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Posted by Susan Torrens on August 26, 2009, 2:22 pm
I feel like have haven't completed a thing, but have been sewing regularly.
I have made and gifted 5 baby quilts, and I have 3 homemade quilt kits ready
to take south. I also have 5 or 6 quilt tops with binding hanging in my
closet - just not much completed.
My youngest nephew is getting married on Sept 5. He and his bride
registered for gifts, so it made it much easier to choose something that
they need/want. I was able to check out her china pattern, although most of
the pieces that she needed have been purchased already. I decided to make a
table runner to add to our purchased gift.
I used the "Salted Peanut Table Runner" pattern in Sharon Pederson's book
"More Reversible Quilts". As she said, you can't make just one - this is my
third, and I even managed to keep the first one!
I tried to keep one side of the runner in greys, taupes and neutrals, as
this will go well with the dishes. I decided to make the other side
Christmas, and managed to use lots of strips from my already cut boxes of
leftovers. I love her instructions for making two-toned binding - it works
really well.
I machine quilted the setting triangles with light grey thread on the
neutral side, and dark gold "sliver" thread on the Christmas side. The
quilting was inspired by the book "Hooked on Feathers by Sally Terry". I
seem to add some of her techniques to almost every project lately.
The pictures are found in the Quilts 2009 album, first 3 pictures.
--
Susan
quilting as usual......
http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston
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Posted by Polly Esther on August 26, 2009, 3:44 pm
Wonderful, Susan! Quietly elegant on one side and joyful on the other.
And, I'll be looking for Sally Terry's book. I have a couple of scrappy
quilts that are right close to violent and should be a good place to improve
my feathering. Polly
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"Susan Torrens" <wrote>I feel like have haven't completed a thing, but have
been sewing regularly.
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> I have made and gifted 5 baby quilts, and I have 3 homemade quilt kits
> ready
> to take south. I also have 5 or 6 quilt tops with binding hanging in my
> closet - just not much completed.
> My youngest nephew is getting married on Sept 5. He and his bride
> registered for gifts, so it made it much easier to choose something that
> they need/want. I was able to check out her china pattern, although most
> of
> the pieces that she needed have been purchased already. I decided to make
> a
> table runner to add to our purchased gift.
> I used the "Salted Peanut Table Runner" pattern in Sharon Pederson's book
> "More Reversible Quilts". As she said, you can't make just one - this is
> my
> third, and I even managed to keep the first one!
> I tried to keep one side of the runner in greys, taupes and neutrals, as
> this will go well with the dishes. I decided to make the other side
> Christmas, and managed to use lots of strips from my already cut boxes of
> leftovers. I love her instructions for making two-toned binding - it
> works
> really well.
> I machine quilted the setting triangles with light grey thread on the
> neutral side, and dark gold "sliver" thread on the Christmas side. The
> quilting was inspired by the book "Hooked on Feathers by Sally Terry". I
> seem to add some of her techniques to almost every project lately.
> The pictures are found in the Quilts 2009 album, first 3 pictures.
> --
> Susan
> quilting as usual......
> http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston
>
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Posted by Susan Torrens on August 27, 2009, 11:05 am
I hardly ever do regular feathers since I bought this book! Connecting
threads has it on sale right now at 40% off!
--
Susan
quilting as usual......
http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston
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> Wonderful, Susan! Quietly elegant on one side and joyful on the other.
> And, I'll be looking for Sally Terry's book. I have a couple of scrappy
> quilts that are right close to violent and should be a good place to
improve
show/hide quoted text
> my feathering. Polly
> "Susan Torrens" <wrote>I feel like have haven't completed a thing, but
have
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> been sewing regularly.
> > I have made and gifted 5 baby quilts, and I have 3 homemade quilt kits
> > ready
> > to take south. I also have 5 or 6 quilt tops with binding hanging in my
> > closet - just not much completed.
> > My youngest nephew is getting married on Sept 5. He and his bride
> > registered for gifts, so it made it much easier to choose something that
> > they need/want. I was able to check out her china pattern, although
most
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> > of
> > the pieces that she needed have been purchased already. I decided to
make
show/hide quoted text
> > a
> > table runner to add to our purchased gift.
> > I used the "Salted Peanut Table Runner" pattern in Sharon Pederson's
book
show/hide quoted text
> > "More Reversible Quilts". As she said, you can't make just one - this
is
show/hide quoted text
> > my
> > third, and I even managed to keep the first one!
> > I tried to keep one side of the runner in greys, taupes and neutrals, as
> > this will go well with the dishes. I decided to make the other side
> > Christmas, and managed to use lots of strips from my already cut boxes
of
show/hide quoted text
> > leftovers. I love her instructions for making two-toned binding - it
> > works
> > really well.
> > I machine quilted the setting triangles with light grey thread on the
> > neutral side, and dark gold "sliver" thread on the Christmas side. The
> > quilting was inspired by the book "Hooked on Feathers by Sally Terry".
I
show/hide quoted text
> > seem to add some of her techniques to almost every project lately.
> > The pictures are found in the Quilts 2009 album, first 3 pictures.
> > --
> > Susan
> > quilting as usual......
> > http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston
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Posted by Anne Rogers on August 28, 2009, 3:45 pm
Susan Torrens wrote:
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> I hardly ever do regular feathers since I bought this book! Connecting
> threads has it on sale right now at 40% off!
>
What kind of feathers did you do when you did the regular ones? Marked
with lots of backtracking?
I started out doing freehand feathers without backtracking, not the
hook, but just a very steep valley between individual loops, as my
freemotion quilting improved I found that backtracking was no longer the
trauma it had been, but I've mostly stuck with unmarked, or just the
spine marked.
In the quilt I'm working on at the moment, there are feathers
everywhere, it's quilted Sue Patten style, most are completely freehand,
but I do mark when I have to fill a bigger space, but it's still just
freehand rather than carefully drawn out as some books instruct you to do.
Cheers
Anne
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Posted by Susan Torrens on August 30, 2009, 4:47 pm
I rarely marked for regular feathers. I would mark the spine line,
especially in a border that has to turn a corner. I have tried the
"backtracking" feathers, and the separate feathers, but wasn't happy with
either. I don't have a stitch regulator on my machine, so I could never get
the stitches as accurate as I liked.
--
Susan
quilting as usual......
http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston
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> Susan Torrens wrote:
> > I hardly ever do regular feathers since I bought this book! Connecting
> > threads has it on sale right now at 40% off!
> What kind of feathers did you do when you did the regular ones? Marked
> with lots of backtracking?
> I started out doing freehand feathers without backtracking, not the
> hook, but just a very steep valley between individual loops, as my
> freemotion quilting improved I found that backtracking was no longer the
> trauma it had been, but I've mostly stuck with unmarked, or just the
> spine marked.
> In the quilt I'm working on at the moment, there are feathers
> everywhere, it's quilted Sue Patten style, most are completely freehand,
> but I do mark when I have to fill a bigger space, but it's still just
> freehand rather than carefully drawn out as some books instruct you to do.
> Cheers
> Anne
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