Chain Reaction - Final Pic on Page 6
04-30-2008, 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by PatriceJ
Originally Posted by Steve
Could you maybe please post instructions so I could simply gander, scratch the balding, and leave it be after the notion of maybe? Yikes, it is an amazing piece (in my noggin anywho)! :thumbup:
That's me... advanced customer. Although I swore I would not do another chain for a looooong looong time, I might be enticed back into one by your design...
tim in san jose
04-30-2008, 08:01 AM
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Wow! What a beautiful, splendid quilt! :D
I never thought about a special design in the center, either.
Did you quilt as you go? You said you were making the "sandwich"?
How long did this take to make? machine pieced?
I have to make a quilt for my daughter's wedding present, which will be due in October, and I'm looking for something splendid and easy.
Is it possible?
purple
I never thought about a special design in the center, either.
Did you quilt as you go? You said you were making the "sandwich"?
How long did this take to make? machine pieced?
I have to make a quilt for my daughter's wedding present, which will be due in October, and I'm looking for something splendid and easy.
Is it possible?
purple
04-30-2008, 12:10 PM
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the strips were 2", so the squares finished at 1.5"
the design in the center is not a fleur de lis. it's a medievalish cross-kinda thing. technically, a medievalish x-kinda thing, but i turned it on its side to fit in the white area. the same design is quilted in all the the white centers. i used red thread in the center block and off-white on all the others. yes, i used and open toe foot to quilt that design.
because i'm trying to improve my skills using methods other than QAYG, i only prequilted the centers, trimmed away the batting from behind all but the centers, then assembled the blocks, sandwiched with another layer of batting and a one-piece back. i used polyester batting because i was out of my favorite cotton. machine quilting on polyester batting isn't working well for this particular quilt. it's basted every inch and a half, but even with a walking foot it's giving me fits. i had to put it away for a while or it was headed for the incinerator. :shock: :lol: :x :lol:
i guess by the time i get this one quilted, i'll have the bugs worked out so the other two will go together with less frustration.
it took me about a month to make enough blocks for a HUGE quilt. i'm very, very slow and only have an hour or so each weekday to work on my quilts. the amount of time i have on weekends varies. factor in ripit and recut time.
because of all the different colors and fabrics (3 reds, 1 yellow, 1 green and 2 "whites") i wouldn't say this is an easy quilt. however, i do think you could easily get any size you wanted to make completed by October.
the design in the center is not a fleur de lis. it's a medievalish cross-kinda thing. technically, a medievalish x-kinda thing, but i turned it on its side to fit in the white area. the same design is quilted in all the the white centers. i used red thread in the center block and off-white on all the others. yes, i used and open toe foot to quilt that design.
because i'm trying to improve my skills using methods other than QAYG, i only prequilted the centers, trimmed away the batting from behind all but the centers, then assembled the blocks, sandwiched with another layer of batting and a one-piece back. i used polyester batting because i was out of my favorite cotton. machine quilting on polyester batting isn't working well for this particular quilt. it's basted every inch and a half, but even with a walking foot it's giving me fits. i had to put it away for a while or it was headed for the incinerator. :shock: :lol: :x :lol:
i guess by the time i get this one quilted, i'll have the bugs worked out so the other two will go together with less frustration.
it took me about a month to make enough blocks for a HUGE quilt. i'm very, very slow and only have an hour or so each weekday to work on my quilts. the amount of time i have on weekends varies. factor in ripit and recut time.
because of all the different colors and fabrics (3 reds, 1 yellow, 1 green and 2 "whites") i wouldn't say this is an easy quilt. however, i do think you could easily get any size you wanted to make completed by October.
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