Beginner Class Table Runner
08-31-2009, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Lisanne
I finally found my camera, but I'm worse at using it than I am at quilting. It took me ages to figure out that my pics looked wrong because it was in landscape mode and I needed portrait mode. These modes are not like the page setup modes in MS Word, it turns out.
Okay, I took this beginner class in late June - early July. The table runner was machine quilted. Understand that I don't have a machine, haven't sewn on one since 7th grade, wanted to be hand quilting, was not comfortable with the LQS's machine, which was a perfectly decent Bernina...
As you can see, my sashing is bowlegged and I have peaks instead of right angles in the corners. We did the binding by hand. It's uneven because there's a machine seam underneath it that is uneven.
Definitely beginner work. I've seen so many people post their first project here and the work is beautiful. Oh well, practice will help, right?
<sigh> I see the first two pics didn't upload in the intended order. How do they get transposed?
Okay, I took this beginner class in late June - early July. The table runner was machine quilted. Understand that I don't have a machine, haven't sewn on one since 7th grade, wanted to be hand quilting, was not comfortable with the LQS's machine, which was a perfectly decent Bernina...
As you can see, my sashing is bowlegged and I have peaks instead of right angles in the corners. We did the binding by hand. It's uneven because there's a machine seam underneath it that is uneven.
Definitely beginner work. I've seen so many people post their first project here and the work is beautiful. Oh well, practice will help, right?
<sigh> I see the first two pics didn't upload in the intended order. How do they get transposed?
09-01-2009, 01:12 PM
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Thanks to the rest of you for posting such nice things.
Honestly, it would have to be a folksy table for it to look good, as I insited on using a bulkier batting because I wanted it to look like what I think of as a quilt rather than being flat.
Quiltintime, I do hope you'll post pictures of yours when you're done. I gave the rest of that floral fabric to someone who'd given me a ton of the tiny flower prints I can't find in stores any longer. I do have a few scraps and plan to use one or two for bookmarks. I couldn't think how I'd use that fabric in a quily (naturally now that it's gone, I have all sorts of ideas), so I'd love to see what other people do with it.
Honestly, it would have to be a folksy table for it to look good, as I insited on using a bulkier batting because I wanted it to look like what I think of as a quilt rather than being flat.
Quiltintime, I do hope you'll post pictures of yours when you're done. I gave the rest of that floral fabric to someone who'd given me a ton of the tiny flower prints I can't find in stores any longer. I do have a few scraps and plan to use one or two for bookmarks. I couldn't think how I'd use that fabric in a quily (naturally now that it's gone, I have all sorts of ideas), so I'd love to see what other people do with it.
09-02-2009, 09:22 AM
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Lisanne,
I just love your table runner. The floral
fabric is one of my favorites!! :D Quiltintime
is my sister & we live very close to each
other. I can't wait for you to see what she
has done with her wall hanging!! Thank you
for sharing with all of us. I LOVE it!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D
I just love your table runner. The floral
fabric is one of my favorites!! :D Quiltintime
is my sister & we live very close to each
other. I can't wait for you to see what she
has done with her wall hanging!! Thank you
for sharing with all of us. I LOVE it!!
:D :D :D :D :D :D
09-02-2009, 11:14 AM
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Thanks, SulaBug!
You two must have the best time getting together and quilting, shopping for fabric and swapping it, too.
I am very much looking forward to seeing the wall hanging - and your pictures of your work, too!
You two must have the best time getting together and quilting, shopping for fabric and swapping it, too.
I am very much looking forward to seeing the wall hanging - and your pictures of your work, too!
09-06-2009, 11:18 AM
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that's a very nice quilt and absolutely great for a beginner.
nobody seems to know how to keep the pics in numerical order. we all get jumbled up. so in the caption box, just put in #1, #2, etc.
nobody seems to know how to keep the pics in numerical order. we all get jumbled up. so in the caption box, just put in #1, #2, etc.
09-06-2009, 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted by butterflywing
that's a very nice quilt and absolutely great for a beginner.
nobody seems to know how to keep the pics in numerical order. we all get jumbled up. so in the caption box, just put in #1, #2, etc.
nobody seems to know how to keep the pics in numerical order. we all get jumbled up. so in the caption box, just put in #1, #2, etc.
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