OT-Quilting

[speckledhen]

People choke if you tell them you want over $300 for a bed quilt when they can buy the cheap Chinese made ones for about $50 at WalMart. My 100% cotton brand new quality material costs more than that then talk about the major hours spent putting it together and the fact that they can actually wash it in a machine and it will hold together. Plus you can even tell that mine has batting in it, unlike those inferior products they're selling.

 

[Wildsky]

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When I saw the Amish quilts at the show I went to - they were selling for $1000+ and honestly if I HAD that money I would have paid it!

 

[MissPrissy]

That is one reason I won't sew for other people. They don't want to pay you what your time is worth much less the cost of the materials alone.

Can you imagine our great grandmothers shock to know their quilts could have been sold for that price and more today?

Most people aren't concerned about quality or craftmanship.

It is a real shame the domestic arts that are being lost these days.

 

[hencackle]

I hear ya, Speckled! DH & I, don't have a problem with a quilter asking that kind of money for a real quilt. DH has done very complicated cross-stitched projects in the past, so he's well aware of the time involved in whatever a person crafts. We found an amazing quilt that we wanted to buy ($1,200) for our new bed. Unfortunately, we had to buy a mattress set and sheets and we'll have to wait until later to buy a quilt. I'm so sad to say that particular quilt has been sold to someone else

Thanks for letting me know where y'all start your quilting. I had a hunch it had to be done this way to prevent shifting among the 3 layers.

I have an old tattered quilt that my g-grandmother made. My mom was fixin' to throw it away! I'm trying to decide if I want to cut up the good sections and have them framed or something. Suggestions?

 

[MissPrissy]

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You don't have to start in the middle. Buy yourself a box of quilters safety pins and pin the pieces in place. start where you want and work your way around.


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You could have the pieces cut out and worked into a new quilt for your new bed. What a wonderful legacy to sleep under a piece of your grandmother's handmade quilt.

 

[horsechick]

OMG!!!
Beautiful quilts to everyone!
I wanna do that!!!

With my work schedule of 12 hour nights and everyother week it rotates, a class every week would not be feasible.

But thanks all for the book suggestions! And to know now there are some quilters here when I hit a snag, be ready!! I'll be asking!
I have also found some websites that look to be good, and yahoo has some clubs too. Bad thing about those is if they are doing something and you start in middle your already behind and lost.

My mother has a sewing machine that she never uses so I can use it if I want.
I guess I need more information on what kinds of quilting there is out there too.
I look at the books at walmart, etc, and they always WOW me with the designs.

So maybe a starter list would be great help too.

THANKS FOR ALL THE HELP!!

(gosh if its not chicken enabling its quilting enabling..you guys are bad......I'm gona be broke

but warm and eating eggs so its all good

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[hencackle]

MissPrissy, I'm afraid that the quilt is too fragile. If it had enough in good condition, your idea would be wonderful. There's not much that can be salvaged. At first, I thought of using quilt pieces as pillow tops, now I'm leaning towards framed "art". I'm trying to decide whether to have it mounted on top of the colored mat board so that the rough edges and batting show OR the edges covered up by the mat.

 

[kbarrett]

I am self taught as well. I started out wanting to make a baby blanket for my son. In the first pic (if I did it right) the small squares are made from his baby clothes, mostly sleepers, and bordered by his receiving blankets cut up. By the time I finished it, it was too small, so I cut up some older sheets and ended up needing a queen sized sheet to for the backing. I didn't have a sewing machine for that one.
The second one started with 12 9"x9" squares with the deep purple in the center. I added to them to make them larger and spent hours browsing fabric stores for the rest. I pieced that one by machine and am hand quilting it.
I've found it to be very relaxing and satisfying, I've made lots of mistakes and wish I had more training but overall I'm happy with what I've made.

I hope these pics work.

 

[MissPrissy]

I love the quilt you did with your sons baby clothes. That is just beautiful. Now I know what I am going to do next!

 

[verthandi]

Horsechick, A few things that will make your life and quilting easier are a rotary cutter and fairly good size cutting mat. 24 X 18 is the smallest I would go on the mat. The smaller ones just are not big enough to handle the width of most fabrics and still get straight cuts.

A pair of scissors that are just used for your quilting fabric. (You are allowed to threaten family and friends with bodily injury if they touch your sewing scissors)

A box of straight pins.

Google for "Free Easy Quilting Blocks or patterns".

Beware...your life will never be the same again. Chickens, Horses and Quilting are all a major sickness.