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Why is it so easy to add to the "waiting to be quilted" folder than it is to have a finished quilt? I think there's a chip missing in my processor.....the quilting chip!!! It's a misnomer to call myself a quilter..... I'm a piecer!!! My new year's resolution was to quilt more than I piece.....I've failed already. Oh well. KJNew UFO
Feb 07, 2007
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I have always been a piecer!
I don't even pretend to quilt anymore - thank heavens for the local long srm quilter!! She has free run in my stash/library/tools/threads and I get "free" quilting when I finally get a quilt pieced! Works for both of us. She was down on the weekend looking for fabric to make a backing - so I should probably send her another top soon lol
Your quilts are lovely! I especially love the Whirlpool Quilts!!! Are they from a pattern? Did the curved piecing make you crazy?
Very beautiful... all of them!
Kate in MI
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Love those colors, KJ. And, hey, you still have 10+ months left in the year to work on the quilting part!
Thanks Kate! Yes, that's a pattern from Virginia Walton and her Creative Curves rulers.
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didn't take a class from her. I bought a kit of the fabrics and pattern at a quilt shop. I then realized I needed a special ruler for cutting. This might have been one of the most difficult piecing projects I've ever done. I contacted Virginia for help and she was wonderful about sending me some hints and tips. The block could be simplified into a drunkard's path variation, but it wouldn't look quite the same. Similar, but it wouldn't quite hvae the pizazz of this one.KJ
Aren't you the encouraging one???!!!! LOL Yes, I still have time. Plus I'm on a list for a longarmer for a couple in May. That will help reduce the UFO's and the bank account! I've signed up for two longarm classes in Paducah. No, I don't have one....no, I'm not planning to get one! But the local quilt shop will be moving to a new location where she will have several long arm machines for use in the store. She's going to rent time on the machines to people who want to quilt their own tops. I'm hoping to be ready! KJ
Oooooh, it looks velvety! Are those rectangles instead of squares? Love the green!
Kay Ahr in NV
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Yes, they are rectangles. This was from a kit (fabric and pattern) I bought at a quilt show. The vendor is the one from Davis, California that packages the "Sweet Treats" fat quarter collections. Someone help me remember the name of the shop. Kits are fun to do when not insprired to make something totally creative. KJ
Very, very pretty KJ - it will look stunning on the back of my sofa.
Patti in Seattle
That's gorgeous!! Do you cut all those tiny squares, or is it done with strips somehow? Enquiring minds, cuz I love the effect!! And I know the feeling about being a "piecer". I have lots of tops done and folded and stacked in the corner of my SR. Us piecers need to get together with some "don't like to piece" quilters, and trade, eh?
That sounds like a winning idea to me!!!!!
Pincushion Boutique!!!!!
Oh my heavens if you ever are at a show where they have a booth, wear a bib. You'll be drooling all over their fabric packets. They are absolutely wonderful!
G> Yes, they are rectangles. This was from a kit (fabric and pattern) I bought
Yup....I drooled then whipped out the credit card! I love their fabric combinations! Thanks.....I ALWAYS forget the name of the shop....but I CAN remember "Sweet Treats"!! KJ
It was done in strips. An adapted Bargello technique. At least unquilted tops don't take up as much room as finished quilts. Just trying to look on the bright side! KJ
LOL!! So who among us (other than Ragmop/Sandy) loves to quilt? I'd be up for a trade.
No, you haven't failed yet, as it is only February. Actually, I think one can do best quilting (and it is always my bete noir) when doing a lot of it together. When I was doing my Maths collection, I waited until all the tops were finished before I started the quilting. Then I did all the quilting together. I was even getting quite good towards the end! So, wait until you feel a tiny bit in the mood - or encourage yourself if you have a simple one to do that won't require complex quilting - and set up three, say, to be quilted - and do them. Then you could do some more piecing! Try that for a scheme. Once you get into the swing of it, quilting need not take terribly long. Have a strategy re-think >g< . In message , KJ writes
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remembering the Sweet Treats part is good!! I'll visit the sitewhen I get home from school this afternoon. Thank you! Kay Ahr in NV
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On Feb 7, 8:27 pm, "KJ" wrote: Yup....I drooled then whipped out the credit card! I love their fabric combinations! Thanks.....I ALWAYS forget the name of the shop....but I CAN remember "Sweet Treats"!! KJ
Nice! Bet it'll be even nicer quilted. Lee
Howdy!
It was worth the credit card trip. Lovely top, KJ. It's "moody" --I like moody. ;-)
R/Sandy ---mmmmmm: Sweet Treats
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(br> Yup....I drooled then whipped out the credit card! I love their fabric > combinations!
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