Not Gonna Finish It
02-17-2011, 04:53 AM
#41
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I made a quilt a long time ago and got it half done. I hated it so much I almost put it in the trash. I put it in the closet instead. About 2 or 3 years later I found it and decided to give it a try again. It was a new quilt as you go method and I was fairly new at quilting. Well, I guess I had more skills by this time because it was really easy to finish and not only that..it turned out to be a very nice quilt for my grandson. Moral of the story....don't give up!!!
02-17-2011, 04:58 AM
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Please tell me the type/size needle you use to tie with yarn. I can't find a needle that the yarn will go through and if it goes through the eye it will not pull through the whole quilt. My mother tied many and they were soft. Thank you
02-17-2011, 05:18 AM
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GAI HAND QUILTING!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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I think she would rather re-marry her ex on this one too.
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I think she would rather re-marry her ex on this one too.
Originally Posted by pam.v
have you considered hand quilting it ?
02-17-2011, 05:46 AM
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Were you trying to do it by hand or on the machine? One thing about hand quilting and baby quilts is that you really don't have to concentrate on how big your stitches are. Some of the prettiest quilts I've ever seen has stitches up to 1/4 inch long. Just get a hoop (even a large embrodiery hoop will work for a baby quilt and put it in and just go to stitching. You can cross hatch which is just sewing up and down and across making squares or you can echo about 1/2 inch from your seams. By all means don't chunk it. There are too many things you can do to it.
02-17-2011, 05:48 AM
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Originally Posted by gaigai
OK, I decided to make a baby quilt for one of my best friend's grandbaby. Born in August. Got the top done (love it) and made the sandwich, but I just cannot get the quilting. I have ripped it out more than six times. I HATE QUILTING!!!!! I HATE IT, I HATE IT, I HATE IT! I swear I would rather re-marry my ex than every quilt anything again! (And that is SO not going to happen) So, I am not going to finish it. I may take it up to my LQS and see if I can pay someone there to do it. It's just a baby quilt, so it's way too small to send to my LAQ'r. Otherwise, I'm gonna sew a big X from corner to corner and use it for a dog bed, or a bath mat or a cleaning rag. Note to self: NO MORE SMALL QUILTS!!
Tack it instead of quilting. That's what I do.
02-17-2011, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by chickadeee55
How about tying it with yarn, like they did in the old days. I have done a few of my baby quilts like that, and people really thought it was cute.
You can match the yarn to the colors in your quilt. And it will save you some money.
You can match the yarn to the colors in your quilt. And it will save you some money.
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