I am a newbe at 63
03-30-2010, 04:03 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
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Hi y'all,
I am a newbe at 63. My Mother made wonderful Quilts. She never taught me how. I have blocks for a Flower Garden Quilt made. I machine sewed the pieces together. OOps! I didn't know to sew them, by hand, seperately. Do I need to rip seams and start over? I am looking forward to making a new quilt. I researched selecting fabric and have purchased the fabric. I am also eager to use all the information, from all you, to make this one. I also want to make a "Cathredal Window" quilt from the fabric scraps. That is the one I know how to mqke.
I am a newbe at 63. My Mother made wonderful Quilts. She never taught me how. I have blocks for a Flower Garden Quilt made. I machine sewed the pieces together. OOps! I didn't know to sew them, by hand, seperately. Do I need to rip seams and start over? I am looking forward to making a new quilt. I researched selecting fabric and have purchased the fabric. I am also eager to use all the information, from all you, to make this one. I also want to make a "Cathredal Window" quilt from the fabric scraps. That is the one I know how to mqke.
03-30-2010, 04:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Michigan U.P.
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Hello and welcome from Michigan! Congratulations on finding a wonderful hobby. It's never too late to start quilting and loving it! I made a grandmother's flower garden and I hand pieced it, but you CAN machine piece a flower garden. However, to get all the hexagons to lay flat and for the seams to fit together well, you should only sew to within 1/4" of the edge of each piece. It's harder to sew that set in seam if the seams are sewn from edge to edge. You picked a hard quilt for your first one, but a pretty one!
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