Using scraps for Quilts
#12
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Northern Indiana
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Love the fan quilt pattern.. it is on my someday list ! Great Job :thumbup: What kind of machine do you have... I would have thought using another quilt inside would be too much for a regular machine :shock: Glad it worked
#13
I loooove your quilt. I"ve been kind of scared of dong that fan but sounds like you found a great way of making it. So what stitch did you find on your machine that you used to applique?
I also love your Pansies on the border. What a pretty quilt.
Also the recycling was a great idea. I love scrappies.
Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:
I also love your Pansies on the border. What a pretty quilt.
Also the recycling was a great idea. I love scrappies.
Thanks for sharing. :thumbup:
#15
I have a 15 year old Bernina 1230 that I used for the blocks and the machine applique and a Baby Lok Quilter's Pro that I used for the straight stitch machine quilting. Because the quilt was so old and it was a low loft anyway, I machine quilted it with no problem and in fact could have used my Bernina but the Baby Lok has a 9" bed and MUCH faster stitching!
The machine applique was done by cutting the pansy design into 3 shapes and layering one shape on top of the other. I used deep seam allowances (about 1/2 inch) so the edges were easy to turn under. The stitch was a blanket stitch on the Bernina which I had to reverse because the straight line side of the stitch was on the left side!
Oddly enough, the whole project came together very easily - the pansy blocks were simple because they were large (12" square)and the fans were easy as well - cutting the pieces was tedious (I usually strip piece with a rotary cutter) but I just cut them while watching mindless TV!
The machine applique was done by cutting the pansy design into 3 shapes and layering one shape on top of the other. I used deep seam allowances (about 1/2 inch) so the edges were easy to turn under. The stitch was a blanket stitch on the Bernina which I had to reverse because the straight line side of the stitch was on the left side!
Oddly enough, the whole project came together very easily - the pansy blocks were simple because they were large (12" square)and the fans were easy as well - cutting the pieces was tedious (I usually strip piece with a rotary cutter) but I just cut them while watching mindless TV!
#18
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: SW Iowa
Posts: 1,139
My maternal grandmother did that to a quilt that was worn our that my paternal grandmother had done. It is now in my possession. I was born in 1937 and I know the encasement was done before 1943, the year my paternal grandmother died. I don't remember the quilt being other than the way it is now. I haven't been brave enough to undo it to find out what the original quilt's pattern was. My maternal grandmother tied it instead of quilting it, as she only quilted by hand.
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