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Posted by teleflora on October 15, 2009, 11:31 pm
I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a quilt
designer and program giver.
We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I had
so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010 that I am
anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she is
going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her quilt is
pictured on the site right now.
If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will understand
that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't get anything
that would keep you warm at night.
That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't believe
it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them. They look
hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone on tones and
that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's book
and wear sunglasses to work on it!
Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
Cindy
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Posted by Gen on October 16, 2009, 12:07 am
That will be beautiful. I love fairy frosts. I'm working with some now.
Gen
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>I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a quilt
>designer and program giver.
> We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
> had so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010 that
> I am anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
> Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
> is going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her
> quilt is pictured on the site right now.
> If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will understand
> that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't get anything
> that would keep you warm at night.
> That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
> going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
> believe it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them.
> They look hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone on
> tones and that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
> I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
> which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
> book and wear sunglasses to work on it!
> Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
> Cindy
>
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Posted by teleflora on October 16, 2009, 10:44 am
I like them too, Gen. I told Judy if I had to go "bright", at least give me
some sparkle!
Cindy
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> That will be beautiful. I love fairy frosts. I'm working with some now.
> Gen
>>I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a
>>quilt designer and program giver.
>> We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
>> had so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010
>> that I am anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
>> Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
>> is going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her
>> quilt is pictured on the site right now.
>> If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will
>> understand that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't
>> get anything that would keep you warm at night.
>> That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
>> going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
>> believe it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them.
>> They look hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone
>> on tones and that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
>> I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
>> which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
>> book and wear sunglasses to work on it!
>> Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
>> Cindy
>
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Posted by Leslie& The Furbabies in MO. on October 16, 2009, 12:08 am
Thanks, Cindy! I never thought to pin the binding from behind like your
friend has done. What a clever idea! I shall use this method on my next
quilt and hope it looks as nice as her binding.
Love her quilt and your fabric choices sound just plain yummy. Best of luck
with A Big Quilt! ;-)
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
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>I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a quilt
>designer and program giver.
> We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
> had so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010 that
> I am anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
> Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
> is going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her
> quilt is pictured on the site right now.
> If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will understand
> that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't get anything
> that would keep you warm at night.
> That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
> going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
> believe it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them.
> They look hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone on
> tones and that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
> I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
> which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
> book and wear sunglasses to work on it!
> Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
> Cindy
>
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Posted by teleflora on October 16, 2009, 10:40 am
Thanks for the encouragement, Leslie!
Judy does a great job. She's had one book published, and her second will
come out in February, I think. Up until just a few months ago, she always
did her bindings by hand. When she wrote her first book, AQS asked for the
cover quilt and then, about 3 months later, they asked for the rest of the
quilts.
This time, they called and asked for the quilt and she said, "which one" and
they said "All of them". I think there were 16 quilts to go into the book.
She had the cover quilt quilted and partially bound, several of the quilts
were quilted, all but 1 of the tops were done. And they needed them in,
like 2 - 3 weeks.
She learned to machine bind those quilts real quick. They look so good, it
barely shows from the back, let alone the front.
Speaking of bindings, I bought this little gadget that Martelli makes that
puts these little clips on your quilt to hold it down to bind. If I don't
lose it in the meantime, I'd like to try it on my next quilt.
Cindy
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> Thanks, Cindy! I never thought to pin the binding from behind like your
> friend has done. What a clever idea! I shall use this method on my next
> quilt and hope it looks as nice as her binding.
> Love her quilt and your fabric choices sound just plain yummy. Best of
> luck with A Big Quilt! ;-)
> Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
>>I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a
>>quilt designer and program giver.
>> We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
>> had so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010
>> that I am anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
>> Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
>> is going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her
>> quilt is pictured on the site right now.
>> If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will
>> understand that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't
>> get anything that would keep you warm at night.
>> That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
>> going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
>> believe it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them.
>> They look hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone
>> on tones and that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
>> I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
>> which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
>> book and wear sunglasses to work on it!
>> Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
>> Cindy
>
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>designer and program giver.
> We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
> had so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010 that
> I am anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
> Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
> is going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her
> quilt is pictured on the site right now.
> If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will understand
> that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't get anything
> that would keep you warm at night.
> That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
> going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
> believe it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them.
> They look hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone on
> tones and that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
> I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
> which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
> book and wear sunglasses to work on it!
> Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
> Cindy
>