What use is a wall hanging?
Kate Dicey
Now basic lap and bed quilts make sense: I get cold, I need covering up!
Shared with a cat is even better!
Cushion covers: yup, they make sense!
Throws for furniture: oh, yes! Saves having to make a fitted slip
cover! I'd much rather make quilts! And a nice quilt thrown over a
board on top of a stack of plastic crates makes a pretty side table!
But quilted walls? Um, no, on the whole! I'd rather cover the walls
with books! Table runners don't do much for me either. OK, they LOOK
pretty, but I like to see the wood on my antique dining table! And I
have nice wooden trivets that are easy to wash... This is not to say
some wall hangings and table runners are not nice - most are very nice
indeed. Just not for me to make. (But I reserve the right to change my
mind any time!)
So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
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Mary
room seem warmer and cozier. Hanging a large quilt is also a way to
see it well rather than having it folded up with its brothers and
sisters on a shelf or at the foot of a bed.
Sandy Foster
Kate Dicey <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
> This is an anthill question - poke with a sharp stick and see what happens!
>
> Now basic lap and bed quilts make sense: I get cold, I need covering up!
> Shared with a cat is even better!
>
> Cushion covers: yup, they make sense!
>
> Throws for furniture: oh, yes! Saves having to make a fitted slip
> cover! I'd much rather make quilts! And a nice quilt thrown over a
> board on top of a stack of plastic crates makes a pretty side table!
>
> But quilted walls? Um, no, on the whole! I'd rather cover the walls
> with books! Table runners don't do much for me either. OK, they LOOK
> pretty, but I like to see the wood on my antique dining table! And I
> have nice wooden trivets that are easy to wash... This is not to say
> some wall hangings and table runners are not nice - most are very nice
> indeed. Just not for me to make. (But I reserve the right to change my
> mind any time!)
>
> So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
In a house I used to live in, we had an evaporative cooler vent right
above my head where I sat to quilt. In the winter, the cold wind came
right through that cooler vent, no matter how much we tried to block it.
Then I made a small wall hanging just the right size to cover that vent.
Problem solved. :) It was my first wall hanging, and I liked the cozy
look it gave the room, so I've been making lots of wall hangings since
then. I love the way I can quickly change the look of the room a little
with a different quilt, and I think they "warm" a room -- in the sense
of making it look comfortable, cozy and friendly. I definitely don't
need "warm" in the sense of temperature where I live! LOL!
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Tina
I see the pros:
Small, quick, easy to manage in the machine, good beginner practice for
me, not overwhelming like a full sized quilt, good way to experiment
with new techniques
But I just can't see myself hanging quilts on the wall. I guess if
they were the art quilt kind like many I saw at IQF. Several of those
I couldn't possibly imagine cuddling up with on the couch with my QI's.
Not just because they were so detailed and pretty, but also because
they used things on them that would be itchy and scratchy to me, lace,
tulle, netting, etc.
Now I do understand, my mom wants me to put a hanging sleeve on her
photo memory quilt because using it, also meant needing to wash it
which damaged some of the pictures and she doesn't want it damaged
further. (But I told her to use it, get it dirty, wash it, etc. and if
the pictures were damaged, we had them in the computer and could just
make another one - but since this was my first quilt, she doesn't want
it used and ruined so wants to hang it instead.) Oh well.
Table runners - pretty, if you have a really big table and are into
that sort of thing. Personally, I'm not and with my kids and all the
ways my dining table gets used - I too would probably cry or scream the
first time something got on it.
Nope, I just don't see me doing too much in the way of wallhangings, at
least not until I get really, really experienced and start trying my
hand at some of those art or landscape type quilts. Other than that -
for me, the joy of a quilt is being able to touch it, hold it, fondle
it, cuddle up in it with my kids, my hubby or my QI's!
Hugs,
Tina
Kathy Applebaum
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> This is not to say some wall hangings and table runners are not nice -
> most are very nice indeed. Just not for me to make. (But I reserve the
> right to change my mind any time!)
Hmmm.... Do I detect a subtle beg here? *snicker*
--
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Queen of Fabric Tramps
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Kate Dicey
> I love to make full size bed quilts, but sometimes time and $$
> constraints just make that not a reality. I do baby quilts or wall
> hangings for a couple of reasons. It's a nice way to try out a new
> technique without committing to a huge quilt. And wall hangings are
> easier to pack and move, can change with the season and are more festive
> on my biege walls <vbg> And quite honestly, the saying around here is
> keep moving or she might quilt you <vbg> But I think there is a place
> for everything. I personally don't do table stuff because the first
> time spaghetti or chocolate hit it, I'd probably cry lol.... We have a
> nice granite table for every day meals, causual works well in our home.
I see what you are getting at with the techniques and things...
My table may be antique, but it's also practical! Nice oak frame and
oak draw-leaf top. We had it renovated a while back, and finished with
a satin poly varnish: looks like it's waxed, but is close to
indestructible! I hardly ever put a cloth on it these days. Whatever
gets spilled just wipes off. Hot dishes get a nice curly wooden trivet
under them!
M Rimmer
"40 Shades of Green", with a vague idea to do an abstract landscape of
greens which captured the impression of the view from the house.
Several people on this group helped me collect 40 different shades of
green (keeping track of exactly how many shades were in the quilt was
quite a challenge), and my sister helped me plan the layout. I
constructed, quilted, labelled and bound the quilt and had it finished
well in advance of dad's birthday. He loves it.
I quite like the idea of a WUH, and not only for "art quilts". Quilts
are beautiful as well as warm, and I like to look at them on my walls
just as well as paintings or photos. And they may also be practical -
think of the wall tapestries in old castles which helped cut down
draughts and provide insulation. Although probably few of us live in
conditions where that's required anymore. And finally - in any quilter's
life there comes a point where every bed in the house has a quilt of its
own plus one for washday, every chair has a throw and nobody in the
family is having babies anymore. *That's* when you start thinking "Hmmm,
I could make a wallhanging".
--
M Rimmer
Allison
all the beds in the house I like making small, non-traditional quilts as
art work to hang on the wall. And since they aren't going to be washed
I can play around a lot more with techniques. (I did one WH that was
inspired by a photo of a bird that I had taken - it makes me feel good
to look at it so it'll be on the wall for a while <G>)
Allison
Kate Dicey
> I haven't made one yet, personally - but I kind of feel the same way.
> I see the pros:
>
> Small, quick, easy to manage in the machine, good beginner practice for
> me, not overwhelming like a full sized quilt, good way to experiment
> with new techniques
I see that, but...
>
> But I just can't see myself hanging quilts on the wall. I guess if
> they were the art quilt kind like many I saw at IQF. Several of those
> I couldn't possibly imagine cuddling up with on the couch with my QI's.
> Not just because they were so detailed and pretty, but also because
> they used things on them that would be itchy and scratchy to me, lace,
> tulle, netting, etc.
That's how I feel!
>
> Now I do understand, my mom wants me to put a hanging sleeve on her
> photo memory quilt because using it, also meant needing to wash it
> which damaged some of the pictures and she doesn't want it damaged
> further. (But I told her to use it, get it dirty, wash it, etc. and if
> the pictures were damaged, we had them in the computer and could just
> make another one - but since this was my first quilt, she doesn't want
> it used and ruined so wants to hang it instead.) Oh well.
That's mums for you! ;)
>
> Table runners - pretty, if you have a really big table and are into
> that sort of thing. Personally, I'm not and with my kids and all the
> ways my dining table gets used - I too would probably cry or scream the
> first time something got on it.
My table is quite narrow, and I like to cover it in dishes of food! :)
And bottles of wine, and plates and cutlery and glasses, and conversation!
>
> Nope, I just don't see me doing too much in the way of wallhangings, at
> least not until I get really, really experienced and start trying my
> hand at some of those art or landscape type quilts. Other than that -
> for me, the joy of a quilt is being able to touch it, hold it, fondle
> it, cuddle up in it with my kids, my hubby or my QI's!
You're being me, you are!
Kate Dicey
> In a house I used to live in, we had an evaporative cooler vent right
> above my head where I sat to quilt. In the winter, the cold wind came
> right through that cooler vent, no matter how much we tried to block it.
> Then I made a small wall hanging just the right size to cover that vent.
> Problem solved. :)
I can see the point of THAT one! :)
> It was my first wall hanging, and I liked the cozy
> look it gave the room, so I've been making lots of wall hangings since
> then. I love the way I can quickly change the look of the room a little
> with a different quilt, and I think they "warm" a room -- in the sense
> of making it look comfortable, cozy and friendly. I definitely don't
> need "warm" in the sense of temperature where I live! LOL!
Like tapestries in a mediaevil castle, I suppose... Hm...
Kate Dicey
Hm... I'd display a bed quilt by putting it on the bed. Don't have any
walls big enough for a quilt!
Kate Dicey
> "Kate Dicey" <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
>> This is not to say some wall hangings and table runners are not nice -
>>most are very nice indeed. Just not for me to make. (But I reserve the
>>right to change my mind any time!)
>
>
> Hmmm.... Do I detect a subtle beg here? *snicker*
>
No... I have a large bag of scraps, and a wall hanging or table runner
were suggested. But I'm more likely to rip or cut them into strips,
join them together, and make those lovely coiled bowls out of them! Or
make a series of 12" crazy blocks and turn them into a bigger quilt...
or make a slip-cover for the serger, a bigger tea-cosy for my big
teapot, or something else crazy-quilted! :)
Tina
any
walls big enough for a quilt!>
This is the other problem I see with hanging quilts on the walls of my
house. My house is rather small and a quilt, unless it were a really
small WH, would make the room seem even smaller and more claustrophobic
to me.
Other WH issue I have...... hubby is a photgrapher! When I finish
repainting in the new house and we get moved in, I have a gazillion
beautiful photgraphs he has taken of family, our house in the Hill
Country, landscapes around Texas, etc.
Now he and I have discussed, that once I get a quilt made for everyone
I want to make a quilt for, and one for every bed in our house - he and
I may work together to make some wall hanging/landscape quilts from his
photographs!
Hugs and thanks for the topic!
Tina
Susie
My first was a photo wall hanging for my new sewing room (functional for
memories)~!
Here it is:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/123420631/545570280DSxSwW
One was the US map for my grandson (functional for education)~!
Here it is:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/545568741/545568741Dpevhl
I also made probably a half a dozen mini 12" wall hangings for Christmas
gifts
and they LOVED them (functional for happiness)~! :o)
Here are two:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/545572668/545572668PEuGky
http://community.webshots.com/photo/545572396/545572396UBZUWi
Susie
northern NY
..........> But quilted walls? Um, no, on the whole! I'd rather cover the
walls
> with books! ...........> So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just
> curious...
Patti
You see for me it is thought in a different direction. That's why an
awful lot of my work - by far the majority - is what could be labelled
wall hanging (actually they don't get hung that much >g< - not enough
space out of direct sunlight). I start with the design, and the size of
the quilt depends on the design and how it works out. For example, when
I saw the picture of the Cathedral floor, and when I took my photos of
Bristol cathedral floor, I will roughly draw, then work out exactly how
to do it, and what will be a feasible size for one element. The
ultimate size depends on that. I absolutely see that there is very
little usefulness in them: I have made table runners I don't use? I
just love to work out the challenge of a design and make it -
regardless!
(I do have quilts for all the beds - did those first! And I am currently
making a cot quilt for a friend's new baby)
It isn't all as pointless as it might seem to some, as it keeps me
cheerfully occupied, but I do accept that it is not everyone's cup of
tea.
.
In message <43ccf4b3$0$82664$ed26...@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>, Kate
Dicey <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> writes
>This is an anthill question - poke with a sharp stick and see what happens!
>
>Now basic lap and bed quilts make sense: I get cold, I need covering
>up! Shared with a cat is even better!
>
>Cushion covers: yup, they make sense!
>
>Throws for furniture: oh, yes! Saves having to make a fitted slip
>cover! I'd much rather make quilts! And a nice quilt thrown over a
>board on top of a stack of plastic crates makes a pretty side table!
>
>But quilted walls? Um, no, on the whole! I'd rather cover the walls
>with books! Table runners don't do much for me either. OK, they LOOK
>pretty, but I like to see the wood on my antique dining table! And I
>have nice wooden trivets that are easy to wash... This is not to say
>some wall hangings and table runners are not nice - most are very nice
>indeed. Just not for me to make. (But I reserve the right to change my
>mind any time!)
>
>So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
Bonnie NJ
done it all and enjoyed it all. Wall hangings are nice to practice a new
techique - that way if you screw it up it's not that bad a hit on your
purse. If you like the results you can do it again on a larger project. I
do seem to make lap quilts or baby quilts the most though.
--
Bonnie
NJ
Patti
fine, how about printing off the pictures in the computer onto Printed
Treasures (what most people seem to recommend for last quilt pictures),
cut them to match the existing places they are used + seam allowance.
Turn seam allowance under and appliqué them on top? You could machine
satin stitch or zig zag stitch for sturdiness and speed, if you wanted
to?
It might make your Mum feel better about it too, if she saw it wasn't a
huge tragedy.
In message <1137507835.9...@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>, Tina
<ti...@ogd-graphics.com> writes
>Now I do understand, my mom wants me to put a hanging sleeve on her
>photo memory quilt because using it, also meant needing to wash it
>which damaged some of the pictures and she doesn't want it damaged
>further. (But I told her to use it, get it dirty, wash it, etc. and if
>the pictures were damaged, we had them in the computer and could just
>make another one - but since this was my first quilt, she doesn't want
>it used and ruined so wants to hang it instead.) Oh well.
>Hugs,
>Tina
Debbi
quilts, but my walls get to stay warm with the quilts made expecially
for them.
Debbi in SO CA
teleflora
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> --
Well, I like to make small things that I will actually finish! Miniatures,
little quilts. Not much use to them, but I get to try out a lot more new
things.
I don't have the patience or the inclination to make a full size quilt. I
get too bored with a pattern or the colors or something. It could be
because I have so many quilts from the grandmas'. But I never felt the urge
to make anything bigger than a baby quilt.
Cindy
Idahoqltr
I have a short attention span so I only make small quilts. I have yet
to make a bed-size one and I have been doing this since 1990. I mostly
make hug quilts and wall hangings. My kids said once that we live in a
"padded house". That is how I decorate and they are admired by all who
enter.
Tina
considered doing this but wondered if it would be tacky of me to not
just redo the whole thing!? LOL
Thanks for the reassurance, I think I will suggest this to her and see
what she thinks.
Hugs,
Tina
Roberta Zollner
:-)
But you do sort of have to make everything you DO want to make. I think.
Sometimes there's an ugly wall in a spot where we really can't put a
bookshelf (the wall behind the TV where all the phone, internet and
satellite boxes are stuck on is one.) A quilt covers all this up very nicely
and is easy to move when we need to get to a box.
Sometimes I make something just to try out a design, and it isn't big enough
for much of anything, and I don't want to make a big one, but I really like
it in itself -wall hanging or table topper! Better than filling up the UFO
shelf. These things make great little gifts too, when you need a little
gift.
Roberta in D
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lots of quilts give to a room. The only large wall space I have has a
large antique log cabin quilt hanging. I have another smaller space in
my dining room where I hang my various seasonal wall hangings. I use
small hangings on the front door to my apartment; they too are seasonal.
I use table runners on the coffee table, end table, sideboard, etc. I
made a Christmas table runner especially so I wouldn't worry about
trivets or hot pads for Christmas dinner. I think table runners should
be very washable :)
Julia in MN
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<ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
>So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
Gigormous bed quilts mostly.
Sometimes smaller bed quilts for smaller people.
I made a window cover once. Window was never opened, the blinds over
it were never opened, it was just a heat loss. So I made a quilt for
it and velcroed the bugger down around the edges.
I have done a couple of blocks that were fun for one block, but would
not have been fun for one or two hundred blocks. Most of them became
potholders.
There are few other things, like the peeled orange pattern that I just
started out making way too small and was turned into a pillow when it
got to being around 2 feet in area, the bear paws that became pockets
on a dolly dress, spare blocks being turned into doll and bear quilts
etc. Then there were the two field of diamonds play mats. Those were
fun and fast. Ran them off out of 70's vintage poly suiting, birthed
them with old towels for baking, filled them with shredded foam
rubber, and tied them with carpet warp like an old style mattress (but
no buttons). But stuff like this is more the exception than the rule.
Since I also do lace, embroidery, most fancy needlework, and most arts
of creatively tangling thread, I really don't have much use at my
house for a lot of quilted home decor things. Though If I ever move
into another house with shoddy insulation I will likely have quilts
hanging on every wall.
Outside of bed quilts I probably do more quilting in garment sewing
than any other purpose. It can be very nice especially here where it
gets cold.
NightMist
where there is no snow and the lake temperature is above freezing,
when winter comes back we are going to get so pounded!
--
The wolf that understands fire has much to eat.
Kate Dicey
> On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:48:04 +0000, Kate Dicey
> <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
>
>
> Gigormous bed quilts mostly.
> Sometimes smaller bed quilts for smaller people.
>
> I made a window cover once. Window was never opened, the blinds over
> it were never opened, it was just a heat loss. So I made a quilt for
> it and velcroed the bugger down around the edges.
Great idea! :)
>
> I have done a couple of blocks that were fun for one block, but would
> not have been fun for one or two hundred blocks. Most of them became
> potholders.
I have some like that I'm saving to make a big odd block quilt for the car.
> There are few other things, like the peeled orange pattern that I just
> started out making way too small and was turned into a pillow when it
> got to being around 2 feet in area, the bear paws that became pockets
> on a dolly dress, spare blocks being turned into doll and bear quilts
> etc. Then there were the two field of diamonds play mats. Those were
> fun and fast. Ran them off out of 70's vintage poly suiting, birthed
> them with old towels for baking, filled them with shredded foam
> rubber, and tied them with carpet warp like an old style mattress (but
> no buttons). But stuff like this is more the exception than the rule.
>
> Since I also do lace, embroidery, most fancy needlework, and most arts
> of creatively tangling thread, I really don't have much use at my
> house for a lot of quilted home decor things. Though If I ever move
> into another house with shoddy insulation I will likely have quilts
> hanging on every wall.
Prettier than polystyrene tiles!
>
> Outside of bed quilts I probably do more quilting in garment sewing
> than any other purpose. It can be very nice especially here where it
> gets cold.
Garments... Yup, I see a quilted jacket in the future! I have a sari I
want to try this with...
>
> NightMist
> where there is no snow and the lake temperature is above freezing,
> when winter comes back we are going to get so pounded!
--
Bonnie Patterson
> I'd rather cover the walls with books!
I also like my walls covered with books, but I do have a bit of room
for seasonal wall covering.
>Table runners don't do much for me either.
OK, I like them an the smallest QI (Pinkee Squeek-a-Lotta) loves them,
she knows that I make them just for her. Besides they make her
"observation platform" more comfortable.
>So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
More time...
Bonnie, in Middletown, VA
Alison McDonald
enough and usually quickly made, but look like you lavished major amounts of
time and effort!!...and for the hard to please or hard to buy for because of
*special* interests they can be the perfect gift...not likely to be trotted
back to the Wal-Mart...;-)
Alison
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> This is an anthill question - poke with a sharp stick and see what
> happens!
>
> Now basic lap and bed quilts make sense: I get cold, I need covering up!
> Shared with a cat is even better!
>
> Cushion covers: yup, they make sense!
>
> Throws for furniture: oh, yes! Saves having to make a fitted slip cover!
> I'd much rather make quilts! And a nice quilt thrown over a board on top
> of a stack of plastic crates makes a pretty side table!
>
> But quilted walls? Um, no, on the whole! I'd rather cover the walls with
> books! Table runners don't do much for me either. OK, they LOOK pretty,
> but I like to see the wood on my antique dining table! And I have nice
> wooden trivets that are easy to wash... This is not to say some wall
> hangings and table runners are not nice - most are very nice indeed. Just
> not for me to make. (But I reserve the right to change my mind any time!)
>
> So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
hfw
anything, and I'd be nervous about assuming that anything I did as a
gift would work for the recipient, either in terms of decor or space. No
bed quilts for others for the same reasons--and none for us because I
don't think I have the attention span! Lap quilts seem just perfect for
me--they make fewer demands of me and of the giftee... Ditto baby quilts.
--Heidi
Plattsburgh (UPstate) NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b
===
KI Graham
current house was the two-storey high wall in the living room: it's a great
"backdrop" for a full-size quilt. And yes, these quilts occasionally go on
beds too, but they're wonderful "artworks" on the wall:
http://members.shaw.ca/whiskerwerx/gallery/quilts/bibleblocks/pages/jacob2_jpg.htm
But sometimes I do quilts that are meant to be hung: small or large. For
example:
http://members.shaw.ca/whiskerwerx/gallery/quilts/bibleblocks/pages/called_jpg.htm
wouldn't have the impact on a sofa or bed -- the lettering needs to hang
straight to be read.
And sometimes there's a "hidden" purpose for a wallhanging, like this one
done to protect the wall behind it:
http://members.shaw.ca/whiskerwerx/gallery/quilts/kims/pages/chalet_jpg.htm
Of course, I do table runners too: there's a table runner on my dining room
table all the time, and for casual dinners, I use the table runner with
placemats on the side. I'm making more and more long table runners that work
as "place settings" for the two end places, like this one for advent:
http://members.shaw.ca/whiskerwerx/gallery/quilts/kims/pages/wreaths_jpg.htm
as opposed to just small table centres.
http://members.shaw.ca/whiskerwerx/gallery/quilts/bibleblocks/pages/crossrunner.htm
Either way, I do like a "dressed" table.
--
Kim Graham
http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham
Nanaimo, BC, Canada
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> This is an anthill question - poke with a sharp stick and see what happens!
>
> Now basic lap and bed quilts make sense: I get cold, I need covering up!
> Shared with a cat is even better!
>
> Cushion covers: yup, they make sense!
>
> Throws for furniture: oh, yes! Saves having to make a fitted slip
> cover! I'd much rather make quilts! And a nice quilt thrown over a
> board on top of a stack of plastic crates makes a pretty side table!
>
> But quilted walls? Um, no, on the whole! I'd rather cover the walls
> with books! Table runners don't do much for me either. OK, they LOOK
> pretty, but I like to see the wood on my antique dining table! And I
> have nice wooden trivets that are easy to wash... This is not to say
> some wall hangings and table runners are not nice - most are very nice
> indeed. Just not for me to make. (But I reserve the right to change my
> mind any time!)
>
> So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
I'm with you -- quilts on walls just aren't my aesthetic. I've made only
three and a half quilts so far, but I like making ones that can be used.
--
SML
Tigg
(otherwise known as Sairey) about her ideas on wall hangings or what
she called Wuh's. She couldn't even bring herself to say or type the
words wall hanging, although she made a really nice one in TDB (That
Damn Banner). Is he traveling still? Every now and again, I come
across the pin I have for him.
Tigg
Ellison
Yeah, what she said. <g>
"What use is a wall hanging?"
Well, in the dining room, it's used to stop people in their tracks. <G>
Even Dan-the-bug-man tells people to "be sure to see the LogCabin
in the dining room."
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/el...@sbcglobal.net/detail?.dir=f163&.dnm=9b2f.jpg&.src=ph
..besides, it matches the dishes in there.
One of my neighbors regularly checks in to see "what you put up lately",
and my realtor friend keeps telling me "put some quilts up on those
tall walls" in the 2-story entry. (I need a longer ladder. <g>)
Best reason for hanging quilts on the wall:
Because I said so. ;-D
Sounds like many of you decided that a "wall hanging" is a little
quilt, less than a yard square; for me, it's whatever fits that space
when I decide it should hang on the wall. With lots of wall space
there are plenty of places to hang our favorite art pieces,
photos, paintings, wood sculpture, quilts.
Some of us just don't fit ourselves into the smaller confines
of "bed quilts only" or "small quilts, mostly"; I make quilts,
whatever the size (often not pre-determined <g>),
for whatever the use.
...whatever threads your needle!
Fewer rules: more quilts!
Ragmop/Sandy--who thinks you should make what makes you happy
-- and don't we, usually? LOL
ragmop quilts:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/el...@sbcglobal.net/my_photos
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Ellison
Fewer rules: more quilts!
Shona in NZ
Shona, always prepared for any sort of weather, in NZ
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I have a series of seasonal hangings that I put in my entry way to
celebrate the seasons. For example, paper pieced 'flower pots' for
summer, a orange/blue/gold geometric for fall, etc.
Probably not much use if you don't live where the seasons change :)
-Irene
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:48:04 +0000, Kate Dicey
<ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>This is an anthill question - poke with a sharp stick and see what happens!
>
>Now basic lap and bed quilts make sense: I get cold, I need covering up!
> Shared with a cat is even better!
>
>Cushion covers: yup, they make sense!
>
>Throws for furniture: oh, yes! Saves having to make a fitted slip
>cover! I'd much rather make quilts! And a nice quilt thrown over a
>board on top of a stack of plastic crates makes a pretty side table!
>
>But quilted walls? Um, no, on the whole! I'd rather cover the walls
>with books! Table runners don't do much for me either. OK, they LOOK
>pretty, but I like to see the wood on my antique dining table! And I
>have nice wooden trivets that are easy to wash... This is not to say
>some wall hangings and table runners are not nice - most are very nice
>indeed. Just not for me to make. (But I reserve the right to change my
>mind any time!)
>
>So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
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--Mae West
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"Kate Dicey" <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
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> happens!
>
> Now basic lap and bed quilts make sense: I get cold, I need covering up!
I just realized something. I am probably one of the few quilters that
doesn't sleep under quilts. I don't like to sleep under a quilt because
most of them are too heavy. I sleep under a down comforter in the winter
and a vellux blanket in the summer.
Cindy
Pati Cook
samples, small is better. It is easier to hang smaller quilts as class
samples, and many times people are more willing to try something if it
isn't too large. (note: I do always let students know how to make the
quilt larger if they wish.) Also, with a smaller quilt more can be done
in a single class, at least a greater percentage of the quilt, so it
doesn't seem as daunting as a UFO.
I also have started enjoying working with small pieces and seeing the
looks on people's faces. <G>
But generally I like to make throws or lap size quilts, ones that can be
used, but aren't too big to manage.
Wall hangings can also be used as "clutter covers" and such. I keep
thinking about figuring out a way to use them to go over the fronts of
the bookshelves, might keep the dust down some.
Pati,in Phx
Sally Swindells
a down one so does both summer and winter and its lightweight). My one
big quilt is for the guest room and folded out of guests way (usually
family)at their request, after they have seen their pretty bedroom.
They have a duvet too, infact Sis IL insists on brnging her own
because its the one she's used too.
Quilts as part of the bedding aren't really popular here as most
people use duvets which don't work with a quilt over, and duvets often
match the curtains so people don't want to cover them up during the
day..
--
Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
(Webshots not available for 24 hours from 7.a.m. on 18th January)
Polly Esther
presume what someone else might like to have on their walls and I am far too
timid to make someone else a WH. However, I have changed my mind. (I do
that mid-sentence sometimes.)
One of the lovely gifts from the heart that one of you sent our daughter
and son-in-law for Christmas was a WH. It is delightful. It is wonderful.
And it showed happy hope to some pretty awful decor. Their walls don't even
go all the way to the floor. Part of the walls had to be sawed out to
remove the mildew and pollution.
I used to think WH were a waste when a 'real' quilt could be used to
keep a body warm. A wallhanging can warm the soul. Polly
AliceW
WH in autumn colors a few years back that now hangs in our family room. My
other walls are covered with pictures of our children (4), our grandchildren
(2) and our critters (4) plus one wall of the 15 poems I have written to my
DH on our 15 wedding anniversaries. No room left for WHs, so I make quilts
for all of our beds and sleep under two of them currently - quilts that is,
not beds. Couldn't sleep under a bed if I wanted to - they're stuffed with
boxes of fabric!
--
Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/
"Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a
grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack
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: We don't sleep under a quilt either - just a duvet all year round (its
: >
:
Ginger in CA
Hi, Sairey (waving madly at her in case she is lurking)
As for me, I like doing VSCs, as I don't handle large quilted items
well when making them. I have done 2 king sized quilts, one was my
first one back in 1987, the second one done around 1991-2. I will make
a twin sized, and have plans for one more large quilt for DH and I, but
generally keep to no larger than 50"x50". Oh, I do do small really
well, like 12" square, with 3" finished pineapples ;)) The idea of
changing out art on the walls when I want to is appealing to the artist
in me.
Ginger in CA
Don/Gen
Gen
http://community.webshots.com/user/Coren920
Estelle Gallagher
way I can put any duvet cover on regardless of the colour!! Estelle"Sally
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Kate Dicey
THAT's what might persuade me to do one, Polly! :)
Allison
> I used to think WH were a waste when a 'real' quilt could be used to
> keep a body warm. A wallhanging can warm the soul. Polly
>
>
What a nice thought. Fits exactly what I feel about WH but couldn't find
the words for.
Allison
Kate Dicey
Thank you, each and every one, for all your different reasons for making
or not making wall hangings. I guess with 'wall hanging' I was
picturing those slightly twee annoying things less than three feet wide
and forgetting such things as the big or specially shaped to the space
and/or concept stuff. After all, some tapestries are HUUUUGE! No
reason why a WH should not also be huge, colourful, and dramatic. I
shall certainly reconsider the issue...
Some of you have produced some truly excellent WH's, and I am dead
impressed.
Some not-quite-wall-hanging ideas I had during this discussion:
Christmas wreath - I have a half glass front door, and hanging a proper
one on the outside of a plastic and glass door is a bit of a problem. I
could make a double-sided wreath and hang it on the inside, where both
visitors and ourselves could get the benefit.
Advent calendar: I've seen some really nice ones with pockets in for
ornaments or mini prezzies or sweets... I also saw a similar idea once
for the 12 days of Christmas, which, needless to day, I can no longer
find as I failed to bookmark it!
'Tapestry replacement therapy'! :) Big wall = big hanging!
Commemorative hangings - along the same lines as commemorative windows
and plaques.
frood
can't remember) use 2 of those over-the-door wreath hangers, with a dowel
rod in between to hang quilts on doors. The dowel fit into the curve where
the wreath would hang, and a sleeve was attached to the quilt.
--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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Patti
Why *is* it that we are all expected to toe the same line/sew the same
seam?
Why *is* it that small cannot be accepted?
Why *is* it that only usefulness is tolerated as a motivation?
If I make a 12" square piece, with 692 pieces in it (which I have just
done), why is that derided? Why may I not make what pleases me and
others?
I have never been dismissive or scathing about anyone's work here; and
have always tried to help anyone with a problem.
.
In message <43ce6d9a$0$82657$ed26...@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>, Kate
Dicey <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> writes
>
> I guess with 'wall hanging' I was picturing those slightly twee
>annoying things less than three feet wide
--
Best Regards
pat on the hill
Kate Dicey
> Perhaps I am not alone, Kate, in finding this description offensive.
Sorry about that, but you see, that *is* how I was seeing them, and I
didn't think it could be the whole picture. Most of the wall hanging
patterns I have seen have been just like that: cartoon type cottages
with gingham roofs and flowers round the doors, and such, in pastel
shades... No art to them, and no use either. Now I know instinct was
right, and there is a LOT more to wall hangings than that.
It's part of my challenge: to see different points of view, to open up
closed corners of my mind (some of which I don't realize have been
closed and full of fossilizing cobwebs for years!) and to let the light
of other people's view points seep in and refresh those closed corners.
> Why *is* it that we are all expected to toe the same line/sew the same
> seam?
Oh, I don't. I like the adventure that all sorts of sewing has. I just
had a mental block about wall hangings that I needed to clear.
> Why *is* it that small cannot be accepted?
I accept small! I *DO* small - just not really in quilts, so far. My
smallest was a table topper (like a square table runner) that is under
30" square. I've done some really tiny clothes in the past: Christening
robes for babies and bridesmaid dresses for 2 YO, and dolls clothes...
> Why *is* it that only usefulness is tolerated as a motivation?
That's part of my challenge! I'm a very 'useful' person. Any old sewing
machine I collect has to be in working order or it doesn't stay,
garments have to be wearable (outlandish is fine, but they need to stand
up to several wearings and cleanings! One made of loo roll for example
[think college design piece] is anathema to me), and quilts need a
purpose: hiding a stain or hole in the wall is fine, but for pure
decoration I prefer pictures. Even with them I prefer places I've been
to! Thus my lovely big picture in the living room - painted by a member
of the Royal Academy, no less! - is of a castle I know well.
I need to get outside that 'useful' set of blinkers, and see wall
hangings from a different perspective.
> If I make a 12" square piece, with 692 pieces in it (which I have just
> done), why is that derided? Why may I not make what pleases me and others?
Oh, do please make things you love to make! I will never deride them,
and I really admire the skill and attention to detail, but I may also
never see the point. As I wouldn't expect anyone not also bitten by the
same bug to see the point of my Elizabethan costuming. But even there I
have some purpose: the Elizabethan Court Gown project will show my
skills to potential customers, and may help them to engage my services.
> I have never been dismissive or scathing about anyone's work here; and
> have always tried to help anyone with a problem.
I'm sorry if you saw it this way, but that really isn't how it was
meant: more a dig at *me* for not seeing the point of them! Let's face
it, on the most trivial level, if we have fun making them, then that
should be purpose enough. If we also give pleasure to others with our
work and knowledge, that's an added bonus. And I really hadn't got my
head round wall hangings being more than 'those slightly twee annoying
things less than three feet wide', and I was wondering why this was.
Point me at some glorious wall hangings: remind me what can be done in
scale and perspective, both large and small. If I get back in time
tonight (I'm out babysitting at 8:30), I'll take a poke round for some
ideas myself.
Mostly I'm wondering why I DON'T think of miniature quilts and huge
multi-part items as 'wall hangings'. I don't usually think of them as
quilts either, though they may be quilted items. Do I see them as 'art'
instead? I dunno, at this point. Worth further cogitation.
Ellison
This one's quick and easy:
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/golden/mg16_pattern/index1.html
Who knows? You start w/ one, then it becomes a double,
then you make another... and pretty soon you're hooked! ;-D
Cheers, Kate!
Ragmop/Sandy
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>
Ellison
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*friendly snipping*
> That's part of my challenge! I'm a very 'useful' person. Any old sewing
> machine I collect has to be in working order or it doesn't stay, garments
> have to be wearable (outlandish is fine, but they need to stand up to
> several wearings and cleanings! One made of loo roll for example [think
> college design piece] is anathema to me), and quilts need a purpose:
> hiding a stain or hole in the wall is fine, but for pure decoration I
> prefer pictures. Even with them I prefer places I've been to! Thus my
> lovely big picture in the living room - painted by a member of the Royal
> Academy, no less! - is of a castle I know well.
I am amazed. I'm amazed at what other people *do* that just doesn't
enter my realm. You, Kate, SEW. I mean, you SEW!!!!
Clothes, fancy clothes, even, useful and decorative and historic period
and wedding and... well, you sew CLOTHING!!!
I don't. I have, didn't like it, won't again (altho' I can hem
w/ the best of 'em <g>). I'm amazed, and impressed.
Some crafts don't interest me, I'm less impressed by those,
other crafts do impress and interest me but I'm not interested in
crafting them (husband is becoming quite adept at building
electric guitars and amplifiers--where'd that come from?!!?
Interesting, and I'm a good fan, just don't know one bulb from another
and I called a tube a bulb--well, it's all "parts" to me.)
I admire people who can do something really, really welll,
and enjoy the doing of it. Crafts, arts, music making, childcare,
lawn sculptures, lapidary, woodcarving, cabinet making,
pottery, glass blowing, teaching, writing, wall painting... and on it goes,
skill, talent, love of the craft--
I'm amazed and impressed w/ people who really "get into"
their passion to create something.
Thanks for the thought-provoking subject(s).
Ragmop/Sandy -- ...I mean, the woman SEWS!!!
;-)
>
> I need to get outside that 'useful' set of blinkers, and see wall hangings
> from a different perspective.
>
>>From Patti: If I make a 12" square piece, with 692 pieces in it (which I
>>have just done), why is that derided? Why may I not make what pleases me
>>and others?
>
> Oh, do please make things you love to make! I will never deride them, and
> I really admire the skill and attention to detail, but I may also never
> see the point. As I wouldn't expect anyone not also bitten by the same
> bug to see the point of my Elizabethan costuming. But even there I have
> some purpose: the Elizabethan Court Gown project will show my skills to
> potential customers, and may help them to engage my services.
*more friendly snipping*
miriam "mim" spencer
quilts. I have found, working with wheelchair people that most
afghans/blankets they are given are just too big..
Also, it takes so little to make an elderly person overflowing with joy.
I made a couple bibs for my 99yro lady with POCKETS -- she loves to show
them off to everyone and put tissues in and out. I was humbled by what a
small thing I had done to radiate such happiness
Mim
"Alison McDonald" <a.l.mc...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> Just in case nobody said it already; they make great gifts...they are
> small enough and usually quickly made, but look like you lavished major
> amounts of time and effort!!...and for the hard to please or hard to buy
> for because of *special* interests they can be the perfect gift...not
> likely to be trotted back to the Wal-Mart...;-)
>
> Alison
>
>
> "Kate Dicey" <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:43ccf4b3$0$82664$ed26...@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net...
>> This is an anthill question - poke with a sharp stick and see what
>> happens!
>>
>> Now basic lap and bed quilts make sense: I get cold, I need covering up!
>> Shared with a cat is even better!
>>
>> Cushion covers: yup, they make sense!
>>
>> Throws for furniture: oh, yes! Saves having to make a fitted slip cover!
>> I'd much rather make quilts! And a nice quilt thrown over a board on top
>> of a stack of plastic crates makes a pretty side table!
>>
>> But quilted walls? Um, no, on the whole! I'd rather cover the walls
>> with books! Table runners don't do much for me either. OK, they LOOK
>> pretty, but I like to see the wood on my antique dining table! And I
>> have nice wooden trivets that are easy to wash... This is not to say
>> some wall hangings and table runners are not nice - most are very nice
>> indeed. Just not for me to make. (But I reserve the right to change my
>> mind any time!)
>>
>> So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
Cheryl in Oz
Still - I suppose it is better than being in a padded cell. They say our
hobbies help keep us sane.
--
Cheryl in Oz
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
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>
> I have a short attention span so I only make small quilts. I have yet
> to make a bed-size one and I have been doing this since 1990. I mostly
> make hug quilts and wall hangings. My kids said once that we live in a
> "padded house". That is how I decorate and they are admired by all who
> enter.
>
Kate Dicey
> Howdy!
> This one's quick and easy:
> http://www.mccallsquilting.com/golden/mg16_pattern/index1.html
> Who knows? You start w/ one, then it becomes a double,
> then you make another... and pretty soon you're hooked! ;-)
Great - one for each side of every door in the house... That's 20 to
sart with! :D I like that pattern: simple but effective. triangles
all over the place! Just my cup of tea!
Kate Dicey
> I am amazed. I'm amazed at what other people *do* that just doesn't
> enter my realm. You, Kate, SEW. I mean, you SEW!!!!
> Clothes, fancy clothes, even, useful and decorative and historic period
> and wedding and... well, you sew CLOTHING!!!
> I don't. I have, didn't like it, won't again (altho' I can hem
> w/ the best of 'em <g>). I'm amazed, and impressed.
Think of clothes as another sort of patchwork: just shapes you sew
together. Start simple: my first people garment was a dirndl style
skirt for myself: two rectangular bits of fabric gathered onto a waist
band, zip in one side, and hemmed up at the bottom. It was only after
that the rot set in... ;)
>
> Some crafts don't interest me, I'm less impressed by those,
> other crafts do impress and interest me but I'm not interested in
> crafting them (husband is becoming quite adept at building
> electric guitars and amplifiers--where'd that come from?!!?
> Interesting, and I'm a good fan, just don't know one bulb from another
> and I called a tube a bulb--well, it's all "parts" to me.)
> I admire people who can do something really, really welll,
> and enjoy the doing of it. Crafts, arts, music making, childcare,
> lawn sculptures, lapidary, woodcarving, cabinet making,
> pottery, glass blowing, teaching, writing, wall painting... and on it goes,
> skill, talent, love of the craft--
> I'm amazed and impressed w/ people who really "get into"
> their passion to create something.
>
> Thanks for the thought-provoking subject(s).
>
> Ragmop/Sandy -- ...I mean, the woman SEWS!!!
> ;-)
I can sit and watch DH put plastic model aircraft together for HOURS!
Such amazing skill for such tiny pieces, and him with BIG fingers! Like
my middle finger is smaller than his little finger! OK, the models are
'useless', but they keep my two happy, out of trouble, and hone skills
that are really useful elsewhere! Like when DH mended the shower rail
by drilling into the plastic and pinning the break together like
Butterfly's toes! But I will never ever LIKE plastic aircraft! Or
tanks, or Warhammer figures...
But I'd quite like to have a model of each of the types of aircraft Dad
flew, with all the right squadron markings and numbers...
And in turn DH may grow to admire the quilted headboard I'd like to make
for our bed.
hfw
--Heidi
Plattsburgh (UPstate) NY
http://community.webshots.com/user/rabbit2b
===
NightMist
<ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
> Ellison wrote:
>
>> I am amazed. I'm amazed at what other people *do* that just doesn't
>> enter my realm. You, Kate, SEW. I mean, you SEW!!!!
>> Clothes, fancy clothes, even, useful and decorative and historic period
>> and wedding and... well, you sew CLOTHING!!!
>> I don't. I have, didn't like it, won't again (altho' I can hem
>> w/ the best of 'em <g>). I'm amazed, and impressed.
>
>Think of clothes as another sort of patchwork: just shapes you sew
>together. Start simple: my first people garment was a dirndl style
>skirt for myself: two rectangular bits of fabric gathered onto a waist
>band, zip in one side, and hemmed up at the bottom. It was only after
>that the rot set in... ;)
OK, everybody who's first clothing sewing project was a dirndl skirt
raise their hand. First year home ec totally counts!
Mine did not have a zipper, the home ec book I got it out of was from
the early fifties and used a sort of drawstring arrangement instead.
My second piece of human clothing was a wrap around skirt, then a pair
of jeans, then I went mad.
My most recent bit of garment sewing was a corset, heavily boned, made
for tightlaceing, brushed cotton against the skin, duck middle,
leather outer. A long way from that first dirndl skirt!
NightMist
--
The wolf that understands fire has much to eat.
Cheryl in Oz
Me, myself, I - I am not into wall hangings or runners, but that could be
because of the style of house I live in now. I have made them in the past.
I prefer string pieced placemats for the table, and they are a great way to
use scraps.
When I teach applique I encourage "students" to pick enough block designs to
make a quilt. Then they make one block using a new technique. If they
don't like the technique - turn it into a cushion (if the block is large) or
a carry bag/bag pocket (If the block is smaller) and learn another method of
applique. And so on, and so on . . . . Two ladies here are working through
a set of sampler cushions together, just to see what all the different
methods of applique are like. I sometimes make cushions for others but not
for myself. However I am about to make some quilted armrest covers for my
two big club chairs. I am toying with the idea of "building in" a sewing
kit on one to be used on my favourite chair.
I have two large quilts made up as curtains on the archway leading into my
sewing room. They hang on poles/rings on either side of the archway (a
quilt facing each room). When closed over there is absolutely no draught in
winter, and I do not have to get up all the time to let QIs in and out (it
took them about two minutes to figure out these "internal" cat doors, and
between the two quilts is a favourite hiding spot for games). I plan to
make more when the new archways are finished for the living area of the
house. The two that are finished were quilted onto tracksuit fleece with no
backing fabric. They look like "normal" quilts and wash like a dream. If I
wait for a hot summer day I can wash them in the washing machine (yes - just
throw them in on a normal cycle) and hang them back up. They dry in about
15 minutes! I have put a pic up Webshots.
http://community.webshots.com/photo/535355289/2369602300075796722lViWVb
I have all the blocks made up for stained glass roman blinds for the sewing
room. Someone else here (Jeanne?) mentioned "Pieced Roman Shades" by
Terrell Sundermann - good book for this sort of project.
As I have to come up with Christmas projects every year we have quilted
almost everything from Christmas cards to gift bags and decorations. I
design these and make the samples, but possibly because I then have to give
the class 2 doz times successively I kinda lose interest in them for myself
LOL
I have a lot of patterns for quilted clothing and I plan to make more of
this in the coming year, probably starting with long simple sleeveless vests
either string pieced or appliqued - just to wear around the house. Last
time I did this (about 6 years ago) I got swamped with requests from
non-sewing friends for evening jackets!
Because I don't do my own quilting anymore, and my first love is applique, I
now have fabric quilted and cut it into more manageable pieces to applique
and then graft together. This makes my projects very portable, and quilt
size is almost unlimited - so my quilts will probably get bigger and bigger
from now on LOL Doesn't help that I have a new KS bed.
I admire all forms of quiltmaking (in fact all form of artistic creation),
and love to go to shows to see different methods and styles. But most do
not tempt me personally. I want to learn every new technique/method that
comes along, but then I am content to look at most of the quilts made from
them. I can admire the workmanship and design involved without every being
moved to make the quilts. There are elements of several methods in most of
my projects as I pick and choose to suit what I am trying to achieve. I
always made quilts the way I cooked - start with the recipe/pattern and then
go my own way. And - for myself - I could never see the point to exactly
reproducing something someone else has already made, especially as the
original is almost certainly better than I could ever hope to do. I admire
them - I just don't want to make them.
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>
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>
> So what do YOU like to make, and why? Just curious...
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Jessamy
had first added some artwork to with fabric paint - I had wanted to do a
doll making class but ended up with a garment sewing class instead - however
when the teacher found out she took me aside and I had a whale of a time
making first a very personable clown puppet (on strings) and then a dragon
stuffed toy of my own design. actually now I come to think of it.. all 3
were designed by me for me no commercial patterns were used for the garments
at the class.
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In The Netherlands
Take out: so much quilting to reply.
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
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Pat in Virginia
Oh, I do like the 'orderly chaos' I see in that quilt!! I am
sitting here, *sans my morning caffeine,* trying to figure out
the basic 'block' on this one. Could you kindly give us a hint?
Thanks!!
PAT, heading to the coffee pot, in VA/USA
Cheryl in Oz wrote:
...cut...
> I have two large quilts made up as curtains on the archway leading into my
> sewing room. They hang on poles/rings on either side of the archway (a
> quilt facing each room).
...
> http://community.webshots.com/photo/535355289/2369602300075796722lViWVb
...cut...
Julia in MN
it was the only fabric that was in abundance at our house :). White with
lavendar dots. The top was gathered around the neck and sleeves, then
finished with a bias band; not nearly as simple as some I made later
with elastic in the neck and sleeves, but it was a pattern my mom had on
hand.
Julia in MN
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joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska
noise dampers. We live in a split entry house. If I don't have a
large quilt hanging on the entryway wall, we get quite an echo from the
tv. Quilts also kept down the noise when we had a practicing musician
in the house.
p.s. Another benefit on the quilt in the entry way. I never had
problems with finger/hand prints along that wall. Kids never touched
the quilt either.
joan (who is currently working on an appliqued wall quilt that would
have been a full-sized bed quilt except I discovered-again-that I dont'
enjoy applique!)
Johanna Gibson
wrote:
>Why *is* it that only usefulness is tolerated as a motivation?
You would be so proud of me! I was walking up the Perth Road today
when I bumped into my friend Nikki (Dundee is the world's largest
village, and it is impossible to walk up the Perth Road without
running into at least one person you know....) She invited me to take
a knitting class next Sunday, so that she won't be the only new
knitter there. It's not just knit, purl, increase.... it's all about
making cool three-dimensional toys. There were some 2-headed knitted
space monsters on display. Mmm.
So I get the chance to make something completely non-functional, but
hopefully lots of fun! All for £5. You really can't beat that with a
stick. Oh, and one of my best friends will be there. If they have
the kettle on, it will be heaven.
-- Jo in Scotland
Butterfly
Is she ok? You 'bumped into her'......did you bump her shoulder/hand/head?
Are YOU ok? I don't like this 'bumping into things, let alone other ppl'.
((Yes this IS a >>>>>JOKE>>>>>>> ))
Sounds like fun learning a new craft. My really good friend taught me how to
knit 20 some years ago. She started me out with a child's sweater with a
design in the middle of the back, no less. "You going to learn on something
useful." She is from the "old Country of Ukraine". After I made a sweater
for each of us, she started me on afghan squares of fancy stitches--no
pattern to follow--she would show me and have me practice by taking the
stitch out and redoing it until I learned it. She would come over every
evening for one hour--"it was Mama's time" (DH was working out of town--2
weeks at a time). The kids (5 and 3) learned really quick that it WAS Mamas'
time and then she would play with them for one hour and go back home--across
the street. I taught myself how to read patterns after we moved.
Butterfly
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wrote:
>Howdy!
> This one's quick and easy:
>http://www.mccallsquilting.com/golden/mg16_pattern/index1.html
> Who knows? You start w/ one, then it becomes a double,
>then you make another... and pretty soon you're hooked! ;-D
>
>Cheers, Kate!
>
>Ragmop/Sandy
I have 2 of these cut out - one for my friend Keith, and one for
myself. I really will finish at least one of these, this year!
-- Jo in Scotland
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Ah, shucks; thankyee, ma'am. <g>
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1945! Before the apron we had to hand hem dish towels.
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Taria
but 4-H was my first formal sewing.
Taria
MB
new one each
year for that particular class. So ours all turned out identical except
for the pocket. They
were all royal blue with a pocket that we'd embroidered with our name and
address, stamp and
cut out w/ pinking shears before sewing to the front of the apron and a nice
big bow in the back !
. When they were finished...we
got to wear them into our class room where the boys had just come back from
shop/woodworking
class
and they got to see us in our brand new aprons!...Can't believe we actually
did that without
any protest...must be we were proud of our work! The next year we got to
make skirts !
These were full skirts...no bought pattern and really just an extended apron
pattern. I remember
one gal wore hers through high school as she'd picked out a darling bandana
print and it looked
good on her...Strangely enough I don't remember my skirt. My first skirt
was made in
4-H....6 or 8 gored....I remember the fabric but don't know if the skirt
ever got finished.... Mary
Sally Swindells
>
>I have all the blocks made up for stained glass roman blinds for the sewing
>room. Someone else here (Jeanne?) mentioned "Pieced Roman Shades" by
>Terrell Sundermann - good book for this sort of project.
>
usual cotton?
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Taria
http://www.terrelldesigns.com/
I can't remember who mentioned it here some
time ago but they are really neat.
Taria
Donna in Idaho
thing when I was in high school, using the white nylon parachute fabric for
clothing, or at least for blouses. Can't imagine why we thought it was such
a good idea. That stuff is hot to wear, especially in humid Indiana.
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<ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> wrote:
>Patti wrote:
>
>> Perhaps I am not alone, Kate, in finding this description offensive.
>
>Sorry about that, but you see, that *is* how I was seeing them, and I
>didn't think it could be the whole picture. Most of the wall hanging
>patterns I have seen have been just like that: cartoon type cottages
>with gingham roofs and flowers round the doors, and such, in pastel
>shades... No art to them, and no use either. Now I know instinct was
>right, and there is a LOT more to wall hangings than that.
>
I have several embroidered pictures (Verina's pictures are at:
http://www.peakdistrictproducts.co.uk/warren/index.html )
and way above anything I could achieve, ever. It was left to me by my
sister in her will, and I was so thrilled. The actual picture is only
9" x 8" though the frame makes it bigger.
I can't see any difference between different types of fabric art - an
exquisite wall-hanging has exactly the same worth as an exquisite
embroidery. The flowers in my garden have no use - you can't eat them,
but they are beautiful things to look at, and I. for one, like to be
surrounded by beautiful things, even if they are no 'use'.
There are, of course, wallhangings made by people at a much lower
level, who proudly display them on their walls. They may be of a
completely different standard to Verina's and Pat's, but to the person
who made them they are an achievement to be proud of. If someone can
see the worth in creating something themselves, however humble, it can
only be good, and it opens a door for them; and if they want to hang
it on their walls, good for them.
How many of use started our sewing with a lazy-daisy tray cloth! At
our Embroiderer's Guild Meeting a couple of months ago we had an
expert in silk shaded embroidery. She said that she is a compulsive
embroiderer, but because her work is commissioned and is so fine she
can't carry it around with her. Her solution for doctor's waiting
rooms, trains, etc. was a little pack of a tray/table cloth with the
old fashioned transfers on (often found in charity shops) which she
embroidered with her fantastic silk shaded flowers the transfer
designers had never dreamed of, just to keep exercising her fingers
and skill level.
So I'm sorry Kate, I cannot agree with you on this one.
Cheryl in Oz
Perhaps some people use derision to mask intimidation. Those who lack the
creative spark (or - more correctly - those who fail to seek out and find
their own particular avenue of creativity) can feel intimidated by the works
of others who strive for excellence in any field. And if they cannot
appreciate the creativity of another, that is their loss not yours.
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> Perhaps I am not alone, Kate, in finding this description offensive.
> Why *is* it that we are all expected to toe the same line/sew the same
> seam?
> Why *is* it that small cannot be accepted?
> Why *is* it that only usefulness is tolerated as a motivation?
> If I make a 12" square piece, with 692 pieces in it (which I have just
> done), why is that derided? Why may I not make what pleases me and
> others?
> I have never been dismissive or scathing about anyone's work here; and
> have always tried to help anyone with a problem.
> .
> In message <43ce6d9a$0$82657$ed26...@ptn-nntp-reader03.plus.net>, Kate
> Dicey <ka...@diceyhome.free-online.co.uk> writes
>>
>> I guess with 'wall hanging' I was picturing those slightly twee annoying
>> things less than three feet wide
>
> --
> Best Regards
> pat on the hill
Julia in MN
> Did anyone besides me make blouses out of parachute nylon?
from a parachute. It is a really cute little dress; I still have it. It
was floor length, with a 3-tiered skirt and puffed sleeves. I'm not sure
whether my mom or one of my aunts made it.
Kate Dicey
> I am not derisive - just awed!!!!
Me too - with all sorts of embroidery (tried it - not for me! My mum's
a very good embroiderer, though, but I didn't get that kink of the
sewing gene!), pottery (again, tried it, but don't like the feel of
clay! I never made mud pies as a child, either!), and several other things.
>
> Perhaps some people use derision to mask intimidation. Those who lack the
> creative spark (or - more correctly - those who fail to seek out and find
> their own particular avenue of creativity) can feel intimidated by the works
> of others who strive for excellence in any field. And if they cannot
> appreciate the creativity of another, that is their loss not yours.
Indeed. And I'm not deriding something I have yet to see the value of:
there is value there, but *I* do not see it. Why not? How not? What
am I missing?
Tastes differ: I like smart, not twee. I much prefer Mackintosh and
Bauhouse styles to Victorian fussiness. I have plain paint on my walls
rather than patterned wallpaper.
But like most people, I'm not 100% consistent: I like rich and complex
patterns with hidden twists, I like bold swathes of colour, and mugs
with cats and flowers on them!
And this is how I mix the two: one complex and coloured quilt thrown
over a plain sofa in a plain room, one large picture on a wall, a pair
of bold, bright, richly coloured curtains in an otherwise plain room...
But please! NOT all of these elements in the same room!
To get back to the quilts... Here are a few No Thank You 'twee' ones,
and some Wow! Yes please! ones: you don't have to agree with my likes
and dislikes, but these are what work and what don't work for me:
No Thanks!
http://quickquilts.com/golden/qg21_pattern/
http://quickquilts.com/golden/qg26_pattern/
http://quickquilts.com/golden/qg58_pattern/
http://quickquilts.com/golden/qg36_pattern/
http://equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=14658&sid=31U9Hz1TxMO14ln-02106529854.2a
http://www.marcusbrothers.com/makeit/projects/butterscotch_basket/index.html
Yes please!
http://quickquilts.com/golden/15_pattern/
http://www.bighornquilts.com/cgi-images/image_display.cgi?account=bighorn&image=tss2007.jpg
http://www.bighornquilts.com/cgi-images/image_display.cgi?account=bighorn&image=bps032.jpg
http://www.bighornquilts.com/cgi-images/image_display.cgi?account=bighorn&image=jw-27.jpg
http://equilter.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=67015&sid=31U9Hz1TxMO14ln-02106529854.2a
http://www.marcusbrothers.com/makeit/projects/itsy_bitsy/detail.html
Exceptions! Possibly twee, but I still like 'em!
http://www.bighornquilts.com/cgi-images/image_display.cgi?account=bighorn&image=ns01.jpg
http://www.bighornquilts.com/cgi-images/image_display.cgi?account=bighorn&image=jw39.jpg
http://www.marcusbrothers.com/makeit/projects/wool_applique_wall_hangings/index.shtml
MB
my mom
did with that parachute but I loved sewing with it. I was probably about 10
at the time.
Mary
"Donna in Idaho" > Did anyone besides me make blouses out of parachute
NightMist
4H sewing must have been keen on aprons!
I had done doll clothes before my skirt. I had actually done a doll's
quilt before my skirt. All my grammas were keen on me learning
"womanly crafts",. So I learned something new every visit. By the
time I made my skirt I had done both towels and sheets plus some
mending, in addition to the dolls clothes. Come to think on it, I had
done knitting for my dolls too. I must have had the best dressed
dolls in the county!
NightMist
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The cats [first one] would be cute in a kids' room, but I think the coyotes
are goofy looking. Of course my response to both is entirely personal: I
love my cats, and hate coyotes [because I'm fairly certain a coyote ate one
of my cats.]
As for the rest: Sunbonnet Sue makes me want to rip her hat off and scream
"look me in the eyes you little twit!" The others from quick quilts LOOK
like they're quick quilts: if I'm going to hang something on my wall, I want
it to look like it took some time to make [even if it didn't.]
And I do have neutral carpet and furniture so I can display a large quilt on
my large wall without having it argue with the sofa, but I just painted the
entry walls in deep tones to warm them up and provide a backdrop for the
table centre and "food fight" wallhanging.
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the quilts I made to webshots.
http://community.webshots.com/album/535355289HRVevr
Sorry to be so brief - busy mopping up storm damage and trying to dry out
carpets.
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Melissa in NJ
people go and frame. They look great framed.
Melissa in NJ
Roberta Zollner
horribly "twee" pieces -they sell very well at bazaars!
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Storm? What storm? You all right?
Mostly, is the stash all right?
Ragmop/Sandy--in dry, warm, dusty n.Tx--but it's pretty outside ;-)
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line them with (don't cringe! LOL) tracksuiting, which is acrylic and
should offer quite a bit of protection. They are my dyed fabrics, and in a
few years I might want to change them for another design. Faded quilts
never get thrown away here - they can be used for something (hence the
tracksuiting - to give a quilted look and to make washing easy).
I plan to make "quilted" curtains for all over the house eventually. They
look good, offer good insulation and sound "muffling", and they are easier
for me than doors - no door keeping for the QIs.
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Stash is fine - but filing cabinets of patterns are a tad damp! I just have
to hope the cabinets and bookcases have dried fast enough to avoid rust,
swelling, etc.
Today (Saturday) it reached 47C (that's about 120F) here, according to my
thermometer in the shade on the south side of the house. It is supposed to
be hotter tomorrow. Melbourne had its hottest January day in I don't
remember how long and play at the Australian Open Tennis was suspended when
temps on the outside courts reached 50C (at least one match was subject to
forfeit when a girl got heat stroke). It is now 11pm and still 32C and no
sign of cooling down so I am doing the washing. It will be dry in 45
minutes and I won't have to go out in the heat tomorrow.
Oh - but I do miss the sea breeze you get on the coast!!!! (sigh)
Just 4-5 months and I will be scraping the ice off the windows again. LOL
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I have printed the layouts and block. This is an easy but
interesting version of 4 patch. THANKS ...
PAT in VA/USA
Ellison
Uncle! Your temps just got hotter than ours in July.
We get the tornados and "monsoons" and hurricanes and floods
and (lately) droughts. But the July temps usually top at
117ºF, 47ºC. In the Metroplex (Ft.Worth and Dallas are
30 miles apart, all surrounding and in-between cities & towns
are called "the Metroplex" or Metromess by those who drive much)
we are victim to my favorite weather phenom:
The Urban Heat Island Effect,
which means it stays hotter in the city because of the pavement,
stone/cement/brick buildings, and that heat radiates back to us
at night so it can't really cool off. It also means that
rain showers may be pushed away because of the radiating heat;
jury's still out on that one.
This year we're skipping winter; warm and dry and pretty
in n.Tx., but dry, very dry and windy.
Glad to hear the stash is fine.
And you, too. <g
Keep the ice maker busy!
Ragmop/Sandy
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