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Started this discussion. Last reply by QuilterBridget Jul 24, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Hi, I just joined about 1/2 hour ago so I'm really, really new. I love to read about quilting, talk about quilting and participate in quilting.My name's Eileen Keane, I'm a longarm machine quilter, a…Continue
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- Tell us about yourself—as much or as little as you like.
- I'm a quiltmaker. I'm also a longarm machine quilter; I have a home based business called Designing Quilts.
I have a very supportive husband who has now begun his own quilting journey. We have 2 grown kids, and an awesome grandson.
- How many quilts have you made?
- I've lost count
- Do you want to make quilts, or simply enjoy them?
- I want to make them but I want to enjoy the process
- How long have you been a quilter?
- since 1994
- What is your favorite quilting technique?
- hand applique
- Why do you quilt?
- because I need to create
- Do you have a website?
- http://www.designingquilts.com
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Have fun, Eileen. (That's my mother's name, too) I really enjoy hand work, but because I design patterns, I do a lot of my quilting on machine because it's faster. I'm going on a vacation soon, too & trying to figure out what hand work I can take along.
That sounds wonderful! Any quilt-y stuff involved?
Happy birthday, Eileen~I hope you have a wonderful day!
Thank you for your kind words. I'm going to try and get this quilt in more shows.
Eileen, I just posted a couple of Dear Jane pictures . . . that's a few of the blocks. I'd
love to see yours. Linda Stone
Hello, Eileen. I started a Dear Jane quilt some years ago . . . Ithink I have about 69
blocks done. Somehow I got sidetracked, though, and haven't been back to it, but I
certainly plan to. Aren't those little blocks just like potato ships . . . can't do just one!
Actually I have done the Brenda Papadakis blocks by the Linda Franz method. I think
Brenda did hers on the machine! Can't imagine doing that. I do not plan to do the
border "blocks" and mine is scrappy . . . little bits of everything. I'll try to post some pictures of some of the blocks so far. Good luck and have fun! Linda Stone
My husband keeps telling me the same thing; he thinks I'm bored and need a challenge. I do make small art quilts for the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative and those are perfect to try new techniques on. I make a quilt a month for them, and it's time to start a new one. Maybe that's what I should do. Those are always a challenge for me because I'm not really into art quilts and it's like staring at a blank piece of paper and not knowing what to write. I do have an idea though. I've made three in a series and I can do a fourth. I call them "Metallic Threads" and they are challenging. Maybe I should do that. They're fun to plan as well. I usually make one ever couple of months. I already have an idea too...a Christmas theme. Many of them are taken to the Quilt Festival in Houston and they need some with fall and Christmas themes. Another plus to making them is that the maximum size allowed is only 9"x12".
Thanks for the encouragement...another reason I love this site!
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