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Happy Dance and update (all on topic)

So, I've been busily doing something new and fun today. I've always wanted to merge machine embroidered blocks into a quilt. So today I made a practice one. It's 36x36, will make a fine baby quilt for one of "Polly's babies", and I got to have fun and learn some things too. Number one thing I learned was don't cut the blocks you intend to embroider to the exact size before embroidering, as the stitching shrinks them somewhat. Therefore, my corners don't line up perfectly. But, after all, it's just practice. You can see a pic on the last page of my quilting album.

I've also updated the photos in my quilting and family albums, and added an album for DH's awesome quilting (since Michelle and Mary let the cat out of the bag) . Monday thru Fri, I have to go to my day job, so not much sewing gets done during the week. Kinda like not much

*but* sewing gets done on weekends! LOL

Hugz to all,

TerriLee in WA (state)

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TerriLee,

Nice job on the baby quilt. It was a great idea to use it for one of "Polly's babies."

DH has quite a talent! Mine's a terrific support person, but I don't think I'll ever get him to sit down at a sewing machine.

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Louise in Iowa

Ahhhhhhhh. What a pretty, girly quilt, TerriLee. Can't you just imagine some precious little one focusing new eyes on that sweet embroidery? You certainly have the embroidery machine mastered. Did it take long for you to learn all the do's and don'ts? Polly O'Esther

"Louise in Iowa" TerriLee,

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Polly Esther

That's very sweet TerriLee! The babies will love it!

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KJ

My DH spent several hours helping me with "Quiltus Gigantus" this weekend. He worked really hard! He arranged blocks and brought them to me at the sewing machine and pressed seams. He even suggested that I serge the edges when we finished so the seams didn't come undone as it was handled. I did that while he went to to pick up dinner....yea! We got the whole top done! I would have needed most of this week to get it done since my stamina isn't quite up to snuff. This is a patchwork of strange, donated fabrics that will be used in an art installation by DS for his MFA project. The top is

18 feet by 24 feet. Now I have to piece a back. I have several long lengths of fabric that was donated so I will have to figure out the easiest way to do that.
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KJ

My golly, that's wonderful to have so much of Quiltus Gigantus done. Just a tiny suggestion, Kathyl. Set your stitches per inch down shorter just a little. It will make your seams less likely to turn loose on you. Maybe. We hope. I'm just guessing that the weight will put more stress on the stitching. Polly

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Polly Esther

I've actually had the embroidery machine for a few years. It doesn't get a lot of use, but it's fun to do something special with it now and again. Mastered? Nope, not hardly, but I can do basic things with it. I'm gonna try monogramming towels one of these days. The instructions say to put Solvy stabilizer (it washes away) on *top*. Supposedly, it will keep the embroidery from catching in the loops of the terry. We'll see.

TerriLee in WA (state)

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TerriLee in WA

Ah HA! I did that! Great minds think alike. My problems came from blocks that were donated. A friend sewed together strips then cut them to size. Her machine's default stitch length is longer than our Berninas, and then when cut, they had NO extra support. I had to repair several seams before continuing.

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KJ

What a cute baby quilt, TerriLee! :) And your DH's work is amazing -- I'm glad you let us see. :)

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Sandy

On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:43:04 -0500, KJ wrote (in article ):

You are the world's greatest Mom. I can't imagine working on something so large.

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak

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