tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post644982745980060147..comments2023-05-07T00:56:03.075-05:00Comments on Pieces from my scrapbag..: The minutes...the hours...the days(warning-soapbox time)Finnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17677133672404343036noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-84809371240401753172008-04-03T19:31:00.000-05:002008-04-03T19:31:00.000-05:00You make me laugh! When I saw the Gee's Bend quilt...You make me laugh! When I saw the Gee's Bend quilts on display I said to my friend,"Apparently I use my ruler far too much"! The quilts were dynamic and intrigueing, but most of all touching and a tribute to the strength of the women who made them. A utility quilt has soul, don't you think?MARCIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01239774105939045673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-2800377158117992212008-04-01T06:02:00.000-05:002008-04-01T06:02:00.000-05:00Your stitches are beautiful. I enjoy hand quiltin...Your stitches are beautiful. I enjoy hand quilting and while my stitches have improved in the past year or so, they have not reached the point where I'm willing to turn to "heirloom" type projects. In the meantime I quilt what I can the way I can, always trying to improve.<BR/><BR/>It's nice to have a picture of something I can aspire to.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13218388169983706999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-21840848254558927892008-04-01T04:43:00.000-05:002008-04-01T04:43:00.000-05:00Oh my. Wish I could hand quilt like that. It fee...Oh my. Wish I could hand quilt like that. It feels as if I've been hand quilting for ages, but have only just finished my third. Stitches getting better each time I hope.<BR/><BR/>The quilt that changed my views and put me on the road to a life long passion was Tonya's Terms of Endearment and I saw it when I stayed with her - wooo hooo.Clarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344963200919601488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-61577839811640584542008-03-31T10:05:00.000-05:002008-03-31T10:05:00.000-05:00Well said. Thanks for making me stop & think. :o)D...Well said. Thanks for making me stop & think. :o)<BR/><BR/>Does Ebby like it? Now that is the only thing that matters!The Calico Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319271181930512880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-85886159939172676052008-03-30T17:18:00.000-05:002008-03-30T17:18:00.000-05:00Feel very proud of that quilt Finn!! It is beautif...Feel very proud of that quilt Finn!! It is beautiful, & the quilting is just lovely.meggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00061112627819270427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-52363668634653892312008-03-30T09:36:00.000-05:002008-03-30T09:36:00.000-05:00I wish any of my quilts had stitches that nice...H...I wish any of my quilts had stitches that nice...Ha!<BR/>It may not look all that nice to you but I think it looks pretty and I love red so very much.That quilting is soooo straight-puts me to shame. Space constraints keep me in the the small quilt catagory. I also lose interest in things when they become too repetative and I think that's what makes the scrappy look a favorite-always something new to look at. Adult ADHD???Yup!Have a lovely Sunday.deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495753587207547865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-279023377380561822008-03-30T09:24:00.000-05:002008-03-30T09:24:00.000-05:00Good Sunday morning - a nice blog to read in the q...Good Sunday morning - a nice blog to read in the quiet relaxing time of a Sunday morning. I enjoyed your thoughts and agree. I hand quilt as well as machine quilt and both give me pleasure. My quilts will never hang at the Houston show or in Paducah - but my family loves them and I get pleasure in making them and that is all that is important to me. Thanks for your thoughts.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09077658139465236292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-87951977643249999632008-03-29T21:20:00.000-05:002008-03-29T21:20:00.000-05:00The quilt that got me "started" was made by my aun...The quilt that got me "started" was made by my aunt, a beautiful Lemoyne Star. She told me to use it,wash it, and love it. Boy, have I ever loved it, it has cradled sick babies, wiped tears, wrapped kids in to go to the Emergency Room, and for 50 years, it has been on my bed. That is the kind of quilt I like to make. The fabric, pattern, and comfy-ness of it is what makes my heart sing, not the complexity, or the straight stitches, or the way it hangs on a wall. <BR/><BR/>Hello, my name is Granny Lyn, and I am a utility quilter!Granny Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05541576458508173416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-34315464697711374222008-03-29T17:01:00.000-05:002008-03-29T17:01:00.000-05:00Well, I have to say there is can be no quilt unwor...Well, I have to say there is can be no quilt unworthy of hand quilting if that's what you chose to do. All of my first quilts are hand quilted - I didn't know you could use the machine *s* All of that hand quilting was accomplished with a stab stitch and I enjoyed every finger stab. I must admit that I am a little more particular about what I chose to quilt by hand these days - but more often than not as a time constraints come into play. The simplest 9 patch or log cabin block can absoulutely S*I*N*G with just some straight line hand quilting . . . and that's the kind of thing that puts a smile on my face and makes me love quilts and quilting every day. Finn - you do make us think *s*Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872055894285312153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-72912226089578537362008-03-29T16:34:00.000-05:002008-03-29T16:34:00.000-05:00So enjoyed your outlook on this thing we enjoy so ...So enjoyed your outlook on this thing we enjoy so much called "quilting". I quilt to suit myself. No they would not pass on many things if checked out by a "Police quilter" but that is okay. I do it for me and no one else. Quilting makes me "HAPPY". Some find happiness in doing extremely difficult blocks...I want things more simple...I don't need or want that much pressure.<BR/>Yes, I do enjoy my hand quilting and I hate to see that portion of quilting going away.<BR/><BR/>Amelia in OklahomaAmeliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585878295754436629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-44431168971416968642008-03-29T12:55:00.000-05:002008-03-29T12:55:00.000-05:00Couldn't agree with you more dear friend. But, hum...Couldn't agree with you more dear friend. But, human beings being what they are, I suspect people like you and I will have to continue our best efforts to educate the masses! (Does that make sense?)Magpie Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930036522719103192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-51525900297016699642008-03-29T12:21:00.000-05:002008-03-29T12:21:00.000-05:00Hi Finn, it's been a while ... too much work and t...Hi Finn, it's been a while ... too much work and too little quilting! I don't expect that any of my quilts would ever pass muster with the quilt police but I think if I've done my best that's good enough for me. I'm never going to make a really complicated quilt, I don't have the skill or the dexterity for it, but I'm happy making making simple scrappy quilts - they're all going to have flaws - I know I'm never going to make the perfect one, but optimism is what keeps us going, right?Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04378836466869691917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-57160074932636028952008-03-29T11:58:00.000-05:002008-03-29T11:58:00.000-05:00I jjust finished a quilt this morning that wouldn'...I jjust finished a quilt this morning that wouldn't pass a quilt police review. But, I made it for a future grandchild and as long as it gets used and loved I'll be happy.<BR/><BR/>BTW, it was me who had the post about what kind of quilt do you like to make:<BR/>http://coffeetimequiltstudio.blogspot.com/2008/03/what-type-of-quilt-do-you-like-to-work.html<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by my blog.Sweet Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051024938738245495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-42446653764664501972008-03-29T10:58:00.000-05:002008-03-29T10:58:00.000-05:00Amen! I am one of those who is stil struggling to...Amen! I am one of those who is stil struggling to get that quilt that has no "issues". It may never happen. I am not a perfection person in anything I do because after a while I say "to heck with it" and just finish it the way it is. Quilting in its begiinings was never to hang on a wall unless it was to insulate that wall against the cold. So, I am doing my own thing and wish more would. Wish the blogs showed more mistakes and how folks learn from them.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01110330858194248667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14458986.post-43941738191161580592008-03-29T10:08:00.000-05:002008-03-29T10:08:00.000-05:00Great post - gets me thinking. . . I have a top t...Great post - gets me thinking. . . I have a top that I hand pieced back in 1996-1997 (a class) and really, really want to hand quilt it, but I'm petrified!! Guess I ought to practice some more, and maybe next winter. . . .<BR/><BR/>KrisQuiltedSimplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17125600585948205404noreply@blogger.com