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03-27-2010, 05:25 PM

#71

BarbS

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Join Date: Feb 2009

Location: Manitoba, Canada

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Noooooooooo....It can't be dead.....I just took a workshop to day to learn how to handquilt......and I love it.....so no It is not DEAD!! LOL.

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Originally Posted by Gal

What did I learn im quilting today?......That hand quilting is dead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I drove a two hour round trip to the city today to a new quilting shop which I have just discovered, to be informed they did not stock hand quilting thread!.... I was amazed! No call for it these days the lady behind the counter said, not enough people hand quilt to warrent stocking it!
Am I in the minority then? Guess I must be!

Yes, I know I could have phoned on ahead ........but I had to check out their fabrics didn't I?

Gal

03-27-2010, 06:07 PM

#72

beaglegirl

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: Tennessee

Posts: 83

I finished my first tote bag. Not perfect but I did learn a lot.

03-27-2010, 07:11 PM

#73

jigsymom

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Join Date: May 2008

Location: Texas

Posts: 92

I learned that its hard to find a cute and simple minature quilt pattern to use up all these left over 1 1/2 inch half square triangles I have left from a big quilt. Anyone have any good ideas? The squares are prints on one half and off white on the other.

I also am a hand quilter. Do I need to stock up on hand quilting thread?

03-27-2010, 07:29 PM

#74

Suse

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Join Date: Jun 2009

Location: Kaneohe, HI

Posts: 388

I learned that there is a quilting frame, called a Flynn Frame that can be attached to your home sewing machine. Some people like it, some don't. I was reading about it a list serve that I subscribe to. Interesting.

03-27-2010, 07:52 PM

#75

Sewnique

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Raven, Va

Posts: 404

Quote:

Originally Posted by retired teacher

What did I learn today? It is ok to take time away from quilting and go for a walk. Now my head is clear and I'm ready to get back to work.

I am still fairly new to this board but, on my breaks I read the responses on the board! (LOL)

03-27-2010, 07:59 PM

#76

Sewnique

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Raven, Va

Posts: 404

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Originally Posted by erhausfrau

I have learned that all quilters are alike - we rejoice in learning something new, walk away for a bit when it gets too tough, yet come back to it. I have learned that everyone has their own way of doing something and one way or the other it comes out. I have learned that the closest place to Heaven is sitting in front of your sewing machine and rejoice in what has just turned out. I have learned that patience and fortitude are right in front of you - and all you have to do is step on the pedal and what you do comes out beautiful no matter what or how long it takes. I have learned that Kitty Whompas means Only God is perfect!!!!! And I have learned that this is not a dying art, that there are a lot more people than we know who quilt for one reason or another. I quilt because it makes me happy. I Quilt for Kids because I want them to be happy (because from experience with my husband, I know what cancer can do) and feel the warmth a blanket can make when you are undergoing chemo. I want my mother to know that everything she ever tried to teach me didn't go in one ear and out the other and that at 71 I can still learn. Not a whole hecka of a lot more, but I can still learn. I have learned that I am not one of a kind. There are a lot more like me out there and you all are a part of it. I have made more friends on Quilting Board than I ever imagined and they all have the same aim.....quilting because it's there and the fabric is there and the designs are there and we can just fly with it. Edie

Could not have said it better! I am a 14+ year cancer survivor and try to ease the fears of others just newly diagnosed. I love this board. Everyone is so nice and pleassant. I am setting up a quilt top tonight that one of the ladies in my church "Ladies Circle" group made from T-shirts. The quilt is for our church's chapter of the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life team. It is made from past years of The Relay For Life T-shirts. AND!!! today I learned do not pull these types of blocks to just to make that 1/8th inch to come out at the end of a row. Ask me how I learned this? The hard way, they pucker!

03-27-2010, 08:07 PM

#77

bjdemir

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Join Date: Dec 2009

Location: Oregon City, OR

Posts: 876

I just did my first FMQ today. I didn't need to do a lot of quilting on it thankfully. Discovered a 60" quilt is the very maximum I can do with my Pfaff Quilt Expressions 2046. I had trouble with the bobbin thread breaking. Any suggestions out there?

03-27-2010, 09:42 PM

#78

Suzanne57

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Join Date: Jan 2010

Location: North DFW

Posts: 603

I used a new bar of soap with the paper still wrapped around it as a pin cushion when piecing blocks today and it helps lubricate the pins. (Don't have to worry about stabbing myself in the head either). I've been following Cutebuns Tip Toe through the Hexagon Cutie style and making my FIRST quilt. Using a bamboo skewer for a stiletto works and is cheap. Cutting through six layers of material is hard!