Right now I hate this stupid quilt. Time to walk away for a while.
01-27-2013, 05:15 PM
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Right now I hate this stupid quilt. Time to walk away for a while.
My quilt number four is a Asian lantern quilt that was beautiful when it was only a quilt top. My stippling has improved to what I think is acceptable. I already started a thread a few days ago where the edge of one side got all tucked under, but what I just did now was not see one of the pin basting pins and ran over it creating a small hole in the quilt. I was almost finished with the stippling too. Quilting is just hard hard.
I'm doing nothing more today, because I might end up burning the whole thing if I do, but tell me if this idea sounds like a good one. I thought I would consider it an opportunity to learn to make tiny yoyos and applique a few clusters randomly in the borders here and there one of which would cover this hole. Any better ideas. The hole in in the white border in between the lanterns.
I'm doing nothing more today, because I might end up burning the whole thing if I do, but tell me if this idea sounds like a good one. I thought I would consider it an opportunity to learn to make tiny yoyos and applique a few clusters randomly in the borders here and there one of which would cover this hole. Any better ideas. The hole in in the white border in between the lanterns.
01-27-2013, 05:34 PM
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Just this week I had to add a tiny butterfly to my wallhanging due to a seam allowance not being sewn. I had already started the machine quilting and that was only way I could think of to fix it. It is under the title Opps! Some Yo Yos may be just the addition to make your design unique or maybe a moth appliquéd between the lanterns?
01-27-2013, 06:12 PM
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Tartan I saw that and one would never know. Also may I add it looked great with the little butterfly.
Zyngawf, I love yoyo's. I think it'd look fine. You might discover you need to put even more on there.
Zyngawf, I love yoyo's. I think it'd look fine. You might discover you need to put even more on there.
01-27-2013, 10:41 PM
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As mentioned, yo-yos are a good idea.
But you could also do other folded flowers which would be more along the Japanese origami look and in keeping with a garden of lanterns.
Here is one site's tutorial http://craftygiveaways.blogspot.com/...-tutorial.html but you can find others by googling images of "folded fabric flower patterns".
Jan in VA
But you could also do other folded flowers which would be more along the Japanese origami look and in keeping with a garden of lanterns.
Here is one site's tutorial http://craftygiveaways.blogspot.com/...-tutorial.html but you can find others by googling images of "folded fabric flower patterns".
Jan in VA
01-28-2013, 11:05 AM
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As mentioned, yo-yos are a good idea.
But you could also do other folded flowers which would be more along the Japanese origami look and in keeping with a garden of lanterns.
Here is one site's tutorial http://craftygiveaways.blogspot.com/...-tutorial.html but you can find others by googling images of "folded fabric flower patterns".
Jan in VA
But you could also do other folded flowers which would be more along the Japanese origami look and in keeping with a garden of lanterns.
Here is one site's tutorial http://craftygiveaways.blogspot.com/...-tutorial.html but you can find others by googling images of "folded fabric flower patterns".
Jan in VA
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