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vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-04 10:00:58 PM  
Been doo,g it since I was a kid in the 60s.
Just finished a patch for a baby shower quilt.
Everyone made a 12x12, to be hemmed and stitched com go a 10x10, and sent them to one person who will put it together and back it.

I probably have 36 quilts in the house.
One, my mom made.
One, my sister made from my mother's school skirts.
One is from the mid 1800s. And has horse hair in it.
Some I made and others I grab at auctions.
Usually under $50
 
Redh8t [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-04 10:38:20 PM  

vudukungfu: Been doo,g it since I was a kid in the 60s.
Just finished a patch for a baby shower quilt.
Everyone made a 12x12, to be hemmed and stitched com go a 10x10, and sent them to one person who will put it together and back it.

I probably have 36 quilts in the house.
One, my mom made.
One, my sister made from my mother's school skirts.
One is from the mid 1800s. And has horse hair in it.
Some I made and others I grab at auctions.
Usually under $50


Interesting to know. Had you pegged as ex military and an internet tough person. Never would've thought you quilted. Much cool, very awesome!
...
I don't have the skills to quilt yet, but I do sew.
Mostly mending work pants and shirts.

If Fark started a quilting/sewing thread, I'd imbibe.*
So many questions..

*Promise I won't be a jackass.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-04 11:09:40 PM  

Redh8t: Interesting to know. Had you pegged as ex military and an internet tough person. Never would've thought you quilted. Much cool, very awesome!
...
I don't have the skills to quilt yet, but I do sew.
Mostly mending work pants and shirts.

If Fark started a quilting/sewing thread, I'd imbibe.*
So many questions..

*Promise I won't be a jackass.


I have a few sewing machines.
I do upholstery, too

My brother in law and I shopped for a pontoon boat, found one for less than 2k.
With a dualy trailer. And good engine.
I did all the seats and now I'm doing the biminis.
I also did shade awnings on the house.
I even sew my leather gloves up when they rip.
I move a lot of rocks
But winters are good for quilting
I can pick up a box of will end for free at auction.
Sort and seam rip while watching justified or firefly by the fire.
Stack squares until I have a bunch, and lay out patterns on a bed until I like what I see. Then sew the squares.

Cotten and linens get hot iron and basted. They shouldn't come apart If you gift them to newlyweds. I try to make sure they get machine washable ones.
The wools are dry clean only.
I'll get in a bidding war with young Mennonite women. Same gals I bump into at the fabric shops.
When I found out I could get Aunt Lydia's on Amazon I about subscribed.

And in the military, I did my own sewing and never let my wife iron my uniforms.
I'm particular about them
Was.
Now I'm particular about the women I hang with.
 
Bennie Crabtree
2023-02-04 11:39:03 PM  

Redh8t: If Fark started a quilting/sewing thread, I'd imbibe.*


Maybe change the Food tab to Domestic Goddess/God tab?
 
With Six You Get Spittle [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 12:02:14 AM  
Oh yes. I've made a few. Started with a lap quilt based on a Katie Pasquini book, then made some baby quilts. Put together a quilt for my grandmother's 80th, that was really special. Everyone in the family painted, stitched, or appliqued a standard piece of fabric. I put a different fabric border on each square and then put the whole thing together.

Most recently did a hexagon themed table runner and then my 3d modern tumbling blocks wall hanging (below). Now I have about 400 EPP hexies made that need to be put together but that project is on hold for the time being.

There is so much craftivist goodness out there, be it embroidery, cross stitch, quilting, knitting, or crochet. The Gee's Bend quilts in particular inspire me.

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Redh8t [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 12:57:05 AM  

vudukungfu: Redh8t: Interesting to know. Had you pegged as ex military and an internet tough person. Never would've thought you quilted. Much cool, very awesome!
...
I don't have the skills to quilt yet, but I do sew.
Mostly mending work pants and shirts.

If Fark started a quilting/sewing thread, I'd imbibe.*
So many questions..

*Promise I won't be a jackass.

I have a few sewing machines.
I do upholstery, too

My brother in law and I shopped for a pontoon boat, found one for less than 2k.
With a dualy trailer. And good engine.
I did all the seats and now I'm doing the biminis.
I also did shade awnings on the house.
I even sew my leather gloves up when they rip.
I move a lot of rocks
But winters are good for quilting
I can pick up a box of will end for free at auction.
Sort and seam rip while watching justified or firefly by the fire.
Stack squares until I have a bunch, and lay out patterns on a bed until I like what I see. Then sew the squares.

Cotten and linens get hot iron and basted. They shouldn't come apart If you gift them to newlyweds. I try to make sure they get machine washable ones.
The wools are dry clean only.
I'll get in a bidding war with young Mennonite women. Same gals I bump into at the fabric shops.
When I found out I could get Aunt Lydia's on Amazon I about subscribed.

And in the military, I did my own sewing and never let my wife iron my uniforms.
I'm particular about them
Was.
Now I'm particular about the women I hang with.


Pleasure to meet you.
Truly!

My background is mostly pipefitting and welding.
Nowadays I just weld for close friends, family, and myself.
I initially bought a heavy duty sewing machine for repairing gloves and pants. Hated losing leather gloves over a couple split finger seams, and Carhartts from grinder blasted inseams.
...
Do you utilize a serger, or are the sewing machines enough?
 
Redh8t [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 12:58:02 AM  

Bennie Crabtree: Redh8t: If Fark started a quilting/sewing thread, I'd imbibe.*

Maybe change the Food tab to Domestic Goddess/God tab?


Fark user imageView Full Size
 
foo monkey
2023-02-05 1:36:38 AM  
My ex-wife suggested we do quilting as an activity together. I learned enough about it to recognize technique, appreciate the amount of work involved, and that I'd rather be divorced than ever have to cut another piece of f*cking fabric.
 
Redh8t [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 1:50:56 AM  

foo monkey: My ex-wife suggested we do quilting as an activity together. I learned enough about it to recognize technique, appreciate the amount of work involved, and that I'd rather be divorced than ever have to cut another piece of f*cking fabric.


No offense, but I've always regarded you as a Farkette.
Sorry, I'll adjust your farkie.
 
foo monkey
2023-02-05 1:56:40 AM  

Redh8t: foo monkey: My ex-wife suggested we do quilting as an activity together. I learned enough about it to recognize technique, appreciate the amount of work involved, and that I'd rather be divorced than ever have to cut another piece of f*cking fabric.

No offense, but I've always regarded you as a Farkette.
Sorry, I'll adjust your farkie.


Women can have wives now too.
 
Sarah Jessica Farker [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 2:16:46 AM  
I've made half a dozen lap / baby quilts, and I have three or four more partial larger quilts that I've started over the past .... three or four decades... sigh. Not to mention the two or three partial quilt projects I inherited from my mother...

I've also purchased a quilt from a long-time farker (though she's not around these days) -- kimwim at http://pinkears-creative.blogspot.com/

You can find her on the bird site - https://twitter.com/OttoKatz42
 
Redh8t [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 2:23:37 AM  

foo monkey: Redh8t: foo monkey: My ex-wife suggested we do quilting as an activity together. I learned enough about it to recognize technique, appreciate the amount of work involved, and that I'd rather be divorced than ever have to cut another piece of f*cking fabric.

No offense, but I've always regarded you as a Farkette.
Sorry, I'll adjust your farkie.

Women can have wives now too.


You know I wasn't trying to insult you.

I meant no harm with my comment.
 
Azz [recently expired TotalFark]
2023-02-05 3:06:28 AM  
I quilted a jacket once.It fell apart pretty quickly unfortunately once I exposed it to moisture

/the jacket was for my penis. I quilted a condom
 
MrBallou [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-05 5:02:06 AM  
My grandma (born 1913 - fark I'm old) made multiple quilts every year to give to the family, When it got colder, we'd just put another quilt on. I remember 5 quilt nights when I as a kid.

The bedroom me and my cousins would sleep in when we gang-visited her had a big quilting frame suspended from the ceiling. She'd have quilting bees with her friends and sometimes there would be a half finished quilt hanging over our heads.

I still have a quilt made by my other grandmother entirely from my grandfather's old silk neckties. It's a beautiful quilt.
 
foo monkey
2023-02-05 9:05:02 AM  

Redh8t: foo monkey: Redh8t: foo monkey: My ex-wife suggested we do quilting as an activity together. I learned enough about it to recognize technique, appreciate the amount of work involved, and that I'd rather be divorced than ever have to cut another piece of f*cking fabric.

No offense, but I've always regarded you as a Farkette.
Sorry, I'll adjust your farkie.

Women can have wives now too.

You know I wasn't trying to insult you.

I meant no harm with my comment.


Oh, I know. I wanted you to keep thinking I'm a woman without explicitly lying about it. I like the idea someone thinks I'm a woman. What gave you that impression?  My deep, meaningful content?  My compassion?  All the times I've talked about masturbating in a tree and throwing poop at humans visiting the zoo?
 
lilistonic [BareFark]
2023-02-05 9:47:44 AM  
I started crazy quilting by hand when I spent most of Winter 2015 in bed, then I was given money for my 50th birthday to buy a sewing machine and supplies, so I learned to do them that way, then learned different kinds of piecing. The machine can't handle the quilting itself of a very large piece, so a number of them are throw-sized or for babies and toddlers. But I have several larger more intricate quilt tops that I will get back to soon, going to big stitch them by hand.

I spent four years happily sewing away, then had to go to work full time. Just as I was at the point where I thought I could get back to creative pursuits, the pandemic made work an intense sort of daily hell for awhile. Now things are calmer again, so I want to focus more on making at home instead of just viewing in exhaustion. I no longer have a garden as I had to move to an upstairs apartment, but I can still paint and sew and cook and have my houseplants, just need...to find delight again, somehow.

Here's the first handmade quilt and a couple other things I did. The one at the bottom is my biggest at 92 inches squarish. Going forward I'm going to focus more on the coverlet concept, in terms of assembly.
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optikeye [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 12:23:45 PM  
After the roof gets repaired/replaced. Latter this month.
I want to get the 'hobby room' active again when it's in the 'dry'.
I have a Brother Sewing Machine. That does embroidery. New in box awaiting deployment.
(I tend to buy things far a head of the time I can use them...it helps the bank account)
 
cryinoutloud [BareFark]
2023-02-05 1:18:35 PM  
No, but I started embroidering again, since I seem to be an invalid now.  We're going back to the 70s

.

lilistonic: I started crazy quilting by hand when I spent most of Winter 2015 in bed, then I was given money for my 50th birthday to buy a sewing machine and supplies, so I learned to do them that way, then learned different kinds of piecing. The machine can't handle the quilting itself of a very large piece, so a number of them are throw-sized or for babies and toddlers. But I have several larger more intricate quilt tops that I will get back to soon, going to big stitch them by hand.
I spent four years happily sewing away, then had to go to work full time. Just as I was at the point where I thought I could get back to creative pursuits, the pandemic made work an intense sort of daily hell for awhile. Now things are calmer again, so I want to focus more on making at home instead of just viewing in exhaustion. I no longer have a garden as I had to move to an upstairs apartment, but I can still paint and sew and cook and have my houseplants, just need...to find delight again, somehow.
Here's the first handmade quilt and a couple other things I did. The one at the bottom is my biggest at 92 inches squarish. Going forward I'm going to focus more on the coverlet concept, in terms of assembly.
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Beautiful. Really nice.  I don't think I'd have the patience to do one.
 
lilistonic [BareFark]
2023-02-05 9:53:06 PM  

cryinoutloud: No, but I started embroidering again, since I seem to be an invalid now.  We're going back to the 70s

.lilistonic: I started crazy quilting by hand when I spent most of Winter 2015 in bed, then I was given money for my 50th birthday to buy a sewing machine and supplies, so I learned to do them that way, then learned different kinds of piecing. The machine can't handle the quilting itself of a very large piece, so a number of them are throw-sized or for babies and toddlers. But I have several larger more intricate quilt tops that I will get back to soon, going to big stitch them by hand.
I spent four years happily sewing away, then had to go to work full time. Just as I was at the point where I thought I could get back to creative pursuits, the pandemic made work an intense sort of daily hell for awhile. Now things are calmer again, so I want to focus more on making at home instead of just viewing in exhaustion. I no longer have a garden as I had to move to an upstairs apartment, but I can still paint and sew and cook and have my houseplants, just need...to find delight again, somehow.
Here's the first handmade quilt and a couple other things I did. The one at the bottom is my biggest at 92 inches squarish. Going forward I'm going to focus more on the coverlet concept, in terms of assembly.
[Fark user image 425x402]
[Fark user image 425x411]
[Fark user image 425x438]

Beautiful. Really nice.  I don't think I'd have the patience to do one.


You remind me I actually started with embroidery, deciding to see what I remembered from my Girl Scout badge. I'd like to get better at it, but that's where my patience is a bit lacking.
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:39:07 PM  

Redh8t: vudukungfu: Redh8t: Interesting to know. Had you pegged as ex military and an internet tough person. Never would've thought you quilted. Much cool, very awesome!
...
I don't have the skills to quilt yet, but I do sew.
Mostly mending work pants and shirts.

If Fark started a quilting/sewing thread, I'd imbibe.*
So many questions..

*Promise I won't be a jackass.

I have a few sewing machines.
I do upholstery, too

My brother in law and I shopped for a pontoon boat, found one for less than 2k.
With a dualy trailer. And good engine.
I did all the seats and now I'm doing the biminis.
I also did shade awnings on the house.
I even sew my leather gloves up when they rip.
I move a lot of rocks
But winters are good for quilting
I can pick up a box of will end for free at auction.
Sort and seam rip while watching justified or firefly by the fire.
Stack squares until I have a bunch, and lay out patterns on a bed until I like what I see. Then sew the squares.

Cotten and linens get hot iron and basted. They shouldn't come apart If you gift them to newlyweds. I try to make sure they get machine washable ones.
The wools are dry clean only.
I'll get in a bidding war with young Mennonite women. Same gals I bump into at the fabric shops.
When I found out I could get Aunt Lydia's on Amazon I about subscribed.

And in the military, I did my own sewing and never let my wife iron my uniforms.
I'm particular about them
Was.
Now I'm particular about the women I hang with.

Pleasure to meet you.
Truly!

My background is mostly pipefitting and welding.
Nowadays I just weld for close friends, family, and myself.
I initially bought a heavy duty sewing machine for repairing gloves and pants. Hated losing leather gloves over a couple split finger seams, and Carhartts from grinder blasted inseams.
...
Do you utilize a serger, or are the sewing machines enough?


Love a serger and I need to learn welding soon
 
vudukungfu [TotalFark]
2023-02-05 10:40:32 PM  

lilistonic: I started crazy quilting by hand when I spent most of Winter 2015 in bed, then I was given money for my 50th birthday to buy a sewing machine and supplies, so I learned to do them that way, then learned different kinds of piecing. The machine can't handle the quilting itself of a very large piece, so a number of them are throw-sized or for babies and toddlers. But I have several larger more intricate quilt tops that I will get back to soon, going to big stitch them by hand.

I spent four years happily sewing away, then had to go to work full time. Just as I was at the point where I thought I could get back to creative pursuits, the pandemic made work an intense sort of daily hell for awhile. Now things are calmer again, so I want to focus more on making at home instead of just viewing in exhaustion. I no longer have a garden as I had to move to an upstairs apartment, but I can still paint and sew and cook and have my houseplants, just need...to find delight again, somehow.

Here's the first handmade quilt and a couple other things I did. The one at the bottom is my biggest at 92 inches squarish. Going forward I'm going to focus more on the coverlet concept, in terms of assembly.
[Fark user image image 425x402]
[Fark user image image 425x411]
[Fark user image image 425x438]


Holy crap
Fantastic
 
lilistonic [BareFark]
2023-02-06 8:36:17 AM  

vudukungfu: lilistonic: I started crazy quilting by hand when I spent most of Winter 2015 in bed, then I was given money for my 50th birthday to buy a sewing machine and supplies, so I learned to do them that way, then learned different kinds of piecing. The machine can't handle the quilting itself of a very large piece, so a number of them are throw-sized or for babies and toddlers. But I have several larger more intricate quilt tops that I will get back to soon, going to big stitch them by hand.

I spent four years happily sewing away, then had to go to work full time. Just as I was at the point where I thought I could get back to creative pursuits, the pandemic made work an intense sort of daily hell for awhile. Now things are calmer again, so I want to focus more on making at home instead of just viewing in exhaustion. I no longer have a garden as I had to move to an upstairs apartment, but I can still paint and sew and cook and have my houseplants, just need...to find delight again, somehow.

Here's the first handmade quilt and a couple other things I did. The one at the bottom is my biggest at 92 inches squarish. Going forward I'm going to focus more on the coverlet concept, in terms of assembly.
[Fark user image image 425x402]
[Fark user image image 425x411]
[Fark user image image 425x438]

Holy crap
Fantastic


Thanks, I was excited to see this conversation. I knew of the Gee's Bend quilters, will try to keep more with quilting arts communities.
 
bibliophile42 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-06 8:40:19 AM  
My MIL is a great quilter, I've only attempted a few. I'm also a very slow sewer. This took a couple years and is all scraps from covid masks.
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crzybtch [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 9:24:41 AM  
I do not quilt, but I love seeing quilts.  This is a quilt called Piece and Quiet made by Cynthia England in 1993 that was in a quilt exhibit in Texas in 2020.  One of my favorites:

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crzybtch [TotalFark]
2023-02-06 9:26:45 AM  
From the same exhibit, The Great One by Melanie Marr.  She was spot on with that eye!

quiltmania-inc.usView Full Size
 
lilistonic [BareFark]
2023-02-06 9:34:41 AM  

bibliophile42: My MIL is a great quilter, I've only attempted a few. I'm also a very slow sewer. This took a couple years and is all scraps from covid masks.[Fark user image image 425x566]


That's a really cool idea, and it looks great.

I paint these abstracts now and again, and I've been mulling over an idea for awhile, of how to paint a quilt on canvas, in my own rough vague style. It would look nothing like those intricate examples of art pieces just above, but would need some certain degree of cohesion.
 
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