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First up are a couple of Jayme based dresses for Dani:
The PRR stripes one is what I like to call "that dress that probably wasnt meant to be." It took forever to make the binding, I serged a hole in the bodice when securing the skirt, then as soon as she wore it, Dani spilled vanilla extract down the front of it (note to self: buy a lock for the pantry ). Thankfully it came clean because Id really like to others to see how the stripes line up almost perfectly (a huge accomplishment for me - lol)
Next up is a twin-sized flannel rag quilt for Lukes trailer bed:
I dont know how others have made larger quilts. The clipping on this one about knocked me over the edge and I still have one to do for Dani *sigh*.
Thanks for looking
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Single mama to my two loves *~Feedback~*
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The Jayme dresses are adorable, I love love the striped one. The rag quilt is super cute, I made one about a twin size and that'll probably be the last one for a loooooonnnnnggggg time, . One thing I found that helped were those Fisker, or whatever the brandname is, sissors, the ones w/the little pointy blades helped a ton.
Everything looks fabulous!! I love the stripe dress--can't see any boo-boos from here Great rag quilt too--Katie clips them for me, you just need to have a couple more kids to do those tedious chores
The quilt looks great! Furby has two of those prints in his rag quilt. I have another quilt on my list, too. I really really like the little spring loaded Fiskars for clipping mine.
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Shecki
mom of Zachary, Annaliese, Josiah, Samuel, Brianna, Eli, and Furby
Homeschool picture day 2008
(not pictured are my two school boys)
Cute dresses! I love rag quilts and they do tend to get a bit tedious with all that clipping. I have a pair of spring loaded scissors that are meant for rag quilting. I got them at Joanns with my coupon. They are Fiskars but has a short blunt blade on them, can't remember what they call them but they are made specifically for rag quilting. Love all the gadgets
I used a surgical seam ripper on mine. Well actually I started with scissors and decided it was for the birds so switched to the seam ripper. Stuck the point in and pulled up.
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Thanks, ladies
Thanks for all the recommendations on scissors - I actually bought them before starting the quilt because I heard they were really helpful. Oh, what a difference!
It took forever to make the binding, I serged a hole in the bodice when securing the skirt, then as soon as she wore it, Dani spilled vanilla extract down the front of it (note to self: buy a lock for the pantry 
). Thankfully it came clean because Id really like to others to see how the stripes line up almost perfectly (a huge accomplishment for me - lol) 
. One thing I found that helped were those Fisker, or whatever the brandname is, sissors, the ones w/the little pointy blades helped a ton.
Great rag quilt too--Katie clips them for me, you just need to have a couple more kids to do those tedious chores 
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