Never again!!!!???
12-05-2010, 09:36 PM
#111
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My mom is also 82 years young, and I recently quilted a quilt for her, which she'll be giving to my DD21 for Christmas. I had to take it off the frame and remove part of the side and bottom borders due to waving, then put it back on the frame to finish quilting it. But you know what? I didn't mind a bit! I figure I'm lucky to still have her, and I'm glad she's still healthy enough to quilt. I know it takes extra time to "clean up" after some of our older quilters, but isn't it worth it? :)
12-05-2010, 09:41 PM
#112
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
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Originally Posted by DeeBooper
I taught my aunt (82 years young) to make a StacknWhack quilt. I promised her I would quilt it on my shortarm before I had to take it down to make way for my longarm. Well, she finally got it to the point where I could do that. I told her right from the very beginning (and at least a hundred times during the making)to cut her threads as she goes along. Guess what? Not one thread was cut!!!!! I spent 4-5 hours cleaning it first.Oh, well, I finally got it on the frame and it is really beautiful. I will post a picture but it is without the binding on it. I showed her how to make scallops and she is doing the binding now. When she saw the quilt all quilted, her smile was worth it all!!! Love my Aunt Betty.
12-06-2010, 12:15 PM
#120
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Location: NE Kansas
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Originally Posted by cjomomma
I can say this is one of the first stack & wacks that I can truly say is absolutely georgious. I love the rich blue color and the sashing around each block gives it a uniformed look. I can only hope and wish that when I'm 82 I can do wonderful work like your aunt has done. Kuddos to you for showing her how to make this quilt. Thank you for sharing!!
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