Does anyone curse when quilting?
05-25-2011, 08:06 PM
#31
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Just hang on to your OS strap (oh sh--). Log cabin is a great beginners quilt. I teach it alot. It's not necessarily the easiest (I think the Rail Fence is easier) but it does teach you the 3 things you need to be successful in quiltmaking. 1) cut accurately 2) sew 1/4" accurately and 3) press accurately (press not iron). There are alot of pieces to a log cabin and that's what makes it a good beginners project because you get the practice in to master the techniques. Perhaps size it down to a wallhanging to manage the number of blocks and see if that helps. Hope this encourages you to continue.
05-25-2011, 08:45 PM
#32
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Oh, goodness yes. At times I'm astonished that I can remember quite well all the cuss words I've overheard in my long life. And my wide eyed cats just stare at me and slooowly back down and creep out of the room when Mamma opens her big mouth and bad words come out!!
Then it's time for chocolate, a diet pepsi and some book reading time, then back to the sewing machine all relaxed and ready to sew and sew some more,
Then it's time for chocolate, a diet pepsi and some book reading time, then back to the sewing machine all relaxed and ready to sew and sew some more,
05-25-2011, 09:01 PM
#34
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Originally Posted by sweetpea
Try a lod cabin a few years back still on the box of UFOs don't think I will ever do that again. more then a few bad words was said.
05-25-2011, 09:28 PM
#35
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I teach Log Cabin as a beginner quilt class..what I see is.. it's usually in the cutting or 1/4" inch in the sewing..Eleanore Burns way of pre-cutting(long strips) and chain sewing is the safest way to do them..if your chain piecing and a little off.. they all will be a little off..therefore they will still match up!! You should always square up after each round..hope this helps..lol..yes I cursed a lot just lately..working on a Bargello !!
05-25-2011, 09:46 PM
#36
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Originally Posted by fabric_fancy
i curse, i yell, and then when the quilt is done i'm ready to throw it in the firepit and set it on fire.
They sew wonky because they stretch, perhaps.
so I don't sew them....
J
05-25-2011, 11:55 PM
#39
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Location: South Yorkshire UK
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I did a paper-pieced log cabin Christmas wall hanging recently and got SO bored. It'll be a while before I do another one. As for swearing - oh yes. For a crash course in basic Anglo Saxon come to my house when my machine is playing up....
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