I love scrappy quilts. Love, love, love.
Quilts that are visually busy just need a pantograph. Something simple and blendy.
As you (should) know, I work at home. Alone. In my basement. DH would dispute the "basement" part of that with a black/grey/white argument that "it's not a basement". When we first moved to the country he corrected me for years when I said "our street". According to him, it's not a street, it's a road. Picky, picky, picky.
So ok, I will clarify: I work at home. Alone. In a room that is below grade. When I have an opportunity to go OUT I usually snap it up. Even if I'm in the minority... a longarm quilter in a room full of hand quilters. Here I am with a few members of the Binbrook guild, working on a quilt that was given to us and will be donated to a good cause. One of our members was generous enough to donate her living room for a few weeks. I'm in! One day a week, three weeks in a row.
If you have never hand quilted, here is a primer.
HAND QUILTING 101:
You push the needle down into the quilt. When you feel the needle POKE YOUR FINGER you know it is time to push the needle back UP through the quilt. Yeah. Do that for four hours. Ouch.
Quilts that are visually busy just need a pantograph. Something simple and blendy.
As you (should) know, I work at home. Alone. In my basement. DH would dispute the "basement" part of that with a black/grey/white argument that "it's not a basement". When we first moved to the country he corrected me for years when I said "our street". According to him, it's not a street, it's a road. Picky, picky, picky.
So ok, I will clarify: I work at home. Alone. In a room that is below grade. When I have an opportunity to go OUT I usually snap it up. Even if I'm in the minority... a longarm quilter in a room full of hand quilters. Here I am with a few members of the Binbrook guild, working on a quilt that was given to us and will be donated to a good cause. One of our members was generous enough to donate her living room for a few weeks. I'm in! One day a week, three weeks in a row.
HAND QUILTING 101:
You push the needle down into the quilt. When you feel the needle POKE YOUR FINGER you know it is time to push the needle back UP through the quilt. Yeah. Do that for four hours. Ouch.
As an old hand-quilter, this post made me smile....or laugh out loud, bwahahaha!!!
ReplyDeleteFunny post! I hand quilted one quilt years ago. And that's the only one I ever did. Life is too short ;-)
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