Wonky, wonky, wonky...
12-09-2010, 07:25 AM
#42
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
Is this one of your quilts - or someone else's?
If it's one of yours, I think I would just use it as an example - - -
of what can go wrong - -
If it's one of yours, I think I would just use it as an example - - -
of what can go wrong - -
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12-09-2010, 07:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Eddie
Yes, this is a vintage quilt top that a customer brought me, one of several. The top itself is strip pieced blocks, i.e., the quilter took a bunch of random strips and pieced them together into 6" blocks, and then sewed the blocks together. Then, to "quilt" it, they sewed individual squares of fabric to the back of each block making it a lightweight quilt. This further complicates things because it restricts how much that I can pull and tug on the top to try and get things to lay flat. So I'm quilting it on the longarm and quilting through the original top and "backing" they did, and through my batting and solid backing.
I've got it about 3/4 of the way done, it has just been a real challenge. Too, those strips pieced into the blocks, a lot of them have pleats in them, etc. But the main problem seems to be those squares of "backing" they sewed to the back of each block, since they are really limiting how much I can pull and tug on this thing. Oh, well, we shall do what we can do to salvage it!
I've got it about 3/4 of the way done, it has just been a real challenge. Too, those strips pieced into the blocks, a lot of them have pleats in them, etc. But the main problem seems to be those squares of "backing" they sewed to the back of each block, since they are really limiting how much I can pull and tug on this thing. Oh, well, we shall do what we can do to salvage it!
12-09-2010, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Eddie
I have a vintage top on the longarm that looks...well..... Nothing is square about it, it's about 6" narrower at one end than the other, it's drifts off to the left, many of the blocks are "belled", etc. At this point I think I'd rather have a bunch of bees in my underwear than finish this. Ugh!!!
12-09-2010, 09:19 AM
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I had one like that and I called it squashed frogs. The pieces that were supposed to be flowers looked like frogs that had been run over. But I just kept telling myself that this is someone's treasure. Not everyone is a seamstress! It had been hand pieced by an 83 year old blind woman. I used alot of small stippling to hold down the worst of the puckers. The client was very happy with the results and finally admitted she had sent it to me because she didn't think it could be quilted. Now she tells me! Just enjoy the quilting process put on some good music with a fast rythym and get it done.
12-09-2010, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Eddie
I have a vintage top on the longarm that looks...well..... Nothing is square about it, it's about 6" narrower at one end than the other, it's drifts off to the left, many of the blocks are "belled", etc. At this point I think I'd rather have a bunch of bees in my underwear than finish this. Ugh!!!
12-09-2010, 02:08 PM
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Instead of making a large quilt from this top, how about cutting it into smaller pieces and making pillow tops, runners or toppers, dresser scarves, totes, a jacket or vest, or whatever might lend itself to a smaller venue where the "wonky-ness" is not so obvious...
I know its sinful to cut up a vintage piece, but sometimes it just works better, doncha think???
I know its sinful to cut up a vintage piece, but sometimes it just works better, doncha think???
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