Just About Finished Omigosh Quilt!!
03-31-2013, 08:07 AM
#63
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Awsome!!!!! I don't know how much room you have to "spread out" for the quilting and/or just adding the borders. In a quilting class, the teacher demoed using three (3) tables. One in back of the sewing machine to catch the quilt as it moves thru the machine, The table the machine sits on, And the third one makes and "L" to the left. This really does help hold the weight.
03-31-2013, 09:04 AM
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To answer a few questions:
--the tiny 9 patches are finished at 1.5 inches, just a little bigger than a quarter.
--the size of the quilt before any borders is 60 inches by 78 inches.
--I am not entirely sure how much white is used as I lost track after a while (I started with about 2 yards of one kind, 1 yard of two others and 3 yards of one then used fat quarters of 3 more prints and then had to wash up more of two prints and used most of that). The pattern calls for 9 yards of white or off white for this part of the quilt and that is probably pretty close to what I used.
--I used 54 different batik prints for the "solids". I used fat quarters for all of these and still have more than half of the FQ left so plenty for another quilt or two. I have been thinking about a Jewel Box quilt.
I did mitered border corners in a bordering class at my LQS last year and they didn't turn out nice at all. I suppose I will need to hone this skill so I can put the borders in one application. I know that is a good skill to have when you are doing a vine type border so I should learn it anyway.
--the tiny 9 patches are finished at 1.5 inches, just a little bigger than a quarter.
--the size of the quilt before any borders is 60 inches by 78 inches.
--I am not entirely sure how much white is used as I lost track after a while (I started with about 2 yards of one kind, 1 yard of two others and 3 yards of one then used fat quarters of 3 more prints and then had to wash up more of two prints and used most of that). The pattern calls for 9 yards of white or off white for this part of the quilt and that is probably pretty close to what I used.
--I used 54 different batik prints for the "solids". I used fat quarters for all of these and still have more than half of the FQ left so plenty for another quilt or two. I have been thinking about a Jewel Box quilt.
I did mitered border corners in a bordering class at my LQS last year and they didn't turn out nice at all. I suppose I will need to hone this skill so I can put the borders in one application. I know that is a good skill to have when you are doing a vine type border so I should learn it anyway.
03-31-2013, 09:38 AM
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How long and wide is it already? Depending on that I would make a solid border (maybe dark blue, but not navy) and then a white border that has some small squares of different colors (like those in the quilt already) and then bind it again with the dark blue. You have made a truly beautiful quilt.
03-31-2013, 10:08 AM
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That is one gorgeous quilt. Wow. So much work and it's beautifully done. I could look at it a long time. Borders on big quilts can be so tedious. You could simplify and just do two--and make them a bit wider so they are manageable. I can't wait to see it done.
I just read the 9 patch blocks are 1.5"?? Wowzers--just amazing.
I just read the 9 patch blocks are 1.5"?? Wowzers--just amazing.
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