Downy Quilts for Kids - Need Advice!!!!
04-21-2010, 12:45 PM
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I layered and pin basted then machine stitched in the ditch around the squares. I mitered the binding and sewed it by machine. It turned out very flat and square.
I checked the mailing tube and the p.o. didn't have any but the clerk said it would fit fine in one and would be about $5 to mail. I packed the QFK quilt in a Connecting Threads box and it cost me $7.40 to mail back.
I checked the mailing tube and the p.o. didn't have any but the clerk said it would fit fine in one and would be about $5 to mail. I packed the QFK quilt in a Connecting Threads box and it cost me $7.40 to mail back.
04-21-2010, 03:08 PM
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Originally Posted by nursie76
Thanks everyone for the input! I am getting more and more excited about this endeavor! I can hardly wait til the kit gets here.
Bellaboo - Your quilt is adorable.
Edie - I checked, but there isn't a chapter close to me here in PA. I wonder if there would be a way to contact one of them here in PA anyway and work through them.
Amma - thanks for the tip about a blanket stitch, I was worried about how to eliminate the "lip" when machine sewing the binding if I didn't decide to "pillowcase" it.
Bellaboo - Your quilt is adorable.
Edie - I checked, but there isn't a chapter close to me here in PA. I wonder if there would be a way to contact one of them here in PA anyway and work through them.
Amma - thanks for the tip about a blanket stitch, I was worried about how to eliminate the "lip" when machine sewing the binding if I didn't decide to "pillowcase" it.
04-21-2010, 05:26 PM
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I ordered one early this past December. A mistake on my part because of busy holidays. Mine was returned in about ten weeks instead of as requested because it took me longer to put together and I didn't have time to construct another to send. So I mailed them only the one quilt for which they had sent the fabric. Maybe I'll do another sometime.
04-21-2010, 05:45 PM
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Wow Linda. Thank you for joining in to inform us. I am enjoying quilting for these children. I took a break from Project Linus to help with the Downey program. I agree, a Big Thank you to all the sponsors. And to you for it's beginning.
04-22-2010, 02:32 AM
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What I like the most about the Downy quilt and the QFK (Quilts for Kids) project is that it is so exciting to see what you get in the mail, the fabric, the pattern and then you just take some quiet time and put it together. It gives you such warm fuzzies while you are working on it knowing that it will help a small child or a baby (I am working on NICU quilts now). It gives you time to pray for a child who is not healthy like your child or may never grow up like your child did but you are giving this child/baby the warm fuzzies too. Each one of these little children are mine while I am making the quilt. I am hoping and praying that they will be all right and grow and flourish and maybe my quilt kept them safe and warm for a little time. I take a picture of each quilt and remember. Edie
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