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Changing Backing Fabric 08 Sep 2019 09:21 #146050

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Thanks for sharing, Helen W. Great idea.
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Changing Backing Fabric 07 Sep 2019 07:41 #146049

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Hummerlou,
You made a beautiful tee shirt quilt. You have probably gone on to work on other projects by now, but if you still are looking for ideas, I just watched a Marti Michelle
video on Bluprint where she uses encased seams process to change the size of a finished quilt. She said people use it when they buy different sized mattresses and
want to adjust the quilt size larger. She took a quilt and cut the binding off and then added several new borders to enlarge it using her method. You could cut that pretty blue
fabric off and change out the quilt to use the colors your niece likes. She adds batting and backing fabric at the same time. Her backing fabric color was different than
the rest of the back of the quilt but it looked good.
HelenW
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Changing Backing Fabric 03 Sep 2019 04:40 #146031

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Sorry to hear that your niece didn't like it. Was it a gift? Personally, I really like the colors and I think that your quilt is very well made. But I think that it's totally fine to suggest your niece to customize it with markers or acrylics if she wish so.
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Changing Backing Fabric 22 Aug 2019 06:46 #145999

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It's the front that she is going to see , so what is her problem???
It's a beautiful quilt and the colours are gorgeous.
Well done Hummerlou.
Anne
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Changing Backing Fabric 19 Aug 2019 19:19 #145994

That happened to me too. I mentioned to one friend of the recipient, who had contributed a block, that that recipient didn't like it. A few days later I got an apology.

Just a suggestion...
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Changing Backing Fabric 19 Aug 2019 07:35 #145990

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That’s beautiful, you should be proud.
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Changing Backing Fabric 18 Aug 2019 17:02 #145989

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Totally agree with Sharon. It is beautiful.
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Changing Backing Fabric 18 Aug 2019 14:04 #145988

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It’s a beautiful quilt!
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Changing Backing Fabric 18 Aug 2019 13:04 #145987

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Hopefully this shows correctly...Should be the front of the quilt.
T_shirtfront.jpg
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Changing Backing Fabric 18 Aug 2019 12:56 #145985

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Thank you both for your comments. They mean a lot to me. I'm trying to post the front/back of the quilt, but for some reason, I can only get the back to show up. Anyway, I'm really proud of the quilt and my longarm quilter did a beautiful job.

Vivsquiltfront.jpg
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Changing Backing Fabric 18 Aug 2019 11:48 #145980

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Sharon and Hummerlou,
I stopped myself from ‘ranting’ also. I think that if that niece is creative,,,,, she should be able to figure out what she might want to do to change it up. Too bad she didn’t just ‘do it herself’ in the first place. Sometimes, people don’t value other people’s time and work. Ok, so I guess this is a bit of a rant also, but Hummerlou,,,, you shouldn’t take on fixing something that ain’t wrong! ! ! ! That’s accepting someone else’s opinion of ‘what you’ve done’ and trying to please this person will probably never happen. I have a typical, although not very soft, answer to someone like this,,, There’s a guy down at the shelter that loves it, I’ll give it to him. OR, the one I’ve used with customers that ask the stupidest questions, and they are aware of how stupid it is (different if they really don’t know),,,,, That’s an interesting question, AND then I turn and walk away letting them figure out what “they” will do with their ???
I know this is rather strong, but I guess some of us have been put through the wringer with this kind of behavior and it’s time we speak up and stop getting walked on. NO ONE is going to send me back to do something that doesn’t need to be redone ! !
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Changing Backing Fabric 18 Aug 2019 09:54 #145979

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Well, that got my hackles up!! You didn't do a dang thing wrong and shouldn't fix it. If she doesn't like it its her problem. People don't realize how much work t-shirts are to make. i'm sorry for the rant.

Sharon in Colorado
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Changing Backing Fabric 17 Aug 2019 12:45 #145977

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I made a t-shirt quilt for my niece and it is completely finished. T-shirts on the front and back. Now she is not happy with the quiilt backing and border fabric. What do you do? Would it make sense to suggest she personalize the fabric with fabric markers? She's very talented and she could make it hers. I'm am just heartbroken and not sure what to do. Any suggestions welcome! :(
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