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>No, you don't.
>This past week, I finished a crewel work that was started when DD was a baby
>(1978). Then we moved, worked on it off and on over teh eyars until i got
>hit with serious hand trouble, until I had 3 'flowers' left to do, and put
>it away "forever 15 years ago" when i could no longer work with a needle .
>It took since July 1 this year to get it done. I have to go EXTREMELY slowly
>with hand work and needle nose pliers. It just needs to be framed by a
>Professional.
>DD is 31 now.
>So that is 31 years old. On the front picture is says: Printed in 1978.
>Butterfly (Anyone have anything OLDER that they just finished, are
>finishing, or almost finished? Iffy UFO's are not considered as I have some
>of those, also)
>

> On Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:11:20 -0700, "Butterflywings"
>>No, you don't.
>>This past week, I finished a crewel work that was started when DD was a
>>baby
>>(1978). Then we moved, worked on it off and on over teh eyars until i got
>>hit with serious hand trouble, until I had 3 'flowers' left to do, and put
>>it away "forever 15 years ago" when i could no longer work with a needle .
>>It took since July 1 this year to get it done. I have to go EXTREMELY
>>slowly
>>with hand work and needle nose pliers. It just needs to be framed by a
>>Professional.
>>DD is 31 now.
>>So that is 31 years old. On the front picture is says: Printed in 1978.
>>Butterfly (Anyone have anything OLDER that they just finished, are
>>finishing, or almost finished? Iffy UFO's are not considered as I have
>>some
>>of those, also)
> Good to see you here Butterfly. Yes I have something older.
> I have currently under construction a Grandmother's Flower Garder that
> was started by DH's grandmother around 1930. Yep, vintage fabrics.
> I inherited it because no one else in the family wanted to take the
> time work on it. All pieces were cut and fastened into sets for the
> rosettes.
> I started hand pieceing it around 1978, working off & on.
> Don't know what I will do when quilting time comes. I have not the
> strength left to hand quilt.
> Any ideas, anybody?????
> Anna Belle

> No, you don't.
> This past week, I finished a crewel work that was started when DD was a
> baby (1978). Then we moved, worked on it off and on over teh eyars until i
> got hit with serious hand trouble, until I had 3 'flowers' left to do, and
> put it away "forever 15 years ago" when i could no longer work with a
> needle . It took since July 1 this year to get it done. I have to go
> EXTREMELY slowly with hand work and needle nose pliers. It just needs to
> be framed by a Professional.
> DD is 31 now.
> So that is 31 years old. On the front picture is says: Printed in 1978.
> Butterfly (Anyone have anything OLDER that they just finished, are
> finishing, or almost finished? Iffy UFO's are not considered as I have
> some of those, also)
>>I have you all beat, though not in the quilting department. I recently
>>finished (crewel) embroidering a table runner I started 18 YEARS ago.
>>Count 'em, 18 YEARS. Sheesh. I would put it aside for years at a time,
>>of course, and finally just had enough of seeing it unfinished in the
>>bottom of my needlework box, so I worked on it steadily for a few weeks
>>and got it done.
>> Of course now I'm considering learning how to tat to make a lace border
>> for it.
>> I'm beginning to think it may take years to finish my first quilt,
>> because I'm afraid of spoiling it and want to do some other, simpler
>> quilting projects to build up my skills before destroying this pretty
>> quilt top.
>> Edna Pearl
>>> Actually, I did get the concept from your description. :-)
>>> As far as the length of time it took you to finish the goose chase/log
>>> cabin, I've got you easily beat. I'm getting ready to handquilt a top I
>>> started over 10 years ago. It's hand-pieced, and I didn't work on it
>>> steadily, however finally finished it a couple of months ago. (I'm
>>> waiting for winter to start the quilting.) AND, I have another top that
>>> was started well over 10 years ago, and has been finished for the last 3
>>> or 4; it just needs to be quilted. One day....
>>> Best regards,
>>> Michelle in Nevada
>>> EstelleUK wrote:
>>>> Thanks Michelle. Its a log Cabin but after each Round you add a
>>>> contrasting coloured square on the corner and snip off the back , just
>>>> like a snowball block. Then add the next round and do the same.That
>>>> probably as clear as mud! lol
>>>> It was a fun quilt to make but took me about 4 years to finish. I plan
>>>> to do another whilst its clear in my mind.
>>>> Steaming with a steam iron has worked fairly well.
>>>> http://community.webshots.com/user/EstelleUK11
>>>>> Hi Estelle,
>>>>> Your goose chase is really unique. I've never seen a diagonal pattern
>>>>> like that.
>>>>> Irish Chain is gorgeous. You all should be very proud of the work
>>>>> you've done. Whoever receives that quilt will have very fine quilt
>>>>> indeed!
>>>>> Sorry, I've got no advice about the basting lines.
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Michelle in Nevada
>>>>> EstelleUK wrote:
>>>>>> http://community.webshots.com/user/EstelleUK11 Still!! lol
>>>>>>> "EstelleUK" wrote ...
>>>>>>>> I am in the process of moving ( I think) my albums to Flickr, but
>>>>>>>> in the
>>>>>>>> mean time have loaded some new stuff. My question is this. The club
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> belong to make a charity quilt and this year I organized it.It's a
>>>>>>>> Batik
>>>>>>>> Irish chain. We had a longarmer Baste it for us and another member
>>>>>>>> did an
>>>>>>>> embroidery design in each square as you will see. I have now added
>>>>>>>> some
>>>>>>>> quilting and taken out the basting.It has left lines where it was
>>>>>>>> .I don't
>>>>>>>> want to wash it. Any ideas how to remove the lines. I did think to
>>>>>>>> spritz
>>>>>>>> it and hang out on the line. Any ideas welcome. I have also
>>>>>>>> finished a
>>>>>>>> Goose in the Cabin that I started 4 years ago! , and made a few
>>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>>> Postcards. Hope you have time to look.
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Estelle UK
>>>>>>>> http://community.webshots.com/user/
>

> Actually, I did get the concept from your description. :-)
> As far as the length of time it took you to finish the goose chase/log
> cabin, I've got you easily beat. I'm getting ready to handquilt a top I
> started over 10 years ago. It's hand-pieced, and I didn't work on it
> steadily, however finally finished it a couple of months ago. (I'm
> waiting for winter to start the quilting.) AND, I have another top that
> was started well over 10 years ago, and has been finished for the last 3
> or 4; it just needs to be quilted. One day....
> Best regards,
> Michelle in Nevada
> EstelleUK wrote:
>> Thanks Michelle. Its a log Cabin but after each Round you add a
>> contrasting coloured square on the corner and snip off the back , just
>> like a snowball block. Then add the next round and do the same.That
>> probably as clear as mud! lol
>> It was a fun quilt to make but took me about 4 years to finish. I plan to
>> do another whilst its clear in my mind.
>> Steaming with a steam iron has worked fairly well.
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/EstelleUK11
>>> Hi Estelle,
>>> Your goose chase is really unique. I've never seen a diagonal pattern
>>> like that.
>>> Irish Chain is gorgeous. You all should be very proud of the work
>>> you've done. Whoever receives that quilt will have very fine quilt
>>> indeed!
>>> Sorry, I've got no advice about the basting lines.
>>> Best regards,
>>> Michelle in Nevada
>>> EstelleUK wrote:
>>>> http://community.webshots.com/user/EstelleUK11 Still!! lol
>>>>> "EstelleUK" wrote ...
>>>>>> I am in the process of moving ( I think) my albums to Flickr, but in
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> mean time have loaded some new stuff. My question is this. The club I
>>>>>> belong to make a charity quilt and this year I organized it.It's a
>>>>>> Batik
>>>>>> Irish chain. We had a longarmer Baste it for us and another member
>>>>>> did an
>>>>>> embroidery design in each square as you will see. I have now added
>>>>>> some
>>>>>> quilting and taken out the basting.It has left lines where it was .I
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> want to wash it. Any ideas how to remove the lines. I did think to
>>>>>> spritz
>>>>>> it and hang out on the line. Any ideas welcome. I have also finished
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> Goose in the Cabin that I started 4 years ago! , and made a few more
>>>>>> Postcards. Hope you have time to look.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Estelle UK
>>>>>> http://community.webshots.com/user/
>>

> Estelle -- when YOU go to your webshots page -- in the address bar...
> after the webshots.com/user/ -- what comes next? in my case it is
> K_Groves.... if you tell us what it says when you go to your page -- then
> we can go there, too!
> --
> Kate in MI
> http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves
>>I am in the process of moving ( I think) my albums to Flickr, but in the
>>mean time have loaded some new stuff. My question is this. The club I
>>belong to make a charity quilt and this year I organized it.It's a Batik
>>Irish chain. We had a longarmer Baste it for us and another member did an
>>embroidery design in each square as you will see. I have now added some
>>quilting and taken out the basting.It has left lines where it was .I don't
>>want to wash it. Any ideas how to remove the lines. I did think to spritz
>>it and hang out on the line. Any ideas welcome. I have also finished a
>>Goose in the Cabin that I started 4 years ago! , and made a few more
>>Postcards. Hope you have time to look.
>> --
>> Estelle UK
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/
>