[Nfb-krafters-korner] Ramona: Christmas Quilting by Hand

[Debbie Killian]

Ramona,
That sounds so pretty. I was unable to join the class that night, but I had 
been wondering how to cut the squares evenly. I had not thought about 
getting them to cut them at the store. When I was in high school I took 
sewing classes and the teacher taught us to use butcher paper to make our 
patterns heavier. We put the print pattern on the butcher paper and use pipe 
cleaners to show where the print arrows went. It worked out great! We all 
could choose what we wanted to sew. I did an apron with pockets and a pants 
suit. Man I sure did enjoy that! Now that I know the store will cut the 
squares for me I'm planning on getting some Christmas colored material and 
making some Christmas throw pillows for gifts. I hope I can find some 
Christmas colors that have snowflakes on it. Thanks for the encouragement.
Debbie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Catherine Miller via Nfb-krafters-korner" 
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Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2014 7:13 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Ramona: Christmas Quilting by Hand


>I have been having so much fun!  Ramona, your chat was so inspiring!  I 
>went back to my local quilting store and got them to cut a yard each of 
>green and red Christmas-print, cotton fabric into 6.5-inch squares.  My 
>husband says the print is very pretty, little white flowers.  I have three 
>of the squares sewn together already.  For now I'm simply putting a green 
>and a red square together, wrong sides together, and hand stitching down 
>one side.
>
> I never have been able to cut a straight line, even when I could see and 
> even with the sharpest fabric shears.  I let that keep me from starting a 
> quilt before I was too blind to sew them together.  Now I don't consider 
> it cheating any longer to let the store cut the squares for me. Every 
> square is perfect!
>
> I was worried about sewing a straight line, but I'm using my thumb to 
> gauge the distance from the edge of the fabric.  I'm also trying to get 
> the seam about half an inch from the edge.  I don't know if my seams are 
> quite straight, but I'm sewing the seam twice for added strength.  When I 
> finish the seam and spread out the seam allowance on the back, it seems to 
> be pretty straight.  I think after everything is pressed it will be fine.
>
> This is going to be so pretty!  It will be my Christmas season lap quilt.
>
> My exercise partner told me she wishes she had enough patience to sew a 
> quilt.  But she reads with her eyes so she can't enjoy a nice talking book 
> while her hands stitch away the hours.
>
> Bye for now.  Gotta go work on my Christmas lap quilt.
>
> Thank you, Ramona.
>
> Cathy Miller
>
> Sent from my iPad
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