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Karen
Member
09-06-2004
| Saturday, February 26, 2011 - 4:34 pm 
I have a quilt for Don I've been working on for about four years, and I've been trying to edit my wedding video for two years (through three different computers!!).
Does that count? 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 12:11 am
Very nice, Lum.
Actually, I don't have any projects going on at the moment. I'll need to get on something or other for Kota's softball team, but I've got awhile to think about that.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 10:55 am
Thanks, Jmm and War!
Karen, sure it counts. Just post pix of the progress, however slow.
Last night, I just couldn't sit still in front of the TV. I had been knitting constantly since early September and suddenly my hands were idle. So out came the yarn for a pair of gloves to match above hat. This is as far as I got:
The sweaters were a looooooooooot of work, but I still enjoyed knitting them.
Usually I *reeeeeeaaally* dread putting the pieces together, but I got a DVD from Knitting Daily for Basics and Beyond (it's been about 4-5 decades since I learned to knit; many new techniques, and most of them easier.LOL) where they showed how you can just crochet the seams together. They suggested that to strengthen the shoulders of sweaters.
Hey, if it's good for the shoulders, why not the rest of the piece as well, eh? Since they are heavy sweaters, a little bit of a thicker seams doesn't matter. It was easier, albeit not quite as fast as I had imagined.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Monday, March 14, 2011 - 3:44 pm
Well this is a quilt I am working on. It's kinda of willy nilly on my "board" I tack my squares up so I can look at it as I go by and move stuff around til I'm satisfied. In the end each square is going to be cut down to 14", I am putting a window pane around each square, then 2 different outside borders around the whole thing. I'm going to make the window edge effect in something solid I think as I have used so much colour and pattern.
I knit everyone a pair of socks for Xmas and I am still knitting them when someone asks for a pair, I really like knitting them, don't ask me why. I am taking a one day, afternoon course on the 26th to learn to make mittens.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-11-2002
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 2:44 pm
Wow, Jasper, that is one beautiful quilt!!!!! And so detailed! One of these days, I'll have to try making a piece. Just a small one, mind you, because I don't have a clue.
For nearly 35 years, I have had this European shopping basket. Sometime along the way, the lining busted and I really didn't like taking it out any more, because the once covered part was much darker than the part exposed to the light.
Since I am forever looking for this and that while knitting something, I decided to make it into a mobile crafts station, easy to take to knit night.
A real sewer would probably have done it in a flash, but it took me, a real novice, forever.
Dont think there was one mistake that I left out, but I am still quite happy with the outcome.
one side
other side
inside
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Suz
Member
10-13-2005
| Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 3:20 pm
Lumbele, you now have a very pretty craft station basket. I love it.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Friday, March 18, 2011 - 8:36 pm
Very handy Lum!
I am a pretty novice sewer as well, but I do love working and just playing with the fabrics. This is only my second quilt. I took a class and we learned the ins and outs of two different squares one or two Saturdays a month and then went home and did them. There was only two of us and our fabric choices could not have been more different. It was fun to look at at each meeting to see how different the same pattern could look. I have two page handouts of diagrams, cutting and sewing instructions for each square, perfect for learning. If you ever want them just let me know.
My mom just gave me a whole whack of yarn, needles patterns etc on Thursday. She has had to give up knitting. I don't know how to read patterns as of yet so I think a sweater is out of my element for now.
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 5:03 pm
I am done!
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Christy358
Member
07-10-2007
| Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 5:53 pm
Very beautiful. Sewing machines hate me, so I very much admire quilts.....
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 7:25 pm
Jasper, that's awesome!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 8:26 pm
That is beautiful.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-15-2002
| Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 8:28 pm
Absolutely beautiful, Jasper.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, June 07, 2011 - 8:40 pm
Whoa! Gorgeous! Good work!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 7:22 am
Absolutely beautiful work Jasper, but I'm not sure I would call myself a "sewer" if I was you...because that is the word for where the stuff goes out of the toilet. I think the proper term would be "seamstress." Just sayin...(and for the most part just kidding!).
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Biloxibelle
Member
12-21-2001
| Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - 7:59 am
Such beautiful work Jasper!
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 6:39 pm
Thank you all! It was a lot of work but very enjoyable. A great learning experience. My dh has taken it overseas to give as a wedding gift to his cousin.
Roxip - it is unfortunate that it is the same spelling, but "sew"er is right as well. If I ever graduate beyond straight lines I may upgrade to seamstress!
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, June 09, 2011 - 6:46 pm
lol...straight lines are a problem for me ... my sewing skills are closer to the SOOOWER than the sewer.
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