Creativity....where do you find it?
03-20-2015, 01:11 PM
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Because of the fluff batting, maybe you could hand tie the quilt and then it will be a finished comforter. Show us a picture when you are finished no matter how you do. It is wonderful that you are finishing it.
03-20-2015, 01:16 PM
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03-20-2015, 01:53 PM
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Don't let the imperfections spoil the enjoyment of finishing your mother's quilt. She must have loved the piece or she wouldn't have made it. I have several of my grandmother's and great-grandmother's quilts. They all have some inconsistencies but I can feel their love when I touch them. A different generation had to make do with what they had available but their families were warm. Maybe we put too much emphasis on perfections today because we see other quilters best quilts. As someone else mentioned, let it rest for another day or so and maybe when you return to it the quilt fairies will have done their magic for you!
03-20-2015, 01:56 PM
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03-20-2015, 02:15 PM
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Where do our ideas come from, how do we manage to come up with a pattern, a fix, a design--I really think most of my ideas come when I am not paying attention or have stopped obsessing. Often when I am on the verge of sleep (yeah those are the ones that usually get away) or when I am driving, or in the middle of cooking. It is great that you are finishing your mom's quilt. Just lay it aside for a day and do something for yourself (like going out for lunch or getting a massage or having a manicure) and then approach it with a clear head. You will find a way to make the most of her legacy.
03-20-2015, 06:09 PM
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if it's that puffy, have you thought of tying it.it will take up all the puffiness and you can tie where the points don't meet. You caould tie it at intervals that will cover her mistakes and make a nice soft fluffy quilt. No one said it had to be quilted. or you could do a combination of the two.
03-20-2015, 06:53 PM
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I don't which is why I buy lots of pretty patterns. I buy a lot of kits as well. I am just not into the design part. Some people have a knack for it. I just want to make pretty quilts some with my own fabric choices some chosen by others if it is a color scheme I like. I guess some people really like doing their own design. Me I am just in love with and have purchased too many patterns to ever have enough time in my lifetime to design my own quilts. I probably have close to enough to keep me busy into retirement with the patterns and books I have, plus all the kits on top of that that I have purchased or bought fabric for myself.
03-20-2015, 07:21 PM
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My inspiration comes from everywhere!! I look at pictures here, on google, on pinterest, and get ideas, and feelings, and start drawing. I never copy someone's design exactly...I usually look at it and think...I'm going to change this, or do that, or find a way to make it my own. There are so many places that give me ideas...just "go for it!"
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