New Project "Road to Ok" Quilt for My Bed (Top Finished!)

[speckledhen]

Very cool when men can quilt! That's fabulous, Ed.

 

[ozark hen]

Cyn, you may have to go out on the porch to quilt since it will be cooler out there

Need to have the lumber yard make you a large cedar hoop? Many years ago I decided I was going to quilt and had the lumber yard make me up a quilt frame...they did for very little money at the time. I set that thing up in my front room and put everything on it and all and then discovered I couldn't quilt???

I really needed someone to show me how they did it. I could put the needle in but couldn't bring it back up.

I tried loosening the layers, etc. anyway, that ended up being a tacked quilt.

 

[speckledhen]

Carrie, you should have seen the first bit of quilting I ever did. The stitches were about 1/4" wide, LOL. I improved to where once I was accused of machine quilting a piece, though I'd done it by hand and couldn't operate a machine if you paid me! Now, my stitches are a bit more erratic since I developed carpal tunnel and my vision is really bad, but I still try (and I think it's better than alot of the cheap Walmart quilts where the stitching looks like it was done by a five-year-old) I can do it in a hoop on my lap, but my gosh, that quilt is so heavy! It would probably top a king sized mattress, but I will be using it on my queen sized bed, so it will hang over the edge nicely.

 

[CedarRidgeChicks]

Cyn, when you are quilting in the lap quilt, have you tried putting a chair in front of you to hold the excess quilt weight?..I have to do this or it wears my arms out. I use one of my dining room chairs.

 

[speckledhen]

Haven't tried that, but I know I had a devil of a time with the bulk of whatever I'm sewing sliding off the DR table and dragging when trying to sew a long seam. I'll have to do that today when I continue.

Kathy, I already used one of the Jinny Beyer borders you sent on that tablecloth I was making. I was stumped about the next border and BAM!, there it was in front of me.

 

[MissPrissy]

What a great gift stash!! You'll have tons of projects for long winter days.

 

[kathyinmo]

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Oh that's great! Gotta love those Jinny Beyer borders .... the work is already done for ya! LOL

 

[herechickchick]

Cyn the top is beautiful! Sorry about your hoop but I sure would love a wood burning stove in my living room.

I need to start quilting again, I have more cotton fabric than I could ever sew (I worked at a fabric store for years!).