Shauna Charron wrote in a message to Pat Knox:
-=> Quoting Pat Knox to Shauna Charron <=-
SC> Hi Pat!
PK> Well, I have my Bargello skirt done (wearing it now), although I may
PK> have to tighten the elastic waistband a little bit more.
SC> That's great - congratulations on finishing it! Was it made
SC> like a quilt? I mean, did you have to use a lightweight
SC> batting and quilt it too or just put a lining onto the back of
SC> the pieced part?
No batting, but it is lined! This is one heavy skirt too!
SC> I saw a bargello wall hanging at the country fair last
SC> weekend. Some ladies were there discussing how the quilt was
SC> put together. They were not sewers as they were saying the
SC> quilter must have had a special machine to set so it could do
SC> that fancy quilting. And how long it must take to sew each
SC> square of fabric together. Doesn't it make you chuckle when
SC> you know those secrets? :) But I had to set them straight.
Too funny!!!
SC> As to sewing each square together, I couldn't let them in on
SC> that secret
Maybe you should have! Might have gotten those ladies into quilting and
changed their lives forever!
Later!,
Pat
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