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    Forum: Main
    10-15-2014, 05:08 PM
    Replies: 40
    Views: 14,431
    Posted By KyKat

    That's why I like to make whole cloth quilts or...

    That's why I like to make whole cloth quilts or appliqué quilts. ALL of my pieced quilts end up looking like that lol. Maybe I am just avant garde and didn't know it.
    Forum: Main
    10-15-2014, 12:40 PM
    Replies: 2
    Views: 615
    Posted By KyKat

    Stained Glass Quilt/Hand Quilting

    I'm doing a stained glass quilt and I'm hand quilting it. The center portion is white, with the diagonal butterfly swarm, and the border is the stained glass part, 12" wide all the way around. I...
    Forum: Main
    07-15-2013, 07:34 PM
    Replies: 135
    Views: 16,809
    Posted By KyKat

    Whether we make a few or many, quilt fast or...

    Whether we make a few or many, quilt fast or slow, use simple or complicated patterns, quilt for ourselves, our family and friends or charitable organizations, at heart we are all the same, and all I...
    Forum: Pictures
    01-08-2013, 11:16 AM
    Replies: 29
    Views: 38,674
    Posted By KyKat

    A day? A DAY?!! How many hours does she have in...

    A day? A DAY?!! How many hours does she have in her days? I only have 24 hours in mine, and I know I couldn't get that done in only 24. Wow!
    Forum: Pictures
    08-27-2012, 11:38 AM
    Replies: 19
    Views: 2,148
    Posted By KyKat

    Looks to me like it's already, ahem, hung! :D

    Looks to me like it's already, ahem, hung! :D
    Forum: Pictures
    06-29-2012, 11:19 AM
    Replies: 26
    Views: 2,767
    Posted By KyKat

    You are so talented and imaginative, and it shows...

    You are so talented and imaginative, and it shows in everything you do.
    Forum: Pictures
    06-01-2012, 10:02 AM
    Replies: 156
    Views: 107,534
    Posted By KyKat

    Hobby Lobby sells clear (translucent) plastic...

    Hobby Lobby sells clear (translucent) plastic divided boxes in their make-your-own-jewelery section - boxes to hold beads and such - for a buck fifty each. Each section holds a large spool of...
    Forum: Pictures
    05-31-2012, 08:12 AM
    Replies: 53
    Views: 7,485
    Posted By KyKat

    Crayon Quilts for Sisters

    I don't know if any of you remember the problems I was having getting crayons to stay in the fabric for quilts that I planned to make for each of my sisters for surprise gifts at our family reunion. ...
    Forum: Pictures
    04-18-2012, 12:56 PM
    Replies: 84
    Views: 10,711
    Posted By KyKat

    Both are lovely. I especially love the detailed...

    Both are lovely. I especially love the detailed applique work around the border of the patriotic one on the table. Isn't it wonderful that there is so much to look at. The spool chest. The corner...
    Forum: Pictures
    03-28-2012, 10:30 AM
    Replies: 85
    Views: 11,474
    Posted By KyKat

    My Daddy used to talk about one of his earliest...

    My Daddy used to talk about one of his earliest memories of his mamma was when he would play under her quilt hanging from the ceiling, and he would poke his head up into her quilt, and she would...
    Forum: Pictures
    03-07-2012, 01:52 PM
    Replies: 94
    Views: 7,538
    Posted By KyKat

    pretty, pretty. I love applique. I love echo...

    pretty, pretty. I love applique. I love echo quilting. thanks for sharing.
    Forum: Pictures
    03-02-2012, 12:28 PM
    Replies: 16
    Views: 2,816
    Posted By KyKat

    I made my DH a quilt similar to that - with an...

    I made my DH a quilt similar to that - with an eagle, a cabin, trees, pine cones - just a panel in the center and green and brown squares and strips around the outside to make a full-sized quilt. I...
    Forum: Main
    03-02-2012, 11:06 AM
    Replies: 12
    Views: 1,742
    Posted By KyKat

    The reason I don't like chalk is that I use the...

    The reason I don't like chalk is that I use the mylar stencils to mark quilts, and it's hard to get the chalk pencils into the lines of the stencil - they get stuck. Also, I hand quilt in a small...
    Forum: Main
    03-01-2012, 01:47 PM
    Replies: 12
    Views: 1,742
    Posted By KyKat

    Marking a quilt

    Has anyone ever used the washable Crayola marking pens to mark the quilting pattern on a quilt? I wonder if there are any lines left after washing? The blue or purple pens get expensive, and when...
    Forum: Pictures
    02-14-2012, 10:58 AM
    Replies: 79
    Views: 8,079
    Posted By KyKat

    Be careful what you ask for, 'cuz on this board,...

    Be careful what you ask for, 'cuz on this board, we're full of it . . . advice that is. Here's some more. I usually don't baste, just pin. I lay mine out on my largest bed, and pin from one end to...
    Forum: Pictures
    02-13-2012, 08:49 AM
    Replies: 162
    Views: 13,131
    Posted By KyKat

    "But it's MY quilt, right?"

    "But it's MY quilt, right?"
    Forum: Pictures
    02-07-2012, 10:22 AM
    Replies: 116
    Views: 100,708
    Posted By KyKat

    If you did Attic Window sashing around those...

    If you did Attic Window sashing around those blocks, it would look like stained glass. It would be really more amazing than it already is.
    Forum: Main
    02-02-2012, 10:56 AM
    Replies: 13
    Views: 2,593
    Posted By KyKat

    I use the white PVC rectangle quilting "hoop" to...

    I use the white PVC rectangle quilting "hoop" to quilt with. It's heftier to hold in my hand and helps me with the weight of a quilt. I have several embroidery hoops of different sizes, depending...
    Forum: Main
    02-02-2012, 10:49 AM
    Replies: 10
    Views: 2,211
    Posted By KyKat

    What kind of light bulb?

    I know Ott lights are best, but right now I can't afford to buy one -- and I sew in my family room. (I've tried searching the board for the answer to this question, but I came up with 125 pages of...
    Forum: Pictures
    01-24-2012, 01:33 PM
    Replies: 116
    Views: 100,708
    Posted By KyKat

    Unhappy I would go out of my flippin' mind! I hate...

    I would go out of my flippin' mind! I hate sewing seams, and I hate to piece (applique and hand-quilting is my thing) so I can't imagine doing this. It's pretty, but that would be my personal hell!...
    Forum: Main
    01-24-2012, 10:20 AM
    Replies: 4
    Views: 929
    Posted By KyKat

    Transferring pictures to fabric

    Is there a way to transfer pictures that I have downloaded from the internet to fabric? I have put them on a light box, put the fabric over them, traced and colored them in with crayons and fabric...
    Forum: Main
    01-24-2012, 10:14 AM
    Replies: 59
    Views: 6,702
    Posted By KyKat

    I always hand quilt. I don't know how to machine...

    I always hand quilt. I don't know how to machine quilt, and I have too many control issues to let someone else take over and do it for me. I have done three Q-K whole-cloth hand-quilted, and many,...
    Forum: Main
    12-22-2011, 12:08 PM
    Replies: 143
    Views: 10,047
    Posted By KyKat

    I don't buy at my LQS. The fabric is dusty and...

    I don't buy at my LQS. The fabric is dusty and old. She has about 6 layers of price stickers on the bolts raising the prices. The woman who runs it is a grump. ( I asked her once if she had...
    Forum: Main
    12-19-2011, 01:21 PM
    Replies: 31
    Views: 2,426
    Posted By KyKat

    I sew the first side on with the machine, then...

    I sew the first side on with the machine, then fold over to the back and stitch that by hand, so a couple-three hours. Since I quilt the entire quilt by hand, a few hours to bind, compared to a...
    Forum: Pictures
    12-16-2011, 11:34 AM
    Replies: 55
    Views: 8,018
    Posted By KyKat

    Take out the plaids, take out the ones with the...

    Take out the plaids, take out the ones with the red backgrounds, take out the ones with the dark brown backgrounds. And the rest, you're good to go. I love lilac. I drool over the ones at Hobby...
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