Quilting Bee anyone?

[Miriam C.]

For a thick poofy one like that, your best bet is probably to tie it. I just won't machine quilt worth beans. Get some embroidery floss and a big needle. go through the top and come back up about 1/4" away and then tie it off on top. Cut the thread about 3/4" long after tying it. How far apart you space the ties depends on just how poofy it is. You want to tie it in so that when you wash it, the fill doesn't wad up into a big knot inside. With 2 layers inside, I'd tie it really well. A quilt like that will put a SHAMWOW to shame with the amount of water it can hold. Doug (quilt/fabric store owner)

Just to give a different perspective you can mark out squares and tie the corners I use half of the embroidery floss so the knots are tighter (I'm a wimp) Doug is right about the SHAMWOW effect. You can also tie in lines. Just take your needle and every 2 or 3 inches make a stitch less than a 1/4" but more than 1/8", leave it loose. Then you can cut in the middles and tie it off.

edited cause I left out some words and

[tinksdad]

Thanks for the advice and tips. I'll work on it and see what comes of it... (and post some if I think of it). If it don't turn out right, Ill just throw it on the guest bed and start another for the tear.

Back in the Northeast, I used to have a nice fluffy down filled comforter (I won't even try to spell the Polish pronunciation of what it was called) and that was the effect I was hoping to achieve. I didn't take into consideration the difference between down and fiber fill. Oh well.... you're never to old to learn.

[Miriam C.]

If it is not poofy enough for you you can always stuff the small squares. You get a tube and put in some fiber fill and push it in the square/circle. Then you need to make the knots closer together.

[Catoosa Grani]

Well, after about 6 months, I finally finished my very first quilt. There was a period of "poison ivy" when I didn't dare work on it. I have learned a lot about making quilts with this one. I wanted to share the pics with you but don't look too close. My stitches are not very small. I made this for my great granddaughter who is due on Sept. 8, and I wanted to do as much by hand as I could to make it more special. When you say it was made with "blood, sweat, & tears", that is the truth and probably has all three on it.

[Miriam C.]

Betty you did a great job on the quilt. Your great grandchild will really appreciate that you signed it too. Oh and stiches don't show up in pictures too good. Your corners are nice an even and you Blocks are square.

[Catoosa Grani]

Thanks Miriam, I appreciate your input. Of course Gene & Jon bragged on it but what do they know, I'm the Mama. I used to laugh about my Dad, what ever I did was just wonderful. I always said that I could bring him a cow patty and he would put it beside his chair and brag on it. He was a good man.

Grani (Betty)

[mfkaplan]

Grani, it came out beautifully. That blood, sweat, and tears just means that it was made with lots of love for a special baby. I love the fact that you embroidered the label on the edge. No guessing who made it for whom. Congratulations on your first quilt. Start a new one!

[Catoosa Grani]

Thanks Mary. You do such beautiful work that it really makes me feel good to have you comment on my quilt. You and Miriam have inspired me to try this. I wasn't sure how to sign it but my books say to do it. I thought about it a lot and finally decided on the embroidery on the inside bottom. I was pleased with how it turned out. Yes, I will start another one soon.

Thanks again!
Grani

[Mike C.]

Grani,

I don't have enough talent to make a quilt, but I've seen a lot made and I think you did a great job. I can see the blood,sweat and tears, but mostly, I can see the love you put into it. If her momma and daddy take care of it, I'm sure that when that little girl is grown, it will be one of her most treasured possessions.

[doug hodder]

Grani...congratulations on the completion of your first quilt! You've taken your first steps on a great hobby. Something like that is a wonderful gift...comes from your heart, too few people anymore do hand work like that!....I see new quilters daily with their creations...really gives you some satisfaction huh? Be proud!!! you deserve it... Great job!!! Doug

[Catoosa Grani]

Mike, thanks for your comeback.
Doug, I appreciate you putting your post in also. I was so scared to start out and made a lot of mistakes but redid them and I am proud of the finished piece. I did a lot of reading in quilt books, talked to a lot of people and went to the quilt show. I was bound and determined to do this for my new little great granddaughter.

Thanks everyone for all the encouragement.
Grani

[cccamper]

Auntie M...I'm sure you remember "Dick and Jane" from your schooling, I'm willing to bet you can....anyway....well it's out from Moda fabrics....I "fussy cut" the characters, put them on an island in the middle of the ocean with sharks swimming about...and put Sally in the water with one of her dismembered legs in the mouth of a shark...meanwhile, Dick and Jane are running across the island wondering what is going on, can't wait to see what Sally is up to...while a B2 Bomber is checking in for a bombing run on them with a pirates chest is on the island....hey...I thought it was funny Doug...

I think Ira and I may have a lot more in common than I thought....

Wow! Love it!!!!! Hope you show us!

It would be great to decorate a tear that someone else paid for and we could do it as our true inner self.... Since Guppy's first "outfit" is all trees, bears, moose etc... add Smokey the Bear Gone Bad in just one little wall quilt....as a start... hmm Little Red RIding Hood to bring in a big bad wolf....

See,parents, do not let your children read Mad Magazine........

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[Miriam C.]

Auntie M...I'm sure you remember "Dick and Jane" from your schooling, I'm willing to bet you can....anyway....well it's out from Moda fabrics....I "fussy cut" the characters, put them on an island in the middle of the ocean with sharks swimming about...and put Sally in the water with one of her dismembered legs in the mouth of a shark...meanwhile, Dick and Jane are running across the island wondering what is going on, can't wait to see what Sally is up to...while a B2 Bomber is checking in for a bombing run on them with a pirates chest is on the island....hey...I thought it was funny Doug...

I think Ira and I may have a lot more in common than I thought....

Wow! Love it!!!!! Hope you show us!

It would be great to decorate a tear that someone else paid for and we could do it as our true inner self.... Since Guppy's first "outfit" is all trees, bears, moose etc... add Smokey the Bear Gone Bad in just one little wall quilt....as a start... hmm Little Red RIding Hood to bring in a big bad wolf....

See,parents, do not let your children read Mad Magazine........

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Must be a girl thing. "E" he did post the pictures but deleted them at some point.

[cccamper]

oh well. thanks for letting me know. am pretty good at visualizing and think i got it.

i'm always late. keep trying to remember so much good stuff is long forgotten...just recorded.

we need an avatar of homer simpson "dohhhhhh"

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[doug hodder]

alright....I'll try to find the picture again on the computer and post it...haven't done anything to it since the original post however. I do have some dinosaur fabric that might be incorporated into it. Sorry, I dump pics pretty regularly. Doug