THE FHG SEWING THREAD :-D

[ilove2patch]

As requested, a place for us to ask for help and advice from other stitchers and to show the things we make.
Over to you.:-D

[****merlin*****]

morning numpts:-D

i knew bakers got up early:^O

[numptz2012]

:^O:|Haaaaaaaaa

[huggles1253]

Morning Numpty.

[numptz2012]

Mornin Huggles:-D

[stan3502]

Morning all

I am off to the seaside (Porthmadog) in a bit, sadly not for a day out but to deliver spare parts to a silly engineer who forgot them.

[ilove2patch]

Morning all. Misty & damp here today.

I think flat shoes are the cause of my foot pain so I need something with more foot support & a bit of a heel. Those balet type shoes are very pretty though.:-)

[cat-knitter]

Morning all 🙂

I hope Stan at least stops long enough to have an ice cream, even I can't go to the beach without stopping for an ice cream .....

even if I'm only driving past  :^O

Wonder how Damson's tummy is today ?

[captainbovine]

morning....

I can't walk in flats either Maggie, I walk like a duck in them! I can't wear heels either, so I've ended up in walking boots!!! I have some sandals I wear if we go out anywhere posh  but I don't like "doos" either.

is a real home bird really, nothing like sitting in yer nightie and dressing gown knitting away:-D

[****merlin*****]

pffffffffffffft

i'm in a mess:-(

making a quilt

X amount of squares by X amount of squares

made to fit over the back of a setee

measured, worked out how many squares (cant remember how many now)

sewing/pressing/sewing/pressing

all my squares are gone

wanted a border of self coloured squares

sewing/pressing

border is done

have backing material (hooge big roll, so way too much)

have wadding

thought, i'll pin all this together and make the binding

i dont have anywhere big enough to lay this thing out:_|

looked in the lounge

would need to move gigantic heavy coffe table (its at least 7ft long and 4ft wide):_|

i need to move house to finish my quilt:_|

[ilove2patch]

Damsons tummy is silent today! She had fish & rice to eat yesterday which seems to have settled it down. I still wonder what it was she ate!:_|

I don't do 'posh' either CB. I can look presentable when I have to but thankfully I seldom have to! lol:^O

[rainydaywoman11]

Morning all.  I've never really thought about problems with my feet - although I had an accident once and broke a bone (metatarsal) and it was blooming painful - for months.  Sometimes if I've been on my feet all day it still hurts.

Friend wears LK Bennett, small heels (cost a fortune) or wedges cos she doesn't get on with flat flats.

[ilove2patch]

It can be a problem with a big quilt Merlin. If you cut your wadding & backing roughly to size (a bit bigger than the quilt top) it might be easier to handle. I always spray baste my layers together which saves pinning & tacking. The stuff is called 505 spray. Don't get it on the furniture though. I cheat by taking mine to the quilt group in the village hall & do it there but I guess you don't have that option. You could do it in two halves. Roll one half up, spray the three layers together then roll the stuck side & do the same to the unstuck side.

Failing all that post it to me! :^O

[****merlin*****]

thank you Maggie!

i did think the hall would be big enough

but its not

i am thinking there is a new big  plastic ground sheet in the shed

i think i will wait until someone comes home and do it outside so they can assist!

i think i have bitten off more than i can chew:^O

[petitecalicocat]

Merlin could you lay it out on a double bed ive sometimes done that with bigger quilts .  Then once its sprayed it can be folded to make it managable like Maggie said 🙂

[ilove2patch]

It will stay together much better if you spray baste it! Don't forget you must quilt the layers together before you bind it or it will pucker. I hope you have a thin, flat wadding & not that horrible puffy stuff!

[cat-knitter]

Knows nothing about quilting .......... but the bed thing sounds a good idea to me 🙂

[chickengrandma-2008]

You can come and lay it in my hall merlin, and I won't be in the least offended if you want to wash the floor first.;-)

[****merlin*****]

i have a kindsize water bed

not great for scrabbling about on

besides

my quilt is waaaaay too big for it:_|

**packs it all up and starts off for chickengrandmas**

[petitecalicocat]

Oh now youve done it CG all the quilters will be flocking to your hall with ginormous quilts :^O

Wonder if Numpty is wilth coo's yet i posted em last week ?:|

[cat-knitter]

I only have a 3ft wide hall  so its no good coming here  :^O