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From: MaryW
Date: 01-19-2005, 12:29 PM (1 of 21)
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I have a very old MicMac cradle that hubby bought me at auction last summer. I have cleaned it up a bit and I am going to put my old composite doll in it. First, it needs a mattress of some sort and a pillow and quilt! I am putting together some small squares for a quilt, just haphazard. I want it to have the old look of a scrap quilt. Fun, but what small pieces, nothing bigger than two inch. I am trying to keep it all in scale. I probably should have done a miniature quilt, it may have been more attractive but I wanted to have it look old and authentic. What type of quilt do you prefer? Traditional Contemporary Art Other (if so, please explain) MaryW
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From: Dede
Date: 01-20-2005, 08:03 AM (2 of 21)
| Other and all of the above. I love them all. I looked at them with stars in my eyes when I couldn't sew and now I want to make them all. They have history, character and you can almost feel the love and comfort when you touch them. |
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From: pucktricks
Date: 01-20-2005, 09:38 AM (3 of 21)
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Other- I like some of the traditional, but I like a mix of piecing and applique. That may well be modern, but in my mind modern usually means some weird combination of colors that I find horrid, so I'll say other. Probably, it's a little bit of everything. Ticia |
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From: Magot
Date: 01-20-2005, 10:06 AM (4 of 21)
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I make traditional, I am experimenting with contempory and am amazed at Art quilts but see littlle functionality in them. I like my quilts to be USED not just looked at.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: beachgirl
Date: 01-20-2005, 12:22 PM (5 of 21)
| Mary, Last year I made a quilt for my youngest GD for her bigger dolls. She also has a large doll cradle. I made a single Irish Chain quilt. It was a minature but I used the pattern & just made the quilt larger to fit the cradle & larger dolls. Turned out beautiful. She took it to school this year for show & tell & all the teachers had a fit over it. Made me so proud. It's old fashion looking. As for as the quilts I prefer ... the old fashion ones like patchwork, applique.Flower Garden & such. I've made Sun Bonnet Sue's & overall Sam's, they are so much fun to make. I've made a minature bow tie wall hanging just to see if I could do it. A tumbling block for an 18" pillow. Plus lots of others. It's fun to just see what you can do. |
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-20-2005, 01:42 PM (6 of 21)
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I love most quilts but like Jan, want them to be used.
MaryW
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From: Magot
Date: 01-20-2005, 02:11 PM (7 of 21)
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I think with the art quilts I have to look at them as a medium of expression rather than a functional item. I can't quite get my head around that yet. Odd sort of paradigm shift needed when you consider that I regard embroidery as pictorial art and enjoy watercolours. Mind you, my paintings are mostly representational landscape or fauna and flora - I have only just started branching out into more interpretative work. Perhaps this interest in the contemporary/art quilt thing is reflective of a change in my type of creative expression? Cor, that sounded very highbrow, eh what? love and kisses, Jan
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-20-2005, 06:16 PM (8 of 21)
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My guess is you look into what interests you, dabble and see where it takes you. You never know where that may be. A long journey for most of us and most never do find a satisfied end.
MaryW
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From: giggleshpd
Date: 01-20-2005, 08:57 PM (9 of 21)
| me i want to know that someone is wrapped in the love i put into making the quilt. I have only made 2 quilts and they are the 4block and 9block alt. one so it has been the same pattern just different materials. My mom uses her quilt ( my very first one) everyday she will be sitting on the couch covered up in it. i Have the second one is on my bad it is not finished yet. just the binding is left. I have plans to make 2 more and i really want to try and do a log cabin one. but i need to also find a block that can be done as a 12" block just becasue one has to be a king size and i don't want to be making tons of smaller blocks just becasue to many places to make errors and i am not good by anymeans. |
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From: Magot
Date: 01-20-2005, 09:28 PM (10 of 21)
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Giggles, What you want is the quilting lessons that used to be on the front page. Clear nstructions and lots of variety and they made up to 12 or 12 1/2 inches- you'd find a block there for sure but I don't know how to find them any more.... Mary...!....are they still in here somewhere?....lost in cyberspace? The creative urge in us always wants to try something else - we may be satisfied with what we've produced, but can see the possibilities for extension/development. As skills improve we shouldn't look back on past work and think 'rubbish' but remember than learning goes on. You don't tell a child the stuff they can do is rubbish because you as an adult can do better and we will all have different stlyes that we will prefer - that's why the advent blocks are so fascinating. I can admire the detail others put into theirs without wishing mine to be the same. It is the overall look of the finished quilts that will really show our differences in interpretation of the same instructions and I look farward to that. vive la difference! love and kisses, Jan
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 01-22-2005, 04:37 PM (11 of 21)
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I think one of the things about quilting that I enjoy is that it is definately a skill that you keep building and building........there is always something new to learn and all kinds of mediums to learn with. One can quilt for years and years and still find something new to try. It is very satisfying to go from a beginner block to a harder one and be sucessful. You can do a traditional quilt and then a modern one, do a wall hanging and then a queen size, the choices are huge! I admire art quilts from afar, but in my book they are ART and fall in a complete different catagory than the ones made to cuddle up in. In other words, you have to have a certain amount of artistic talent and color sense that you don't need to complete a bed quilt. Having neither of these, I will leave them to the artists and just enjoy looking at them in wonder. I was at a quilt show last weekend where they displayed over 300 quilts. There was a little of everything there. One sweet turtle quilt was made for a child and had wonderful hand quilting. Sorry but after I admired it I had a hard time picturing it on a little ones bed..........being played with and no doubt someday thrown up on along with the other fun things that happens to a small child's bedding..............there was love in it no doubt but it served a better purpose being on display and that is not where I want my quilts to be. |
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 01-24-2005, 01:06 PM (12 of 21)
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My most revered posession is my quilt in the fan pattern my GM made when I was 4 or 5 years old.. It is hand quilted and used for what is was made for .. To keep me warm.. It has been washed over and over and there has never been 1 stitch to come loose.. That makes my quilt 65 or 66 years old. Someday I am going to get someone with a digital camera to photograph it for me so you all can see it.. It is absolutely beautiful..She made small fans and they are set in rows, not in individual blocks.. can you imaging sewing all those curves on a treadle machine ?? I love looking at it and remembering all the items the scraps came from..
Sew With Love
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From: MaryW
Date: 01-25-2005, 09:37 AM (13 of 21)
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Libby, that is such a treasure.
MaryW
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From: mamadus
Date: 02-02-2005, 02:06 AM (14 of 21)
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Libby.. interesting your comment about remembering all the items the scraps came from... when my gran died, I went through her clothing and selected those pieces which would be appropriate for piecing and quilting... I then made a quilt for my mom from those pieces... When my mom died, I saved her clothing, it took me a long time, but I finally was able to sort through it, and find pieces which would work for pieciing and quilting... I am now making two quilts, one for my son and one for my dd, from pieces of their grandmother's clothing... These will be memories they can cherish, hopefully for a long time... MO life is too short, not to explore
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User: mamadus
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From: Magot
Date: 02-02-2005, 03:45 AM (15 of 21)
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That is a lovely idea Mamadus, though I imagine making a quilt out of your Mum's clothes will be quite hard emotionally.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: MaryW
Date: 02-02-2005, 02:08 PM (16 of 21)
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Some find it difficult, others not. My sister made me a small wallhanging from my mother's clothing. She enjoyed it and I treasure the piece. I think it is becuz she knew Mom would have liked the idea.
MaryW
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 02-02-2005, 08:02 PM (17 of 21)
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I just lost my mother in Sept. I have a stack of quilt blocks that she made.........just simple nine patches but I hope to take those and add to them enough to make several quilts for family members. Thing about it is, the colors and patterns are not very attractive. I want quilts that people will want to use, not stuff in the closet so it is quite a challange. I have taken a few apart and redid them so that I have more of a couple of the combinations but don't want to mess with her orginal blocks anymore than that to keep it MOM'S work not mine. Any suggestions out there? My thoughts were to put a few of her blocks on point in the center with a very neutral fabric and then add around them to make the quilt...........this giving me several centers that were made by Mom. But that still leaves me with the not so pretty fabric patterns................. Will be happy to hear anyone's ideas on this one..................... |
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From: Magot
Date: 02-03-2005, 03:04 AM (18 of 21)
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Could you use the not-so-pretty ones on the reverse as a kind of motif - maybe making it reversable with one side definatiely the topside but the other still containing your Mum's original blocks - you could embroider a message next to it explaining to future generations how the quilt came about.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 02-03-2005, 03:31 AM (19 of 21)
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That is a good idea. They are large blocks and there are several fabric combinations and I would like to distribute them to as much of the family as I can so each quilt is going to be very simple and fast. Thanks for your help. Norma |
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From: MaryW
Date: 02-03-2005, 10:57 AM (20 of 21)
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They could also be used as quilted bags for sewing, quilting, etc. What about putting them together for couch quilts, and having some as signature blocks on the back. You could add sashing to them for sewing machine covers, plant mats, maybe use some for runners on tables, dressers, etc. I would love them, pretty or not! MaryW
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From: Julia's Nana
Date: 02-03-2005, 02:40 PM (21 of 21)
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Good ideas Mary...........I think the quilts will be twin sized or couch size because I would like to do several. Your ideas would be great to use any that are left over and make sure they are all used, I am thrilled to have them and want to make sure they are put in use so we all have a part of Mom with us. She had remarried and there were a lot of her things that weren't given to her daughters or grandchildren when she died so what we did get is very important to all of us. I also got a few of her cardboard templates from a quilting class she took years ago..........they have her hand writing on them so they are real keepers. I plan to use them for a Mom quilt................ |
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