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Posted by Mickie Swall on October 5, 2009, 1:35 pm
Doc, I'm hoping this black fabric you bought is easily needled - there is a
reason that flimsy muslin and loosly-woven fabricsare chosen as CQ
foundations, and that is that you will be sticking large embroidery needles
threaded with several strands of floss through it over and over again as you
make your beautuful embroidery stitches. The maker of the CQ I have here
actually used a very thin silk batting as a foundation fothe blocks, and in
spite of some shattering of some of the fabrics over time, the blocks are
still quite sturdy. Do you plan on eventually laundering your CQ? In the
old days, people simply hung them outside to air..... mine has only a faint
musty "old" smell, not at all offensive! ;)
As far as selecting the embroidery thread colors, buy lots of the colors you
love - and a few that you don't - I promise they will all look wonderful
when stitched. I feel your pain, as I myself am very decision-challenged,
though I have no trouble deciding for others! LOL
If any of you are interested, there are pix of my CQ made in the late 1800's
at this link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mickieswall/CrazyQuilt
Mickie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Zachary Smith"
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> Yesterday I bought 4 yards of plain black quilting fabric for my CQ.
> I bought black because some of my fabrics are translucent or thin, and
> I didn't want white showing through. I got plain black quilting
> fabric because DW and others advised me to 1.) Get the best foundation
> I could, and 2.) Avoid muslin from TSWLTH like the plague,
> regardless. Now the plan is to wash the foundation, iron, and cut to
> size (I bought enough for several quilts plus mistakes, shrinkage,
> etc.)
> I have my first pieces (block, if you will...) planned, and will begin
> by ME a design on the center of the first "patch", trim the patch to
> shape, and stitch it to the foundation. I have a couple of choices
> for which fabric will occupy this auspicious location, so I'm going to
> embroider the design onto both/all of them, and choose the one that
> looks/turns out best. The current snag is mentioned in a separate
> post - I can't figure out which colors of emb. thread to buy because
> of color name vageness. The LQS has a 2/1 clearance sale on emb.
> thread, and despite a list, I have no idea which colors to get!!!
> Once that is resolved, I'm figuratively off to the races...
> I've gotten my head around the shiny/slipperies. Now I have to find a
> local source, and my best hope was closed Sun., so I'll have to wait
> for an evening they're open that I can get there. If they don't have
> it, I'll likely have to settle for what TSWLTH has (I want to see/feel
> what I'm getting). I picked up a couple dozen more upholstery
> remnants Saturday.
> There's still so much planning to be done I can't get my head around
> all of it at once. I need to find more embroidery designs, finalize
> some more focal points, balance color values, choose my decorative
> stitches... I've been working on this design for months and I think I
> still have more ahead of me than behind me (design-wise) but I'm
> catching my DW's impatience (see "Is patience required?" thread).
> Am I having fun yet?
> Doc
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on October 6, 2009, 6:06 pm
M: Thanks for showing us that amazing crazy quilt! I especially like the
border treatment of plain red border with the pieced border. Is that a
family heirloom or a luck find?
Pat in Virginia
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>> If any of you are interested, there are pix of my CQ made in the late
>> 1800's
> at this link:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/mickieswall/CrazyQuilt
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Posted by Mickie Swall on October 7, 2009, 9:00 pm
Had the highest bid for it on eBay about 10 years ago. Don't have any idea
as to its history, and there are no clues on the quilt itself. I've never
seen another one with borders like this, it really makes it particularly
special to me!
Glad you enjoyed the pictures.
Mickie
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> M: Thanks for showing us that amazing crazy quilt! I especially like the
> border treatment of plain red border with the pieced border. Is that a
> family heirloom or a luck find?
> Pat in Virginia
>>> If any of you are interested, there are pix of my CQ made in the late
>>> 1800's
>> at this link:
>> http://picasaweb.google.com/mickieswall/CrazyQuilt
>
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> I bought black because some of my fabrics are translucent or thin, and
> I didn't want white showing through. I got plain black quilting
> fabric because DW and others advised me to 1.) Get the best foundation
> I could, and 2.) Avoid muslin from TSWLTH like the plague,
> regardless. Now the plan is to wash the foundation, iron, and cut to
> size (I bought enough for several quilts plus mistakes, shrinkage,
> etc.)
> I have my first pieces (block, if you will...) planned, and will begin
> by ME a design on the center of the first "patch", trim the patch to
> shape, and stitch it to the foundation. I have a couple of choices
> for which fabric will occupy this auspicious location, so I'm going to
> embroider the design onto both/all of them, and choose the one that
> looks/turns out best. The current snag is mentioned in a separate
> post - I can't figure out which colors of emb. thread to buy because
> of color name vageness. The LQS has a 2/1 clearance sale on emb.
> thread, and despite a list, I have no idea which colors to get!!!
> Once that is resolved, I'm figuratively off to the races...
> I've gotten my head around the shiny/slipperies. Now I have to find a
> local source, and my best hope was closed Sun., so I'll have to wait
> for an evening they're open that I can get there. If they don't have
> it, I'll likely have to settle for what TSWLTH has (I want to see/feel
> what I'm getting). I picked up a couple dozen more upholstery
> remnants Saturday.
> There's still so much planning to be done I can't get my head around
> all of it at once. I need to find more embroidery designs, finalize
> some more focal points, balance color values, choose my decorative
> stitches... I've been working on this design for months and I think I
> still have more ahead of me than behind me (design-wise) but I'm
> catching my DW's impatience (see "Is patience required?" thread).
> Am I having fun yet?
> Doc