My First Quilt
Once I started knowing how I wanted it to turn out the only thing I had to worry about was keeping it square. I also used some stretchy materials, so keeping it square was a challenge. I had been col…
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What a Blast Quilt
binding, pinning it together, I don't have a frame so did it on our lg table, so not too tight. I'm going to find my clamps and clamp it down next time so it will be tighter and use safety pins, or I…
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Hand Pieced & Hand Quilted
Finishing the quilt after my daughter took permanent marker to it. I thought it was ruined and just stuffed it into a box swearing to never quilt again. Many years later I decided that it wasn't ruin…
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Blue and Cream Wash Quilt
Sewing the fabrics that kept slipping as they weren't cottons and lining up each row exactly. The quilt ended up fitting our Queen size bed so there were literally hundreds of 2" squares lined up rea…
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Cherished First Quilt
Choosing the lay-out with the photos. Then when sewing, making sure that the photos were "right-side" up. Then I also had no idea how to make the binding. Next was trying how to put all the layers to…
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Underground Railroad Sampler Quilt
Trying to figure out how to make all the blocks the same size.I thought I was sewing a 1/4" seam and I slowly realized I was not. Since this was my first quilt I was new to quilting totally.I didn't …
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Necktie Quilt and Sham Starburst
I think the placement of all the ties and doing all the different adjustments was the most difficult. Ties differ in size and materials. Some would streach and some did not. Getting everything to lay…
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Belley's First African Fabrics Quilt In A Day
Quilting it. The quilt is heavy to be getting through the machine. My portable sewing machine tends to overheat, probably because the power here in Luanda, Angola tends to fluctuate. No matter how ca…
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Square in a Square..... in a Square!
I am submitting it here, because I could not find the entry form for the MINIATURE QUILT GALLERY on the About.com site. * So will you please enter this little quilt in the Miniature Section please. t…
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My First Quilt Is a Bargello Quilt
Lining up all the seams. ARGH. lol - but seriously it really wasn't that hard - just basic strip cutting. It was fun picking out the fabric cause we had a list of "must haves". I would have liked to …
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Christmas Card Quilt
Putting the backing on the back of the quilt, It was very hard to get a an even border But it still turn out pretty well. I am 66 years old and male, and enjoy sewing. being a first time quilt maker …
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Aurora's quilt
Nothing was really difficult, but I think the quilting is a bit too much and perhaps this is why it took so long to finish the quilt. When I started quilting I didn't have a plan of what I was going …
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Sheila's First Quilt
The most difficult aspect of this quilt was deciding whether to machine quilt or to hand quilt. I only have a regular sewing machine and I found that trying to quilt was just too bulky. So I had to r…
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It's Finally Finished!
Waiting each week until the next class. Also, keeping the 1/4" seams perfect which I didn't quite master. We had a very patient instructor. Rolling the outside of the quilt in order for it to fit in …
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JR's Quilt
The center block was the most difficult part. I thought it was adorable, but didn't fit with the other sqaures so I got a friend with way more experience to help me fit it to the quilt. Once it was i…
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