portable project
06-25-2010, 08:24 AM
#73
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: From WI then Denver then Houston and now Hainesville, IL
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Easiest (and least Dangerous!) is the crochet rag rugs...
Got one finished on our last road trip!
Want to start hand quilting small projects during car rides, but I am such a KLUTZ, think I might poke myself too much with needle!!!! :roll:
Got one finished on our last road trip!
Want to start hand quilting small projects during car rides, but I am such a KLUTZ, think I might poke myself too much with needle!!!! :roll:
06-25-2010, 01:30 PM
#75
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This has been another great thread to read, you always have to many great suggestions and advise. I've been wanting to find a good portable quilt project for a long time.( I also crochet and always carried a project with me when I am doing that) but haven't found the right thing for quilting. I would love to do a Grandmothers Flower Garden, but there is absolutely no one in my area that carries 30's fabric which I find a real shame with 3 quilt shops besides another shop that carries beautiful fabric.
I love the idea of doing The Farmers Wife or perhaps the URR quilt by hand but need to learn how to hand piece.
Anyway thanks again for all the suggestions
Muriel
I love the idea of doing The Farmers Wife or perhaps the URR quilt by hand but need to learn how to hand piece.
Anyway thanks again for all the suggestions
Muriel
06-25-2010, 02:00 PM
#76
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Novato, California
Posts: 325
Hi Muriel,
I love doing the Farmers Wife Sampler quilt by hand...you've got to try it. First let me tell you that I purchased my Civil War fabrics online at www:autumnrosequilting.com. I've never hand quilted either, but I purchased Jinny Beyer's book: Quiltmaking by Hand. I got it through Amazon for around $20.00. She also has a CD by the same title, which I haven't gotten, but I might. The book does have lots of pictures in it, but I think the CD would be nice to actually see her in action quilting. So far I have been rotary cutting my pieces, and then I mark the 1/4 inch seam and sew away. Let me know if you have any other questions It is sooo much fun.
Good luck, Sarah in Northern CA
I love doing the Farmers Wife Sampler quilt by hand...you've got to try it. First let me tell you that I purchased my Civil War fabrics online at www:autumnrosequilting.com. I've never hand quilted either, but I purchased Jinny Beyer's book: Quiltmaking by Hand. I got it through Amazon for around $20.00. She also has a CD by the same title, which I haven't gotten, but I might. The book does have lots of pictures in it, but I think the CD would be nice to actually see her in action quilting. So far I have been rotary cutting my pieces, and then I mark the 1/4 inch seam and sew away. Let me know if you have any other questions It is sooo much fun.
Good luck, Sarah in Northern CA
Originally Posted by AkAngel
This has been another great thread to read, you always have to many great suggestions and advise. I've been wanting to find a good portable quilt project for a long time.( I also crochet and always carried a project with me when I am doing that) but haven't found the right thing for quilting. I would love to do a Grandmothers Flower Garden, but there is absolutely no one in my area that carries 30's fabric which I find a real shame with 3 quilt shops besides another shop that carries beautiful fabric.
I love the idea of doing The Farmers Wife or perhaps the URR quilt by hand but need to learn how to hand piece.
Anyway thanks again for all the suggestions
Muriel
I love the idea of doing The Farmers Wife or perhaps the URR quilt by hand but need to learn how to hand piece.
Anyway thanks again for all the suggestions
Muriel
06-26-2010, 03:09 AM
#77
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Stoughton, WI
Posts: 412
Originally Posted by AkAngel
This has been another great thread to read, you always have to many great suggestions and advise. I've been wanting to find a good portable quilt project for a long time.( I also crochet and always carried a project with me when I am doing that) but haven't found the right thing for quilting. I would love to do a Grandmothers Flower Garden, but there is absolutely no one in my area that carries 30's fabric which I find a real shame with 3 quilt shops besides another shop that carries beautiful fabric.
I love the idea of doing The Farmers Wife or perhaps the URR quilt by hand but need to learn how to hand piece.
Anyway thanks again for all the suggestions
Muriel
I love the idea of doing The Farmers Wife or perhaps the URR quilt by hand but need to learn how to hand piece.
Anyway thanks again for all the suggestions
Muriel
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