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03-09-2010, 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by dgmoby
Did you have this professionally quilted? I would be asking my quilter about this...since I quilt, I can say this :) Most quilters press before the quilting, so this would have been pressed to the border. Certainly we see it before the quilting.
I think it might prevent it from winning a ribbon...sorry to say. But really that would depend upon the show - how large it is. It is a beautiful quilt - and you did an amazing job.
It may be one you end up just enjoying...but on the other hand, if you do enter it once, you'll know based upon the comments. I would have to think twice about the quilter...
Just my thoughts....
I think it might prevent it from winning a ribbon...sorry to say. But really that would depend upon the show - how large it is. It is a beautiful quilt - and you did an amazing job.
It may be one you end up just enjoying...but on the other hand, if you do enter it once, you'll know based upon the comments. I would have to think twice about the quilter...
Just my thoughts....
03-09-2010, 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
........I had gone over and over this top before deciding that I was ready to send it off for quilting and I never realized that I hadn't trimmed the dark border fabric. Now it shows underneath the lighter fabric...............
Pesonally, I like the critique that I get from entering a show. If you want the critique, I'd say go ahead and enter it. The judges will notice and comment about the dark fabric showing through, but you will also get comments regarding the quilt as a whole and there may be benefits from that critique for you. I scribe for judges and know their critiques are to help the individual improve their skills. They may tell you something else that you hadn't noticed or thought of and you will say, "ahhh-ha!"
A personal example: I had entered a quilt that I had used polka-dot fabric for the binding. I though I had been very clever and liked the "look". When I got my critique back, the comment about the binding really surprised me. (As I best remember wtihout having to look it up), the comment said to be careful when using polka-dot fabric because it made the binding look crooked.....hummmm.....when I looked at my quilt, it was staring me in the face and I had not noticed it before I read the critique......most of it looked great, but one side did look crooked becaue of the dots. :-( So glad to know that now. If I were to use polka-dots again, I'd really pay attention to my cutting and how it was laying while attachiing the binding. Ellen
03-10-2010, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Ellen 1
Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
........I had gone over and over this top before deciding that I was ready to send it off for quilting and I never realized that I hadn't trimmed the dark border fabric. Now it shows underneath the lighter fabric...............
Pesonally, I like the critique that I get from entering a show. If you want the critique, I'd say go ahead and enter it. The judges will notice and comment about the dark fabric showing through, but you will also get comments regarding the quilt as a whole and there may be benefits from that critique for you. I scribe for judges and know their critiques are to help the individual improve their skills. They may tell you something else that you hadn't noticed or thought of and you will say, "ahhh-ha!"
A personal example: I had entered a quilt that I had used polka-dot fabric for the binding. I though I had been very clever and liked the "look". When I got my critique back, the comment about the binding really surprised me. (As I best remember wtihout having to look it up), the comment said to be careful when using polka-dot fabric because it made the binding look crooked.....hummmm.....when I looked at my quilt, it was staring me in the face and I had not noticed it before I read the critique......most of it looked great, but one side did look crooked becaue of the dots. :-( So glad to know that now. If I were to use polka-dots again, I'd really pay attention to my cutting and how it was laying while attachiing the binding. Ellen
03-10-2010, 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by penny doty
Originally Posted by Ellen 1
Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
........I had gone over and over this top before deciding that I was ready to send it off for quilting and I never realized that I hadn't trimmed the dark border fabric. Now it shows underneath the lighter fabric...............
Pesonally, I like the critique that I get from entering a show. If you want the critique, I'd say go ahead and enter it. The judges will notice and comment about the dark fabric showing through, but you will also get comments regarding the quilt as a whole and there may be benefits from that critique for you. I scribe for judges and know their critiques are to help the individual improve their skills. They may tell you something else that you hadn't noticed or thought of and you will say, "ahhh-ha!"
A personal example: I had entered a quilt that I had used polka-dot fabric for the binding. I though I had been very clever and liked the "look". When I got my critique back, the comment about the binding really surprised me. (As I best remember wtihout having to look it up), the comment said to be careful when using polka-dot fabric because it made the binding look crooked.....hummmm.....when I looked at my quilt, it was staring me in the face and I had not noticed it before I read the critique......most of it looked great, but one side did look crooked becaue of the dots. :-( So glad to know that now. If I were to use polka-dots again, I'd really pay attention to my cutting and how it was laying while attachiing the binding. Ellen
03-10-2010, 09:52 AM
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Patterns aren't always printed exactly straight with the grain of the fabric so it could be tricky to get it to look that way.
I often use border fabric that has a specific pattern that has to be fussy cut right on a point in the pattern. If I wasn't doing that and just layed the fabric how it wants to lay and cut straight, it wouldn't always be straight. I have to lay my 24" ruler along the line I want and slightly pull the fabric up or down to line it up.
I often use border fabric that has a specific pattern that has to be fussy cut right on a point in the pattern. If I wasn't doing that and just layed the fabric how it wants to lay and cut straight, it wouldn't always be straight. I have to lay my 24" ruler along the line I want and slightly pull the fabric up or down to line it up.
03-10-2010, 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Ellen 1
Originally Posted by penny doty
Originally Posted by Ellen 1
Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
........I had gone over and over this top before deciding that I was ready to send it off for quilting and I never realized that I hadn't trimmed the dark border fabric. Now it shows underneath the lighter fabric...............
Pesonally, I like the critique that I get from entering a show. If you want the critique, I'd say go ahead and enter it. The judges will notice and comment about the dark fabric showing through, but you will also get comments regarding the quilt as a whole and there may be benefits from that critique for you. I scribe for judges and know their critiques are to help the individual improve their skills. They may tell you something else that you hadn't noticed or thought of and you will say, "ahhh-ha!"
A personal example: I had entered a quilt that I had used polka-dot fabric for the binding. I though I had been very clever and liked the "look". When I got my critique back, the comment about the binding really surprised me. (As I best remember wtihout having to look it up), the comment said to be careful when using polka-dot fabric because it made the binding look crooked.....hummmm.....when I looked at my quilt, it was staring me in the face and I had not noticed it before I read the critique......most of it looked great, but one side did look crooked becaue of the dots. :-( So glad to know that now. If I were to use polka-dots again, I'd really pay attention to my cutting and how it was laying while attachiing the binding. Ellen
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