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Posted by Sandy on October 30, 2009, 1:01 pm
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> > A good friend of mine knew I'd admired her miniature TATW some months
> > ago. She surprised me just after my birthday with a little "kit" with
> > beautiful batik strips cut and ready for me to piece together for my own
> > TATW. I pieced it and then set it aside for a little while to "age"
> > before selecting borders and quilting. ;) Now it's finished. I've posted
> > photos at
> > <http://www.sandymike.net/html/misc.html#Mini_Trip_Around_the_World>, if
> > you'd like to see it. I think my friend did a gorgeous job of selecting
> > colors! :)
> > --
> > Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
> > sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the
> > obvious)http://www.sandymike.net
>
> Lovely work Sandy! The colours really sing. Enjoyed looking at the
> pix of your recent work. Very very good machine quilting that I can
> only to aspire to.
> Hugs
> Bronnie (home again)
Thanks so much, Bronnie! :) I'm glad you're safely home again -- take it
very easy on your poor foot!
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Patti on October 30, 2009, 4:01 am
How very pretty Sandy (using my favourite colours, too!).
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Lovely quilting, of course >g<
Always makes me smile when you have a new piece of work to share.
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>A good friend of mine knew I'd admired her miniature TATW some months
>ago. She surprised me just after my birthday with a little "kit" with
>beautiful batik strips cut and ready for me to piece together for my own
>TATW. I pieced it and then set it aside for a little while to "age"
>before selecting borders and quilting. ;) Now it's finished. I've posted
>photos at
><http://www.sandymike.net/html/misc.html#Mini_Trip_Around_the_World>, if
>you'd like to see it. I think my friend did a gorgeous job of selecting
>colors! :)
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by Sandy on October 30, 2009, 1:00 pm
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> How very pretty Sandy (using my favourite colours, too!).
> Lovely quilting, of course >g<
> Always makes me smile when you have a new piece of work to share.
Thanks, Pat -- compliments from you really make my day! :) And now I'll
tell the *whole* story of that quilt. ;)
My friend gave me the strips for the center, and I made it. Fine.
Houston was sneaking up on me, and I desperately wanted to get the
quilting done before leaving, so I worked frantically to do so. Great.
Oops. I completely forgot to put on borders, or even to buy fabric for
them! :O Worse, I was *really* efficient and trimmed off the extra
batting and backing, which wouldn't have been wide enough, anyway.
So off to Houston I went with scraps of the various fabrics glued to a
sheet of paper. I found some fabrics for the borders and then came home
and dithered (one of the things I do best) about whether attaching
borders and then quilting them would cause a problem with puckering. But
I finally attached the borders and backing to the quilted center, tucked
in a piece of batting the right size and began quilting. Fortunately,
the whole thing lies nice and flat, but I suspect this little episode
may teach me -- *maybe* -- to think things through before rushing. ;)
Anyone want to take bets? LOL!
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> >A good friend of mine knew I'd admired her miniature TATW some months
> >ago. She surprised me just after my birthday with a little "kit" with
> >beautiful batik strips cut and ready for me to piece together for my own
> >TATW. I pieced it and then set it aside for a little while to "age"
> >before selecting borders and quilting. ;) Now it's finished. I've posted
> >photos at
> ><http://www.sandymike.net/html/misc.html#Mini_Trip_Around_the_World>, if
> >you'd like to see it. I think my friend did a gorgeous job of selecting
> >colors! :)
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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Posted by Patti on October 30, 2009, 4:53 pm
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No! I think that will work as you hope >g<
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>Thanks, Pat -- compliments from you really make my day! :) And now I'll
>tell the *whole* story of that quilt. ;)
>My friend gave me the strips for the center, and I made it. Fine.
>Houston was sneaking up on me, and I desperately wanted to get the
>quilting done before leaving, so I worked frantically to do so. Great.
>Oops. I completely forgot to put on borders, or even to buy fabric for
>them! :O Worse, I was *really* efficient and trimmed off the extra
>batting and backing, which wouldn't have been wide enough, anyway.
>So off to Houston I went with scraps of the various fabrics glued to a
>sheet of paper. I found some fabrics for the borders and then came home
>and dithered (one of the things I do best) about whether attaching
>borders and then quilting them would cause a problem with puckering. But
>I finally attached the borders and backing to the quilted center, tucked
>in a piece of batting the right size and began quilting. Fortunately,
>the whole thing lies nice and flat, but I suspect this little episode
>may teach me -- *maybe* -- to think things through before rushing. ;)
>Anyone want to take bets? LOL!
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
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Posted by Sandy on October 30, 2009, 5:29 pm
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> No! I think that will work as you hope >g<
LOL!
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> >Thanks, Pat -- compliments from you really make my day! :) And now I'll
> >tell the *whole* story of that quilt. ;)
> >My friend gave me the strips for the center, and I made it. Fine.
> >Houston was sneaking up on me, and I desperately wanted to get the
> >quilting done before leaving, so I worked frantically to do so. Great.
> >Oops. I completely forgot to put on borders, or even to buy fabric for
> >them! :O Worse, I was *really* efficient and trimmed off the extra
> >batting and backing, which wouldn't have been wide enough, anyway.
> >So off to Houston I went with scraps of the various fabrics glued to a
> >sheet of paper. I found some fabrics for the borders and then came home
> >and dithered (one of the things I do best) about whether attaching
> >borders and then quilting them would cause a problem with puckering. But
> >I finally attached the borders and backing to the quilted center, tucked
> >in a piece of batting the right size and began quilting. Fortunately,
> >the whole thing lies nice and flat, but I suspect this little episode
> >may teach me -- *maybe* -- to think things through before rushing. ;)
> >Anyone want to take bets? LOL!
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net
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> > ago. She surprised me just after my birthday with a little "kit" with
> > beautiful batik strips cut and ready for me to piece together for my own
> > TATW. I pieced it and then set it aside for a little while to "age"
> > before selecting borders and quilting. ;) Now it's finished. I've posted
> > photos at
> > <http://www.sandymike.net/html/misc.html#Mini_Trip_Around_the_World>, if
> > you'd like to see it. I think my friend did a gorgeous job of selecting
> > colors! :)
> > --
> > Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
> > sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the
> > obvious)http://www.sandymike.net
>
> Lovely work Sandy! The colours really sing. Enjoyed looking at the
> pix of your recent work. Very very good machine quilting that I can
> only to aspire to.
> Hugs
> Bronnie (home again)