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Posted by Bobbie Sews More on September 19, 2009, 5:18 pm
I often cut my templates out of cereal or cookie boxes and trace around them
with a pencil on the back side of the fabric. The templates last a long
time, and I make 3 or 4 or 6, and maybe some extras.
Barbara in SC
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Posted by Edna Pearl on September 19, 2009, 6:11 pm
This suggestion of a simple technique, like most simple techniques, really
opened my eyes. I see now how I could cut a template of just the *outline*
of the pattern, and freehand at least some of the interior embellishments.
Like this double figure eight I'm looking at, I could do two outlines, one
of the inner 8 and one of the outer, and simply draw the inch long lines in
the middle of the design freehand on the fabric (if that makes sense -- it
does to me anyway).
And cereal box cardboard is just the right weight -- stiff enough to trace
around and thin enough to cut without too much effort. I can actually
imagine *enjoying* making such simple templates. (And multiple copies of
each, like you do.)
Thanks a million, Bobbie. This will get me a long way toward getting
started on converting patterns in books to my own use.
EP
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>I often cut my templates out of cereal or cookie boxes and trace around
>them with a pencil on the back side of the fabric. The templates last a
>long time, and I make 3 or 4 or 6, and maybe some extras.
> Barbara in SC
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Posted by J* on September 19, 2009, 6:33 pm
empty cereal boxes are the only thing i use for my applique patterns.
if a shape is generic all the better cuz it means i can mix and match them
into other designs.
i make 3, sometimes four of the same shape in different sizes.
flowers blook at different times so their petals are going to be different
sizes.
that applys in quilting too when doing free motion.
they dont have to be exactly the same size, close can be close enough.
i keep all my templates cuz ya never know what will work with a new idea.
heck, i use cereal boxes cut to size to wrap all my embroidery floss around.
it was free and recycled, always a plus in my mind.
i sometimes walking foot around big blocks to stabalize, then fill in with
handquilting tho could also be filled in with free motion quilting.
so much to know, always something new to learn.
a never-ending supply of quilting designs, patterns, methods etc to fill the
old brain matter.
any design you practice lots on paper will imprint the design into your
brain so when you come to sew it, it becomes more automatic...less actual
thinking about it to do.
j.
"Edna Pearl" wrote ...
This suggestion of a simple technique, like most simple techniques, really
opened my eyes. I see now how I could cut a template of just the *outline*
of the pattern, and freehand at least some of the interior embellishments.
Like this double figure eight I'm looking at, I could do two outlines, one
of the inner 8 and one of the outer, and simply draw the inch long lines in
the middle of the design freehand on the fabric (if that makes sense -- it
does to me anyway).
And cereal box cardboard is just the right weight -- stiff enough to trace
around and thin enough to cut without too much effort. I can actually
imagine *enjoying* making such simple templates. (And multiple copies of
each, like you do.)
Thanks a million, Bobbie. This will get me a long way toward getting
started on converting patterns in books to my own use.
EP
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>I often cut my templates out of cereal or cookie boxes and trace around
>them with a pencil on the back side of the fabric. The templates last a
>long time, and I make 3 or 4 or 6, and maybe some extras.
> Barbara in SC
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Posted by Bobbie Sews More on September 19, 2009, 7:48 pm
Edna, most all the bed quilts I've made have been the very simple
checkerboard blocks, or rectangles surrounded by a plain color. My cereal
box template squares start at 4" and go up to 12". I also have 1/2 squares
in some sizes and also rectangles. I haven't gotten bold enough to make the
other type quilts. The bed quilts you might see on "Little House on the
Parrie" look "fancy" compared to mine. But my quilts are loved and
used---even the scrap quilts. I also have made the panel quilts for cribs
and simply birthed them, or just sew the edges with the serger. HTH
Barbara in SC
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>I thought I'd try my hand at making my own templates out of some plastic I
>had lying around and an exacto knife. To quote the immortal words of
>another quilter here in another context: "I'd rather rope goats." And the
>result is awful.
> It looks to me like the easiest way to mark fabric is to mark it before I
> quilt it, using a light box (or, in my case, a glass table-top) to trace
> the design on the fabric. (Unless, of course, I'm using store-bought
> templates, which seem to work pretty well.)
> What say you? (I apologize for re-covering ground that has doubtless been
> covered a zillion times before, here.)
> EP
>
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Posted by Edna Pearl on September 19, 2009, 8:23 pm
That's beautiful, Bobbie. Thanks for sharing.
The small project I'm doing right now is based on a Welsh pattern. The
Welsh historically "butted" their edges instead of binding them, which looks
really pretty. The Welsh also preferred longer stitches than the tight
quilting we prize now. It just goes to show you, there's more than one way
to make a beautiful, beloved quilt. "More than one way to skin a cat," as
my mom would say.
I've read a lot of stuff about some quilters load their needle with several
stitches and others use a "show stitch" where the needle just punches up and
down. I'm learning that I might as well use the stitching style I've used
for for decades for my other needlework. Despite the fact that I'm right
handed, I am used to having my right hand under the canvas (now, the quilt)
and my left hand on top. I wear my thimble on my right ring finger, and I
punch up and down. I'm quick this way -- as quick as I think I could ever
get with loading my needle or changing my hands. I'm used to making even,
neat stitches a lot more complicated than a running stitch this way. And
I've been making my end knots the same way I do for embroidery and mending,
but with a longer tail to crawl up into the batting after I drag the knot
in. Whatever works, I figure. And I'm set in my ways. I propose to follow
your example and do whatever I'm comfortable with and like the looks of.
ep
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> Edna, most all the bed quilts I've made have been the very simple
> checkerboard blocks, or rectangles surrounded by a plain color. My cereal
> box template squares start at 4" and go up to 12". I also have 1/2
> squares in some sizes and also rectangles. I haven't gotten bold enough
> to make the other type quilts. The bed quilts you might see on "Little
> House on the Parrie" look "fancy" compared to mine. But my quilts are
> loved and used---even the scrap quilts. I also have made the panel quilts
> for cribs and simply birthed them, or just sew the edges with the serger.
> HTH
> Barbara in SC
>>I thought I'd try my hand at making my own templates out of some plastic I
>>had lying around and an exacto knife. To quote the immortal words of
>>another quilter here in another context: "I'd rather rope goats." And the
>>result is awful.
>> It looks to me like the easiest way to mark fabric is to mark it before I
>> quilt it, using a light box (or, in my case, a glass table-top) to trace
>> the design on the fabric. (Unless, of course, I'm using store-bought
>> templates, which seem to work pretty well.)
>> What say you? (I apologize for re-covering ground that has doubtless
>> been covered a zillion times before, here.)
>> EP
>
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>them with a pencil on the back side of the fabric. The templates last a
>long time, and I make 3 or 4 or 6, and maybe some extras.
> Barbara in SC
>