long ago and now I wonder why did I buy that???) So I decided I needed to take the bull (long arm) by the horns and make a quilt that I could use. DH and I live in a house that is too big for 2 people but we love it here and it's great for company.(My 3 DS, my DD and my Mom were here for a quilting fest for over a week! What a blast we had! Anyway when it's just the 2 of us, we turn off central air and use room air conditioners in the rooms we normally use. I wanted to hang a quilt in the entryway to block cool air from going into the formal living room and dining room. It took less than 2 weeks to complete it. You can probably tell that I 'ad libbed' it together. After it was pieced, I decided I didn't like the stark white with the black and red, so I mixed up some watery brownish craft paint and painted it. That improved it a lot!
Quilting is mostly just stipple and circles. I'm finding it difficult to make rounded shapes and things tend to get squared off and my circles have flat tops! I did see some improvement by the time I finished it, so all in all I am happy with the results. This one will probably become a 'picnic quilt' someday when I have time and proficiency on 'Lizzie' to make another one! |
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