RitaR Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Well, what he wants me to do between some patterns he decided on, didn't enhance the quilt at all. too many directions to go and too many sizes to make, sort of confuses... I really wish we'd thought of cross hatching.. could have used the Topper board for it. And it really would have set off the pattern he chose. Oh well, it's his choice now, rip or leave it. Might be some sore hands around here for a while.. Michele, wanna come and helP?, Heidi M? Boni R? Linda? Dennis? Meg? peggy? anyone else??? Shoot, I knew it. Yup, somehow it's going to be what he wants, AS LONG AS IT LOOKS GOOD RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boni Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 It will be beautiful, don't worry Rita. I'm sorry to hear of the possibility of ripping, and I hope you can work around it. Got a picture so we can be encouraging? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Sorry Rita I'm allergic to frogging! I break out in a sweat every time I have to do it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennan100 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Yay for Roland for sticking to it! Yay for Rita for encouraging him even if her fingers are itching to get in there and do it her way! Woohoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 mY FINGERS SHOULD NOT BE DOING THIS RIPPING WITH CARPAL TUNNEL AND CUBITAL TUNNEL IN THE ELBOW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Really my fingers shouldn't be ripping at all with all the pulling of threads.. Carpal tunnel in the wrist, cubital tunnel in the elbow, arthritis in the hands. But it's getting frogged.. I just close my eyes and pull a thread. ROFL.. not. No picts our living room is so full of threads you'd not be able to see the quilt. When it's done. Himself and herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted July 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 I forgot bout this quilt. we are ripping all but the circles and colored berry or candy, border. Most of the colored blocks, the large blocks are taken care of. Need filler in parts though, and then in the white.. cross hatch, pebbles, very small meandering??? Not feathers... it looks horrible.. that's what we are ripping. Any art work to help him visualize it with what you are suggesting would be a big blessing for us. He has asked me to ask for it, said seeing something may help him understand. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBQLTN2 Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Rita Sorry you have to be frogging doesnt sound like much fun at all. If I didnt have a house full of kids and grands this weekend I would think about coming to help you and bringing my crosshatch rulers for you to try out. I have a quilt on the frame that I am trying to figure out what to do now that I have finished the SID. Decisions, decisions. I will have to sleep on any ideas I might have for you as my brain went to sleep about an hour ago and I am about to follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IQ'd Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 I had to frog almost half of that little baby quilt and that was tough enough!!!!!! I will do anything to get out of frogging!!!! BTW- Some of my most cherished possessions are the ones made by my father's or mother's hand. I am sure his 'mom' will feel that way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted July 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Julia, Bernice loves him.. she baby sat him and house kept when he was a toddler, up to about school age, and thinks the world of him. She is a love.. always has a very big long hug for whoever gets to her first, the others have to wait their turns, and believe me it's worth waiting. She will cherish anything he makes her, bird house, quilt, a rock that says on one side, "Please Turn me over" and the other side says, "Ahh, feels So Good!" He and I both are concerned with this quilt. We decided on feathers and it looked Terrible. he used 3 rings in each block.. and wanted the feathers outside each large circle. Well I pretty well managed that, but it looked like crap and the look on his face agreed before he said Oh No. I think we have it about half frogged now. I will be gone Fri. evening at a guild Lock down from 7 to 7 all night. Sewing, sewing, sewing. Supposed to be 9 or 10, we are now down to 3 maybe 4, but doubtfull. Roland will get it finished the way he wants. Rita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April W Posted July 31, 2009 Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 I vote for crosshatch in the white areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted July 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2009 Thanks April, I think that would look the best. Himself has to decide. I really don't want to pebble all that right now. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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