BYC SEWING/QUILTING CLUB

[flgardengirl]

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I love that Redwork-type Rooster quilt.

 

[CoyoteMagic]

We are still looking for people to come play with us on the Whacko Geko Block Swap Thread!! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=467349

Come out and play!!

 

[PHarris985]

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Could you tell me what is the name of the pattern and is it in a magazine or book so I could find it. Really cute
Patty from oregon

 

[mlyon]

Ok so pattern is a buggy barn pattern?
Do you have the name of it?
Can't seem to locate it!

 

[little_chick]

I'm hoping to learn to quilt this year..I have books and fabric (I've been given) soo need to break them out and make some templates and quilt..lol..I make it sound easy to myself, when I know it's hard..I barely sew, so this will be FUN!!!..lol

 

[Kassaundra]

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There are tons of different styles and techniques out there, so look around for one that looks intriguing to you and inspires you and go for it.

 

[PHarris985]

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I can't find it either. Need to know what book it's in so I can find the buggy barn pattern. It's really cute and I'd like to add it to my list of quilts to make.
Patty

 

[PHarris985]

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Stick with an easy pattern like straight seams so you don't get frustrated. Better yet take a class at a local fabric store or even sewing machine store and they will help you step by step. I started with christmas stocking and I'm hooked on quilting and now chickens also.
Patty

 

[WriterofWords]

I was given these 4 rails today by my Asst. Principal. He brought them back from Flower Mound TX for me! He said they were his mother's, that she used them for quilting, but he doesn't know she put them together but that they are over 100 years old. I don't know what to do with them, or how they work, he said if I don't want them just dispose of them. I'd like to figure them out though,, they are 9 and 8 feet long, with holes spaced evenly on them.

 

[NanaKat]

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The boards peg together with two dowel pins for each corner. You could use two long bolts with nuts instead of pegs.
The boards are in pairs.
An example for using them The two longer boards are lengths and the two shorter ones are for width.
In the old days, you pegged the frame as near to the size of your working sandwich (top, batting, backing). Often the backing cloth was larger and was sewn into a tube on two opposite ends to stretch the quilt on the frame. Then the other pair of board were pegged/bolted to secure the the other pair of sides. Sometimes an extra strip of fabric was basted onto the backing fabric and then stitched around the boards to pull the quilt into square so it could be quilted. The frame could be suspended from the ceiling to store it out of the way and lowered to work on in the evenings.
My MIL has a set of boards very similiar to your set.
Send me your address in a PM and I'll try to get you some working drawings to go by.