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#282
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I am an idiot sometimes, so I am going to ask. So you are saying, do the disappearing 9-patch up to the cutting into four squares, then put the new plain squares on top of them and make two half triangle things of each one, for the total of 8 squares? Would you sew toward the little dot on the 9patch part and cut the little dot into a baby triangle?
#283
I may do a paper version and color it and see before I take the time to sew it.
#286
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Your quilts are lovely.
I haven't made any quilts with my vintage machines yet but hope to start playing around with them after the Christmas rush. I've been cleaning on the Eldredge treadle; found a couple old Singers at a thrift store a couple months ago; and finally found the knee bar for another Singer that was a gift. I have a hand crank too so that will be another learning experience. I'll try to keep up with your thread and maybe I'll be posting photos one of these days.
I haven't made any quilts with my vintage machines yet but hope to start playing around with them after the Christmas rush. I've been cleaning on the Eldredge treadle; found a couple old Singers at a thrift store a couple months ago; and finally found the knee bar for another Singer that was a gift. I have a hand crank too so that will be another learning experience. I'll try to keep up with your thread and maybe I'll be posting photos one of these days.
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Hi, folks, I'm new on here. I've sewn for a while, but just recently started doing quilts. I guess it's my wife's fault - I saw all the quilts she was making, so I decided to see what I could do. The three I've done have all been some form of a self-quilted quilt. The first was a twin-size rag quilt for a friend of mine's daughter - she graduated from high school and was about to go off to college. The next was the mock cathedral windows baby quilt - at least I think that's what it is called, I think that style has no specific name. It would have looked better if I had used just one pattern for the backing/framing fabric. Finally, a flannel rainbow baby quilt made in the manner of "Fun and Done" although with smaller blocks.
These were all done on my Rocketeer. I just got her about eight months ago. The Rocketeer, cabinet, manual, cams, and extra feet were $100 from a woman on Craigslist. She inherited the machine, but didn't sew.
My plan, after all the errors in my first quilt, was to dazzle people's eyes so they couldn't look closely enough to see all the mistakes in the two baby quilts.
These were all done on my Rocketeer. I just got her about eight months ago. The Rocketeer, cabinet, manual, cams, and extra feet were $100 from a woman on Craigslist. She inherited the machine, but didn't sew.
My plan, after all the errors in my first quilt, was to dazzle people's eyes so they couldn't look closely enough to see all the mistakes in the two baby quilts.
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