Some of you may have seen various posts from me over the past few months regarding some quilt pattern cutting boards I've made. You may or may not recall, but I made one, it failed due to thinness and grain orientation, so I made two more, but thicker and with the grain oriented consistently. The first of the thicker quilt boards was given as a replacement for the one that failed. The second thick board went to a friend of my sister's -- a friend who's got at least as much money tied up in quilting machinery as I do in WW tools. My sis gave her friend the board for her birthday on the 14th.
I've gotten advice from the SMC gang along the way, so I thought I'd share the end result. Here's Donna, the quilter friend:
Donna3 Cropped 600.jpg
My sis said Donna couldn't stop feeling the board. (I finished it with General Salad Bowl finish, polished down to 1500 grit.) Baby's behind soft, it is.
Donna2 Cropped 600.jpg
And here's a shot of the finished board itself...11" square x 1" thick, all end grain, made of maple, walnut, cherry, padauk and purple heart.
Donna's Board 1 - 600.jpg
One of these days (er...nights) when I have the time and energy, I intend to do a write-up on the making of these boards. I have several more quilt boards in the queue, so I intend to refine the process a bit more.
- Vaughn
P.S. I would have put this in the Quilting Forum, had I been able to find it.Although this post is woodworking-related, there are also references to actual people I know and girly things like quilts, so I didn't want to risk putting a thread in the General forum.
- V
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