Jan, I hope it works. Do you have a sister, friend, etc. who would like you to make a quilt for them? Maybe they could beg you to make it in front of your DH? Maybe even offer to pay you for it? Ok, I am sneaky and devious! I will admit it. I guess that would mean you would have to give the quilt to them. Unless they change their mind about wanting it. I just hope you can make the quilt. My last excuse was to use up some of the material I have lying around. I am also making one to sell (?). My DH really likes it, so if he tells me to keep it I will be happy too.

Guys, I know I don't need to make another quilt as my husband just suggested. But I want to so badly. It's like asking Vincent Van Gogh not to paint. Now I don't mean my quilts are any gift to the world. I just want to play with the colors but I understand my husband's wishes. Maybe if I get the house and everything into great shape I could get him to see it as OK. I also could make a smaller quilt by not setting the blocks on point. Then it could be a throw for the couch. It's just I love the look of blocks on point. It would be my first time doing it. But maybe I'm not ready because the quilting would be a challenge at this stage. The final size I figured was not a king size but 66x66. That's a bit smaller than my last quilt. I only work one day a week so I have the time. Will let you know how it goes. Jan

You guys gave me such a laugh this morning about the underwear. Thanks. Jan

Perfect way to spend a weekend, Jimmie!

I have a stack of old videos of my family and really need to get them sorted and onto DVD. Thanks for reminding me.

Not to change the subject but: For the last two days I have been converting my Simply Quilt shows on VCR tapes to DVD disks. Having fun watching all the old shows. Jimmie

http://freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/2012/01/quilt-along-3-playing-with-scale.html

LEAH DAY discusses scale in quilting ... this is helpful to read when your are trying to decide how to quilt your large blocks. I always find her helpful.

As to BASTING by long armer... I think it is a good idea for larger quilts. My LONG- ARMER will do stitch in the ditch around blocks as basting and then I do not have to rip it out.... works good for both of us.

Have fun with your project.

As soon as I finish ACLS class next week I have two baby quilts to work on.... I plan to do it in a fun way.

Nonnie
Lady Rags


LABELS: I hired an embroiderer to make 10 embroidered labels I fill in the dates on the lable when I put it in the quilt. I love this method cause otherwise I would not label my quilts.

That's not lazy, that is exceedingly smart!! Spend your time piecing while she bastes it for you!!

The lazy way to thread baste is to take your quilt to a longarmer and let them do it.

HOBBS 80/20 seems to be fairly flat / holds up well in kids quilts/ needles well. It also was the first batting I tried and I have tried several battings but I end up back with the HOBBS 80/20. IT can be gotten at JoAnn's on a Sunday is another really good reason.

I stay away from FUSIBLE batting as I do not like chemicals.... I also stay away from spray adhesives for same reason.... I either pin or uses SHARON SCHAMBER'S herringbone stitching techniques. Since I do not get to sew often the thread basting method works to keep the quilt tops secure between long sessions.

Nonnie

Oh how silly of me!! The shock of seeing all that glorious hair made me confuse Lorchen with that other "across the pond" gal!! LOL!!

Problem solved, girls!

By the way, no time for FQs and reels, whatever they are for. I have about 90 wedding favours to make for my son's wedding in May, and not a lot of free time.

Lorchen, honey, you need more than just a quilt. You are going to caught cold.

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Except that the FQ's and reels are headed to Rosemary and Lorna. Lorchen will just have to make do without!

I've made a couple quilts with wool batting. The first one, I used Hobbs wool and loved how soft and easily it draped around my shoulders. It was great batting to quilt. I wash the quilt in cold water and tumble dry it until it is just damp and then let it air dry the rest of the way. It comes out looking like new every time.
The second quilt I made, I again used Hobbs wool; but unfortunately, Hobbs must have changed the formula. (Their 80/20 isn't like it use to be either ) I used it in my Batiks-R-Us HST project and I was so disappointed. I had a hard time quilting it because the batting didn't squish well and when I finished the quilt it was stiff and not snuggly. But, I made a small wall hanging using Quilters Dream Request batting and half a layer of Hobbs batting and that worked really well.
This is the HST project:

This is the small wall hanging:
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