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#105168 - 01/27/07 12:22 PM
Re: Any Quilters?
[Re: Laurel]
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Registered: 01/16/07
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Laurel, I have my wedding dress, along with both of my girls', in storage. With them I have some other special occasion dresses, all connected to a special time in our lives. I've been wanting to make 3 quilts, using all of the dresses, to give to our 3 granddaughters. I'm afraid to start taking the wedding gowns apart in fear of not having enough material for 3 whole quilts. I can't think of how to add to the material without buying more, which would take away from the keepsake character of the quilts, in my thinking. These thoughts came out all barbled, but I hope you know what I'm saying. Any suggestions? I've only made a baby quilt and it was with a machine - way back when. I want to do this by hand. I've even acquired an old fashion quilting stand. Your suggestion might be to find a quilter and have them give me a quote....right?
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#105170 - 01/29/07 11:00 PM
Re: Any Quilters?
[Re: Laurel]
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Registered: 06/27/05
Posts: 2561
Loc: Alabama
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Laurel...how wonderful. I envey your patience to do something like that. I've always wanted to quilt and even bought several books on the subject, but when I go into the store there's all these things you have to buy and it looks like it could get expensive. I have a couple of old photos of my grandmother quilting with her ladies group from church. I always thought it would be neat to make wall-hanging sized quilts. Do you do any of those? Any pictures of projects you'd like to share?
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#105172 - 02/01/07 11:25 AM
Re: Any Quilters?
[Re: Laurel]
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Registered: 06/27/05
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Loc: Alabama
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Do you have any special equipment? I have a sewing machine and that's it. Would that be sufficient to do simple quilting? I love to see what you've done.
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#105173 - 02/02/07 03:19 PM
Re: Any Quilters?
[Re: Dee]
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Registered: 01/10/07
Posts: 431
Loc: Oklahoma, USA
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You know they try to sell you all kinds of fancy expensive gadgets and many of them are helpful, but when you first start out I wouldn't invest in too much. Especially until you see if it's something you enjoy doing. I do have a lot of paraphernalia I've accumulated. Years ago though, I just had the basic sewing tools; sewing machine, scissors, thread, thimble, needles, etc. I'd say the most useful of my tools is my rotary cutter and mat. If you have a Hancock's fabrics store they run half off sales on tools every so often. They will tell you the smaller the needle the smaller the stitch (hand quilting) but I make the same size stitch no matter what size needle I use. I've started buying larger needles because my eyes don't see as well as they used to and their easier to thread. Laurel
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#105176 - 02/15/07 03:00 AM
I know 1...Re: Any Quilters?
[Re: Louisa]
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Registered: 06/08/06
Posts: 111
Loc: Brisbane Australia
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I love quilting, and find just the mix of fabrics gorgeous. The best thing I find is my quarter inch foot as that makes machine piecing much more accurate now that my eyes belong to a 46 year old with a 20 year old mind!!!! I still have my wedding dress from 25 years ago. We dont have much family history or hand me downs and I am saving some things like my wedding dress for the future generations.
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#105178 - 02/24/07 08:10 AM
Re: I know 1...Re: Any Quilters?
[Re: Laurel]
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Registered: 09/20/05
Posts: 477
Loc: Sanford, Florida
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The only quilts I've made were out of t-shirts. We had what seemed like hundreds of t-shirts from fishing tournaments. Since my husband is such a fishing fan, it was a good way to use a bunch of them up. Also an easy way to make a quilt, because you cut large squares out of the front of the shirts, to include any design that's on the front. You can either sew the t-shirt squares (after backing them with inner facing) in rows, and then sew the rows together, to make the top of the quilt......or you can put strips of other fabric inbetween the t-shirt squares. After getting the top done and layering it with batting and a fabric backing, I ran diagonal lines thru all layers with my sewing machine, to quilt it, and then put binding around the edges. I've made two of these -- my sister-in-law saved a bunch of my nephew's college t-shirts and I made one out of those, too. I can handle doing the t-shirt quilts because you work with large pieces of fabric........I have several friends who quilt and work with little tiny pieces of fabric and have to cut what seems like millions of pieces to put together.....that's not for me. I think I found directions online someplace for t-shirt quilts, I can dig around and see if I can find them again if anyone wants them. When the finished quilt is on the bed, it's kind of fun to look at it -- every square is a different memory. Several of my husbands friends who saw the finished product all said they wanted one, and supposedly they're saving their t-shirts for me......but I'm kind of figuring (hoping!!) that none of them will show up with a pile of shirts and expect a quilt..........
Edited by CrosstitchQueen (02/24/07 08:11 AM)
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#105179 - 02/24/07 03:23 PM
Re: I know 1...Re: Any Quilters?
[Re: CrosstitchQueen]
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Registered: 09/26/04
Posts: 3910
Loc: Alabama
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I have a quilt that my Mom made out of all of my old jeans. She would take them home when she came to visit over the years. She presented me with it about 10 years ago. I don't sleep without it...it's my blankie. One of my few treasures. chick
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