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Post by Wendy on Mar 29, 2015 0:37:49 GMT
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Post by mollymckee on Mar 29, 2015 0:51:12 GMT
I don't have the patience to hand quilt! Your quilts are beautiful, Wendy!
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Post by Wendy on Mar 29, 2015 0:59:43 GMT
Thank you! My mom got me hooked. She has quilted her whole married life. I also like to do counted cross stitches.
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Post by krisinmi on Mar 29, 2015 2:44:52 GMT
You do the most lovely counted cross stitches, Wendy. I wasn't aware you also hand quilted. My hat is off to you. I haven't gotten that brave yet--hand quilting that is.
I do do counted cross stitch; in fact I'm working on one now that I think I bit off more than I should have--I'm doing it on the back of a zip-up sweatshirt, which is nothing new for me, but this design worked out to be 13 x 19 or some such huge-never-intended-for-waste-canvas type thing. Of course, being bullheaded, instead of changing my plan and using a much smaller design, I've insisted on patching together a large enough piece of waste canvas. However, now the ovelapped seams on the waste canvas keep wanting to shift and I'm having a hard time keeping my rows in line on those spots. Live and learn, and hope the mistakes aren't too glaringly obvious when I'm done. It's intended to be a gift for my youngest daughter when she heads off to college to study wildlife biology (the design is of a wolf in the woods; she plans to make studying wolves her career focus.) and I'm sure she'll love it mistakes and all.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 2:52:28 GMT
I am a hand quilter. I also do counted cross stitch, embroidery, crocheting, and have just learned to knit. I have been mainly concentrating on knitting and crocheting lately, but I have made lots of quilts. I made a queen size log cabin quilt for my niece and her fiance as a wedding gift last August. That was a lot of hand quilting and I have kind of been burned out ever since.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 4:28:58 GMT
No way! God gave us Mr Singer so i don't have to hand quilt I'm perfectly happy to admire someone else's work, though. Thanks for sharing, Wendy. They're lovely.
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Post by Wendy on Mar 29, 2015 5:11:46 GMT
I go back & forth from quilting to a counted cross stitch to crocheting dish cloths, & then whatever else I can find to keep me out of trouble.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 13:59:41 GMT
Lovely, Wendy! Reminds me of my great-grandmother Ivy's work...
I'm like ErinP, though.I have a Singer, and I'm not afraid to use it!
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Post by Maura on Mar 29, 2015 14:43:37 GMT
I love to hand quilt. I have used a machine on a couple, but my preference is by hand.
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Post by KyMama on Mar 29, 2015 15:10:00 GMT
The couple of quilts that I've made were hand quilted. I like to sit in the evening and quilt, crochet or knit. I find that it helps me unwind after a busy day. Although I only quilt in the winter time because I use a large hoop and having all that fabric in my lap does not work in the summer. lol Do you use a hoop or do you have a quilting frame? What kind of cross stitch projects do y'all do? It has been a long time since I cross stitched, but y'all have me thinking of trying it again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 17:10:52 GMT
I have a frame that my dh built for me, but I no longer have room for it. So I use a hoop in my lap. I can't stand the fabric in my lap once it gets warm either. I have been on the knitting and crochet kick lately. I used to do pictures especially of animals, but my eyes don't see as well as they used to, so I haven't done any counted cross stitch in a few years. I have done some embroidery, but not even that lately.
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Post by Wendy on Mar 29, 2015 18:04:08 GMT
I also use a hoop. I hope to get my mom's frame someday.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 18:18:36 GMT
I remember the little old Lutheran Church Ladies quilting every Wednesday morning down in the church basement. They had this HUGE frame suspended from the ceiling, and they'd all sit around it, stitching and chatting.
They sure did seem to be having a good time.
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Post by KyMama on Mar 29, 2015 18:36:46 GMT
My granny had a large frame that I remember her having setup in her bedroom when she was working on a quilt. I'm so thankful that my dad was able to get me one of her smaller quilts when she passed. It was one that us grandkids used a lot, made completely out of scraps. ♥
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Post by farmchix on Mar 29, 2015 21:05:09 GMT
I used to hand quilt a lot, Wendy. Once I opened the shop, I couldn't keep up with the samples. Two longarms later.....LOL
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2015 22:13:31 GMT
Your quilts are beautiful!
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Post by bopeep on Mar 30, 2015 5:05:57 GMT
Wendy......those are BEAUTIFUL !!!!! You really do lovely work.... bopeep
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Post by Chickadee on Mar 30, 2015 5:54:16 GMT
Wow Wendy, those are gorgeous.
I wish I had the patience for quilting....or sewing....
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Post by tenbusybees on Mar 30, 2015 12:24:11 GMT
Oh, wow! Those are gorgeous! My grandmother used to piece all her quilts by hand and I learned to handsew but piecing blocks. She used to say "always have something to show for your time, once time is gone you can't get it back." I can't ever remember her not working on a quilt and as far as she was concerned it wasn't a "real" quilt unless it was all hand stitched. She only did the piecing but she would find a church group of ladies to do the quilting by hand.
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Post by mollymckee on Mar 30, 2015 14:18:03 GMT
I remember the little old Lutheran Church Ladies quilting every Wednesday morning down in the church basement. They had this HUGE frame suspended from the ceiling, and they'd all sit around it, stitching and chatting. They sure did seem to be having a good time. As one of those " little old Lutheran Church Ladies" who belonged to a church quilting group, we made over 200 quilts a year for people that could use them. We had fun, they were colorful quilts, but sure weren't anything like Wendy's.
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Post by Gretchen on Apr 1, 2015 15:42:43 GMT
Love your quilts Wendy. I also hand quilt but I've had quite a few quilts long armed the last several years. I do plan to do a small wall hanging sometime this spring.
If I ever figure out how to attach one of my pictures instead of this old barn, I'll do it! Unfortunately it probably won't be until one of the children visit so that may be several months.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 16:14:36 GMT
Would someone explain what "long armed" means in the world of quilts?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2015 21:11:08 GMT
The amount of space in the harp determine if it's a mid-arm or long-arm. I couldn't tell you what either IS though. I machine quilt on a standard household sewing machine.
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Post by Gretchen on Apr 3, 2015 0:09:00 GMT
When I say long arm, I mean it is machine quilted an long armed quilting machine. If you check out link you can see what a long arm machine looks like compared to a home sewing machine (which professionals call 'domestic' machines). I'm not a professional, I've just been informed what they supposed to be called.
Wendy, my favorite quilt of your three is the center one. Is it appliqued or counted cross stitched?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 0:16:42 GMT
Yeah, but there are also mid-arm machines which are smaller (and cheaper) than long-arms...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 3, 2015 0:29:16 GMT
Beautiful quilts Wendy! Is it strange to say that I have the patients to knit socks, but not the patients to hand quilt? LOL
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Post by Wendy on Apr 3, 2015 4:30:53 GMT
Thanks everyone! The middle one is a cross stitch. So is the bottom. The top is an applique. I am working on another applique now. These are kits I buy. The bottom one is the very first one I did. I actually bought it at Goodwill for $2!! Whoever priced that had no idea what they were doing. It is hard to find applique kits & I usually find them on ebay.
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Beautiful!
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Post by calliemoonbeam on Apr 8, 2015 7:34:31 GMT
Wendy, those are all gorgeous! I have to say that applique was my least favorite method to do, although I love the finished look. I always preferred embroidery or pieced quilting. I used to make a lot of hand stitched quilts in the 70s, but in 1980 our house burned down and we lost everything, including my antique quilting frame and my lifelong collection of sewing paraphenalia. I also had an infant and had to go back to work full time, and I didn't quilt again until about 10 years ago. When I decided to get back into it, I was shocked, shocked I say, that people were quilting by machine! And that they actually called a wall hanging and other small sizes a quilt! In the 70s, calling anything stitched by machine or less than twin size a quilt would have been considered almost sacreligious, lol. Then I quickly learned the joys of actually completing a quilt that didn't take weeks or months, rotary cutters, stack and whack, jelly rolls and charms...it was a whole new world! I was a convert! I still miss the beauty and satisfaction of a hand stitched quilt, but I just don't have enough hours in my day. I've learned to appreciate the beauty of machine stitched quilts, especially since CJ started posting so many beautiful finishing techniques with her long arm quilting machine.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 8, 2015 14:01:41 GMT
I like doing handwork better than machine. I feel like I have more control doing it by hand and, to be honest, my machine quilting looks like I've been drinking. (I haven't, I swear!). Sadly, most of my quilts are done by machine because I'm usually on a deadline when I'm doing them (birthday, Christmas, graduation, etc. ). Once I'm finished with my son's graduation quilt then I'll have time to do more hand quilting because I won't be on a deadline. Wendy, your quilts are really nice.
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