Comments on: Oh, hey…I’m busy making a quilt.

By: Kristine

Kristine — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 23:33:43 +0000

Please post photos when you are done!!

By: jan

jan — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 04:35:45 +0000

Cheat and send it to someone to quilt, it wont affect the amount of love put into it just the level of cursing required to complete it.

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:27:41 +0000

Beautiful! I love the colors
If you want to quilt it yourself, I would suggest straight lines or following the chevron shapes. Or pick one of the longarmers that have commented on here and send it to us

By: Brandy Miller

Brandy Miller — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:04:33 +0000

For not knowing what you are doing, you did a pretty spectacular job! That quilt is going to look awesome!! What fabric are you using for the back? I can’t wait to see the finished product!

By: Priscilla from California

Priscilla from California — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 19:34:09 +0000

Love the quilt; can’t wait to see the finished product!

By: The Little Shop of Stitches

The Little Shop of Stitches — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:52:46 +0000

That’s fantastic! Welcome to the world of quilting! Look at all of the lovely people you have available for support. Can’t wait to hear more about your progress.

By: Steph

Steph — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:31:47 +0000

So pretty–I love the colors. I’ve found I love making quilt tops and binding them but am not a big fan of doing the actual quilting. That’s probably why I have a stack of finished tops (and the itch to start more) and a pile of half-quilted blankets. Whenever I have quilting questions I always reference Oh, Fransson! She has some great quilting basics here– http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/quilt-tutorials-.html

By: Shelly W.

Shelly W. — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:58:32 +0000

Just beautiful! You daughter will treasure it! My mom handmade me a queen-sized quilt for my college graduation. It is on our guest room bed, and if I’m ever missing my mom, I can look at the quilt she made me. Enjoy every step of the way and please…..post photos of the final piece!

By: Suzy R

Suzy R — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:22:42 +0000

I’m in the same boat! And I do NOT want to pay someone flaw to machine quilt it… And I have too many other projects to finish – to even think of hand quilting would be laughable!

By: Gealean

Gealean — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:18:18 +0000

Have you checked out Ashley’s tutorial from Make It Love It dot com? Here is the link http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2010/07/piecing-and-binding-quilt.html She makes it look super easy. HTH BTW- You and Ashley are my heros! I love yall!

By: Maddie Kertay

Maddie Kertay — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:33:17 +0000

Easy, you send it to someone like me to does longarm quilting for a living!.. I do it and then send it back to you to bind.. seriously. For people who don’t quilt this is what they do.. I also highly suggest you you quilt the whole quilt if you choose to do it yourself, not just around the chevrons since batting no matter what they say needs to be quilted no further apart than 1-2 inches or the battling will wad up and you work will be lost. I bet you have a local longarm quilter in your area..but if not put it in a box and send it here.. it’s what i do

Maddie

By: kendascrafts

kendascrafts — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 23:45:28 +0000

cute, cute, cute! love zig-zag quilts. good luck with the quilting! you’ll be fine.

By: MandyK

MandyK — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:46:21 +0000

So Cute! Patience and more patience is my only suggestion! This is so cute and will be loved!

By: Sumo

Sumo — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:00:09 +0000

I have no quilt making suggestions, as I’ve never made a quilt, nor do I ever plan to make a quilt (too much work for me, I’m a lazy seamstress), but I LOVE yours so far! Nice work!

By: kisatrtle

kisatrtle — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:40:46 +0000

Looks good so far

By: A.J. Dub

A.J. Dub — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:46:13 +0000

And what a cute quilt it is! There are tons of tutorials on how to finish a quilt. Try http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/ for starters. Look for her quilt making basics on the sidebar.
Have fun!

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:19:25 +0000

I love it!! It looks great so far! I hand quilted my zig-zag quilt that is a twin size and it didn’t take very long!!

By: Pam

Pam — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:06:57 +0000

It always sounds like a good idea when you get started to do this yourself – and then it turns into a never ending project that makes you crabby every time you look at it. Or is that just me? Take my suggestion – pay someone to quilt it for you.

By: meagan

meagan — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:58:22 +0000

It looks great! & your fabric choices are perfect!! (of course )
whatever you decide to do next with it, it will turn out wonderful.

By: Tauni

Tauni — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:49:02 +0000

Char, I have the whole jump in part down…now if I could just get the finish part working…
xoxo