[Nfb-krafters-korner] Sewing/quilting

[Annette Carr via Nfb-krafters-korner]

Yes, you could make a flower.  It just requires the use of geometry.  I
think there is another technique where things are layered.  So an idea would
be to make the flower out of pieces sewn together and then attached to a
background.  I really should not be the one sharing this info as I am
honestly not a quilter.  It just so happens that I am helping my friend make
a t-shirt memory quilt for my daughter's graduation.  I have gathered her
old t-shirts from as far back as pre-school and the various camps, sports
and other events.  Each t-shirt will become 1 12 or 15 inch square of the
quilt.  We have had many set-backs in accomplishing this project, so we do
not know if we will bet it done in time for graduation next month.

Annette
  

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Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 10:41 PM
To: Ramona Walhof; List for blind crafters and artists
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Sewing/quilting

Hi. Could you take smaller pieces of different shapes and combine them to
make a flower or some other shape? I am not sure this can be done but it
could be a fun advanced project.

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> On May 28, 2014, at 9:37 AM, Ramona Walhof via Nfb-krafters-korner
<nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Ashley, I believe there has been some discussion on this list about
piecing a quilt top of some sort.  We have to give Joyce time to recover,
but she and I have talked about a class to piece something small like a bag
or pillow case.  Joyce has much more experience than I.  Sewing the pieces
can be done by hand or on the machine.  Squares are the simplest, but quilt
piecing can be very creative, an art unto itself, to say nothing of the
sewing over all that Annette describes.
> 
> Ramona
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Carr via 
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> To: "'Ashley Bramlett'" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>; "'List for blind 
> crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2014 5:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Sewing/quilting
> 
> 
>> Ashley,
>> 
>> Sewing pieces of material together is one aspect of quilting.  
>> Another part of it is the technique used to keep the front, back and
filling in place.
>> Sometimes this involves using small lengths of some type of thread, 
>> string, yarn, etc to tie knots in some type of pattern.  The knots 
>> are threaded through all layers of the quilt.  Another technique and 
>> the most popular is when stitches are sewn over the surface of the 
>> quilt through all of its layers in a pattern.  This pattern could be 
>> parallel lines running horizontal, vertical or diagonally, parallel 
>> and perpendicular lines to form a grid or series of boxes, or even 
>> curved lines or circles can be used. It is up to the quilter and what
they want their finished quilt to look like.
>> 
>> HTH,
>> Annette
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----

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