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    Search: Posts Made By: ammorgan
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    Forum: Main
    09-25-2024, 12:06 PM
    Replies: 13
    Views: 3,051
    Posted By ammorgan

    Thanks for the ideas everyone. Feel free to keep...

    Thanks for the ideas everyone. Feel free to keep leaving suggestions :)

    I should mention when I say "match the fabrics" Im meaning more complimentary, not find the exact same fabrics. Like trying...
    Forum: Main
    09-24-2024, 02:12 PM
    Replies: 13
    Views: 3,051
    Posted By ammorgan

    Sorry forgot the image. I don't have a big enough...

    Sorry forgot the image. I don't have a big enough area to spread it out in. I also don't have any more of that fabric to add to it.

    https://i.ibb.co/3MgN9pS/20240924-161007.jpg...
    Forum: Main
    09-24-2024, 01:41 PM
    Replies: 13
    Views: 3,051
    Posted By ammorgan

    Ideas to Enlarge Quilt Top

    I have a quilt top that was started by a family member years ago and I finished it just this month.

    It ended up being approximately 81.5x82 inches. EQ8 says a queen sized blanket is 92x100...
    Forum: Main
    09-06-2024, 03:17 PM
    Replies: 5
    Views: 1,732
    Posted By ammorgan

    Pressing Blocks

    Its been a while since I’ve made a quilt and I have pressed seams on the back of my blocks to one side but should I press the whole block from the front as well?
    Forum: Main
    09-05-2024, 01:14 PM
    Replies: 11
    Views: 3,208
    Posted By ammorgan

    Rotary Cutting With Shaky Hands?

    I have a rail fence quilt I've been working on and it was started by someone else.

    I am now to the point where I need to square up blocks but I am having difficulty lining stuff up on my cutting...
    Forum: Main
    01-18-2015, 08:21 PM
    Replies: 21
    Views: 3,984
    Posted By ammorgan

    Help, Dog Stepped on Quilt Top

    My dogs came in after it rained and ran across the quilt top I was working on and left a few paw prints behind. I have one more strip to add for the inner border, then the whole outer border left to...
    Forum: Main
    03-19-2012, 01:51 PM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 3,393
    Posted By ammorgan

    I got a chance to measure one of the HST's that I...

    I got a chance to measure one of the HST's that I haven't sewn to a square yet, and one way it measured 2 1/4, and another way it measured 2 1/2.

    How odd!
    Forum: Main
    03-19-2012, 12:54 PM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 3,393
    Posted By ammorgan

    I hadn't thought to measure the two squares to...

    I hadn't thought to measure the two squares to see the difference. I did try to measure it on my sewing machine last night the difference between the squares when they were already sewn together and...
    Forum: Main
    03-19-2012, 12:01 AM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 3,393
    Posted By ammorgan

    Only problem with that is I've already cut all...

    Only problem with that is I've already cut all the fabric and started sewing it together already.
    Forum: Main
    03-18-2012, 10:13 PM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 3,393
    Posted By ammorgan

    Ah sorry, forgot to mention how I sewed them! ...

    Ah sorry, forgot to mention how I sewed them! Took one of the 2 5/8 squares, drew a diagonal line on the back, then stitched 1/4 in from the diagonal line then cut on the diagonal line
    Forum: Main
    03-18-2012, 09:39 PM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 3,393
    Posted By ammorgan

    Help With HST and Squares!

    I am doing the Bunny Patch from Quiltmaker March/April '12. I did the HST's as it suggested in the magazine, with the 1/4" stitch that my machine has.

    The HST's it starts with 2 5/8 squares, and...
    Forum: Main
    09-18-2011, 10:26 PM
    Replies: 11
    Views: 2,625
    Posted By ammorgan

    I have no clue and don't even know how I would...

    I have no clue and don't even know how I would tell.

    Eventually after sewing enough it stopped making the weird noise it was making (never did figure that out) and I played with the tension some...
    Forum: Main
    09-18-2011, 07:59 PM
    Replies: 11
    Views: 2,625
    Posted By ammorgan

    My changing the needle thread is the only reason...

    My changing the needle thread is the only reason I can think of for my machine having a fit all of a sudden.

    I had been sewing, ran out of thread, rethreaded it with the new thread and started...
    Forum: Main
    09-18-2011, 07:42 PM
    Replies: 11
    Views: 2,625
    Posted By ammorgan

    Can you mix needle and bobbin thread? I was...

    Can you mix needle and bobbin thread?

    I was using mainstays 100% polyester thread for needle and bobbin until my needle thread ran out. So I switched to the new Coats and Clark 100% mercerized...
    Forum: Main
    09-12-2011, 10:28 PM
    Replies: 4
    Views: 747
    Posted By ammorgan

    Thanks! I was afraid it wouldn't look scrappy...

    Thanks! I was afraid it wouldn't look scrappy enough.

    BTW-I did try to figure out how to do it with my own EQ, but I'm not very familiar with editing blocks and such.
    Forum: Main
    09-12-2011, 09:52 PM
    Replies: 4
    Views: 747
    Posted By ammorgan

    I am working on a D9P, I have selected 8...

    I am working on a D9P, I have selected 8 different purple fabrics, with a green one that will always be the center square.

    If I make all the original 9 patches look exactly the same, what will it...
    Forum: Main
    09-06-2011, 06:39 AM
    Replies: 12
    Views: 2,149
    Posted By ammorgan

    For each d9p block you make, you need 9 5"...

    For each d9p block you make, you need 9 5" squares. I would either make it 3 x 3 (for about 39" square) - which would use 9 D9P blocks or 81 5" squares- or make it 3 x 4 (about 39" x 52") - which...
    Forum: Main
    09-03-2011, 03:57 PM
    Replies: 12
    Views: 2,149
    Posted By ammorgan

    Thanks everybody! I originally wanted to...

    Thanks everybody!

    I originally wanted to make a quilt from a pattern in a book for my baby, but can't afford to buy the fabric, so figured I could use what I already have in my stash to do like a...
    Forum: Main
    09-02-2011, 11:39 PM
    Replies: 12
    Views: 2,149
    Posted By ammorgan

    I'm thinking of using some of the fabric I...

    I'm thinking of using some of the fabric I already have and doing like a disappearing 9 patch quilt.

    My only problem is how do I figure out the size of the quilt, or do I just make pieces as I go...
    Forum: Main
    09-02-2011, 09:18 PM
    Replies: 76
    Views: 9,175
    Posted By ammorgan

    A kaleidoscope quilt

    A kaleidoscope quilt
    Forum: Main
    08-31-2011, 05:53 PM
    Replies: 10
    Views: 1,286
    Posted By ammorgan

    Different speeds? The further I press the peddle...

    Different speeds? The further I press the peddle the faster it goes LOL

    It's a Brother LS 2125.
    Forum: Main
    08-31-2011, 05:45 PM
    Replies: 10
    Views: 1,286
    Posted By ammorgan

    I really wish my foot peddle was more responsive....

    I really wish my foot peddle was more responsive. I was thinking earlier it's like being used to an 8 cylinder car and suddenly driving a 4 cylinder, having to practically smash it to the floor to...
    Forum: Main
    08-21-2011, 02:26 PM
    Replies: 14
    Views: 1,801
    Posted By ammorgan

    I do have a fabric stash but I don't think I...

    I do have a fabric stash but I don't think I would even have the fabric I need to make the pattern I want to make and in the colors I want to use. :(
    Forum: Main
    08-21-2011, 02:08 PM
    Replies: 14
    Views: 1,801
    Posted By ammorgan

    Thanks everyone! I'm half tempted to drive...

    Thanks everyone!

    I'm half tempted to drive to a Wal-Mart that has bolts of fabric, because I believe they are still cheaper than Joann's even though I know they have increased their prices too.
    Forum: Main
    08-20-2011, 07:04 PM
    Replies: 14
    Views: 1,801
    Posted By ammorgan

    What's making the cost of cotton go up?

    What's making the cost of cotton go up?
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