Scrapy Bed Quilt
05-17-2011, 06:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Dee G
So pretty, and your daughter's wonderful smile tells it all. Who is hiding behind the second set of hands? :-)
05-17-2011, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by feline fanatic
Great quilt and is that cute child in the picture the lucky recipient? Absolutely adorable.
And no you are absolutely NOT the only quilter that takes that long to finish a quilt. Every quilt I have hand quilted has taken at least that long which would explain why I have only completed 3 handquilted quilts and am working on my 4th. I have been working on this WIP since before I joined this board. I finished the piecing over 2 years ago and still handquilting away at it. Let's see, I bought the fabric for it about 5 years ago where it waited patiently in my stash for me to start it. I probably finished piecing it about 2 1/2 years ago. Sat around for a few months waiting to be sandwiched and basted and I have been plugging away at it fairly steadily since then. There are weeks when I don't touch it and then work on it religiously every evening while watching TV with DH. I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now and am almost done with the center of the quilt and on to the borders. I hope to have it done in time to enter it in the local show here in September so am feeling the pressure of completion now.
And no you are absolutely NOT the only quilter that takes that long to finish a quilt. Every quilt I have hand quilted has taken at least that long which would explain why I have only completed 3 handquilted quilts and am working on my 4th. I have been working on this WIP since before I joined this board. I finished the piecing over 2 years ago and still handquilting away at it. Let's see, I bought the fabric for it about 5 years ago where it waited patiently in my stash for me to start it. I probably finished piecing it about 2 1/2 years ago. Sat around for a few months waiting to be sandwiched and basted and I have been plugging away at it fairly steadily since then. There are weeks when I don't touch it and then work on it religiously every evening while watching TV with DH. I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel now and am almost done with the center of the quilt and on to the borders. I hope to have it done in time to enter it in the local show here in September so am feeling the pressure of completion now.
I love to hand quilt too and have finished 3 other handquilted projects. As this is a huge one, I decided to MQ instead. I'm sure you could finish your current project in no time and it would be beautiful! Good luck in the quilt show! :)
05-17-2011, 07:07 AM
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Thanks to all for your compliments, glad u all like the quilt! When I was sewing the quilt, I went through periods of frustrations and promised myself I'll NEVER work on such a big quilt after this. However having completed it finally (though there are full of imperfections if you look closely), I'm really tempted to start on another one for my younger daughter.
This quilt was machine quilted using SID with my walking foot. I'm very new to MQ and have not mastered FMQ yet. I do hope to do some FMQ for my next quilt. Now it's just practice, practice and more practice!
This quilt was machine quilted using SID with my walking foot. I'm very new to MQ and have not mastered FMQ yet. I do hope to do some FMQ for my next quilt. Now it's just practice, practice and more practice!
05-17-2011, 07:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Jingle
Very pretty, Daughter looks happy to finally have it done. I only machine quilt now and can make a quilt in a 2-3 weeks. When I hand quilted I would put them off, sore fingers.
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