Affairs of the Heart - Block #20 Photo Page
05-20-2011, 05:11 AM
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Judy...I really like the way they have appliqued those pieces down..really pretty! I think I could do circles like that without the embroidery pattern..using my fancy stitches and my circle tool. I guess for that quilt, you would have to buy the block kits...is that $8.99 per block? or for all 12 blocks, I wonder...I couldn't find it.
05-20-2011, 07:12 AM
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Yes, Kathy, it really is a quilt for an embroidery machine, which I do have. I like doing applique with the embroidery machine, but like I said, most designers just do a satin stitch around them and that gets really tiring.
I guess you could do the quilt without an embroidery machine by buying the precuts, but that would sure add up, Patti. I believe that each kit, which is $8.99, includes 4 sets of the same block. Looking at the pattern for a queen size quilt, it would be several hundred dollars just for the precuts and then you'd have to have all the other fabrics. If I do it, I'll pre-fuse my left over batiks from AOTH and cut them out ahead of time like their pre-cuts. But that's a ways in the future. I have to finish AOTH first. If I start something else, I'll never get AOTH done.
I guess you could do the quilt without an embroidery machine by buying the precuts, but that would sure add up, Patti. I believe that each kit, which is $8.99, includes 4 sets of the same block. Looking at the pattern for a queen size quilt, it would be several hundred dollars just for the precuts and then you'd have to have all the other fabrics. If I do it, I'll pre-fuse my left over batiks from AOTH and cut them out ahead of time like their pre-cuts. But that's a ways in the future. I have to finish AOTH first. If I start something else, I'll never get AOTH done.
05-20-2011, 03:47 PM
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Originally Posted by sandpat
I love the book, but not quite that much. darn!
05-20-2011, 08:38 PM
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Judy,
That quilt is really pretty. I'm going to be dividing my quilting time between AOTH & a new one for DH office at the prison. He had a horrible painting that was done by an inmate back in 2000. I'm sure the previous Education Director had him do it, but it was horrible When I was in ALbuquerqer, I bought a book & will make a quilt from that book. It shouldn't take much more than a month. I think the hardest part will be printing out all the patterns from the CD.
That quilt is really pretty. I'm going to be dividing my quilting time between AOTH & a new one for DH office at the prison. He had a horrible painting that was done by an inmate back in 2000. I'm sure the previous Education Director had him do it, but it was horrible When I was in ALbuquerqer, I bought a book & will make a quilt from that book. It shouldn't take much more than a month. I think the hardest part will be printing out all the patterns from the CD.
05-23-2011, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by lynnie k
I found a book with Applique' it is called (Flowers Hearts and GARLANDS) I think I should like to do this one next. Why is that other book so expensive?
05-23-2011, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Mousie
Originally Posted by lynnie k
I found a book with Applique' it is called (Flowers Hearts and GARLANDS) I think I should like to do this one next. Why is that other book so expensive?
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