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Posted by Roberta on November 4, 2009, 8:16 am
Good for you! I frequently do feather wreaths just drawing 2
concentric circles: the larger one is the "spine" of the feathers, the
smaller shows how wide to make the inner feathers. The outer feathers
fill up the space in the block (so the wreath looks a bit square, even
though it's a circle.) Then I just let them happen without worrying
exactly how many loops to make.
Roberta in D
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:05:26 -0600, "Edna Pearl"
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>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
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Posted by Anne Rogers on November 4, 2009, 3:08 pm
Roberta wrote:
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> Good for you! I frequently do feather wreaths just drawing 2
> concentric circles: the larger one is the "spine" of the feathers, the
> smaller shows how wide to make the inner feathers. The outer feathers
> fill up the space in the block (so the wreath looks a bit square, even
> though it's a circle.) Then I just let them happen without worrying
> exactly how many loops to make.
I love this whimsical look, it's a lot more forgiving than a precise
wreath, but each have their uses.
Cheers
Anne
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Posted by Mary on November 4, 2009, 8:55 am
I fully admit to being a quilting heretic, and this note is about
using graphite pencils to mark quilts. I do it all the time and have
NEVER had any problem with it not washing out! I use an ordinary No.
2 pencil, nicely sharp, and mark lightly. When the quilt is finished
I toss it into a large washing machine, gentle cycle, cold water, and
use regular laundry detergent. Thin lines marked lightly seems to be
the key, and if you make a mistake do NOT try to remove the stray mark
with an eraser, since that will scrub the graphite into the fibers!
Ignor them, and they will wash out later. As to using pencil only
where it won't show much, I should add that I use pencil on white
fabric, too, and just finished my 4th whole-cloth quilt, and the
pencil came out completely.
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Posted by Anne Rogers on November 4, 2009, 3:09 pm
Mary wrote:
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> I fully admit to being a quilting heretic, and this note is about
> using graphite pencils to mark quilts. I do it all the time and have
> NEVER had any problem with it not washing out! I use an ordinary No.
> 2 pencil, nicely sharp, and mark lightly. When the quilt is finished
> I toss it into a large washing machine, gentle cycle, cold water, and
> use regular laundry detergent. Thin lines marked lightly seems to be
> the key, and if you make a mistake do NOT try to remove the stray mark
> with an eraser, since that will scrub the graphite into the fibers!
> Ignor them, and they will wash out later. As to using pencil only
> where it won't show much, I should add that I use pencil on white
> fabric, too, and just finished my 4th whole-cloth quilt, and the
> pencil came out completely.
I'm amazed, as one of the problems I've had with this method is that the
graphite transfers on to the thread and it ends up looking like it's
been quilted in grey thread!
Do you starch your fabric before marking?
Cheers
Anne
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Posted by Michelle C. on November 4, 2009, 1:39 pm
That DOES sound like fun, EP. :-) Not only will it be pretty, you've
got the satisfaction of figuring out how to make the pattern.
Best regards,
Michelle in Nevada
Edna Pearl wrote:
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> 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
>
>
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>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