Thread:Superkenzie/@comment-33437691-20200103172834/@comment-37542647-20200110013224

What beautiful quilts! The addition of your cat's tail is too cute for words. I admire anyone who has the patience to cut and piece the fabric for a quilt. That is the part I didn't like. I had difficulty with all the corners matching but I enjoyed the hand quilting. One of the quilts I made was for my son. It had appliqued squares featuring all types of transportation vehicles. There was hand embroidery on every square as well as the applique. The applique and construction was done on my sewing machine. It took me longer than I expected but it turned out surprisingly well, considering it was my first attempt. The second quilt I made for my parents. It featured embroidered squares that were pieced together. The quilting was done on the dividing strips. It looked very nice but I did not pre-wash the fabric and when my mother washed the quilt some of the color ran onto the embroidered squares. My parents are both deceased so I have the quilt in my possession and serves as a reminder of my mistake. I have never made that mistake again with any of my other projects! I have cross stitched a few afghans to give as gifts to family and friends and a couple I finished as quilts with backing fabric and used decorative buttons to hold the pieces together. They were crib quilt sized. It's funny you mentioned candle wicking because I stitched a couple of pillows to give as gifts to my husband's step-mother but she didn't appear to like them so I never stitched any more. I am very selective who receives my hand stitched items. I only give them to people who appreciate the work and time involved. Most of my stitched pieces I keep for myself. Do the recipients of your quilts appreciate them? I certainly hope so. It seems as if a lot of people don't appreciate hand crafted items. I have found that creative people are the most appreciative. Was it very difficult quilting with metallic thread? I have used metallic threads in some of my cross stitch projects and I really love how it looks but it is more challenging to stitch. I can't imagine quilting with it. Is the thread similar to the metallic used in hand embroidery? Happy Stitching!