How to craft the quilt of SATAN???

Thread your machine stick your quilt under the needle and go for it!

Unless you want to be really devilish and hand quilt it????

can we see photos?

Kill file is a wonderful thing. lol

But gee, you really gotta give this guy at least half a point for originality.

Is there a full moon ATM? Should we brace for a flock of loonies?

no worries the moon is in the Third Quarter 51% of full

satan needs a asbestos quilt - anything else would burn to a crisp in seconds

In message , Ed Zagmoon writes

I've quilted The Quilt From Hell. I've certainly made evil quilts, and quilts I have cursed and damned. Is that any help?

Satan will do nasty stuff to you anyway, it's his job. If you take my advice you'll just stay well out of that. Don't do any favours for the Mafia either. And don't drink the Kool Aid.

Use polyester fabric and stuff with high-loft batting. Slippery fabric and ravelly fabric like gold lame without stabilizers also work well for evil quilts. Don't measure anything and don't worry about the perfect

1/4-inch seam.

It'll be warm if you ever succeed. And I'm sure your vocabulary will be enlarged.

-georg

I think I just quilted that very quilt for a customer.

18" blocks of Sunbonnet Sue with tulips; each Sue is carrying a balloon. Cute so far, right? Now picture this: *every* fabric, except the muslin background, is either drapery fabric or upholstery fabric. The appliqué was buttonhole stitch, with the stitches about 3/8" apart, so every fabric is starting to fray. The sashing (also drapery and upholstery fabric) is hand sewn, with the piecer getting rather creative about how much fullness she could work in -- attaching about 22" of sashing to each 18" block.

Kathy! Curiousity is killing me. In addition to 'with caution', just how in the world did you approach that quilt? Polly

"Kathy Applebaum" wrote > I think I just quilted that very quilt for a customer.

don't forget to machine quilt it using contrasting thread.

snipped-for-privacy@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com... I think I just quilted that very quilt for a customer.

Question!

QUESTION! Why would you take the job of quilting such a mess? Seriously -- if the work is not at least decent when it gets to you, what does it do to your reputation when the 'quilter' (and I use the term loosely), tells people that you did the quilting on it? Just curious. Gwen in S.E. PA

I just quilted that very quilt for a customer.

Oh no! It must match perfectly! Through every single shade and color change! On all Shapes! All quilting thread must match perfectly! you wouldn't want the quilting to actually show on such a quilt! So change that thread OFTEN! And use a dull needle while you're at it, and the smallest armed sewing machine possible. I suggest a Toy Genie.

-georg

*snort* With caution, indeed!

The customer just wanted an all-over pattern, as she wanted to use the quilt which was pieced by her mother. I did leaves in all the open areas, outlined the appliqué both outside and inside the designs (to hold those edges down), and did a bit more quilting inside each appliqué just to avoid having big unquilted areas. The customer knew there would be pleats (some had already been sewn in by the piecer), so I wasn't too worried there.

I only do it when I'm confident that any quilter (or non-quilter) can easily look at it and see that the piecing (and fabric choices) were the problem, not the quilting. Believe me, I'm *not* shy about turning away quilts.

This particular customer knew that the quilt would only be done if after ironing it I felt that I could deal with the fraying and fullness issues to my satisfaction. (It's amazing what sewing down a tuck or two with matching thread can do).

-- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps mailto: snipped-for-privacy@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.com

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QUESTION! Why would you take the job of quilting such a mess? Seriously -- if the work is not at least decent when it gets to you, what does it do to your reputation when the 'quilter' (and I use the term loosely), tells people that you did the quilting on it? Just curious. Gwen in S.E. PA

I just quilted that very quilt for a customer.

mailto: snipped-for-privacy@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.comhttp://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/> remove the obvious to reply

Howdy!

What reputation? She's already a self-named Fabric Tramp. duh!

Ragm>

"A girl can do what she wants to do and that's What I'm gonna do An' I don't give a damn ' bout my bad reputation" - Joan Jett, "Bad Reputation". One of my favorite songs from "Shrek"

*grin*

Don't forget to use the store brand thread with the breaks and knots in it. Debra in VA See my quilts at

This part made me howl with laughter. Sorry you had to quilt it, Kathy. Debra in VA See my quilts at

I thought it was spelled satin.

Cindy