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I just finished quilt #3 - my husband wanted me to make him one, and the pattern he asked for was a Texas Lone Star (yes, my husband is a Texan!) I had a local shop do the longarm quilting (pattern Stars and waves). The backing is a print called Texas stars
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You are such the awesome Granny, Mo!!!
No wonder she loves you. I'm sure you have a go round with her, but that's why she loves you, respects you, and you show her you care by the way you're teaching and training her.
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Honestly, I don't remember either of my grandmothers sewing but they must have had to mend something here and there at one time, sewn on buttons, something!
I haven't gotten any quilt sewing started or done in quite some time.
 
Patchouli said:
You are such the awesome Granny, Mo!!!
No wonder she loves you. I'm sure you have a go round with her, but that's why she loves you, respects you, and you show her you care by the way you're teaching and training her.
:heart:
Honestly, I don't remember either of my grandmothers sewing but they must have had to mend something here and there at one time, sewn on buttons, something!
I haven't gotten any quilt sewing started or done in quite some time.
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Thanks Patchouli.
 
lilmissy said:
@DrPrepper, your quilt is gorgeous. Any tips on the Y seams? I have an awful time with those
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Thanks, Lilmissy!
I wish I had some tips to offer - other than making a dot where the 1/4" seams connect and not sewing beyond the dot.... I am still a beginner at quilting, so I haven't learned any tips for that other than to try to avoid Y seams whenever I can. In this quilt, I sewed the diamonds into strips then put the strips together to avoid Y seams.
 
DrPrepper said:
Thanks, Lilmissy!
I wish I had some tips to offer - other than making a dot where the 1/4" seams connect and not sewing beyond the dot.... I am still a beginner at quilting, so I haven't learned any tips for that other than to try to avoid Y seams whenever I can. In this quilt, I sewed the diamonds into strips then put the strips together to avoid Y seams.
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For a beginner, you are pretty talented. Y seams are the worst
 
DrPrepper said:
I just finished quilt #3 - my husband wanted me to make him one, and the pattern he asked for was a Texas Lone Star (yes, my husband is a Texan!) I had a local shop do the longarm quilting (pattern Stars and waves). The backing is a print called Texas starsView attachment 54109View attachment 54110
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Neat Doc, looks like your hubby may be some compitition before long:)
 
LadyLocust said:
There you go speaking a foreign language again. I don't understand that word "finished" 😂
That is so sweet! I'm glad she's feeling well enough to stitch a little.
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She is getting stronger and feeling better every week.

Still no symptoms of covid.

If she's sewing she's feeling better.
She is working on another one right now.

Jim
 
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A friend of mine brought me a sack full of pieces of a quilt she started with her grandmother- 25 years ago! I put it together for her and was able to give it back to her for her birthday the following week! It was my first time doing my own machine quilting, too. (And, yes, all of my quilts get "cat-scanned" by my quilting kitties!)
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