Kin Quilt

[twinflower]

hello again...a question?

 

this says it is a new thread to discuss just the quilt...and i didn't see the quilt suggested in the social faire planning thread...so was there another one I am missing?

[U4ea]

the quilt conversation didn't come up in that thread, I'm debating putting it IN that thread. It might be a bit big, but perhaps we can make it our "on topic" thread for research purposes. What design would you use for a quilt block on X book...? *ponders*

 

Sorry, to be honest, there's not much to the Social Faire. Each Social group runs a thread for a given period of time (last year it was a month, it's shorter this go round, I think) and monitors it/keeps it moving. It's a way to promote your Social Group and draw in newbies. One thread has to be book related, the other can be whatever shows our group off in the best light. Does that help? 

[dapianoplay3r]

I found this

http://quilting.about.com/

[U4ea]

*nudges this thread back to the front page*

 

 

So, who's in with trying this this month? I vote we do a pot holder quilt, meaning go ahead and do the square and back it before you put it in the mail. That way it just has to be put together when whoever is going to put it together gets the pieces. What do you think? 

[dapianoplay3r]

What do you mean by back it?

[U4ea]

Add the batting and put fabric on the back. That way it just had to be put together by whoever is receiving them all.

[dapianoplay3r]

I thought you just did one piece of batting for the whole thing

[U4ea]

You generally do, but if we do a potholder style, then it would only have to be stitched together by whoever got the blocks without any added expense of getting the batting and backing.

 

I'm cool either way. That just sounded like a cheaper way to handle putting it together.

[dapianoplay3r]

Ok i think i can manage that

10cm squares?

[U4ea]

Sounds good to me! :) 

 

 

Are we going with a theme or just doing one we like and going from there? 

[dapianoplay3r]

I was going to just use what ihad around

(this didnt update for me)

[Kathleen]

The other concern that jumps out to me is that if each person is doing backing too we could end up with all different thicknesses for each square.

[dapianoplay3r]

Also if i sew my10x10 squares smaller than ypu do they will be different sizes

[U4ea]

We can try it by just doing the squares, if you want. I think the squares will end up different sizes, anyway.

[dapianoplay3r]

We will just see what happens lol