Black and Red Log Cabin top Done!!
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Someone on the board did one with a heart design and when DDIL said she wanted Black and red with hearts it just seemed like a good idea. Lots of sewing tho! I just had to take the doorbell box off the wall to get it to fit up on the wall for sandwiching!!
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Hey Up North, That is a beautiful quilt!! Will you please exlain how you sndwich on a wall, that is where i run into problems and would love to know a short cut or two.
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Now keep in mind if you have nice walls (I don't) you probably don't want to do it this way. But here is what I do: Using push pins the ones with the plastic colored heads. I tack my backing along the top of the wall every 8-10 inches then I tack on one side, go to the other side stretch and tack, keep going until you reach the bottom of your wall. (I have to reposition mine after I get half done as I have wainscoting) Next I put on the batting the same way across the top and alternate from each side. Then I do the top starting down a few inches and over a few inches on the side keep tacking keeping everything taunt. Once it is tacked on I pin baste every 6 inches across the top and then in between each pin for the next row keep going till you reach the bottom. At this point I have to move it up so take the push pins all out move it up to the top and repeat the process. I live in a trailer and have a 23 foot hallway but only about 6 feet of open space in the living room to lay anything out. I hope you can understand what I do. It does leave holes in your wall. I just cover most of them with pictures!! I am not sure if I just attached the correct pictures but this should be when it was up on the wall.
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Wow! What a great way to do this. No rolling up and taking to the library, no basting thread caught in my bed cover, (thats where I baste and roll now because i am not able to get up and down from the floor) and you can atually see your whole quilt. Little holes in the wall? Who cares??? I love this and I thank you so much!
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