Geneva, it was your aim of 2-3 quilts for a whole year that's 24 - 36 you'll have done. I think your husband will be buried They don't always get it do they.
I hope to do the same but they'll be postcards and swaps as well as for the babies that keep popping out from friends, and some just for the joy of making them. Best are always gifts, it must be the extra pressure that makes you put more into them

Thanks for posting the pictures, Geneva! I really love the quilting on this and am glad you persevered and got it quilted that heavily. It really does add a wonderful texture and movement to the quilt. And I love the addition of the black thread. It looks great!

Geneva, I think the quilt is beautiful. I think the quilting combination goes very well with the modern quilt. Bet your daughter loved it!

Geneva...Thanks for doing the close-ups ! I really wanted to see how you did that texture.. works
so well !!

Geneva, Thanks for persevering with the wonderful pictures and explanations of the quilting. I love the quilting. I love the wavy and straight line combo. Great idea.

Wendy, Are you speaking to me?
The close ups are of a quilt I made for my daughter's wedding. I posted the quilt on Saturday.

I do make some stuff for sale, but not too much. I mostly give stuff away, to chagrin of my husband!

Geneva

It did it's beautiful. Are you making them for family or do you make them professionally?

I wish there was some way we could share some good stuff with you all from the states. We are blessed with lots of online options and reasonable shipping costs.

Ok, This is my umpteenth try to post the post I wrote last Sunday! This was in response to several of you asking about the quilt I made for my daughter's wedding and wanting to see some close ups. Hopefully, with Bob the tech guy's genius and help it will actually post! I have saved the original post as I kept having to rewrite it! Here goes!


Thank you everyone for your nice compliments. Beverly, your quilt puts mine to shame! All those points! Beautiful!

Yes, Rita, I will be making 2-3 quilts a month this year! (HA! And I haven't even started drinking yet today! )

The pattern is called "Color Bar Quilt" by Debbie Mum from her book called "Fresh Cuts." I think I bought this book on a sale table. My favorite way to buy books! There are several quilts I will be making from this book. I think this would make a nice quilt in batiks. I may do that!

I quilted on the diagonal to bring movement to the rectangles. I used a straight stitch and a wave stitch. I used an entire 500 yard spool of Superior variegated thread. After that quilting I went back and added some quilting in black. About half way through the quilting I thought "Who's bright idea was this to quilt so close together?"

The rectangles are 5" x 9" finished. The little inner squares are 1" finished and the inner rectangles are 2" finished. I used 9 fabrics, even though the pattern called for 7. I added the 1/2 finished inner border and made the outer border a little bigger (2" finished) than the pattern called for. No matter how hard I try, I always end up changing the pattern!

Here are some close ups.









Oh please, please, let this work!

Take care everyone! geneva

I am paying on average £14 per metre for fabric. Last year I ordered fabric from the US, which was about half the price I would pay here. My parcel was opened by the Royal Mail when it arrived and I was charged duty, so my great bargain was ruined.
Best Wishes
Pam

Rita, that postage price is ridiculous, and to think that in UK we would the be hit with a double whammy of VAT and an £8 bill to Royal Mail for the privilege of paying the VAT. Just what you need a friendly Lorna for

Wendy, my husband went mad in a quilt shop when he was in America a few years ago and I am still working through some of the fabrics. Hancocks of Paducah used to do free international shipping about once a year if you bought over $100 worth, but now they don't seem to do that anymore either, and I can see why. If it costs $77 to ship a 'binding miter tool' (which must be all of about 4"x2") and a packet of 'perfect circles' - total cost of about $11 - then I guess $100 worth of fabrics is going to cost more than the fabrics themselves in postage. I think maybe the postage would be cheaper from the Far East, but then it takes about 6 weeks to get here, by which time I will have forgotten what I wanted the item for in the first place.

Wow you're so lucky. I took a spare suitcase when I came over years ago, the difference is so great.

I have read some of you say fabric and notions are so expensive where you live, but also didn't realize how expensive. My stash would not be what it is if I had to pay those prices. I am fortunate to have several quilt shops within an hours drive that have all the top manufacturers and designers fabrics for under $10.00 and then they frequently have 20%, 25% or 30% sales. Wish I could buy and find an inexpensive way to mail it across the pond.

I had heard that quilting supplies cost more on the other side of the pond, but I had no idea they were THAT much more expensive.
$77 to ship a small item!!! That is astounding. Just plain awful. What was it?
Some quilt shops in my part of the country have gone out of business. I have noticed that those that stay are carrying less inventory.
Quilt shop prices in my area appear to be about 25% less than yours. I drove about 125 miles recently to go to a quilt shop to look at some Moda fabric. The prints were $15/yd and the batiks were $19/yd. I didn't buy them. At least I didn't have to make an appointment.
I will make do with what I've got and be thankful for it.
I wish I could send some of my fabric to you. Anyone who quilts so beautifully as you and Rosemary and Wendy deserves lots of fabric.

Judith