Male looking for advice on first quilt for mother
#31
Hi Louis,
Ah, Cedar Rapids. I went to school in Des Moines - lots of years ago, before you were born! Yikes. Anyway, blue goes jut fine with brown. One of my sister's favorite color combos. Did you get good help at JoAnn's? I'm so excited to see what you decide to do. Another thing you might want to do is see if there is a quilt guild near you. You might get some good help from the people in a guild. I'm sure they would love to take you under their wings and help you. Keep us posted.
Ah, Cedar Rapids. I went to school in Des Moines - lots of years ago, before you were born! Yikes. Anyway, blue goes jut fine with brown. One of my sister's favorite color combos. Did you get good help at JoAnn's? I'm so excited to see what you decide to do. Another thing you might want to do is see if there is a quilt guild near you. You might get some good help from the people in a guild. I'm sure they would love to take you under their wings and help you. Keep us posted.
#32
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Louis- congratulations on your project for your mom! I agree with Carolyn but please find a quilting store and ask them how to reinforce the thin fabric. not all employees at Joans quilt, Id hate to have you get bad advicunintentionally and it ruin the top. take them both in maybe they have ideas for both that you can use now and later! Keep us posted
#33
What a thoughtful and special gift this will be!
As the fabrics are quite thin, either a framed quilt in glass or a wall hanging will protect the fabrics from extra 'use' that could limit the original quilt's life. Even with stabilizer I'd be somewhat concerned about using the quilt or needing to wash it very often.
It'll be great to see the outcome!
As the fabrics are quite thin, either a framed quilt in glass or a wall hanging will protect the fabrics from extra 'use' that could limit the original quilt's life. Even with stabilizer I'd be somewhat concerned about using the quilt or needing to wash it very often.
It'll be great to see the outcome!
#35
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The best advice I saw here is to find a quilt shop, NOT JOANNES, but a real quilt shop and ask for help from the employees. Bring the tops with you. They will be able to actually evaluate the condition of the fabrics and advise if it is even feasible to make these into lap quilts or simply go with the framing idea.
I also picked up the fabric I’d like to use to finish out the top, a 60x60 throw size Wool batting, some black thread, some nice blue fabric for the border(forget the actual term for the 2inch fold-over bit), and then some nice brown fabric for the backing.
Hi Louis,
Ah, Cedar Rapids. I went to school in Des Moines - lots of years ago, before you were born! Yikes. Anyway, blue goes jut fine with brown. One of my sister's favorite color combos. Did you get good help at JoAnn's? I'm so excited to see what you decide to do. Another thing you might want to do is see if there is a quilt guild near you. You might get some good help from the people in a guild. I'm sure they would love to take you under their wings and help you. Keep us posted. [IMG]file:///C:\Users\Edmond\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01 \clip_image001.png[/IMG]
Ah, Cedar Rapids. I went to school in Des Moines - lots of years ago, before you were born! Yikes. Anyway, blue goes jut fine with brown. One of my sister's favorite color combos. Did you get good help at JoAnn's? I'm so excited to see what you decide to do. Another thing you might want to do is see if there is a quilt guild near you. You might get some good help from the people in a guild. I'm sure they would love to take you under their wings and help you. Keep us posted. [IMG]file:///C:\Users\Edmond\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01 \clip_image001.png[/IMG]
I don’t want to be a bother asking too many questions, but would anyone have a useful blog posting or guide about stitch settings on the machine for a quilt like the one I'm making? I’m not sure if there is such I thing, but guide describing appropriate straight stitch settings/tension/etc.? That would be extremely useful.
Well everyone, until tomorrow afternoon! I begin the pinning of my top.
#37
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https://www.youtube.com/user/GourmetQuilter
and
https://www.youtube.com/user/MissouriQuiltCo
There are many others but those two are my favourites. It would have taken me forever to get to even my current beginner's level without them.
#38
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Louis, do you know anyone who is a quilter?? If you need further advice ask at the quilt shop where they helped you and you may find a delighted tutor who will be your able assistant. Most of the quilters I know would be so happy to be asked for help. You will need to put binding on the outer edge to cover the raw edges of the fabric. There is a really good binding tutorial on the Missouri Star Quilt Company website and she also has a ton of free tutorials for other aspects of quilting as well as many free and easy quilt patterns. I hope this project will be the start of a long and happy career as a quilter. It is a wonderful creative hobby that provides a lifetime of enjoyment and productive projects. Come back to the board as often as you wish for help or just to give us an update. Do browse the internet for free tutorials and you will learn a ton of new things.
#39
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There are many sources of good information and it appears that you have found 'good help' at your local quilt shop. My experience is that they generally enjoy helping people with problems and they like to encourage new quilters. Sometimes some of the other quilter-customers jump in as well. Your project sounds wonderful and caring so be sure to seek out as much advice, step by step, if need be to have success. Some Youtube things are just great and some are not but are worthy of consideration. You might consider looking for on-line classes like Craftsy (there are others). and do them. One suggestion I would make is to be sure to thread baste your quilt in the area of the old part of the quilt just to protect it. Then, if you like, baste the rest in some other way such as pins. I love to use Elmer's school glue to baste but would not do it with this project because it has to be washed to get the glue out and you probably should not do that since you are including older, fragile textiles.
#40
Looks like you have lots of advise above just wanted to say hello from one former Airman to a current one!! Thank you so so much for your selfless service to our country!!
This board is wonderful for quilting advise!!
This board is wonderful for quilting advise!!
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