....just joshing.....she seems to be anything but monochromatic....
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THank you. That's a great compliment.
That would have been my pick too! They look very cool!
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I am a machine! I am working on this quilt:
I am using the same Ombre Metallics she used (notice the fade which takes the pieces to be cut in a specific way to obtain that effect) for the color part. She uses a plain white for the white part, but I'm using a white with metallic silvery/gold dots. Which compliments the metallic dots on the ombre pieces.
Very subtle but striking.
It takes 59 log cabin blocks. Each block finishes at 10 inch square and contains 9 pieces that have to be sewn to each other to complete the block.
I have 30 of these done and I just started this Friday. Now, you think, she has no life. She did nothing but put these blocks together. Not true. I am very organized and efficient when I make a quilt. And I do assembly line techniques that get things put together quickly! I'll start sewing the rows together today.
Some tips: When you need a new bobbin, wind a crapzillion of them! It's frustrating to get in the groove and be moving along at a quick pace, only to have to stop and wind a new bobbin. Takes 2 minutes away from quilting! I always have a ton of pre-wound bobbins ready to go. You use a lot of thread.
When you sew, have your ironing surface as close to you as you can. The fewer steps you have to take, the quicker you finish blocks. My ironing board is set up right behind my shoulder as I sew. I lay the pieces on the board, grab, sew, and turn and iron -- rinse and repeat. over and over.
And, I use steam but be careful with stretching fabric. Distorting it can change your measurements exponentially if you continually tug on a block. I also have 3 of those ketchup and mustard dispensers filled with water for my iron. You use a lot of water. I cut the tips off of the m/k bottles to my liking and it makes filling the iron quick. Instead of that stupid little water thing they give you that takes forever, spills and never quite fills the damn iron. And I'm always running back and forth to fill the thing to fill the iron. I don't have time to part the Red Sea. Give me enough water to keep me going, now!
I have my Purple Thang with me. Given to me by a friend. Thank you friend.
It really helps me with 1/4 seam allowances. Which are super damn important on certain quilts. Some quilts you can sew your own seam allowance, depending on the pattern, and sometimes I do. But, some pieces have to have that 1/4 allowance to make sure things go together right. It's some math geometry bullsh*t thing where the cosmos will explode and die if you don't do it right.
If you have a quilt you can go off script and do a wider seam allowance, you just have to stay consistent throughout the quilt. What you choose in piecing you must stay consistent with.
That's my contribution for today.
Remember:
Do Bee a good quilter and kill Baby Laughs A-Lot.
I am a machine! I am working on this quilt:
I am using the same Ombre Metallics she used (notice the fade which takes the pieces to be cut in a specific way to obtain that effect) for the color part. She uses a plain white for the white part, but I'm using a white with metallic silvery/gold dots. Which compliments the metallic dots on the ombre pieces.
Very subtle but striking.
It takes 59 log cabin blocks. Each block finishes at 10 inch square and contains 9 pieces that have to be sewn to each other to complete the block.
I have 30 of these done and I just started this Friday. Now, you think, she has no life. She did nothing but put these blocks together. Not true. I am very organized and efficient when I make a quilt. And I do assembly line techniques that get things put together quickly! I'll start sewing the rows together today.
Some tips: When you need a new bobbin, wind a crapzillion of them! It's frustrating to get in the groove and be moving along at a quick pace, only to have to stop and wind a new bobbin. Takes 2 minutes away from quilting! I always have a ton of pre-wound bobbins ready to go. You use a lot of thread.
When you sew, have your ironing surface as close to you as you can. The fewer steps you have to take, the quicker you finish blocks. My ironing board is set up right behind my shoulder as I sew. I lay the pieces on the board, grab, sew, and turn and iron -- rinse and repeat. over and over.
And, I use steam but be careful with stretching fabric. Distorting it can change your measurements exponentially if you continually tug on a block. I also have 3 of those ketchup and mustard dispensers filled with water for my iron. You use a lot of water. I cut the tips off of the m/k bottles to my liking and it makes filling the iron quick. Instead of that stupid little water thing they give you that takes forever, spills and never quite fills the damn iron. And I'm always running back and forth to fill the thing to fill the iron. I don't have time to part the Red Sea. Give me enough water to keep me going, now!
I have my Purple Thang with me. Given to me by a friend. Thank you friend.
It really helps me with 1/4 seam allowances. Which are super damn important on certain quilts. Some quilts you can sew your own seam allowance, depending on the pattern, and sometimes I do. But, some pieces have to have that 1/4 allowance to make sure things go together right. It's some math geometry bullsh*t thing where the cosmos will explode and die if you don't do it right.
If you have a quilt you can go off script and do a wider seam allowance, you just have to stay consistent throughout the quilt. What you choose in piecing you must stay consistent with.
That's my contribution for today.
Remember:
Do Bee a good quilter and kill Baby Laughs A-Lot.
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That's going to be a gorgeous quilt. Be sure to post pics when it's pieced.Today's segment is brought to you by:
I am a machine! I am working on this quilt:
I am using the same Ombre Metallics she used (notice the fade which takes the pieces to be cut in a specific way to obtain that effect) for the color part. She uses a plain white for the white part, but I'm using a white with metallic silvery/gold dots. Very subtle but striking.
It takes 59 log cabin blocks. Each block finishes at 10 inch square and contains 9 pieces that have to be sewn to each other to complete the block.
I have 30 of these done and I just started this Friday. Now, you think, she has no life. She did nothing but put these blocks together. Not true. I am very organized and efficient when I make a quilt. And I do assembly line techniques that get things put together quickly! I'll start sewing the rows together today.
Some tips: When you need a new bobbin, wind a crapzillion of them! It's frustrating to get in the groove and be moving along at a quick pace, only to have to stop and wind a new bobbin. Takes 2 minutes away from quilting! I always have a ton pre-wound bobbins ready to go. You use a lot of thread.
When you sew, have your ironing surface as close to you as you can. The fewer steps you have to take, the quicker you finish blocks. My ironing board is set up right behind my shoulder as a sew. I lay the pieces on the board, grab, sew, and turn and iron -- rinse and repeat. over and over.
And, I use steam but be careful with stretching fabric. Distorting it can change your measurements exponentially if you continually tug on a block. I also have 3 of those ketchup and mustard dispensers filled with water for my iron. You use a lot of water. I cut the tips off of the m/k bottles to my liking and it makes filling the iron quick. Instead of that stupid little water thing they give you that takes forever, spills and never quite fills the damn iron.
I have my Purple Thang with me. Given to me by a friend. Thank you friend.
It really helps me with 1/4 seam allowances. Which are super damn important on certain quilts. Some quilts you can sew your own seam allowance, depending on the pattern, and sometimes I do. But, some pieces have to have that allowance to make sure things go together right. It's some math geometry bullsh*t thing.
If you have a quilt you can go off script and do a wider seam allowance, you just have to stay consistent throughout the quilt. What you choose in piecing you must stay consistent with.
That's my contribution for today. Remember:
Do Bee a good quilter and kill Baby Laughs A-Lot.
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The quilting community is not as nice as one might think. These b*tches are ruthless and cutthroat!
I watched this documentary series. Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics - Welcome .
It is so full of great information, history and let-there-be-blood competition. And that's not a joke. Snooty old biddies!
In fact, if you Google, there are quilts stolen from quilt shows and homes all the time. There are web sites dedicated to finding lost and stolen quilts. Some of them are extremely valuable and works of art.
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Thanks. It's really going to be pretty.
Holy crap! I guess I've been lucky. The ladies I've met so far have been lovely. In fact, if it weren't for a very sweet lady in an online group, I wouldn't still be quilting. I'd botched my very first quilt top - badly. I posted on that group about what I'd done, thanked them for being so lovely, and told them that I was done. One lady pmm'd me and said "Send it to me, here's my mailing address." In Alaska. I figured it was a lost cause anyway, so I sent it. She sent it back, repaired, quilted and bound. It was beautiful. And she very kindly said that it was MY work. All she did was a little repair job. I was humbled and encouraged. And they've been just as lovely ever since.
Quilts getting stolen? Wow! I can't even. But I guess it makes sense. Competition makes people crazy.
Thanks for opening my eyes.
Oh, in competitions, they get ruthless and back stabby! They criticize, tear down, complain, report and send angry letters to quilting guilds and organizations.
One year at a quilt show (sorry I can't remember exactly where, who, what, when -- it was in the documentary) a machine quilted quilt took grand prize, the first time ever. Quilters lost their collective sh*t and threw cogs right and left I guess.
If you can ever watch that documentary I mentioned above, you should. Just for fun. It's got a lot of good things to say too. Debunks myths about antique historical quilts -- fascinating. It's a PBS series so maybe on youtube or online somewhere if you are interested.
That's crazy! What's there to report about a quilt?
I'm still a little fuzzy about the difference between hand quilting and machine quilting. Obviously, if a quilt is done completely by hand, it's hand-made. But is it still hand-quilted if a quilter guides the fabric by hand in a domestic machine or longarm? I think it's machine quilting if the sewing machine is computerised and completely automated. But what about the middle ground?
I am going to go watch that. Thanks.
Finished this sucker -- gorgeous.
Challenging, but so worth it. It is going to be so beautiful after it's quilted. I was very happy and creative making this quilt.
Challenging, but so worth it. It is going to be so beautiful after it's quilted. I was very happy and creative making this quilt.
Love the design and colors!Finished this sucker -- gorgeous.
Challenging, but so worth it. It is going to be so beautiful after it's quilted. I was very happy and creative making this quilt.
I love the modern take on a very traditional log cabin. I will have this densely quilted with a modern design.
I've started the next quilt. Baby size and will be done very quickly. I am burning through my stash of charm packs and jelly rolls like a "high wind in a cane field."
There. I worked in a Stephen King reference for the Stephen King board.
Which reminds me of the old days on the first board. You would come on, marsha, and tell us all to stay on the topic of stephen king and his work when we would start going off on tangents on other topics.
So, the smartass loud mouth that I admit that I am, anytime I was wanting to chit chat, I would throw in Stephen King. Examples:
I saw the cutest goat today. I wonder if Stephen King has thought about writing a goat story?
I think I'll have a cheese sandwich for lunch, with tomato soup. Perhaps Stephen King can tell us what sandwiches he thinks his characters from Salem's Lot would like?
Target is having some good sales today, has Stephen King ever done research for a story in a Target?
bwhahahah! I'm amazed I didn't get kicked to the curb.
Dana Jean who had the issue with the paint spilled on the rug/ carpet and it turned into a Green Mile topic?? That always stuck in my head!
You must have worn me down.
ME. I spilled yellow paint all over my blue carpet!
I had that stain on my carpet for a couple years until I could do the whole space in tiles.good times!!