Posted by lady4feet on 2005-03-02 18:56:27
Post Subject: Best transfer paper?
I was looking at a quiliting book today and decided I want to make a memory quilt for my mom. It's when you transfer a photo to fabric and make it into whatever you want. Anyone have any experience with this? Is it very difficault? It sounded nice and simple. What's the best kind of transfer paper to use? Thank for your help.
Posted by girlthursday on 2005-01-13 13:10:47
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merrydeath,
I'm so curious to see how your quilt turns out. And I commend you for jumping into this new project. I've wanted to make a quilt for awhile now too but was always too intimidated but I feel inspired now. I think I might attempt it! I'm reading about the Memory Quilt now on Martha Stewart. Good luck, and post photos of the progress!
If the link is not stable it's on the Martha website, and its called a memory quilt. I don't have a rotary cutter yet so what I did was make paper templates for my pieces, pin them to the paper and cut around those. I made mine by machine and the biggest problem I had was stiching in the ditch, that is stiching the quilt top to the batting. I didn't line up my squares exactly so I had some problems getting even lines of stiching.
You really do have to be very particular about cutting out and piecing together, it makes the whole process faster and smoother and makes the quilt look better.
And yes I have the same problem about stopping and starting, but actually I think quilting is a good stop and start craft. You can hack away at it for awhile and then forget it in a closet for a bit. Let's just say I started my nephew's quilt when he was born and didn't mail it off to him in Alaska until his first birthday.
Posted by Sewlittletime on 2006-02-13 10:13:25
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I will save clothes if I really, really like the color or pattern. I have a basket full of fabrics cut into strips, which I'll eventually make a rag rug with. I've kept any buttons that came off those pieces of clothing. Denim is so versatile, it's really a great material to hang onto. I've used old denim to make hats, a toolbelt for my kids' toy tools, small zippered bags, etc. I save underwire and the misc. hardware from bras, and I've saved pretty lace from other lingerie pieces. I also have a bunch of my outgrown t-shirts from Europe, with which I'll eventually make a memory quilt.
Posted by teagrrl on 2005-03-21 13:39:43
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Maybe you could make her some kind of memory quilt? I mean, with embroidered/printed blocks of fabric...memories you share, "hopes" that you have for the couple's future, etc (you could even include knitted parts if you want to). That would be a crafty gift and wouldn't compete with her MIL's "real" quilts. Or you could make smaller quilted things, like pillows or something...
Or how about making a really cool scrapbook-type thingy, along the same lines? Do you know her fiancé well, or are you planning to give a gift that's more to her than to them as a couple? Do they need household stuff etc? I was thinking that maybe you could decorate some things (I don't know, bowls? Though that's a bit boring) for them if you're good at that kind of thing...paint porcelain/glass or etch wine glasses or something.
(I'm also going to hope for ideas from this thread - my sister is getting married in June and I probably won't be able to be there, so I want to get them a cool gift. I will make my sister's jewellery (not the ring) though so I don't have to get them anything huge, but it would be nice to give them both something)
