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crafty1nana
Farmgirl at Heart
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 Posted - Jan 09 2023 : 2:59:00 PM
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New here, searched around a bit, hope this topic isn't redundant.
Has anyone tried a coffee filter string quilt? Uses a coffee filter as the foundation. Resulting circle can be appliqued onto a square for a quilt block. Looks like fun, and, boy, do I have stringy bits aplenty.
And coffee filters, as I now cold-brew the coffee. It seems you could use a second filter stitched 1/4" from the edge on top of the stringed foundation, clip through the second filter and turn the whole biz inside out, essentially turning the edge of your circle without having to needle-turn it. Hmmm. Thoughts? |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Terrell
TX
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Posted - Jan 09 2023 : 3:50:58 PM
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Your description of the block sounded like you are leaving the filter on the sewn pieces in the quilt. According to this I found on Pinnterest, you remove the filter after cutting the circle by soaking in water. Have fun making the quilt.
http://sewmanyways.blogspot.com/2009/07/tool-time-tuesday_21.html
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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crafty1nana
Farmgirl at Heart
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Posted - Jan 09 2023 : 3:58:39 PM
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Yep, quiltee, that's a site I saw! I want to do strings side by side, although her crazy-quilty look uses up bigger pieces and is nifty.
Forgot to mention taking the filter paper out, as usual for paper-piecing. I think I'd leave it on until I sewed the second filter so the circles would match up easier, then rip/soak both filters off. I've ironed a few filters and some scrappy strips...
Oh, by the way, really like your signature line! |
Edited by - crafty1nana on Jan 09 2023 3:59:53 PM |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
7546 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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Posted - Jan 09 2023 : 8:33:32 PM
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I like the scappy and the strippy look - I just love scrappy quilts. LOL!
I know you can sew a piece of muslin on the back of circles and do what you were talking about with a second filter. Then you don't have to remove it.
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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Edited by - quiltee on Jan 09 2023 8:34:29 PM |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
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Posted - Jan 10 2023 : 02:36:48 AM
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Neat idea!! We always need a way to use up scraps or strips. English paper piecing is what came to my mind when you were describing it. I have never done it, but my ma has. Have fun with it.
Farming in WI
Michele
FGOTM June2019
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wanda
Murrells Inlet
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Posted - Jan 10 2023 : 06:35:16 AM
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This sounds very interesting, I will be following and try this method.
A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.
Farm Girl #3677
FGOTM August 2022 |
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crafty1nana
Farmgirl at Heart
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Posted - Jan 10 2023 : 2:23:30 PM
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Oh, boy! Pressure's on now to make a sample to post. I'm notorious for starting, but I do have, ahem, quite a few "proof of concept" blocks/projects here and there. This will be top of the list. I will NOT be posting my UFO/PhD list. A quilting buddy made an impressive table with columns like:
Thought about it
Found a pattern
Bought the pattern
Bought/gathered fabric(s)
all the way to Bound/faced quilt and DONE!
So much more heartening to check off one little column...
My list might break the internet... |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
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Posted - Jan 11 2023 : 03:19:22 AM
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Got a kick out of the columns for the UFO list....... lol Maybe a column for ya not going to do it, or someone else can finish it. lol
Farming in WI
Michele
FGOTM June2019
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debbieklann
Sharpshooter/Schoolmarm
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Debbie
Madras
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Posted - Jan 11 2023 : 07:56:07 AM
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Haha! Those column titles are fun. I think I might need a What Was I Thinking column?
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl of the Year
"Well behaved women seldom make history"....Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Terrell
TX
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Posted - Jan 11 2023 : 12:44:09 PM
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Love those column titles. Wish you'd join the UFO/PhD thread - even without a list - just show us completed projects. LOL!
Farmgirl hugs,
Linda
Terrell, TX
Farm girl #1919
Farm Girl of the Month August 2015 and April 2017
"Women are Angels, and when someone breaks our wings, we simply continue to fly . . . on a broomstick - we're flexible, like that."
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crafty1nana
Farmgirl at Heart
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Posted - Jan 11 2023 : 1:53:17 PM
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windypines, I think you have something there! Maybe "not gonna do it/donated!" I'm thinking that's what's going to happen to some of these; just no interest in the time needed, regardless of how much has already been invested. I'll try to include a pattern or some clue so whoever picks it up at Goodwill or whatever will have an idea what had been intended.
Have a shrug that only needs seaming, but I found (from another shrug) that they aren't for me, especially one this big and drapey. Too much hanging off the arms, getting in the way, caught on doorknobs, etc. Meant for a "lady of leisure" (NOT ME!). If I don't sew up the wrist bits, someone could unravel it for the boucle yarn. I'll put in the pattern, though, just in case. |
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crafty1nana
Farmgirl at Heart
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Posted - Jan 11 2023 : 2:03:19 PM
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debbieklann, I love What Was I Thinking? for a column title!
quiltee, yeah, completed projects...ah, there's the rub! I've been kinda in a funk for a couple of years, only working on a snippet roll via Anne Brooke on facebook, unfinished, and 52tags, also via AB, and also unfinished, just small things that don't require a ton of brain power or time. Did finish 3 baby quilts for quilt club, very simple. And a knit cap for the little boy across the road. May get better now that I've had cataract surgery on both eyes and am about to get a new eye exam for glasses. Wheee! |
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karen
Kennewick
WA
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Posted - Jan 11 2023 : 5:54:50 PM
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Debbie…I think you have something with the “What was I Thinking” category!! :)
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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crafty1nana
Farmgirl at Heart
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Posted - Jan 14 2023 : 8:41:34 PM
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OK, I think I've got proof of concept if I can upload the compressed image files.
coffee filter 1 has strips sewn onto a filter
coffee filter 2 has a second filter sewn on top and slit, ready to turn inside out
coffee filter 3 is turned to make an edge for applique and both coffee filters (mostly) removed.
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Gosh, I hope this works! |
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