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Quilt's Almost Done
14 years ago
Here I am, nice and sweaty with my first quilt nearing completion. This step is laying out the bottom, batting (stuffing) and the top all together, pinning it together, then trimming off all the crap. The next part is the actual quilting - sewing it all together in a grid. The bottom of this twin-to-double-sized quilt is black sateen cotton sheet, and it's going to have black trim.
This won't be completed for several more weeks yet with all the other things I have going on (recent move, summer art commissions, work) but I wanted to put it out there that I would be willing to trade this quilt for art or another quilt or craft or something. :3 I think though that even though this is my first quilt and my skills are beginner, I wouldn't want to trade it for less than a value of $150. I think high quality, queen-sized quilts run for around $300+ on Etsy, so I think this is a fair trade value.
Holler if you happen to be interested!
This won't be completed for several more weeks yet with all the other things I have going on (recent move, summer art commissions, work) but I wanted to put it out there that I would be willing to trade this quilt for art or another quilt or craft or something. :3 I think though that even though this is my first quilt and my skills are beginner, I wouldn't want to trade it for less than a value of $150. I think high quality, queen-sized quilts run for around $300+ on Etsy, so I think this is a fair trade value.
Holler if you happen to be interested!
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But who knows, I might end up keeping it anyway. ;D
I envy your patience. That's amazing.
Might I make a suggestion? I quilt myself and have sold and designed them, Applique, embroidery, that kind of thing.
Don't rely on pins. Do a loose basting stitch diagonally corner to corner and down the center the long way. This will hold better than pins and won't stick you if you should forget to take it out.
You'll need to go to a sewing store to find them. They cost about $3 to $5 a box.
Even if you don't want to work anything out, I want to congratulate yourself on being so close to done! I don't have nearly enough patience to what the quilt represents technically, or sewing skills-wise. My mum has been working on a quilt for me for over a year, so I know they take plenty of time. ;n;
It's so cool that you're sort of doing all this homesteady stuff, I hope someday I can toooo
I'm about ready to start on my first quilt too but its a baby blanket for someone else, who is having a baby at work. I really hope I haven't bitten off more than I can chew.
This will be a beautiful quilt when it's completed. Heck, it's pretty darn lovely NOW
Quilting is an art form unto itself and if this is your first one it's a brilliant start.
I have made quite a few quilts too but they were always for gifts, baby gifts actually, so they were all wee, like crib sized or nursing sized. My grandmother also did huge ones totally by hand, no machine stitches there at all! She said it was the only way to keep it nice and tight. (personally I think she is nuts)
I know that VickyWyman is right about basting though, anything bigger then a lap quilt cant be held together with pins, besides its WAY to easy to loose a pin in the batting and find it latter in less pleasant ways! :O
Congrats on your first quilt!
how do you people make these huge quilts
also this is deliciously colourful!
(those people are fucking insane)