Comments on: A Variety of Projects!

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:45:55 +0000

I always find that it is hard to finish a quilt after I have “played” with it for so many years. Adding the binding by hand really makes sense. It allows you more time to cuddle with your beautiful work.
Yes, indoor quilting is difficult to do with this lovely Arkansas weather. Jan

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:25:35 +0000

thanks everyone for the compliments – I love doing this “work”

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:01:04 +0000

Oh, my! What beautiful work you do. I happened to run across your site today by accident, and what a nice surprise. I don’t do much applique, I don’t think I’m very good at it, never really happy with my results. You give me inspiration! Perhaps I should try again. Will drop by again, thank you for the pictures of your lovely quilts.
Lori
Lori´s last blog ..Apples, Apples, Apples!

By: Riley

Riley — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:41:13 +0000

FABULOUS!

Rambler

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:21:28 +0000

Christine I have sent you an e mail about the blue pens. Maybe I need to do a blog post about them.

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:57:48 +0000

I agree, made by hand entirely is so much more authentic for a dear jane.

I also piece batting together, no waste here!

The marking pens you use – I assume you never have a problem washing them out (or do they just disappear?) or you wouldn’t be using them anymore… what brand are they? I’ve been using a fabric pencil but don’t like the point of it very much, it dulls so quickly and then the design gets sloppy.

Cheers,
Christine

By: Crispy

Crispy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:20:07 +0000

I didn’t know (or remember lol) that the backing fabric was blue for the insanity quilt. I love the color. The baltimore is great and I love the quilting design on the christmas one is going to be lovely. I’ve never pieced a batting. I don’t make many smaller projects so I rarely have pieces big enough to keep.

Crispy

By: nanci

nanci — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:28:00 +0000

Oh yeah Karen, I piece lots of batting together. But as you know since I machine quilt, I also spray baste and it works beautifully.
I also sew lots of little pieces together to make them fit the pattern.
When finished one can’t tell the difference.
My goodness, this work of love for the past 5 years is coming to an end, what will you do with it? where will it be displayed and how many times will you pass it in a day, and just give it the loving strokes….wonderful blog today as usual.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:24:29 +0000

I can see that a lot of other people use their left over batting as well. Sometimes I have hand stitched it together and other times machine baste it with a zigzag stitch. I have answered some of you by e mail if it was too long to leave a comment here.

By: Ranette

Ranette — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:07:18 +0000

Wow…you are busy, busy Karen. I admire you for sewing the Insanity binding on by hand. I’ve never done it before, but can see where it might be easier. It was a job to get the binding right on my DJ that’s for sure.

Looking forword to seeing the quilting take shape on the Christmas quilt.
Ranette´s last blog ..This is a terrible picture….