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Wed, Dec 28, 05 at 20:13
| I don't see many posts on this. Wondered what everyone was working on and what projects did you do for the holidays. |
Follow-Up Postings:
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- Posted by Kathi_MDGD (My Page) on Fri, Dec 30, 05 at 14:34
| This board is super slow,hardly anyone ever post to it,why i don't know. If you want to go to a board that is always alive,go to |
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- Posted by flowerluvr (My Page) on Fri, Dec 30, 05 at 18:11
Hi-just wandered into this forum :) I'm working on blocks to make a quilt. It will take 144 blocks, eight different patterns. These are the patterns I've completed so far....    Brenda |
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| Beautiful work. Who is the designer? |
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- Posted by flowerluvr (My Page) on Sat, Dec 31, 05 at 14:40
| Thanks :) The squares are designed by Stefani Martin. I figure it will take quite some time to finish the quilt, especially since I haven't quilted before. I tend to jump off the deep end when I learn a craft, lol! I'm alternating between the quilt squares and a picture for my brother. The picture has a LOT of color changes. So, when I get bored of doing the same thing over and over (it will take 18 squares of each pattern) I switch to the picture until I can't stand that anymore. Works out pretty well as far as keeping me interested in the projects. Brenda |
Here is a link that might be useful: Quilt block patterns
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- Posted by Kathi_MDGD (My Page) on Sat, Dec 31, 05 at 19:10
| Are these stitched by machine or hand??? They're beautiful!! I'd love to do them as i'm a quilter.TFS Kathi |
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- Posted by flowerluvr (My Page) on Sun, Jan 1, 06 at 10:02
Thanks, Kathi-they're done by hand. Here, I'll show my backside ;)  I bought two bolts of cross stitch fabric, and cut strips 10" wide. I can do 3 blocks on a strip. Cutting them into 30"x10" strips works really well if you use a scroll, and leaves extra fabric to block with. (I figure since I've never quilted before having the square actually BE square from the beginning would be a good thing, lol!)I'll trim them to (probably) 6" blocks when the time comes to piece the quilt together. I scanned the patterns into the computer, then tweaked them a little bit with the PC Stitch program I have. It was fun to play with the colors and stuff. Assuming this quilt turns out well, I'll probably make another. I've got two grown kids, and I think they'll be a great thing to pass along. My plan is to alternate the cross stitched blocks with either plain, or very simple fabric blocks. I don't want the overall look of the quilt to be too terribly busy. Brenda |
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- Posted by playdirt (playdirt@hotmail.com) on Wed, Jan 4, 06 at 20:23
| I am doing Christmas stockings and ornaments/ I have decided to give my girls ornaments each year till I cant do them anymore. Anyone have Dimension Gold ornaments? cathy playdirt@hotmail.com |
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| Working on a Demension kit - Footprints (I carried you). Love that poem! Going to try and do five for Christmas this year. Got 3/4 of the first one done and realized I made a mistake somewhere, but couldn't find it. Spent five hours trying to find it. LOL. Decided to start another one. Will go back someday and find where I went wrong. Love knowning what everyone else is working on. happy stitching. - Peggy |
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