[Nfb-krafters-korner] Quilting another comment

[Dan Brewer]

This sounds doable and fun.  I can surely hand sew. You are right, 
cutting can be a challenge.  But have mastered it quite well in card 
making with paper.
HenriettaAt 10:37 AM 3/8/2009, you wrote:

>You don't have to have a sewing machine to sew stripped pieces  together.
>You can hand sew them, but then there is a lot more cutting  of 
>smaller pieces.
>I have some tools I have gotten so I can cut the long  strips out .with a
>rotary cutter, then sew them on the machine together and then  go 
>back and cut
>these sewn strips into  strips that make up the  blocks.
>
>I hope I have not lost you on this, but I have been in block swaps which  are
>each person makes X amount of the same design block and then sends all but 1
>or 2 blocks in for a swap.  You get back as many blocks as you send  in.  It
>is great fun and it makes a great patchy quilt or lap robe.   Depending how
>many blocks you swap.
>
>I have been in them that use a certain type of quilting fabric  as  some of
>the companies come out with a whole type of coordinating 
>prints.  I  have been
>in some that they use a common color background example white on 
>white  print.
>
>
>I would think it would be fun to give this a try and I have taught this
>certain pattern block to a troop of Girl Scouts that were in high school.
>
>1 yard of material[actually  1/2 yards, plus 2 - 1/4 yards] will make  8
>blocks which is enough to make a 16 inch pillow.
>
>We can give that a try to do a pillow and if after that you might be
>interested in joining in with a swap.  I can investigate more to 
>open it up  for
>sighted folks, too, if we don't have enough folks.
>
>Let me know your thoughts on this.
>
>I am just looking into a quilt block that you can do all by hand sewing and
>I hope to find out at the quilt shop if they have a particular tool 
>that could
>  be used for cutting.  Actually I know that they do have the tool 
> and I want
>to get it and give it a try.  Summer is a great time for these small hand
>projects and using cotton cloth is not as uncomfortable as yarns can be.
>
>Joyce
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