chickenscratch Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 at my freehand feathers and coffee can lid baptist fans. Actually I think it turned out pretty well, considering what I had to work with. I would have loved to do it on a stitch regulated machine with a hartley fence. Wow, that would have been amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Please keep in mind that it hasn't been trimmed, bound, or washed yet, so it's kind of messy; but I just finished and I had to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Teresa - looks like you did a fabulous job! Especially considering what you had to work with, but it's lovely. Linda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 here is the back. I know the blue is too much, but it's what I had. I tried a bobbin thread the same color as the blue, but it popped through on the top, so I just used white. Now I have a sort of reversible quilt. : ) The bad thing is that every mistake really shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramona-quilter Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Oh Teresa, the back looks great. Well, so does the front but you really get to see the feathers, fans and the fabulous border treatment. I love to look at the backs to really see the quilting. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Who would laugh, it looks great. The Hartly will come in time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 I agree who would laugh....you actually mean that you did the fan with a coffee can lid.....wow, I'm impressed that you didn't cut yourself, I would have. I think you did an amazing job....the fans are one of my next things also to master. I loved the top...is that yours or a customers...its very pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted October 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Bonnie, I used chalk to mark the fans (which looked like crap) then I used the coffee can lid as a guide to put the foot up against while I was stitching. I wish I could have done a better job. I had hoped it would turn out well enough to enter in the Paducah competition, but there is no way. This one is mine. I have been working on it for a year and a half. It is 64 x 86. I don't even have a bed it will fit. I think I wil hang it on my sewing room wall. I just love the rainbow log cabin and the flying geese. This was my first attempt at paper piecing. Thanks for all your nice compliments. Today I get to start quilting that monster size customer quilt. I have been putting it off, but he called and asked me if I could have it done by next weekend. It is all marked, I've just been procrastinating about doing it for fear of messing it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Teresa, I love your quilt. Great job! Never be afraid to show us your work as you are among friends here. OK, now I am so excited to see the custom quilt you are starting on. Have fun and go for it! You'll do a beautiful job, I'm sure. Shana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gable428 Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Teresa, it's wonderful Don't ever say something would look better on a stitch regulated machine because that's not true. Gable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlene Posted October 15, 2006 Report Share Posted October 15, 2006 Teresa, You did a real nice job on the quilting. You must have a lot of patience to mark all those fans and then to do the quilting. If you want to do baptist fans quicker until you get your Hartley, there is a baptist fan panto. I have used it several times and it turns out nice. Char Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Teresa. What a wonderful quilt. Don't ever apologize for your work, it is very good. I am so impressd that you did the fans with a coffee can lid. can you give me directions? But keep in mind, I have a hard time with the straight ruler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltaholi_518 Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Good job Tereasa. If the "first is the worst" you have a great road ahead for freehanding. Isn't it fun??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanros Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 Great job, I always love them feathers, I know what you mean about the thread, sometimes it can be a pain. Jean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrammaJoy Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I am amazed that you did that with the lid to a coffee can. I assure you, it would take a whole lot more than that for me to do a baptist fan! Thank you for sharing the pictures. Great job. Hugs, Joy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sylkamode Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Hi Teresa, Looks great to me! Strange tool, but fine results! Sylvia Kaptein Sylka-Mode www.sylkamode.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onesewise Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Teresa...wish I could do that well! Even on the back you can't tell where the thread starts and stops...like those flying geese...how'd you do that? Elaine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oregoncarol Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 good job--- you will do great on the customer quilt also. hope you send pictures. just relax and breathe while you are quilting i usually end up with a death grip and thats when the mistakes happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickenscratch Posted October 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 The flying geese were easy. I just kept it continuous as long as I could : down the left side of the rectangle, across the long bottom long, up the right side of the goose, down the left side of the goose, then down the left side of the next rectangle. I used a ruler and went straight down the right hand side in one big line, as far as I could go. The coffee can lid worked pretty much like any ruler would, just position it where you want to stitch and use it to guide the foot. You have to move it just a little bit with every line, that's why I marked it first with chalk. thanks for all the compliments. I'm thinking about adding a big ruffle around it and putting it on our queen size bed. It just covers the top of the mattress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judi Posted October 18, 2006 Report Share Posted October 18, 2006 Teresa - Nice job! You did really well with the ruler work too! I like the back too, you need to do what you have to do! Of 'corse you wouldn't want any blue pokies on the front of the quilt! You did the right thing and I just LOVE the colors of that quilt - Rainbows - in bright colors - always work for me! Paper piecing is great fun isn't it? I was just at a quilt show last Sat. and a vendor there had small mini quilt-like paper pieced Quilt label patterns. I think they might have been 4 x 6 inches, looked like a regular quilt, with tiny little flying geese all around the edge - super cool! Think I will have to give that a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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