My current handquilting project...
12-06-2010, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Vanuatu Jill
Stunning! Have you done one before? I have been wanting to try a whole cloth quilt, but just never got around to it. I know you can order them on-line. Yours just gives me the push to finally look into getting one. I love to hand-quilt too. Do you supose they come already "sandwiched"? LOL. Just another "must do" project on my list--lets see, must be about project #350! Time to re-prioritize my list so I might have a fighting chance of finishing -say- 10% of the list in this life-time!
The ones I had seen were expensive...usually $80-100. I found this one in a LQS on a trip we took...it was only $56...so I grabbed it up!
Since I use a 3-roll quilting frame...it doesn't need "sandwiching"...you just load the layers onto the quilting frame...which is a "plus"...since I hate to sandwich, too! :)
12-06-2010, 08:20 AM
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Originally Posted by meme peggy
I envy you, I have often thought of doing a whole cloth quilt...aprox how long will it take for you to finish one? Just incase I think I have that much life left. memepeggy
12-06-2010, 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by meme peggy
I am curious about the hand quilting on the whole cloth...I am concerned when I start I would not do it correctly and not realize it until I am 1/2 way finished...do you just start at the top and work right to left? I am thinking about doing one, have been for couple of years? Memepeggy
If you are using a frame, you start at one end and work your way towards the other end...rolling the quilted part up as you go.
With my 3-roll frame, when I roll it to the next area to be quilted, I still start in the middle of that new area and work out to the side...go back to the middle and work out towards the other side. Some people just work right to left or left to right all the way across the quilt...it's just a personal preference when using a frame.
12-06-2010, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by homecaregiver
I am a hand quilter also and I just love this design. Can you tell me where you purchased it. I would love to do a whole cloth quilt. I find that hand quilting relaxes my brain and gives me much pleasure. I have handquilted all my quilts except for s few newer ones. Your work is fantastic, keep up the good work and please post new pictures of this beauty.
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If you google "Penn Prints Queen Anne Star preprinted whole cloth quilt top" you should be able to find it for sale online.
Hope this helps.
12-06-2010, 08:28 AM
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Originally Posted by cowpie2
Do you think a whole cloth of that size would turn out nice if well basted and done with a hoop? I'd love to try one, but don't have the space for a nice frame like yours.
GO FOR IT!!! :)
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