Quilting help

[kitanzi]

I'm considering making a square for next year's Gafilk quilt with my best attempt at a replica of one of Dave's buttons and his filkhaven name on it. Does anyone have a reference book they would recommend to a complete newbie trying to do this? Thanks for any help...

Comments

[ladyat.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure that I have several quilt books that I'd be happy to loan you. I can show you quilting stuff if you need help. You could also cross-stitch or embroider the button designs and use that as your top piece. Let's talk...

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

That would be great. The lettering would probably be a lot easier (I'm guessing) with cross stitch or embroidery. Let me know when is good for you, or if we've got a concom meeting coming up, could do it then. Thank you!

[ladyat.livejournal.com]

The next time that autographedcat comes over to game, I'll send him home with the books.

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

I really like that idea.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

It really seems appropriate, especially since he kept donating all the proceeds from his buttons to Interfilk and the quilt proceeds go there as well. I just hope I can make it look good.

[braider.livejournal.com]

Easiest way to do it would probably be applique for the design. I don't remember if Margaret had us actually quilt the squares to a backing or not.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

The guidelines on the Gafilk site sound like yes.... so I'll follow those. They seem simple enough, the trickier part is getting the design I want to look good.

[aunty_marion]

If you want cross stitch and if I can find a picture of the original, which I'm sure I have somewhere, I can dump it into my cross-stitch program and let you have a copy.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

That would be a huge help! If you have a picture, wonderful, and if not I have a digital camera that I'm sure I can get you one with. Cross stitch sounds like the best way to get the details in, especially the lettering.

[aunty_marion]

I have pictures of the original designs, found on his LJ. A lot of them are here in the archive for October 2004 (with the first lot back in the September archive). I did at least offer to make him a coaster, but can't now remember whether I ever did. I do have charts of the basic design - the note with the two F-holes - on either white or blue, but not the lettering, though that will be easy to add. Which would you prefer? They're about 48 stitches square.

[kitanzi.livejournal.com]

On the white, please! And is the lettering something the program will let you add, or should I do that on my end?

[aunty_marion]

I've sent an email to your LJ address - let me know if you need any changes! I've done basic lettering.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I just stumbled across these pages with variations of the artwork and explanations. These may or may not be the same as was in LiveJournal:

http://members.aol.com/filkhavenres/

http://members.aol.com/filkhavenres/occas.htm

Rob has offered to archive the pages.