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09-11-2010, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by emmy
She certainly looks like a happy camper. Could you share where you got that great pattern? Thanks.
09-11-2010, 06:37 PM
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What a wonderful job she did and how wonderful for you to teach her. I learned to sew by sitting next to my mother while she made our dresses. It's so sad that many young women can't even hem a garment or sew on a button. (My own daughter could never sit still long enough) I applaud you both!!
09-11-2010, 08:43 PM
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You are a good teacher, and she is a quick and adept learner. Her quilt is wonderful and she has only made 1 less than me... Will be interesting to see how it gets quilted. I hope you post the final picture after that lesson.
09-12-2010, 04:35 AM
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She did so well with this. She's anxious to get it finished and we have to wait probably 3 weeks before our schedules mesh again.
I'm going to have her put this together with the backing and batting as an "envelope"; her skills and patience aren't ready for doing a binding yet.
Then the question is, how to quilt it. Her mom thinks she should just tie it, but I'm leaning toward having her stitch a presser foot width from each seam. That would give her more practice on the machine. She doesn't have a walking foot for her machine, so I may have her use my machine for quilting. So far she's done virtually all the work on this quilt herself and I want her to feel like it's totally hers, so....
What do you all think about how to have her quilt this?
I'm going to have her put this together with the backing and batting as an "envelope"; her skills and patience aren't ready for doing a binding yet.
Then the question is, how to quilt it. Her mom thinks she should just tie it, but I'm leaning toward having her stitch a presser foot width from each seam. That would give her more practice on the machine. She doesn't have a walking foot for her machine, so I may have her use my machine for quilting. So far she's done virtually all the work on this quilt herself and I want her to feel like it's totally hers, so....
What do you all think about how to have her quilt this?
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