Your quilt is awesome! I'm glad you think it was worth it, because if not I'd have to hunt down a phone number and call you for some counseling (note: I am not a counselor). You did such a fantastic job, truly amazing.
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You all just exude encouragement. Sometimes I start believing that I am a great quilter and then I remember that 15 years ago I thought I was pretty good and looking back....NOT....so what will the next 15 years bring.
15 years ago I tried making a hunters star and became ultra frustrated. Of course I finished it and I hand quilted it and gave it as a wedding gift. I wonder if those people still use it...hum...I was happy with it eventhough it didn't look anything like a hunter star. That trimming off 1/8 inch on those hst's frustrated me and I had no idea that I was suppose to take it equally from each side instead of 1/4 inch all at once. Made a wonky quilt.
I am slowly improving my skills but certainly don't deserve all the wonderful praise you all have showered on me. I'm happy with what I can do but know I can improve.success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiam
Terry of NCComment
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Sometimes I cringe looking at my early quilts. My DD#1 still uses the quilt we started together when I homeschooled her in junior high. I thought it would be so clever to make the binding 1/2" instead of 1/4". But that made the outside sashing and corner stones half the width of all the interior sashing and cornerstones. Now, of course, I would know to still make a 1/4" seam on the quilt top but cut the batting and backing 1/2" wider than the top. Live and learn!Originally posted by grammaterry View Post
(Or would that 1/4" wider? Guess I still have a lot to learn!)
Toni (Southern California) ... If I keep sewing long enough, will they make their own dinner?Comment
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WOW!!, WOW!!! and WOW!!!! Beautiful.
RethaComment
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Stunning! Not only the quilt itself but the quilting as well! I'm at a loss for words to tell you how beautiful I think it is!Maria
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That is just so beautiful!!! It is a quilt on my bucket list for sure, and DH cheated for me and got me the cutter die for it, but still I think it will take me forever and age to complete one. And that quilting on it... just so gorgeous!!! I could not imagine doing so much as FMQ. You better add an extra 0 and not take anything less for such a masterpiece.Comment
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Oh I'm feeling pretty sinful about my comment to a person this week when I proudly showed them the picture of this quilt. She said, "oh, how much would you charge for a quilt like that?" and I responded with a curt..."oh you don't want to know"Originally posted by Namastarz View Post
Now that was just not nice. So I continued with telling her how many hours I had in the quilt. And she said, well, yes, but how much do you charge for a king size quilt in your choice of a pattern. She had me there. I said, well....I guess if you buy the materials I would charge you $150 for something simple. Someone across the table starts telling her where to get fabric (this person does NOT sew) so I continued that I would want her to purchase her supplied from MSQC and gave her the web site. I told her I was a fabric snob. I knew for sure that to make such a small amount for my time I didn't want to work with "cheap" material or used material. We will see. Her husband told me yesterday that he wants it to be RED/White/Blue. I asked if he wanted patriotic or civil war colors. He siad he loved civil war but didn't know that the colors would be different. Again, we will see what comes of my being so Smug.success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiam
Terry of NCComment
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Terry, it's another beautiful and fabulous quilt!!! I absolutely love the colors and your quilting is so beautiful! Congratulations on another beautiful finish.A day patched with quilting Seldom unravels SharonComment
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I definitely believe that as an artisan (which we quilters are) you have every right to work with the materials you like and be as snobbish as you like if you are the one assembling it. And even to be a little smug with the beautiful artworks you produce. And nothing drives me more crazy than those who sell their works undervalued and poorly finished driving down the value of true craftsmanship. The hours spent creating even a simple design are not so few as to value a completed piece at a mere $50 or $100, just enough to cover the expense of materials and a few dollars tip for the creator.
Even the most basic "quilt in a day" takes a good 8+ hours to finish, from the piecing, to squaring, to ironing, sandwiching, quilting and finally binding. At the present $10 min wages in GA thats at least $80 in labor alone. But more than that it is an artform that few believe they are capable of and for a "luxury" item even if the purchasers intention is utility. One should be capable of requesting more than a minimum wage for a honed craft.Comment
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That is just amazing! I can't believe you finished it so fast. I love the colors they all look wonderful together. I have always loved that pattern but would never make one. To me it seems pretty fiddly and i would need a dozen seam rippers by my side at all times.Comment
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Terry, that quilt is beautiful & what I would call a masterpiece. You have such talent from selecting the colors, fabric, quilting motifs, to the final binding. When I first started to quilt I saw a demo of the DWR quilt & a book with instructions & some sort of templates. It seems like there were no curved pieces (but I'm not sure about that). I bought the book (templates included) & never made it so gave it to a sweet quilting friend who is the wife of a past co-worker. Sometimes now I wish I had never parted with it. I don't know the arthur of the book or anything about it.
I can tell you what the next 15 years will bring.....they will bring beauties unlike anything we've ever seen before! I'm so glad I can drool over your quilts via the internet!TexasComment
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Terry, I am in total awe of how quickly you work. I took my DWR to a quilting retreat a couple of weeks ago. I am now to the final assembly stage. By mid-afternoon on the first day, I had joined two rows together. Five hours of work, and I had sewn 113 inches. And yes, the seam ripper got used a few times!
You really got the binding on in only four hours? It will take me that long just to get the binding cut and pressed. You are indeed a quilting goddess, and I bow before you. 🙌Comment
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Beautiful, Terry! DWR is on my bucket list.Comment
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Terry after reading the whole thread I think I have few adjectives left for define your quilt and its precious quilting, but I don't want to deprive myself of telling you that every work of yours seems fantastic to me and this quilt is a hundred times more fantastic and in 15 years I'm sure making more wonderful quilts, congratulationsComment
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