I love watching you making your quilts. You make it look doable for the newest of quilters. Your explanations of how to do it, so much better than a lot of the "professionals". Thank you. It is great to see you back. Keep safe and well. X
Loved you and your wife with the quilts for veterans project. You BOTH did a lot of work getting quilters together to make all those blocks, non quilters donating fabric for backing, quilters quilting the quilts, etc etc. Fantastic!!! You have mentioned Jenny at Missouri Star quilt company but have you watched Donna at Jordan Fabric in Oregon?? Her tutorials teach in such a way that I can really understand why I need to do this or do that, so my quilts come out better. I watch and love both programs. Keep quilting and stay healthy during this strange time.
I totally love your "Close enough for Government work" phrase. I have used it for an entire career in Governmental service. One thing that you might find useful as I have, and that is when you match your stitching lines, flip the seam allowances opposite. It gives a nesting effect that you can actually feel when your seams are aligned. If it feels flat, then the seams are perfectly aligned, and if there's a "bump" you need to manipulate it a bit or if a "gap" then maybe a feed-dog easing technique is needed. I have used these techniques for decades and hundreds of quilt tops. I love your stuff. And I understand how soothing something like quilting can be because I have used it as art therapy for many years with many clients. Stay safe. Stay strong.
Tika California my dad, who worked for the state we lived in, always said “close enough for government work”. I had forgotten that expression until now. Makes me smile.
A trick for making sure you are taking them down right. Is to take pins out of top one and fold it down over the other, and as you take the pins out of the bottom one, pin the two together, then you will know which edge you will be sewing an they'll be in the right order! Happy to see you doing help videos again.
OMG Mark Gosh the look of all your different materials the way you have put them together makes for a Sunning and Gorgeous Look...Heck I want a long skirt and top made out of that material gosh it's definitely Runway Perfection in every which way!! It always fun to watch you in creative action and seeing your vision come to life!! Thanks Yvonne for your Spectacular videoing as I know it's hard to do and you trully do one super Impeccable job too..as a team you guys are the best in every which way!! Thanks truly for all you do and the way you do it!! YOU so ROCK!! Joan Smith
Love watching you. A handy tip is to put a pin in the top left block of each row. Once you start sewing the rows, I take the pins out, except for the in in very top row.
Close enough for Government work. 😂 I'm laughing as a daughter and granddaughter of Marines and someone who works in government relations. I love your explanations.
Great explanations of your techniques & design reasoning. I get happy when I watch you work on your quilts. You make it all seem so easy and I love the way you enjoy your craft instead of obsessing over perrfection. This quilt is coming along beautifully!
If your seams are going in the same direction, you're still "nesting like a penguin". You end up with a thick lump at every intersection and are more likely to break a needle. At each intersection, one seam up, one seam down. You can feel the seams line up. Then, you're "nesting with the eagles"!
Have you ever considered the option to put your pins in FACING the seam you will be sewing-like this ________________________________________________________ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | as opposed to this ________________________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ It eliminates stopping/slowing to pull pins as you sew. You and your videos are awesome and I have learned SO much from you.
I made a Bonnie Hunter Alliatare Mystery quilt once. Nearly killed me. Watching how the seams flip to fit together was super important. I learned the hard way to try to keep as exact a 1/4 in seam all the way to the end of each pieced unit was very important. I didn’t and there was so much distortion that all those pieces did not fit together well. I learned to use a small strip of scrap fabric at the beginning and ending of each seam to hold loose breads. I call this a lifesaver because it kept knots and seams that Knots and loose threads that unraveled from happening. Nesting seams so they feel locked was key. I had to unsew and reset so many pieces. It drove me nuts!
