Her First Custom Machine Quilting

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12-17-2017, 03:25 AM

#11

quilterpurpledog

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Location: Heart of Colorado's majestic mountains!

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So glad you finished it because it is beautiful. I think your friend, and her new long arm machine, have a great future because this effort looks very nice.

12-17-2017, 03:34 AM

#12

bibi

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Lovely quilt and quilting.

12-17-2017, 04:14 AM

#13

Jeanne S

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Location: Tulsa, Ok

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What a lovely quilt! both the design and the quilting are lovely. It was a great idea of yours to let her practice on it, a win-win for both of you. She did a marvelous job for being new at it!!!!

12-17-2017, 05:53 AM

#14

soozieQ

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Its beautiful I love your border and scallops it finishes the quilt off perfectly

12-17-2017, 06:36 AM

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carol45

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Location: Pikesville, MD

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Found this for pencil stain removal:
Pencil Marks (lead)
Try a soft eraser (Art Gum) for unwashable garments. Use a quality laundry powder or liquid on lead pencil marks, but never for indelible pencil. Soft pencil marks may be removed with a mixture of equal parts Dove liquid and Clorox 2 powder in warm or hot water. Soak thoroughly. Do not rub. Rinse completely. Formula 409 sprayed on, gently rubbed in with a soft cloth or toothbrush, then rinsed will also work.
For fresh pencil marks, try this:
• 1/4 cup water
• 3/4 cup rubbing alcohol
• 7-8 drops of Palmolive liquid detergent
Mix and apply with a toothbrush
Another suggestion: To remove pencil marks there is a recipe of 1 cup water, 2 tbs alcohol and 1 drop clear dishwashing liquid. I have had students tell me that the new clear Windex also works.

General Cleaning solution, also good for household cleaning: 3 tablespoons of household ammonia to a squirter bottle (1 quart) full of water.

12-17-2017, 06:45 AM

#16

sewbizgirl

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Location: Mississippi

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Very beautiful quilt and quilting! Personally, I don't think scallops are worth it, but you did a great job with them. Hope you can get the pencil marks out.

12-17-2017, 06:59 AM

#17

SusieQOH

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Location: Central Ohio

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That quilt is gorgeous!!!!

I'm working on a scallop binding right now and found a wonderful tutorial on Youtube- Sharon Schamber. I'm so glad I found it because I was all set to do it completely wrong!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jzC...Pqh0bSJndF7A6k

Last edited by SusieQOH; 12-17-2017 at 07:02 AM.

12-17-2017, 08:06 AM

#18

anne2016

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Join Date: Oct 2016

Posts: 521

Great quilt. It's nice that it got finished...would have been a loss not to finish it.
Here is a link that tells how this person got rid of the pencil marks.
Pencil marks--Gone!