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My other passion, besides scrapbooking, is quilting. So in additon to collecting paper and scrapbooking supplies, I also have a healthy stash of fabric and patterns. I have made several small quilts, and I am currently working on a project from the book "Quilts from the Quiltmakers Gift." I am doing a friendship star quilt. The top is mostly pieced together, so I need to get busy and finish it so I can start quilting it together.
So if anybody else quilts, I would love to hear about your projects!
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I love to quilt, but sadly it's not something I sit down and do very often. I have the body of a rectangular patern quilt done and I started putting the borders on and I made a mistake...so, I'm kind of putting off finishing it because it's going to be a pain in the patooty. lol
What started me quilting was a womens studies course I took in college and my BFF taught me how to quilt and I made a heritage quilt for a project. I also have made myself an "everyday" quilt and a fair number of quilts for friends. I've also made quite a few baby quilts.
If I had more or a dedicated space to do it I would probably get back to the sweing machine more often.
I love to quilt, but sadly it's not something I sit down and do very often. I have the body of a rectangular patern quilt done and I started putting the borders on and I made a mistake...so, I'm kind of putting off finishing it because it's going to be a pain in the patooty. lol
What started me quilting was a womens studies course I took in college and my BFF taught me how to quilt and I made a heritage quilt for a project. I also have made myself an "everyday" quilt and a fair number of quilts for friends. I've also made quite a few baby quilts.
If I had more or a dedicated space to do it I would probably get back to the sweing machine more often.
The heritage quilt sounds really cool! Good luck with your current quilt.
I don't quilt anymore because I've replaced it with cross stitch, knitting, crocheting and digiscrapping. What can I say? Some people are athletes, some are authors/readers. I'm creative/artistic and I have to be creating something or I'm not happy.
We gave away about 10 years of quilting magazines last summer. I gave away my fabric stash a couple years ago to DH's aunt. () She wanted my quilting frame too but I couldn't quite make myself part with it even though I haven't used it for probably 6 years. I do everything by hand - piecing, applique and the quilting. I have 2 UFOs - a queen sized dresden plate and a lone star Christmas tree skirt. They're both all pieced, I just need to quilt them. I have made a queen sized braid quilt, a queen sized log cabin, a twin sized appliqued sunbonnet Sue, a nearly twin sized appliqued and pieced wall quilt I designed for my Mom and Dad's lake cottage, a queen sized bowtie and I don't know how many baby quilts.
I quilt! I have sewn all my life, but just started quilting about 2 years ago. I am fabric obsessed as my stash confirms! My most recent project is a t shirt quilt made from my daughters t shirts. The top and backing are done, now I need to get it to the person that will quilt it on the longarm. I also selvage quilt! I have a blog about quilting, fabric, and life in general at cre8fmomquilts. There is a link in my signature!
My parents bought me a sewing machine for Christmas in 1997 and I took a few quilting classes when the machine was new. Then DD was born and my parents got ill and I got busy and pretty much stopped sewing. I would love to get back to quilting someday. It was a lot of fun.
In the meantime, DH says that scrapbooking is quilting for people who don't sew.
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I quilt! I have sewn all my life, but just started quilting about 2 years ago. I am fabric obsessed as my stash confirms! My most recent project is a t shirt quilt made from my daughters t shirts. The top and backing are done, now I need to get it to the person that will quilt it on the longarm. I also selvage quilt! I have a blog about quilting, fabric, and life in general at cre8fmomquilts. There is a link in my signature!
Fun quilt! I would love to do a t-shirt quilt sometime.
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My parents bought me a sewing machine for Christmas in 1997 and I took a few quilting classes when the machine was new. Then DD was born and my parents got ill and I got busy and pretty much stopped sewing. I would love to get back to quilting someday. It was a lot of fun.
In the meantime, DH says that scrapbooking is quilting for people who don't sew.
Let me know if you ever want to start quilting again! I go back and forth between quilting and scrapbooking. I just wish I had more time for both.
I quilt...or I did. I've made several baby quilts, have one twin sized quilt in the frame, two finished tops, and one "in progress" that was for my son. Since then, he got married and traded his double bed for a King....and changed the colors of his room.
I have the material to do a 'big girl' quilt for my granddaughter...and now my oldest grandson is moving to a toddler bed, so that will mean in a year or two he will be ready for his 'big boy' quilt.
my problem is TIME....there isn't enough time to do all the things I want to do....scrapbooking, quilting, cross-stitch....I have to be creating something...and right now cross-stitching is winning because it's more portable. Though if I got DGD's quilt cut out, I could piece it during my commute....
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I am not a quilter, but one of my favorite series of books is by a quilter, about a quilting group. Really well written characters and interesting stories based around quilts. The author is Jennifer Chiaverini. If you haven't read any of her books yet, I suggest picking up "The Quilter's Apprentice", the first in the series.
I am not a quilter, but one of my favorite series of books is by a quilter, about a quilting group. Really well written characters and interesting stories based around quilts. The author is Jennifer Chiaverini. If you haven't read any of her books yet, I suggest picking up "The Quilter's Apprentice", the first in the series.
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I have made several small quilts, and I am currently working on a project from the book "Quilts from the Quiltmakers Gift." I am doing a friendship star quilt. The top is mostly pieced together, so I need to get busy and finish it so I can start quilting it together. 
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) She wanted my quilting frame too but I couldn't quite make myself part with it even though I haven't used it for probably 6 years. I do everything by hand - piecing, applique and the quilting. I have 2 UFOs - a queen sized dresden plate and a lone star Christmas tree skirt. They're both all pieced, I just need to quilt them. I have made a queen sized braid quilt, a queen sized log cabin, a twin sized appliqued sunbonnet Sue, a nearly twin sized appliqued and pieced wall quilt I designed for my Mom and Dad's lake cottage, a queen sized bowtie and I don't know how many baby quilts.
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