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#61
I started with making a very simple bargello using wide strips and cutting it into fairly wide sections. My narrowest was 3" I think. Might have been 2 1/2". But it was easy to make and keep track of.
#62
I have done many patterns. The best advice I can pass along is to do some practice blocks so you get comfortable with any techniques that seem challenging. When you look at a completed quilt it can look very complicated but when it is broken down into its simple units they are not difficult to attempt.
Don't ever forget, the people that make all those gorgeous quilts we find too challenging to try were once a novice or as challenged as we are. The difference is, they tried and didn't give up.
The one pattern that I see as a challenge and want to try is the Dahlia. Has anyone made this pattern? Someday I will make one.
Don't ever forget, the people that make all those gorgeous quilts we find too challenging to try were once a novice or as challenged as we are. The difference is, they tried and didn't give up.
The one pattern that I see as a challenge and want to try is the Dahlia. Has anyone made this pattern? Someday I will make one.
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#63
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I like to try new things if I like them. I was told by my ex husband, to not be worried about messing up. The worst thing that happens is we waste a little fabric and in reality it may only be a few 2 inch squares. I will say despite his hangups he was good for encouraging my quilting.
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Forgive me if someone already said this, I haven’t read to the end yet, but Accuquilt now has a Cleopatra’s Fan die.
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nothing much intimidates me when it comes to machine sewing, - but I just don't care to spend hours doing hand sewing work. I'm more likely to not do a pattern because I think I'll get lost in the tediousness. I also like to see progress, so it's hard to work on something that there is a lot of time spent for not much return.
About the only quilts I do that are really simple are to fit my goal of downsizing my stash...charity quilts.
One year I led BOM for the Guild, starting very simple (9P) to the last project of DWR. I made samples (small table runner) of all of them. I learned a lot through the process. That's enough to satisfy my curiosity, (probably) never again.
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