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03-18-2008, 06:40 PM
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| Out to Spoil the World! Donating Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Palm Springs, California
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|  OMG girl!!! It came out beautiful!!! Your going to LOVE the walking foot! None of your fabrics will slip! it feeds both the top and bottom fabric at the same time so you get a perfect feed, it makes for such a nice flow and NO bunching or stretching! Great for slippery or stretchy materials or when your sewing two different kinds of material together... or FLEECE! Gosh all mighty! Fleece slips! I hate working with it sometimes! As far as cutting... GET SOME Ginghers! Joanns and the like carry them. They are the best! and sharp as ever! I used to rave about my fiskors... till someone bonked me on the head and said... "you poor dear.. get some ginghers" lol (a gal who has 40 years of sewing behind her) I now own 4 different pairs! They make a spring back pair, a ultralight pair, the traditional pair, dressmaker, long, short, small, large, thread snips, you name it... Its really not a huge line... lol but they make one for the basic needs and they make the best! I love mine! As far as feet go.. I have a Bernina, so I cry poor every time I have to break down and buy another foot! regular feet run anywhere from 20 to 40 depending on what it is... zipper, hem, 1/4 seam guide foot, the last one there being my personal favorite! that wone was 30 bucks, but well worth it! If you do alot of quilting and no rag, but serious peicing, that 1/4 inch seam gets real important... so having a cheater foot, as I call it, really helps! LOL  I am really impressed with the quilt you made!!! I know its hard to get that fill centered just right... It takes time, but its doable... don't give up on it, rag quilts without it are just rags, not quilts.... they really need the poof... If you want to avoid the Poly type strings that make it look like the "stuffing" is hanging out, use "Warn and Natural" Its a cotton batting. It will wear really nicely with flannel and it dosent have that stringy poly look if you catch it in the seam. I use it in all of my quilts, it has a low loft and a nice weight to it.
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03-18-2008, 06:54 PM
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| Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member  Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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 I am making my first pieced quilt (not rag) and I learned the hard way about the need to make your triangles bigger. Duh! What was I thinking?  I had to recut all of them. Luckily I bought enough fabric. Thanks for the tip about the stuffing.   Just for giggles tonight I used my scraps from the baby quilt and made a bib. I really like it. Here's a photo.
__________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12)  | |
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03-18-2008, 07:12 PM
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| Tiny Dog Big Heart Donating Member  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Texas
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So cute!!! I love it! You are very creative!! Your friend is going to be so pleased. Now show us your fabric for the new pieced quilt. I wanna see... Speaking of scissors, I was at Wal-Mart tonight and saw the Microtip Fiskars. Duh!! I didn't even think to look there since our Wal-Mart usually has next to nothing like that. Oh, well, the ones on ebay were only a little bit more with shipping. They came the other day and I think they will work well for the ragging (keeping fingers crossed). They seemed pretty sharp when I tried snipping with the tips.
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03-18-2008, 07:17 PM
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| cute bib! |
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03-18-2008, 07:50 PM
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| Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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| Okay Nancy, here are my pieces laid out for my first pieced quilt. I hope it works out. It's more of a toddler or lap quilt, but I thought it would be best to start with a more manageable size for my first project.
__________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12) |
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03-18-2008, 07:51 PM
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| Out to Spoil the World! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Palm Springs, California
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(and OMGosh... Just FYI... I totally don't spell check or even reread my posts before I hit submit.. I reread mine cause you quited it... I spell like a 2nd grader! when I get going, I get all phonetic! LOL My brain gets going so fast and my three finger typing can barely keep up! LOL)
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03-18-2008, 07:53 PM
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| Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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__________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12) | |
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03-18-2008, 07:53 PM
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Judy, that is going to be gorgeous! I love the fabrics you chose. You sure don't start out simple, do you? You just jump right in with the harder stuff. Can't wait to see it finished.
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03-18-2008, 07:54 PM
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03-18-2008, 07:55 PM
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| Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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I just had to laugh at "licky" though!
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03-18-2008, 07:59 PM
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03-18-2008, 08:00 PM
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__________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12) | |
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03-18-2008, 08:01 PM
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| Out to Spoil the World! Donating Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Palm Springs, California
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| I'll be honest... you would NEVER catch me working with anything in strips or directional fabrics!!! Lining those up are a ^%$#% and I can NEVER do it! I am NOT trying to discourage you, but I think this will be a lesson quilt, I'm glad its small... The directional in the pinwheel is a good place, but ONLY if its cut absolutly perfect, but for the body of the quilt or for large areas that are peiced, directional fabrics are not uasually a good idea, unless it lends itself to the theam, like in a crazy or mixed up type quilt... Dont try to line them up, you will never be able to do it! I'm pretty OCD so it would drive me nuts! But now that I've said this... you may see it and think... OMG! lol But you'll see what I mean...
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03-18-2008, 08:01 PM
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| Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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__________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12) | |
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03-18-2008, 08:06 PM
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| Gizzy & Kandi spoil me Donating Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Waco, Texas
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I'm still playing with it. I'm not sure I like the pin stripes in the main area, so that is probably going to change, which will make it easier. I will definitely let you know how it goes.
__________________ The fullness of our heart is expressed in our eyes, in our touch, in what we write, in what we say, in the way we walk, the way we receive, the way we need. -Mother Teresa ( RIP Gizmo 3/9/07-8/18/12) | |
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