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Peacebird
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marianne
Afton
Va
USA
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 Posted - May 27 2009 : 3:45:31 PM
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I am so psyched! I just worked my beehive and added a new super! The ladies have really been busy filling up the frames with pollen and nectar as well as tending to an explosion of brood cells! So far (knock wood!) no swarm cells to be seen. This is my first year beekeeping, and what a fabulous adventure it's been!
Started a rag rug yesterday from instructions here. I'm not real sure how it's turning out, but it is relaxing work. Does anyone have tips on how to make a t-shirt quilt? (hopefully very *easy* plans because the last time I sewed anything was highschool... Way, WAY back in the early 70's...)
LOL! cheers!
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lacisne88
True Blue Farmgirl
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Chelsey
Lake Stevens
Washington
USA
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2009 : 05:52:16 AM
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Hi Marianne, Welcome to MJ's farmforum. It's such a great place. I'm impressed with your beekeeping! It's something I want to do as soon as I move.
As for the t-shirt quilt, I have made two of them, is there any particular thing you want to know? I had bought my pattern from Keepsake Quilting, but I did mine a little different, I didn't use the strips and little squares at the intersections that the pattern called for. First I gathered the tshirt that I wanted to use, I made bed sized quilts and it took 20 tshirts. Then I cut up the sides, took off the sleeves and collar so I was left with just the large flat front with the design. At that point I ironed the fusiable(use a lighter fusiable so your quilt won't be so stiff, just tell them at the quilt/fabric store what you are making and they will help you) You will waste some of that fusiable because you will cut the block down, but that is better than trying to cut the block with the design out and not having it covered. Depending on the designs on the t-shirts, you might have to manipulate the block a bit. After you have all the blocks ready with the fusiable on them, then you cut out the actual block from the tshirts, measure your designs on the tshirts so you can make sure you make your blocks big enough without cutting part of the design out. Then I sewed five rows of four blocks together, then I joined the rows of blocks, matching up the seams. I put a border around, a fairly wide border, but you can put whatever size or combination borders you would want. I had it machine quilted because it's really hard to hand quilt throught the plastic designs on the tshirts. Just tell your machine quilter not to over quilt your quilt, when they do that, it makes the quilts stiff. It was a really easy quilt to put together, I had mine ready for the machine quilter in one long day.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
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Calicogirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sharon
Bruce Crossing
Michigan
USA
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Posted - May 28 2009 : 07:16:52 AM
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Welcome Marianne!!!
You will be sure to love it here :) Your bees sound wonderful, how exciting. I haven't made a rag rug yet but plan on making oe this year sometime, the way things are going it probably won't be until Fall or Winter :)
I look forward to your posts :)
~Sharon
By His Grace, For His Glory
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Peacebird
True Blue Farmgirl
89 Posts
Marianne
Afton
Va
USA
89 Posts |
Posted - May 28 2009 : 4:46:24 PM
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thank you all!
ContraryWife - How big did you make your squares? And how much extra should I leave for sewing together? What do you use for "stuffing"? This will be my first quilt - a surprise for my hubby! Using his worn out favorites I want to make a 'car quilt' so I can stay cozy when we ride in the winter without cranking the heater up... He likes it much cooler than I do... LOL!
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
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Posted - May 29 2009 : 06:35:58 AM
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Mmmmm....trying to remember, Of course both quilts were gifts so I can't look at them*grin*. The squares were fairly large because some of the designs on the shirts were big. You have to make all the blocks the same size as the largest block/shirt design you are using. The gal who machine quilted my quilts supplied the batting. It was a low loft type, you can't have fluffy because the knit fabric of the tshirts won't quilt nice, it will bunch up. Oh, you need at least a quarter inch beyond the design on the tshirt to sew the blocks together. A quarter inch seam allowence is normal in quilting. I will see if I can get my daughter to post a pic of the quilt when I talk to her Sun. I made the quilt for my son in law using all his tshirts from the various Marine training schools he went to, backed it with war fabric, used a red border and gold flannel binding(red and gold are the official Marine Corps colors). Hope this helps.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Jun 02 2009 : 05:02:08 AM
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Hi, Marianne, and welcome from Louisiana. I would love to have some bees, but its a project for later on. Keep us posted on how they do!
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