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[lsdquilts]

I have started 2 quilts just from stash and scraps and am also doing a small wall pictorial. All fun and for no one special. Now I have a request for a baby quitl that is "not too babyish, not traditional, not pastel, and is white grey and green for a Baby Girl eta January. Oh My!!
I added some lilac/purples Maybe??? No pattern yet

[twiglet]

There's quite a few lovely grey and green baby quilts here https://uk.pinterest.com/explore/modern-baby-quilts/

[lsdquilts]

OOOH - Lots of great ideas and simple too. Have only 4 months to make- I am a hand quilter.... Thanks - Linda

[rehak]

Wonderful projects, Geneva! Glad Sybil is cooperating again!!

Love the new triangle quilt, Lotti! Your colors are always so bright and happy!

Nice fabrics for your baby quilt, Linda! Can't wait to see what you do with them!

[JudithA]

Geneva,
I really like your baby quilt. It is so colorful and happy and clean-looking. The baby's embroidered name is the crowning touch. Beautiful.

Judith

[Marianne-is-sewing]

Lotti - your triangle quilt is beautiful. Sounds like you are having a great holiday - fingers crossed for nice weather so we can get to enjoy more of your photos

I'm so glad that Sybil has taken my advice :P Your baby quilt is adorable and the name just finishes it off perfectly. You're a brave woman tackling onesies - glad I've never been asked to do any B) Yours are so nice so if I'm ever asked I know who to pass the order on to :whistle:

I love the idea of a green and purple baby quilt Linda. Can't wait to see what pattern you go with.

I've now finished my 4 FMQ samplers (feathers, leaves, flowers and berries) and can't decide whether to just leave them as samplers to refer to (they are about 21" square each) or join them and use them as a table topper in the kitchen; we have a very, very loved pine table in the kitchen 38 years ol so not quite an antigue but almost so it needs hiding from time to time when visitors come calling. The other 3 samplers are yellow, pink and light purple gingham respectively - not sure what to do. Input welcome. TIA




Marianne
PS the backing is the same on all 4

[loise98]

Somehow I missed coming over to this thread. Just now found it. Stuck on page 7 and today's chores are calling. Love seeing all the work and fun you are having. I'll catch up with the rest later and show you what I've been up to.

[loise98]

I have been super busy! im working on dyeing a 30 step color wheel and 36 more pieces that combine all of the primaries at varying degrees for some unique colors. I did 18 steps with generous fat quarters, and the rest in generous fat eighths. The first 18 pieces are done batching, they were rinsed, soaked for 3 hours in ice water, and rinsed again. Then they went into a hot water soak for at least 12 hours! Sometime tomorrow morning, I can check on them. The other 48 are sitting in their little cups in a picnic cooler, with some very hot water in the bottom to keep them very warm over the next 24 hours.
Just wanted you all to know, I haven't given up dyeing or trying!!

I'm off to bed,,,
Luann

[kfstitcher]

WOW! I bet you're exhausted.

[kfstitcher]

Marianne, your quilting is really nice. Putting it together into a table topper is a good idea. Why not enjoy looking at all that hard work you did?
Geneva the baby clothes and quilts are wonderful!

[JudithA]

Luann,
Your dyebaths are looking good!
I spent the last 2 days trying to tie-dye tee-shirts for my grandsons. They ended up with too much white, so I am in the middle of redoing the whole project over again. I was way too exhausted afterwards to haul them up from the basement to batch in my warm kitchen. I left them on top of the dryer downstairs with an electric blanket on top of them. I also dried a few loads of laundry underneath them. Will see how this works. Pictures to come.

Judith

[JudithA]

Karen,

Yes I was very tired last night. But my arms ached so that I didn't fall asleep until after 1am. The glitch that happened along the way- a styrofoam container that I was using for the hot water soaking of the first 18, decided it wanted no part of what I was doing! It sprung a leak and I had 'red' water all over the heavy duty area rug it was sitting on. Ugh!! The rug is on the porch, and those first pieces are in for a thorough washing now. The rinse water was running clear after that overnight soak, so I'm confident that residual exhausted dye is out.

And this morning another 'event to deal with', my ice maker quite, again, during the night. Just had it fixed replaced at the beginning of the month,,, I'm sure this will be warranty work!!!

Luann

[kfstitcher]

Yikes! Red rug, no ice what next?

[kfstitcher]

Luann,
Your dyebaths are looking good!
I spent the last 2 days trying to tie-dye tee-shirts for my grandsons. They ended up with too much white, so I am in the middle of redoing the whole project over again. I was way too exhausted afterwards to haul them up from the basement to batch in my warm kitchen. I left them on top of the dryer downstairs with an electric blanket on top of them. I also dried a few loads of laundry underneath them. Will see how this works. Pictures to come.

Judith

Judith,
The three things needed for dyeing are heat, moisture, and time. Many say that the more heat, up to a point, the less time it takes to thoroughly exhaust the dyes. When I first started I would leave them to batch for 2 days minimum. That's what I was told and that's what I did. Lately I've allowed my impulsive nature to get the better of me, and I've been paying the price! Changing back to a longer process is not easy, but that's what I'm going to do. The results have been better already, even though that batching was for 24 hours, next on gets 48+ hours for the batching process! But it's so hard to wait,,,,
Luann

[kfstitcher]

Wow Luann!!! That's a bummer hmy: red rug, no ice hmy: I am now soaking the fabric I dyed in the second boiling water bath....I am doing them all together, because I really want to see if there is any bleeding at all, and this is my experimental batch (ie the first one :P )
Marianne....love your quilting, what a great idea
Judith...are you re-dyeing the same shirts, or starting with new ones?
Dorothy