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Thanks! And for the suggestions - good ones! I’ve got a couple other videos to do before I get to this so it might be a bit but I do want to get these quilted!

Thanks for the feedback! It’s so hard to strike the right balance for different folk watching but I’ll keep that in mind for next time!

@@ScrapFabricLove I'm sure it must be. Thank you for taking that him the constructive way I meant it. 💚

I tend to find I pull teals and dark blues for projects but I seem to buy a lot of the light blues 🤷‍♀️. My blue bin is always overflowing! The blocks you emailed looked lovely - the scraps from that would be great for this!

Thanks so much! And thanks for voting for the quilting. I think I will do at least one of them on the domestic!

That’s great! I have a couple of charities I make for that take different sizes so whatever I make I know someone will want. I think the quarter log cabin one will go to one of them but not sure which one yet. I’m sure your lightweight quilts get lots of love in the nursing homes. Good for you!

Thanks so much!

Thanks!

Sometimes it’s just nice to sit down! That’s why I still do qayg sometimes too 😂. Easier to watch a movie and sew sitting down 😀

@@ScrapFabricLove I am just so NOT a fan of pin basting anything larger than a small wallhanging.

@jmur8784 me neither! Nothing to stop me basting it on the long arm 😉

Glad you liked it!

Her name is Ashley.

Fab - lots of folk voting for that! I’ll give it a go. There are a few other videos in line first but I’ll get to it eventually!

Thanks!

Thanks!

Cool - one more reason for me to try it!

Thanks! Glad you like the blue!

Ah man! Sorry about your machine! Glad it hasn’t stopped you sewing though! Summer sounds like a good time for slow stitch projects!

Thanks! And what’s not to be relaxed about? It’s a quick Stashbuster! If that’s not time to chill out and have fun I don’t know what is 😀. Thanks for the quilting suggestion!

Thanks so much! That one was so fast. I changed the thread color back and forth but even doing that it was still super quick!

Faux hand quilting sounds neat, would love to see what that looks like! Thanks for all you do!

@allevoo thanks for the vote! I am curious if that would work too!

Never heard of the faux hand stitching -- that sounds interesting to see!

I’d love to see faux hand stitching with a contrasting color thread

What is faux hand quilting? I think you need to do it like that to teach us a new skill.

OH! I just had a thought... to reduce bulk you could pink and grade the batting in the seam?! In my brain it works.

I hope it works for what you are trying to do! Sounds cool!

Good idea! I’m actually starting to work on an update for this video, I’ll put a number of modifications in it that folk have suggested- I’ll add yours to my list. Video won’t be out for another month or so so I’d love to hear how you get on with it! Good luck!

@@ScrapFabricLove I'll keep you posted how mine goes! It's not gonna be a fast turn around as I just came across the concept and need to make some clothes to accumulate scraps/cabbage again lol!! I can't wait to give this a try though!

That’s a great idea!

Glad you liked it thanks!

Yeah! Hope you like it! I started and finished the blocks yesterday- today I’m trimming and putting together the quilt top. 🤞🏻I can get the video out next week.

Sorry you missed it - lots of folk say that when I do polls - I’m actually not sure how CZcams shows them to folk and why only some people seem to see them 🤷‍♀️

@@ScrapFabricLove I did finally see it. I think it was in my feed. It is on your community page.

Working on it now! Hopefully I’ll have the video ready sometime next week.

Cool! I sold those on to someone else a while back - presumably they knew what they were for!

Okay here are my thoughts: 1) take one side of a duvet cover or a top sheet and sew it right sides together with the coverlet leaving a turning gap. Turn it right side out and stitch closed the opening. 2) to secure the now attached but floppy back you could ‘tack’ sew every hand width or so with monofilament thread (invisible thread) or white thread. Just a couple stitches in one place - similar to tying a quilt but without the little tails. Now I don’t know what the edge of the coverlet is like so maybe that would make this a no go somehow but the other option would be to still do the tack stitching but rather than sewing right sides together and turning right side out you could use quilt binding to bind it together wrong sides together as you would with a regular quilt- but minus the batting. If you were going to do this I would tack/tie the top together first and bind second. Hope that makes sense!

❤ I love your ideas, thank you! The quilt has scalloped edges. I understood all of it except the last sentence. What does it mean to tack/tie the top first and bind second?

@MarisaDavid-x5r so I was saying that along with joining the backing at the edge (either way) you would need to do something so the back isn’t flopping around. One solution is to tack or tie it. If you look up how to tie a quilt you will see the general concept but as you don’t want to see it I suggested tacking instead which is like stitching 3 or 4 stitches in one place with the white or monofilament thread and then burying your knot instead of having ties that you can see. Hope that makes more sense! I just meant you would do that step first if you are going to use binding and second if you are going to do the attachment method without binding.

⁠ Wonderful, that makes perfect sense! Is there a way that I can send you a photo of what it looks like when I’m done? Keep in mind it may be a long while, but I would love to send you a photo! Can you attach photos on CZcams? I’m new to this. It’s worth repeating, I watched many videos on backing quilts, and yours was the best!❤

@MarisaDavid-x5r thanks so much - glad you liked the video! You can email me a photo hello@scrapfabriclove.com or share a photo with me on instagram @scrapfabriclove. Unfortunately there isn’t a way for viewers to share photos on CZcams.

Hi Nola! Glad you are looking forward to it! 💕

Dealer was not in my town so no didn’t have lessons. I get that I shouldn’t have bought this machine - well above my skill & patience level. We live & learn.

@@ScrapFabricLove Was this your first 9mm machine? Some sewists are unaware there's a learning curve with them and not all dealers ensure that this is understood by the prospective buyer. My collection of machines includes a Brother 7mm and a Bernina 9mm machine and there's a difference in how they handle soft, drapy fabrics. One might reasonably think that 2mm is not a lot of difference, but it really is. I need to use a stabiliser in some situations with the 9mm, where I don't need it with the 7mm. Regardless of the price of the machine, there is no one machine that does everything perfectly. They all have their pros and cons. That's really frustrating when some of the features we want only come with the most expensive machines. Depending on what we like to sew, sometimes we might be better off with 2-3 different cheaper machines, that have their strengths in different areas, rather than expecting one high priced machine to meet all of our needs. The other issue that is becoming more prevalent these days is the increasing number of bells and whistles. Sometimes error messages seem nonsensical, like the thread out error when thread is still present. The key to troubleshooting is to understand what criteria is used by the machine to generate the message, and that will often lead to the real cause of the error. As manufacturers attempt to make machines more complex this issue is causing great angst for some sewists.

@cruznk9 yes I had a Janome 4300 QDC before I bought this - so huge jump in machine 😂. The main thing was I was a relatively new sewer and I thought big name/higher price tag would = more intuitive/easy to use. I’ve learned my lesson 😂. I have a pfaff quilt expression and a Janome 1600 QC now (plus a long arm) and I am happy with my set up. That Bernina was just not for me. Totally understand and respect that lots of folk love them. Just doesn’t suit my sewing personality! Thanks for weighing in!

@ScrapFabricLove I think it's a reasonable expectation to have that a high end machine will meet all of our needs and be super easy to use. Unfortunately it can be a trap, as you learned. I'm glad you've found a set up that suits you and I hope you learned something useful from your experience, besides avoiding the Berninas from now on.

Thanks so much!

Awesome! Well done on your king size quilt! That’s quite the achievement!

Yeah I like stitching beside the ditch. Much easier to get consistent

Thanks so much!

Hi! I used many of my one colour blocks in my double orange peel quilt czcams.com/video/aKFQIikWSiU/video.htmlsi=6B61zaA_DuRLP4r4. I still have some that I can use in a future project

Thanks!

Have fun with them. Extra tip that I didn’t know when I made the video is you can unpick the back pockets (some folk use a razor!) to give you more usable fabric from the butt area 😂