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Charlotte...it appears that you are a very quick learner. Beautiful job!
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Originally Posted by charlottemarie
(Post 5437834)
I am so excited! I finished my small Halloween quilt and couldn't hardly wait to send you guys my picture. I love it and never thought I'd find a way to use these blocks. Here it is:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]355268[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]355269[/ATTACH] This picture does not do it justice, I love, love, love it! Thanks for all your help. Now I am going to do more sandwiches today. |
Thanks for your kind words! Yes I am totally hooked on QAYG. My hands are taking a holiday today though. The fingers got stuck so much I can hardly use them today! Today will be a quilt sandwich day for me. I love this technique, it is not what I thought I was going to do to finish a quilt. I used glue and pins on that binding. I was a very busy girl all weekend.
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Charlotte, congrats on saving your squares in such a wonderful way!!! Great job!!
I wanted to say that I always use safety pins to baste my quilts as I poke myself with straight pins and get blood on the fabric... ick! I have used glue sticks for other things and it works fine for me. I haven't had any kind of problems with it. For sewing on my bindings, I don't use anything. No pins, glue, clips, etc. I just sew it as I go along and I never have a problem with it. My edges are trimmed and stitched first, so it's just a matter of aligning binding raw edges with quilt raw edges and sewing the 1/4" seam. I wonder what I don't know that causes others to have to pin and glue and have so much problem with sewing on bindings. Is mine a case of ignorance is bliss? LOL I am pondering this QAYG situation. I have always used fleece for quilt backings and had planned to also for the QAYG. Now I am wondering how it would look having cotton for the joinings and the rest of the back fleece. I am pretty sure it would be a nightmare trying to use fleece for the joinings on the back. LOL |
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I just happened upon this thread today. It is very well written and the pictures are helpful for me, as I am very visual. I have a UFO of 12 maple leaf blocks that I would love to get finished. I do both hand quilting and by machine. I love the polished look of machine quilting and am looking forward to playing at that.
I will attempt to put a picture or two. It has been a long while since I have sent a picture. Hope they come through. One picture is the actual blocks laying next to each other, and the other is an image from my Electric Quilt Program. |
Boston - I love the Maple Blocks!! You plan is gonna be lovely! I can't wait ta see the finished quiilt!
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Thanks so much. There are a lot of people interested in this particular subject. And isn't it wonderful that we live in an age where we can actually show each other what we are working on?
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Boston, your maple leaf blocks are very pretty! I have some of those same fabrics. Can't wait to see how they progress...
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Linda, I just have a knack for making things difficult for myself. I am an overdoer.
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Originally Posted by JeanieG
(Post 5436646)
And, since nothing in life is perfect - with the wonder under dots, if you keep them smaller than an inch, (i tend to go for about 1/2 to 3/4 an inch max) then you can do a quick reposition as needed, even under the machine.
I wonder if they have a hole punch in 1/2" or 3/4" size. Maybe we should look into that!!! |
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