veg-girl Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I almost wish I hadn\'t asked what frogging meant! I\'ve been using the site for 9 months or so and I still hadn\'t cottoned on. Thank you, my husband is groaning in the background now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Yvette, Do you mean he is "croaking?" :P:P:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Well, I promised pictures. Let\'s see if I can get them sized right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 let\'s try this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 You can still detect a wrinkle in the feather, but I\'m happy with how the white blocks turned out. Here\'s another Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 I don\'t see no stinkin\' wrinkles! :cool: PS: Wowza wow-wooow-wow-wow on the quilting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Yeah! Someone\'s still up and on. Look in the light blue to the left. I went back to my "studio" and could feel the wrinkle that you can see there. Will post some back pictures now that I have a system down. When I preview my post I lose my picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Shana, I\'ve read your complements and encouragements for months now. What a great feeling to be the recipient. THANKS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Well Marty, I\'m sorry but I still don\'t see no stinkin\' wrinkles! Maybe it\'s because I am dazzled by the most beautimous quilting. GOOD JOB!!!!! PS: Don\'t try to preview when posting pics...it doesn\'t work. If you need to, just go back and edit your post. OK it\'s 10 PM and beddy bye nighty night time for me... gotta work in the AM. Again, great quilt job. such a pretty quilt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Here\'s one that shows a combination of Dawn\'s inspiration (the background), Karen McT\'s (her victorian feathers), and before you saw Myrna\'s creating spaces. I\'m mourning the idea that I won\'t get to take their classes this spring at MQX..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Thanks Shana. I\'ll resist the urge to give you a close up of the wrinkle. Nighty night. Pleasant dreams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 One last bad picture of one border. The lengthwise border is wider and has a chloe feather in it. (Darlene Epp inspiration.--I borrow from, or honor depending on your perspective--everybody.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 and here\'s that picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Wow, Martha!!! Your quilting is amazing; beautiful; spectacular. I think you fixed that wrinkle just fine. I can\'t see it in the pictures anymore. Great!!! Sandy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 That whole quilt is fabulous. Anybody who is going to have a problem with one little wrinkle( which I can\'t see, by the way) would be crazy. That is some super quilting you did. I hope your customer appreciates all the extra effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Marty - first, sorry to hear about the wrinkle. I have used a #13 crochet hook to pull dark thread out from under light fabric. But I don\'t know that you could do that on batik, the weave is just too tight. Maybe at a seam. Now the finished quilt is fabulous. I would love to see the whole quilt. I love the fill techniques that you used, the CC drawn in and stitched and the big spirals in in the friendship star and the small spirals in the other block( I can only see a piece of that under the setting triangle in the border photo). And of course, the ruler work in the lines in the corner of that block is amazing. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingupastorm Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 I toally feel for you! It looks like you are working your wrinkle loose and haveing to do some frog stitching as well. I am not sure how the frames on the APQS work as I have another brand of machine. My top roller has the ability to come up and I can literally open the sandwich each time I advance the quilt which is what I do. I enables me to reach in and smooth the batting by a gentle pull from the center and then along the sides. Then I can lower my top roller and by keeping the the backing roller snug I have the batting laying perfectly smooth, I can bend over and see while I am doing the lowering. I started doing this routine after I got a wrinkle in my first year of quilting. If your frame enables you to do this it will save you in the future. By the way the quilt looks awesome and right now you are likely hating every minute of it but in the end you are gonna have one happy customer and she will likely keep comminng back. There are a few quilts in my past that I ended up spending great amounts of time on to fix something and ended up making pennies per hour on so I feel your pain! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Marty, I love all your quilting! IT is just beautiful and I think this is one of those cases where things are obvious to you but to us it is jsut GORGEOUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarthaProvencher Posted February 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Okay, Linda, here\'s as close as I have to a picture of the whole quilt (crummy lighting and hanging and all). The quilt is 90 x 100, so finding a place to hang it is tough. She picks it up today, so I\'m going to try to take it outside and get a better picture with sun sidelighting it. Looks like the weather will cooperate today. I hope she likes it. You all know how it is. I know where every crossed line is, every stitch that went outside the block, every bad back track is. (Let alone the wrinkle) So this forum is great. Seeing it posted and seeing your comments helps me buck up and remember we\'re not going for perfection, we\'re going for excellence. Gee, where did I hear that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxooms Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Gorgeous quilting on a gorgeous quilt! I especially like the quilting in the background of the stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DebsQuiltArt Posted February 14, 2008 Report Share Posted February 14, 2008 Wow, what a beautiful quilt!!! Once when I had a wrinkle in a quilt, I spritzed the area with water, and then steamed it. It looked much better then. You could try draping it over your ironing board so you can pull gently on both sides, as you are steaming. Hope this helps, otherwise, if it really bothers me, I try taking out the closest row and stitching with my reg sewing machine, to fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingupastorm Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Mary I am sooooooo glad to see this story has a happy ending...................the quilt looks wonderful! Hopefully you will have gained a new loyal customer and all you hard work will pay off in the end. Now go have that bottle of wine with no limits! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfrost Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Marty, that is a beautiful quilt & you worked wonderful things on it. Love the quilting choices, so varied & perfect for each of the areas. Glad the wrinkle could be worked into the stitches, too. All in all, ya\' done an excellent job! Thanks for sharing this whole saga, as well as the lovely quilting! Pat AZ:cool: Mille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltaholi_518 Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 I prefer the term "Reverse Quilting" lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted February 15, 2008 Report Share Posted February 15, 2008 Martha, Thank you for posting the photo of the quilt. I just bet that your customer was very happy with that beauty. It is a stunner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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