Sandra Darlington Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 A few weeks ago I requested information from all of you as I prepared to do a "Round Robin" Guild presentation. I wanted to say thanks to everyone who contributed. I also said I would post the information as soon as I compiled it. So...here it is (I hope I can get it to post). If I missed acknowledging anyone, please let me know. My talk will be on Tuesday, so I have time to make the changes. Or, if you see any mistakes, or think of something to add, please let me know. I plan to stop at Staples after work on Monday to make the copies so I can use them as a handout. BTW...I placed a small order from Quilters Dream and I asked for some samples. I was sent 48 small batting sample packets PLUS.....2 door prizes! One is a Dream Poly Throw and the other is Dream Green craft size. Since I will have 3 groups rotating through, I am throwing in a Dream Blend Craft size batt, soo. I think that giving everyone a handout of these instructions, a sample batting packet, and a door prize for each group will be great. Let me know what you think. PREPARING YOUR QUILT TOP FOR THE LONGARM QUILTER-November 2011.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 I would love to read it Sandra, but unfortunately it would not download to my mac... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anniquilter Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Sandra Wow, you did a lot of research to put this together. Thanks for all your hard work. Aren't Quilters Dream great? Hope everything goes well on Tuesday. btw I sent you a U2U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o2b Quilting Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Nice job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borderline Quilter Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 I'm sure there will be a time when this is very useful....Thanks Sandra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beachside Quilter Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Great work, Sandra! Thanks for sharing, and thanks to all the folks that helped you compile the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Since I posted this last night, I have a few revisions to make. It is the same info, but with a bit of "refinement." Heidi...I am also correcting Merril to Merrill. I knew how to spell your name, but still typed it incorrectly. Anne (from Vermont)pointed that out to me (thanks again, Anne). I'll repost tonight, after I make some changes. I want to wait most of the day, in case someone else picks up something. BTW...please feel free to use this information as you see fit. "Pass it along." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Heidi - Thanks for making this into a PDF. After I re-post....could you do that for me again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norma H Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 This is great information. Thanks for putting it together and to everyone who contributed. I help teaching new quilters, and this information will be very helpful. I'll pass it on to http://www.stitchinmission.org/Stitchin_Mission/Home.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Norma...you're welcome. But....wait till I send the revision later today. It will be "tweeked" a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Originally posted by sandradarlington Heidi - Thanks for making this into a PDF. After I re-post....could you do that for me again? Absolutely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Thanks, Heidi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kueser Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Only one thing tht popped out at me and that was the instructions about the borders. We all know you mean to measure before putting the borders on but I didn't read it that way. Perhaps though if they measure as they are getting ready to take to the longarmer, and realize there's some differences, they might fix the borders prior to taking the top to the quilter. Otherwise, I think it is great and would love to share it with my LQG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Thanks, Cee. When I get back home tonight I'll take another look at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primitive1 Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Heidi, thanks also from me for making this into a PDF so I could read it, Sandra, very good information - I love that you are helping to educate folks on the prep that goes into preparing a quilt top for professional quilting. It should make your job alot easier! I've often thought it should be included in quilt books as part of the general instructions at the end of a book or magazine..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Oh Sandy I know your presentation will be very well recieved by everyone! Wish I could be there to win a door prize. Several years ago I dowloaded a PDF creator software (very cheap, as in FREE!!! ) and I use it alot! It will convert anything you have into pdf format. Here's a link to download pdf creator. http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Sandra Heidi Shana Thank you thank you thank you! Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Originally posted by ffq-lar Sandra Heidi Shana Thank you thank you thank you! Brilliant! Not sure what I did that was brilliant but I'll take it! hehehehe. Perhaps I'm brilliant because I have friends like Shana, Sandra, Vicki and Linda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busy Quilting Posted November 13, 2011 Report Share Posted November 13, 2011 Sandra, I was going to suggest that since you did your document in Microsoft must be almost 2010 version since it is a docx file, that many people with earlier versions would not be able to open/save it. If you go into File then click on save as, you will get a drop down box with different types of iles to save it as. PDF is down the list a fair bit, but it should be there. Just save it as a PDF yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connieb Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 This is great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thanks Shana... Thanks Lyn. I'll check into that, too. Yeah, it worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 This is a great document, thank you for sharing it with us, and thanks to those who shared with Sandra and helped to make it possible. One thing that comes to mind is informing the longarmer of the purpose of the quilt. Is is a donatiion quilt, a drag around baby quilt, personal, gift, etc., and is it going into a show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Great job Sandra. I deleted the orignial PDF so nobody would be confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted November 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 Thanks so much, Heidi. I appreciate your help with this project, along with everyone else who contributed their ideas, and even some editing help. This is really a group project, so I hope many people can benefit from it. The more we educate our customers, and other quilters who use their domestic machines, the better for all quilters. I'm now excited to do this at the Guild meeting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April W Posted November 14, 2011 Report Share Posted November 14, 2011 After the quilt I tried to press yesterday morning....you might want to add info on how to put sashings on blocks. I have pictures at home. It is awful. Pressing didn't help because the sashings are plaid scraps stitched together and added where ever there was a space to squeeze them in (or not). I'm returning it to the customer as I cannot do anything to make it look good and I would not put my name on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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