TBQ - 32 to be quilted UFOs
#42
I had to read all the comments on this one as I am a topper also!!.. I won't even say how many I have, I kind of quite counting one day when I was trying to find them all!!! I did take several to the guild for our charity day, others took them home & quilted, they got binding on them, so those all went to good homes!! and of course several went to the solider quilts but..... still more here!!! haha.. I am on a rant to use my stash so my next project is matching up backing & see where it goes from there... LOL I am so glad I am not the only one out there!!!... keep making those tops!!!.....
#43
Originally Posted by Pollyv9
I have been trying to decide what to do with all the unquilted tops I have on hand.
#44
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Brownwood TX
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[quote=SparkMonkey]Heh, I'm exactly the opposite--hand-quilting is my favorite part, and making the top is a distant second. I don't know why I don't just go whole-hog and do a densely hand-quilted wholecloth quilt!
You need to barter with someone who will make you a top or 2 for you quilting their top. I used to joke and say that's who I needed to find. I'm a top person. Maybe we can do a deal one of these days.
Robin in TX
You need to barter with someone who will make you a top or 2 for you quilting their top. I used to joke and say that's who I needed to find. I'm a top person. Maybe we can do a deal one of these days.
Robin in TX
#46
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Jozefow, Poland
Posts: 4,474
Originally Posted by DebbyT
Wow. For you and all the others who have accumulated so many tops, this is going to take a lot of backing fabric 'and' batting. I know I have my stash but I also have used fabric intended for backing to piece with. -- Of course, you could use a quilt top for the top and one for the backing.
I have plenty of spare fabric so backing isn't an issue. I use anything...curtains, bedding, sheets, fabric, etc. I don't mind if the back is a conglomeration of fabric, but I won't use a top I made as a back.
Gotta go sew...for a little while and then off to the school to look for some used school books for a lady who needs some (here in Poland all parents have to buy their own children's books for the next year).
#47
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 897
I'm a piecemaker also. It's hard to get in the habit of finishing a quilt. I tend to use the pillow case method with polar fleece for the backing. Technically it's cheating but they get finished. I'll never place in a quilt show but they work as baby quilts and lap quilts. I have trouble doing anything larger. I have a lot of tops waiting. Once in a while I finish one! :oops: :roll:
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