Need help for new sewer
06-04-2010, 11:34 AM
#52
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Location: San Antonio, FL
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Great Idea. Where do we send the 6 inch squares?
I was "adopted" ten years ago by an artist. She had no idea of how to piece a quilt, but she had an incredible sense of design and color. To start she cut the size batting she wanted, put it on a flat surface and then began to cut ( never measure) pieces to form either "visually balanced" geometric quilts or picture quilts.
The pieces were blind-stitched directly on the batting (turning under a 1/4 inch seam). When the top design was finished a back was added then all the individual pieces were top stitched using complimentary colors. I probably made 50 quilts that way over 10 years and gave them all as gifts. One king sized quilt was used as auction item to support our H.S. band and it went for $1,200!
Creatively, it was fantastic since I would try to use as many complimentary fabrics as possible....hence my love of fabrics and now a honkin' stash.
When I moved to FL, I started taking quilting classes. Wow, did my life become easier when I understood how to put my ideas into actual shapes. Everytime I make a quilt I smile and I think of Maureen, my artist friend. Other than my son, she gave me the best "gift" of my life.
I was "adopted" ten years ago by an artist. She had no idea of how to piece a quilt, but she had an incredible sense of design and color. To start she cut the size batting she wanted, put it on a flat surface and then began to cut ( never measure) pieces to form either "visually balanced" geometric quilts or picture quilts.
The pieces were blind-stitched directly on the batting (turning under a 1/4 inch seam). When the top design was finished a back was added then all the individual pieces were top stitched using complimentary colors. I probably made 50 quilts that way over 10 years and gave them all as gifts. One king sized quilt was used as auction item to support our H.S. band and it went for $1,200!
Creatively, it was fantastic since I would try to use as many complimentary fabrics as possible....hence my love of fabrics and now a honkin' stash.
When I moved to FL, I started taking quilting classes. Wow, did my life become easier when I understood how to put my ideas into actual shapes. Everytime I make a quilt I smile and I think of Maureen, my artist friend. Other than my son, she gave me the best "gift" of my life.
06-04-2010, 11:47 AM
#55
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Location: Utah
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Originally Posted by quiltinNsmilin
Great Idea. Where do we send the 6 inch squares?
I was "adopted" ten years ago by an artist. She had no idea of how to piece a quilt, but she had an incredible sense of design and color. To start she cut the size batting she wanted, put it on a flat surface and then began to cut ( never measure) pieces to form either "visually balanced" geometric quilts or picture quilts.
The pieces were blind-stitched directly on the batting (turning under a 1/4 inch seam). When the top design was finished a back was added then all the individual pieces were top stitched using complimentary colors. I probably made 50 quilts that way over 10 years and gave them all as gifts. One king sized quilt was used as auction item to support our H.S. band and it went for $1,200!
Creatively, it was fantastic since I would try to use as many complimentary fabrics as possible....hence my love of fabrics and now a honkin' stash.
When I moved to FL, I started taking quilting classes. Wow, did my life become easier when I understood how to put my ideas into actual shapes. Everytime I make a quilt I smile and I think of Maureen, my artist friend. Other than my son, she gave me the best "gift" of my life.
I was "adopted" ten years ago by an artist. She had no idea of how to piece a quilt, but she had an incredible sense of design and color. To start she cut the size batting she wanted, put it on a flat surface and then began to cut ( never measure) pieces to form either "visually balanced" geometric quilts or picture quilts.
The pieces were blind-stitched directly on the batting (turning under a 1/4 inch seam). When the top design was finished a back was added then all the individual pieces were top stitched using complimentary colors. I probably made 50 quilts that way over 10 years and gave them all as gifts. One king sized quilt was used as auction item to support our H.S. band and it went for $1,200!
Creatively, it was fantastic since I would try to use as many complimentary fabrics as possible....hence my love of fabrics and now a honkin' stash.
When I moved to FL, I started taking quilting classes. Wow, did my life become easier when I understood how to put my ideas into actual shapes. Everytime I make a quilt I smile and I think of Maureen, my artist friend. Other than my son, she gave me the best "gift" of my life.
06-04-2010, 12:01 PM
#56
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: DE
Posts: 192
My hats off to you, it's enough for me to complete one in a year with a pattern, let alone 5.(still working) Hope they were fairly large pieces. I'll bet they were beautiful, but can't believe you didn't keep at least one! We'd love to see it. I'd like to try something like this someday when I have a place to leave it out. Great story.
06-04-2010, 01:45 PM
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Location: Portland, IN
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