tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post4767613674959700460..comments2023-04-30T04:59:28.487-07:00Comments on Intrepid Meredith: Quiltus InterruptusJohn Jackson Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02450012837939955658noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-83625176934035343742013-12-21T12:51:17.935-08:002013-12-21T12:51:17.935-08:00I didn't realize the Kona fabrics are a heavie...I didn't realize the Kona fabrics are a heavier weight. I have a piece of black fabric I ordered online that must be a Kona. The next time I use batiks for a project I'm going to see if staying within a particular fabric line will help. The applique project I was talking about required a lot of different colors and textures (patterns on the fabric) so I bought many fat quarters. I love to hand piece and hand quilt and it's always wonderful to find others that share the same love for these techniques. Jinny Beyer is the ultimate quilter in my mind. I took a color class from her in the 1990's and she's also a very lovely and gracious person. I've never used her method of hand piecing without the drawn lines around the templates, but I think I'm going to try. I can't wait until her book arrives--should be the 24th. I bought a couple of her books when I was a newer quilter and I think I appreciate them more now since I have more experience. The book I learned from was "You Can Be A Super Quilter" by Carla Hassel--I think it's out of print now, but it was simple enough for a beginner. I was also fortunate to have older friends that had been quilting for years and I learned a lot from them.Judymchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06155289055650842847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-82987021368691003682013-12-20T17:40:09.504-08:002013-12-20T17:40:09.504-08:00Jinny's books are absolutely wonderful, but, a...Jinny's books are absolutely wonderful, but, at the same time, I think if they were the first quilting books I'd seen I might have been too intimidated to start! lol!! Hand piecing the batiks has been working fine for me, but it's also my first time hand piecing, so I don't have much to compare it to. I'm using a #10 between for the piecing, I think. I've also done a tiny bit of hand quilting with batiks too. It was a pillow with the batik on top, Hobbs 80/20 batting, and muslin on the back. That quilted very well, but having only muslin on the back might be what made things so much easier. The next hand quilting project I tried had a lot of Kona solids, and that's been very difficult to quilt. Those Konas are a heavier weight fabric, and I think that's been the problem. I'm now thinking of using more of a utility stitch in that quilt. Once I have time to get back to it, that is!IntrepidMeredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11546013782777826073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666752756855624509.post-75579078236408890042013-12-20T12:44:57.788-08:002013-12-20T12:44:57.788-08:00Beautiful quilt coming along! I love to hand piec...Beautiful quilt coming along! I love to hand piece, too, and just ordered Jinny's book (to add to my collection of her books!). How are the batiks working for you? I used batiks in an appliqued quilt and found the thread count to be so high that it was difficult to needle by hand. <br />JudyJudymchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06155289055650842847noreply@blogger.com