Drafting a quilting pattern myself

"Edna Pearl" <wrote> Thanks to those of you who encouraged me to free-hand
quilting designs, in > response to my post about what a hassle templates

> tonight. I was thumbing through a book of quilting patterns looking for
> something I might like to hand-quilt on each block of a project I'm
> piecing right now, and found one I though would be perfect, but it was too
> small for my 12" blocks. So I got a dinner plate, a cereal bowl, and a
> drinking glass to measure out the concentric circles, then used a
> straight-edge for the wheel-spokes between the inner and middle circles,
> and freehanded the feathers between the middle and outer circles. No
> problem! I can do this repeatedly with a graphite pencil or chalk on the
> quilt sandwich, no problem!
> It was fun. Just wanted to share.
> ep
>

> Atta girl, EP. Quilting is supposed to be fun. However ... did you feel
> that coming? I'm wondering if the handquilters here are going to let you
> use a graphite pencil. If they're all on Halloween candy sugar high and
> unable to respond, for goodness sake test and be sure that the graphite
> will wash out. There's a strange recipe of alcohol, detergent and
> something that includes brushing with a toothbrush to remove graphite
> marks but you might want an easier way. Only fair to add that I don't
> know what I'm talking about - I've just seen the discussions. Polly
> "Edna Pearl" <wrote> Thanks to those of you who encouraged me to free-hand
> quilting designs, in > response to my post about what a hassle templates
> were, I had good luck
>> tonight. I was thumbing through a book of quilting patterns looking for
>> something I might like to hand-quilt on each block of a project I'm
>> piecing right now, and found one I though would be perfect, but it was
>> too small for my 12" blocks. So I got a dinner plate, a cereal bowl, and
>> a drinking glass to measure out the concentric circles, then used a
>> straight-edge for the wheel-spokes between the inner and middle circles,
>> and freehanded the feathers between the middle and outer circles. No
>> problem! I can do this repeatedly with a graphite pencil or chalk on the
>> quilt sandwich, no problem!
>> It was fun. Just wanted to share.
>> ep
>

> Believe me, Polly -- after my recent experience with a yellow fabric
> marker, I'll be testing that graphite fabric marker on a scrap of this
> calico cotton!
> But surely I don't have to test chalk . . . .
> ep
>> Atta girl, EP. Quilting is supposed to be fun. However ... did you feel
>> that coming? I'm wondering if the handquilters here are going to let you
>> use a graphite pencil. If they're all on Halloween candy sugar high and
>> unable to respond, for goodness sake test and be sure that the graphite
>> will wash out. There's a strange recipe of alcohol, detergent and
>> something that includes brushing with a toothbrush to remove graphite
>> marks but you might want an easier way. Only fair to add that I don't
>> know what I'm talking about - I've just seen the discussions. Polly
>> "Edna Pearl" <wrote> Thanks to those of you who encouraged me to
>> free-hand quilting designs, in > response to my post about what a hassle
>> templates were, I had good luck
>>> tonight. I was thumbing through a book of quilting patterns looking for
>>> something I might like to hand-quilt on each block of a project I'm
>>> piecing right now, and found one I though would be perfect, but it was
>>> too small for my 12" blocks. So I got a dinner plate, a cereal bowl,
>>> and a drinking glass to measure out the concentric circles, then used a
>>> straight-edge for the wheel-spokes between the inner and middle circles,
>>> and freehanded the feathers between the middle and outer circles. No
>>> problem! I can do this repeatedly with a graphite pencil or chalk on
>>> the quilt sandwich, no problem!
>>> It was fun. Just wanted to share.
>>> ep
>

> Atta girl, EP. Quilting is supposed to be fun. However ... did you feel
> that coming? I'm wondering if the handquilters here are going to let you
> use a graphite pencil. If they're all on Halloween candy sugar high and
> unable to respond, for goodness sake test and be sure that the graphite will
> wash out. There's a strange recipe of alcohol, detergent and something that
> includes brushing with a toothbrush to remove graphite marks but you might
> want an easier way. Only fair to add that I don't know what I'm talking
> about - I've just seen the discussions. Polly