My first quilt and start of my second

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02-06-2015, 08:24 PM

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Leslie333

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Congrats on your first quilt! Looks like you are on your way to a great start on the second one. Welcome to the quilting addiction!

02-07-2015, 03:51 AM

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Nancy O.

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You are doing a wonderful job. Keep going, we all make mistakes and learn from them.

02-07-2015, 07:53 AM

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piker6ca

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Well I have been working on the chain and have stopped for now .
i don,t really like the colors any now. Just got ahead of my self.
So now i,m going to start a quilt for my granddaughter she turns 1 in April .
And have another quilt i started with 3 shades of blue and want to finish it also and stay to my first design for it.
Thanks for all the positive feed back .
I,m really enjoying quilting.
I,t would be nice if I could get my cotton as cheap as you guys get it in the States
Have a good day every one

Tom

02-07-2015, 10:19 AM

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Annz

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Looks like you're off to a great start.

02-07-2015, 12:50 PM

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chris_quilts

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Sometimes, the quilts need to percolate a while before being worked on again. At least, that's what I keep telling myself about my older daughter's quilt.

02-07-2015, 02:51 PM

#76

Im2Aud

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Originally Posted by piker6ca

Okay now you got me thinking lol .
Does not take much.
But your saying making your ironing board into a pressing board what is the difference ? I,m just using a ironing board .
And yes i,m thinking of making some thing to hold all my thread also. My wife has given up fighting to take my spare sewing room back . And is not saying any thing about all the thread laying on the floor so I guess I win haha.
Got to win one every now and then .
Thanks for the positive comments
Every one have a good day.

Pressing board is a hard surface. Ironing board has padding that makes it soft, squishy. I read that a hard pressing surface is better when piecing and won't distort fabric. I made my own with cotton batting and canvas after watching video by Sharon Schaumburg (I hope I have her name right). It was very easy. I do like it a lot better for both starching and pressing seams. My board is mounted in a wall of my laundry room, so doubtful you can convert a traditional ironing board, but you can make a board to sit on top or on a table.