View entire thread: My new quilt
Posted by Marcella Peek on Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:22 PM Post subject: Re: My new quilt
This is that troll chick, not me. My site has my name in it. the real marcella (who doesn't capitalize her name in her
posts) In article <RJ2XEYYW38958.8459027778@anonymous>, Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header (Marcella Peek)
wrote: [quote:29891ece7f]I am so proud of this, it's my masterpiece!! I need your opinion, should I use the diamonds
or the squares on this quilt? The picture is below: http://www.veronicamoser.com/images/mosers5.jpg Thanks! Veronica
Can you show me how to make a quilt like that? Thank you, Marcella -=- This message was sent via two or more
anonymous remailing services.[/quote:29891ece7f]
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Posted by Marcella Peek on Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:18 AM Post subject: My new quilt
I am so proud of this, it's my masterpiece!! I need your opinion, should I use the diamonds or the squares on this
quilt? The picture is below: http://www.veronicamoser.com/images/mosers5.jpg Thanks! Veronica Can you show me
how to make a quilt like that? Thank you, Marcella -=- This message was sent via two or more anonymous remailing
services.
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View entire thread: Memory quilt out of fil shirts....
Posted by Patti on Tue Aug 29, 2006 7:57 AM Post subject: Re: Memory quilt out of fil shirts....
This does sound rather 'different'. So, before doing anything with these 4 shirts, I suggest getting an old shirt -
from a charity shop or similar perhaps? - and trying out what you plan to do. I do think that, with a bit of judicious
folding or cutting and re-positioning of the various parts of the shirts, you would be able to get the fronts to make
rectangles. I think you would be happier with strips of another fabric sewn to the shirts - if you achieve the
rectangles - rather than appliquéing them to a background. But, that's just how I feel - not a rule or anything
>g< Hope it goes well. Thanks for coming back to let us know what you decided to do. .. In message
<1156810095.358431.252700@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>, sharon.bennett@gmail.com writes [quote:29d098bb53]Thanks
for ideas concerning a memory quilt for my mil. I have decided to cut his shirts in half and use the fronts for the
quilt top and the backs for the quilt bottom. I'll stitch up the fronts at the buttons. Here's the dilema. I only
have 4 shirts to work with. I think I will need a foundation piece to quilt the shirts too. Does that make sense? If
so, how would one sew the shirts to the foundation piece so it looks like the shirts are quilted together? Or should I
cut pieces from another fabric to patch between the gaps in the shirts? I don't want to ruin these shirts, and before I
do anything I am making sure I have a game plan in place. Thanks Sharon [/quote:29d098bb53] -- Best Regards pat on
the hill
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Posted by Anonymous on Tue Aug 29, 2006 1:08 AM Post subject: Memory quilt out of fil shirts....
Thanks for ideas concerning a memory quilt for my mil. I have decided to cut his shirts in half and use the fronts for
the quilt top and the backs for the quilt bottom. I'll stitch up the fronts at the buttons. Here's the dilema. I
only have 4 shirts to work with. I think I will need a foundation piece to quilt the shirts too. Does that make sense?
If so, how would one sew the shirts to the foundation piece so it looks like the shirts are quilted together? Or
should I cut pieces from another fabric to patch between the gaps in the shirts? I don't want to ruin these shirts, and
before I do anything I am making sure I have a game plan in place. Thanks Sharon
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View entire thread: Viva, Las Vegas (and Williams, AZ/Grand Canyon)
Posted by Pati Cook on Tue Sep 05, 2006 11:00 PM Post subject: Re: Viva, Las Vegas (and Williams, AZ/Grand Canyon)
The parts of AZ that regularly get snow not only know how to deal with it, they make money from it. Snowbowl is a
major ski area, and last year was really bad for it. The snow pack is a major water source for all of the state, and
lack of it is a big part of the drought we are in. Pati, in Phx Batik Freak wrote: [quote:a8d7fe2fa9]Holy crap.
Snow? In Arizona? Oy. Do they know how to get it off the roads, or is it a cluster you-know-what like it is here in
North Carolina? If they even THINK the word snow here, the schools close and all the bread sells out... L
"Donna in Idaho" <dnnaten@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4lfbovF1k6h3U1@individual.net... You might
find a quilt shop in Flag, but you're not going to find one in Williams! Used to live there - just visited in late
February this year. You would think that with the railroad there (they didn't have the passenger train when I lived
there) and all the motels and fast food restaurants along the interstate and downtown, they would do more with downtown.
Quite a few empty buildings and some of the buildings in use aren't kept up too well. Don't know whether there is a
quilt shop in Kingman - that's the only town you'll go through between Vegas and Williams. Be prepared for cold weather
the first part of November, it can be pretty cold and snowy. The altitude is approx 6800 downtown. We lived up on the
hill south of downtown - our house was at 7000 feet. Don't think my kids ever trick or treated without either ice, snow
or cold cold rain. However, it is absolutely beautiful in that area after a snowfall. We were enough higher that it
would be snowing at our house when it was raining downtown. Hope they do get snow this winter - they basically didn't
get any snow until March this past winter. One winter when we lived there we got 200 inches of snow. Our two dogs
loved it! They looked like porpoises surfing the snow instead of the ocean. -- Donna in Idaho Reply to daawra3553 at
yahoo dot com "Batik Freak" <lpskeen@NOSPAMliving-tree.net> wrote in message
news:WqtIg.14667$xp2.9306@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... Any of y'all located out there? We are trying to get
reservations for the Grand Canyon Railway tour for the first of Nov. Will be driving between LV and Williams, AZ. Any
quilt/fabric stops along the way??? -- L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC Get your 2007 Clay Lover's Calendar at http://www.
living-tree.net/calendar.htm [/quote:a8d7fe2fa9]
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View entire thread: Viva, Las Vegas (and Williams, AZ/Grand Canyon)
Posted by Batik Freak on Mon Aug 28, 2006 7:36 AM Post subject: Re: Viva, Las Vegas (and Williams, AZ/Grand Canyon)
Holy crap. Snow? In Arizona? Oy. Do they know how to get it off the roads, or is it a cluster you-know-what like it
is here in North Carolina? If they even THINK the word snow here, the schools close and all the bread sells out... L
"Donna in Idaho" <dnnaten@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:4lfbovF1k6h3U1@individual.net...
[quote:49f029dec9]You might find a quilt shop in Flag, but you're not going to find one in Williams! Used to live there
- just visited in late February this year. You would think that with the railroad there (they didn't have the passenger
train when I lived there) and all the motels and fast food restaurants along the interstate and downtown, they would do
more with downtown. Quite a few empty buildings and some of the buildings in use aren't kept up too well. Don't know
whether there is a quilt shop in Kingman - that's the only town you'll go through between Vegas and Williams. Be
prepared for cold weather the first part of November, it can be pretty cold and snowy. The altitude is approx 6800
downtown. We lived up on the hill south of downtown - our house was at 7000 feet. Don't think my kids ever trick or
treated without either ice, snow or cold cold rain. However, it is absolutely beautiful in that area after a snowfall.
We were enough higher that it would be snowing at our house when it was raining downtown. Hope they do get snow this
winter - they basically didn't get any snow until March this past winter. One winter when we lived there we got 200
inches of snow. Our two dogs loved it! They looked like porpoises surfing the snow instead of the ocean. -- Donna in
Idaho Reply to daawra3553 at yahoo dot com "Batik Freak" <lpskeen@NOSPAMliving-tree.net> wrote in
message news:WqtIg.14667$xp2.9306@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... Any of y'all located out there? We are trying to
get reservations for the Grand Canyon Railway tour for the first of Nov. Will be driving between LV and Williams, AZ.
Any quilt/fabric stops along the way??? -- L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC Get your 2007 Clay Lover's Calendar at
http://www.living-tree.net/calendar.htm [/quote:49f029dec9]
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View entire thread: Viva, Las Vegas (and Williams, AZ/Grand Canyon)
Posted by Donna in Idaho on Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:09 AM Post subject: Re: Viva, Las Vegas (and Williams, AZ/Grand Canyon)
I wanted to go to the quilt shop in Sedona when we were there last February. Couldn't find a place to park within 5
miles of downtown! I could not believe (even though I had heard) how much that town has grown. Last time we were
there, until this year, was in 1979. -- Donna in Idaho Reply to daawra3553 at yahoo dot com "Kate G."
<grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:vNadnfwyJ5qG5G_ZnZ2dnUVZ_sKdnZ2d@comcast.com...
[quote:d50c348da8]Yes there is... found a link for you! http://www.quiltersstoresedona.com/index.ht I haven't been
there -- it opened after my last visit to Sedona (15 years ago! -- time to go back!) Kate in MI[/quote:d50c348da8]
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View entire thread: Question About Minkee
Posted by Donna in NE La. on Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:50 PM Post subject: Re: Question About Minkee
I put Minkee on the back of my DGS's band quilt. It was quilted by a long-arm quilter so don't know how difficult it
was for here. Here is a link to his quilt. http://tinyurl.com/my947 My DGD and I made a quilt this summer for a
friend of hers and we put Minkee on the back and tied it--it was "crawly" as the dickens!! -- Donna in NE
La. "Vikki In WA State" <palnpartneratsawdotnet> wrote in message news:16idnSV-
Kp2GJXLZnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@scnresearch.com... [quote:cd8c2aef45]This is a little bit off the subject, but at our county
fair one of our best quilters had a quilt backed with minkee. It was so soft and nice. Calling it a velour does not
really do it justice in my mind. You just wanted to lay your face in it. I did ask her how it was to work with. She
told me the best way was to use the basting spray and the walking foot. JMTCW -- Vikki in WA State "John
A." <no.john@spammers.virginiaquilter.allowed.com> wrote in message
news:f0sue29ibtg7dptgdkpp5os3ipb1jkh159@4ax.com... On 25 Aug 2006 14:31:07 -0700, "joan8904 in Bellevue
Nebraska" joan8904@aol.com> wrote: And, oh so soft! Actually, that's what Avlyn calls their plush velour. :)
Shorter "pile," if you prefer that. Moda's Snuggle is shorter as well. JA [/quote:cd8c2aef45]
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:14 AM Post subject: Re: Question About Minkee
IMO, the silky nap of 'Minkee' type fabric is closer in texture to panne velvet than to velour. PAT Vikki In WA State
wrote: [quote:994ac36b25]This is a little bit off the subject, but at our county fair one of our best quilters had a
quilt backed with minkee. It was so soft and nice. Calling it a velour does not really do it justice in my mind. You
just wanted to lay your face in it. I did ask her how it was to work with. She told me the best way was to use the
basting spray and the walking foot. JMTCW [/quote:994ac36b25]
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Posted by Vikki In WA State on Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:00 AM Post subject: Re: Question About Minkee
This is a little bit off the subject, but at our county fair one of our best quilters had a quilt backed with minkee.
It was so soft and nice. Calling it a velour does not really do it justice in my mind. You just wanted to lay your
face in it. I did ask her how it was to work with. She told me the best way was to use the basting spray and the
walking foot. JMTCW -- Vikki in WA State "John A." <no.john@spammers.virginiaquilter.allowed.com>
wrote in message news:f0sue29ibtg7dptgdkpp5os3ipb1jkh159@4ax.com... [quote:c541b43f33]On 25 Aug 2006 14:31:07 -0700,
"joan8904 in Bellevue Nebraska" joan8904@aol.com> wrote: And, oh so soft! Actually, that's what Avlyn
calls their plush velour. :) Shorter "pile," if you prefer that. Moda's Snuggle is shorter as well.
JA[/quote:c541b43f33]
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View entire thread: Hunting red and pin bites
Posted by Polly Esther on Tue Aug 22, 2006 4:21 AM Post subject: Re: Hunting red and pin bites
Well, honestly, I only made one Carpenter's Wheel but it is truly perfect. A bit serious for a crib quilt, I thought,
so naturally I bordered it with first some crabs and then some polka dots. Baby won't care if the points are perfect
or not but how sweet it is to have finally discovered how to take the wiggle slip/slide out of point matching. Polly
"nzlstar*" < wrote > poifect points on a carpenters wheel?? holy smokes, where do we see this
[quote:968a051857]beauty. one of those blocks i wont be doing soon with all those points. i know what you mean by
smallest bite with the pins. watch that happen often on SQ. i always figure the bigger the bite, the more likely to lay
flat, oops, shame on me. i dont pin a lot tho, not with regular piecing. i usually hope if i can nest the seams right
i'll get decent points. maybe i need to pin more and i'll get better than decent, i'll get poifect one. hmmmmmm. which
reminds me, i saw Judy Dales on SQ today, love her curved quilts. i dont need a 'ho ho red' but i'll have a look anyhow,
lol. ok, maybe i'll find one i like enough even if i dont need it, lol. thanks P. jeanne who was sure this thread would
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View entire thread: Fabric Gal notes: can anyone figure out what I meant?
Posted by nzlstar* on Mon Aug 21, 2006 3:00 AM Post subject: Re: Fabric Gal notes: can anyone figure out what I meant?
check www.applewd.com the august block is still online for free download. that explains what it sounds to me like you're
doing. i could be wrong but worth a wee check. increase the view to 400%, yes 4 hundred, so you can see how the lines
across work. its simple when you see how it works. hope that helps. cheers from the sunny south pacific winter, jeanne
-- san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz nzlstar on yahoo msg'r nzlstar on webshots gen.gen.co.nz "kratersge"
wrote... [quote:3e4800c3aa]I took notes during the Eleanor Burns show so I could do a scrappy Fabric Gal quilt, but I
can't make any sense of these instructions that I took down... "Cut strips 2.5 & 3.5 inches.Use 4 sets of 2
colors. Make a kind of wonky 4patch, then do the half triangle things with the resulting 4.5 by 5.5 rectangles, ending
up with 2 block. Set like pinwheels." I think I get the 4-patch part; but then how should I cut it to "do
the half triangle things"?? I think if I could figure out how to cut the four-patch I could get the rest.. It
seemed so clear at the time. :-( I rememver that you end up with 2 blocks that have reverse color values from each
other; but I can't figure out that d** cut! susan kraterfield see my quilts: members.cox.net/kratersge
[/quote:3e4800c3aa]
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Posted by kratersge on Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:03 AM Post subject: Fabric Gal notes: can anyone figure out what I meant?
I took notes during the Eleanor Burns show so I could do a scrappy Fabric Gal quilt, but I can't make any sense of these
instructions that I took down... "Cut strips 2.5 & 3.5 inches.Use 4 sets of 2 colors. Make a kind of wonky
4patch, then do the half triangle things with the resulting 4.5 by 5.5 rectangles, ending up with 2 block. Set like
pinwheels." I think I get the 4-patch part; but then how should I cut it to "do the half triangle
things"?? I think if I could figure out how to cut the four-patch I could get the rest.. It seemed so clear at the
time. :-( I rememver that you end up with 2 blocks that have reverse color values from each other; but I can't figure
out that d** cut! susan kraterfield see my quilts: members.cox.net/kratersge
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View entire thread: Breast Cancer Research quilt tops finished
Posted by Trixie on Mon Aug 21, 2006 2:52 AM Post subject: Re: Breast Cancer Research quilt tops finished
It is always a pleasure working on a project with Teri. She is one woman who truly knows how to get it done! Connie D
in WA [quote:62b586af18]"Terbear" <kenandteri@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:ywSFg.671$WK4.53@fed1read06... The Terbear swappers have pulled through again! I had received 48 blocks from most
of the your pick swappers & a few other terbear swappers & friends to make up three quilts, these quilts once
quilted, will be auctioned off to benefit the Stefanie Spielman Fund. Take a look at these quilts & the wonderful
quilt blocks. If you click on an image, you will have a bigger picture to see better! These quilts have been named
Strength, Hope & Survive http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/album54 I just want to thank the swappers once again for
their beautiful blocks! -- Terbear~Curator of the HUG Gallery~ http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/HUGS RCTQ 2006-2007 BOM
Gallery~ http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM Teri's quilts~
http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/Tquilts[/quote:62b586af18]
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View entire thread: Does Jacqueline's questions remind others of Christina in OK
Posted by Jacqueline on Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:29 PM Post subject: Re: Does Jacqueline's questions remind others of Christina i
Susan you are welcome any time if you can put up with my DDAd and his memory loss. Actually I would love to have
company but I am afraid that it would confuse him even more. I had a friend to come in this past weekend and I wanted
her to stay at the house vs. a motel but I was afraid to do so and she was in the same agreement, that it probably
wouldn't be good for him, but anyway you are still welcome to drop by. I appreciate all everyone has done for me and
will do for me in the future. I love you folks. Jacqueline On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 13:09:43 -0500, Susan Laity Price
<slpdesigns@speakeasy.net> wrote: [quote:97a09b569d]Thanks to everyone who is responding to Jacqueline's
questions. Her posts have reminded me so much of the original posts from Christina in OK. Both are intelligent women
with a passion to learn to quilt and no one around to show them the basics. Just think how far Christina has come in the
few years she has been posting here. Jacqueline will be stitching up a storm in no time at all. In both cases I want to
drive over to their house and give them a few basic lessons. Jacqueline, please keep asking and we will keep answering.
Susan [/quote:97a09b569d] Jacqueline http://www.mountain-breeze.com Recipes and other fun things
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Posted by Susan Laity Price on Wed Aug 16, 2006 7:09 PM Post subject: Does Jacqueline's questions remind others of Christina in OK
Thanks to everyone who is responding to Jacqueline's questions. Her posts have reminded me so much of the original posts
from Christina in OK. Both are intelligent women with a passion to learn to quilt and no one around to show them the
basics. Just think how far Christina has come in the few years she has been posting here. Jacqueline will be stitching
up a storm in no time at all. In both cases I want to drive over to their house and give them a few basic lessons.
Jacqueline, please keep asking and we will keep answering. Susan
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View entire thread: really into my 'rescue' quilts
Posted by Kathy Applebaum on Tue Aug 15, 2006 8:15 PM Post subject: Re: really into my 'rescue' quilts
I'm blanking on the name of the first one, but the fabric colors are similar to one I own that was dated to the 1870's.
Note that the green may have originally been brown, or so I'm told. The Dresden Plates are saying 40's to me. --
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) Queen of Fabric Tramps mailto:KathyA@KayneyNOSPAMQuilting.com
http://fabrictramp.typepad.com/fabric_tramping/ remove the obvious to reply "Dr. Quilter"
<mvignali@dog.u.washington.edu> wrote in message news:ebt44c$ihv$1@gnus01.u.washington.edu...
[quote:3cd9667d5c]After seeing the antique quilt display at the local APWN, I am trying to make an album of all the ones
I have, their pattern, where I bought them, how much I paid, and how I have restored them (if needed) or plan to. Maybe
you guys can help with with naming a few patterns/estimated ages? Here are the links:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/69527164/1315361665043213071ZuMltA
http://community.webshots.com/photo/69527164/1315360414043213071eIZmvO
http://community.webshots.com/album/69527164QwQPdJ[/quote:3cd9667d5c]
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Posted by Dr. Quilter on Tue Aug 15, 2006 7:34 PM Post subject: really into my 'rescue' quilts
After seeing the antique quilt display at the local APWN, I am trying to make an album of all the ones I have, their
pattern, where I bought them, how much I paid, and how I have restored them (if needed) or plan to. Maybe you guys can
help with with naming a few patterns/estimated ages? Here are the links:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/69527164/1315361665043213071ZuMltA
http://community.webshots.com/photo/69527164/1315360414043213071eIZmvO
http://community.webshots.com/album/69527164QwQPdJ
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View entire thread: Happy Dancing again
Posted by Sandy Foster on Sun Aug 13, 2006 5:24 PM Post subject: Re: Happy Dancing again
In article <i5xDg.1552$Ch.106@clgrps13>, "Ann" <darcyh@telusplanet.net> wrote:
[quote:19d95fba78]Finally finished my Weaver Fever quilt.........the beast!!! And doing a very very happy dance!!! I
was so worried about the light stitching showing on the dark colours and vice versa when I shouldn't have
been........like many of you told me........all at once now..."I told you so" <G> I'm very pleased
with the finished quilt. It's now out of my house and in the proper hands....a donation item to the funding raising
commitee to help raise funds to re-build a new hockey arena for our town, which burned down last year (the arena that
is). Next weekend is the "silent auction and fundraising night" so I'm hoping it brings a decent dollar.
Ann.......showing off her "more quilts" album again http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky
[/quote:19d95fba78] Woohoo, Ann! Nope -- no "I told you so" from me; we all have to figure out some things
on our own. :) But where are the pics of how the quilting turned out??? -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP
is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education
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Posted by Polly Esther on Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:28 PM Post subject: Re: Happy Dancing again
What a beauty. I wish I'd done that. My head would be seriously swollen with pride. Polly "Roberta
Zollner" <rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote in message news:ebn59j$ov$1@online.de... [quote:bc281680c7]Lovely!
(And fast!) Let us know how much it raises so we can congratulate you all over again. Roberta in D "Ann"
<darcyh@telusplanet.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:i5xDg.1552$Ch.106@clgrps13... Finally finished my Weaver
Fever quilt.........the beast!!! And doing a very very happy dance!!! I was so worried about the light stitching
showing on the dark colours and vice versa when I shouldn't have been........like many of you told me........all at once
now..."I told you so" <G> I'm very pleased with the finished quilt. It's now out of my house and in
the proper hands....a donation item to the funding raising commitee to help raise funds to re-build a new hockey arena
for our town, which burned down last year (the arena that is). Next weekend is the "silent auction and fundraising
night" so I'm hoping it brings a decent dollar. Ann.......showing off her "more quilts" album again
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky [/quote:bc281680c7]
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Posted by Roberta Zollner on Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:17 PM Post subject: Re: Happy Dancing again
Lovely! (And fast!) Let us know how much it raises so we can congratulate you all over again. Roberta in D
"Ann" <darcyh@telusplanet.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:i5xDg.1552$Ch.106@clgrps13...
[quote:db52a2df8b]Finally finished my Weaver Fever quilt.........the beast!!! And doing a very very happy dance!!! I
was so worried about the light stitching showing on the dark colours and vice versa when I shouldn't have
been........like many of you told me........all at once now..."I told you so" <G> I'm very pleased
with the finished quilt. It's now out of my house and in the proper hands....a donation item to the funding raising
commitee to help raise funds to re-build a new hockey arena for our town, which burned down last year (the arena that
is). Next weekend is the "silent auction and fundraising night" so I'm hoping it brings a decent dollar.
Ann.......showing off her "more quilts" album again http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky
[/quote:db52a2df8b]
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View entire thread: frog hunt
Posted by Witchy Stitcher on Sun Aug 13, 2006 1:39 AM Post subject: Re: frog hunt
I just ordered a book with a pattern called bullfrog boogie. I'll let you know how it is. The picture looked cute. On
Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:01:37 -0500, "Karen Garza" <dkgarza@pldi.net> wrote: [quote:450982a23b]My husband
is always commenting on the the cute frogs that live in our vegetable garden. I thought I would make him a small lap/nap
quilt with some frogs on it. I am in the pattern collecting stage right now, so if you know of any cute frog patterns
online, please let me know. I may add some fire flies to the quilt if I can fidn a pattern for them. Thanks Karen
[/quote:450982a23b]
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View entire thread: Frustration....
Posted by HarleyLady on Sun Aug 13, 2006 2:34 AM Post subject: Re: Frustration....
Sorry to hear, what a pain. But thanks for reminding me why I always pin on the floor. You can see the whole thing.
I have to move furniture, but that seems easier than taking out all of the pins ! Plus I just sit on the quilt, I
think it is easier on my back, and I am not as young as I used to be . . . "Sandy Foster"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:invalid-413F39.17371610082006@news.west.earthlink.net...
[quote:6e79ff8f68]I've been babysitting a lot for the past few days -- all the more so since DH is out of town and can't
give me a break all day long. It's been a long time since I've had toddlers around for any length of time, and it wears
me out! <G> But that's not what has me frustrated -- it's just probably the cause of my carelessness... I'd
finally made the backing for my feathered star WIP (and I can't remember who sent me the Excel worksheet for figuring
out how to do diagonal backings, but thanks so much! It worked!) and then pieced together the last lengths of black
80/20 batting. So far so good. This afternoon while the boys were being unusually good, I figured I could lay out the
quilt sandwich on the table; after all, with DH away, it could stay there indefinitely instead of having to disappear at
mealtimes. :) Okay. But here's where my pooped condition came into play. I *thought* I'd double-checked the overhang, I
really did! But after putting in about 500 pins (I like to pin *securely*, and the boys had left), I came to the very
last section that had been hanging off the table, and it was about 2" short of backing. ACK! I now have a lovely
callus on my finger from inserting and then removing all of those pins. :S It's so lovely that it even bled a little.
Sheesh. But the quilt sandwich is again spread on the table and ready for pinning -- tomorrow, when my finger recovers.
;) And this time, I *swear* I've double-checked. I hope. Did I mention that the backing looks pretty cool? It's almost
all the same navy as the background on the front, but it has a wide strip of the leftover stripe from the star points --
except that the strip is split where the diagonal seaming happened. Definitely different. :) Now I'd better get ready
for the board meeting tonight. <sigh -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put
sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education[/quote:6e79ff8f68]
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Posted by Audrey on Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:46 PM Post subject: Re: Frustration....
If you do not have a pin close tool as suggested I discovered that the pick from a nut cracker set has a handle with
grooves that will catch the pin and help to close or open either way. Have a great day!!! Audrey "Sandy
Foster" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:invalid-
74C2F5.06315011082006@news.west.earthlink.net... [quote:b9608ed4d5]In article
<44dc441c$0$18179$dbd45001@news.wanadoo.nl>, "Jessamy" <jessamy_thompson@_ilove
thecolour_orange.nl> wrote: all I can say is: aarrgghh!!! ((((Sandy)))) -- Jessamy In The Netherlands Take out:
_i love the colour_ to reply. www.geocities.com/jessamy_thompson
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jessamy_thompson/my_photos Yup, that's what I say, too, Jessamy. <g> Finger is
still pretty sore this morning. I guess I'll have to "pad" it to do any pinning today. :S
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been babysitting a lot for the past few days -- all the more so
since DH is out of town and can't give me a break all day long. It's been a long time since I've had toddlers around for
any length of time, and it wears me out! <G> But that's not what has me frustrated -- it's just probably the cause
of my carelessness... I'd finally made the backing for my feathered star WIP (and I can't remember who sent me the
Excel worksheet for figuring out how to do diagonal backings, but thanks so much! It worked!) and then pieced together
the last lengths of black 80/20 batting. So far so good. This afternoon while the boys were being unusually good, I
figured I could lay out the quilt sandwich on the table; after all, with DH away, it could stay there indefinitely
instead of having to disappear at mealtimes. :) Okay. But here's where my pooped condition came into play. I *thought*
I'd double-checked the overhang, I really did! But after putting in about 500 pins (I like to pin *securely*, and the
boys had left), I came to the very last section that had been hanging off the table, and it was about 2" short of
backing. ACK! I now have a lovely callus on my finger from inserting and then removing all of those pins. :S It's so
lovely that it even bled a little. Sheesh. But the quilt sandwich is again spread on the table and ready for pinning --
tomorrow, when my finger recovers. ;) And this time, I *swear* I've double-checked. I hope. Did I mention that the
backing looks pretty cool? It's almost all the same navy as the background on the front, but it has a wide strip of the
leftover stripe from the star points -- except that the strip is split where the diagonal seaming happened. Definitely
different. :) Now I'd better get ready for the board meeting tonight. <sigh -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of
Education[/quote:b9608ed4d5]
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Posted by Sandy Foster on Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:32 PM Post subject: Re: Frustration....
In article <ORSCg.2264$Sn3.464@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net>, "Polly Esther"
<mistercleen@mindspring.com> wrote: [quote:0035926ef4]Good Grief, Sandy. I have done that. Walk around the
table a few more times to be sure and sure again. Sending sympathy and, perhaps a bit better - a suggestion. That
liquid bandaid stuff, sometimes 2 or 3 coats, is good for protecting a killed finger. When I'm smocking, I try to
remember to cover the fingertip I use to constantly hold tension on pleats. And a caution - you would for sure want to
keep it way out of reach of the little guys. They could do some real damage with it. Polly [/quote:0035926ef4] I wish
I'd thought of that stuff yesterday, Polly. <g> Oh well. I suspect I'm going to live. ;) [quote:0035926ef4]
"Sandy Foster" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:invalid-
413F39.17371610082006@news.west.earthlink.net... I've been babysitting a lot for the past few days -- all the more so
since DH is out of town and can't give me a break all day long. It's been a long time since I've had toddlers around for
any length of time, and it wears me out! <G> But that's not what has me frustrated -- it's just probably the cause
of my carelessness... I'd finally made the backing for my feathered star WIP (and I can't remember who sent me the
Excel worksheet for figuring out how to do diagonal backings, but thanks so much! It worked!) and then pieced together
the last lengths of black 80/20 batting. So far so good. This afternoon while the boys were being unusually good, I
figured I could lay out the quilt sandwich on the table; after all, with DH away, it could stay there indefinitely
instead of having to disappear at mealtimes. :) Okay. But here's where my pooped condition came into play. I *thought*
I'd double-checked the overhang, I really did! But after putting in about 500 pins (I like to pin *securely*, and the
boys had left), I came to the very last section that had been hanging off the table, and it was about 2" short of
backing. ACK! I now have a lovely callus on my finger from inserting and then removing all of those pins. :S It's so
lovely that it even bled a little. Sheesh. But the quilt sandwich is again spread on the table and ready for pinning --
tomorrow, when my finger recovers. ;) And this time, I *swear* I've double-checked. I hope. Did I mention that the
backing looks pretty cool? It's almost all the same navy as the background on the front, but it has a wide strip of the
leftover stripe from the star points -- except that the strip is split where the diagonal seaming happened. Definitely
different. :) Now I'd better get ready for the board meeting tonight. <sigh -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my
ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of
Education [/quote:0035926ef4] -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in
front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education
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Posted by Sandy Foster on Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:31 PM Post subject: Re: Frustration....
In article <44dc441c$0$18179$dbd45001@news.wanadoo.nl>, "Jessamy" <jessamy_thompson@_ilove
thecolour_orange.nl> wrote: [quote:c41f0c9e49]all I can say is: aarrgghh!!! ((((Sandy)))) -- Jessamy In The
Netherlands Take out: _i love the colour_ to reply. www.geocities.com/jessamy_thompson
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jessamy_thompson/my_photos [/quote:c41f0c9e49] Yup, that's what I say, too, Jessamy.
<g> Finger is still pretty sore this morning. I guess I'll have to "pad" it to do any pinning today. :S
[quote:c41f0c9e49]~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been babysitting a lot for the past few days --
all the more so since DH is out of town and can't give me a break all day long. It's been a long time since I've had
toddlers around for any length of time, and it wears me out! <G> But that's not what has me frustrated -- it's
just probably the cause of my carelessness... I'd finally made the backing for my feathered star WIP (and I can't
remember who sent me the Excel worksheet for figuring out how to do diagonal backings, but thanks so much! It worked!)
and then pieced together the last lengths of black 80/20 batting. So far so good. This afternoon while the boys were
being unusually good, I figured I could lay out the quilt sandwich on the table; after all, with DH away, it could stay
there indefinitely instead of having to disappear at mealtimes. :) Okay. But here's where my pooped condition came into
play. I *thought* I'd double-checked the overhang, I really did! But after putting in about 500 pins (I like to pin
*securely*, and the boys had left), I came to the very last section that had been hanging off the table, and it was
about 2" short of backing. ACK! I now have a lovely callus on my finger from inserting and then removing all of
those pins. :S It's so lovely that it even bled a little. Sheesh. But the quilt sandwich is again spread on the table
and ready for pinning -- tomorrow, when my finger recovers. ;) And this time, I *swear* I've double-checked. I hope.
Did I mention that the backing looks pretty cool? It's almost all the same navy as the background on the front, but it
has a wide strip of the leftover stripe from the star points -- except that the strip is split where the diagonal
seaming happened. Definitely different. :) Now I'd better get ready for the board meeting tonight. <sigh
[/quote:c41f0c9e49] -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education
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Posted by Jessamy on Fri Aug 11, 2006 9:47 AM Post subject: Re: Frustration....
all I can say is: aarrgghh!!! ((((Sandy)))) -- Jessamy In The Netherlands Take out: _i love the colour_ to reply.
www.geocities.com/jessamy_thompson http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jessamy_thompson/my_photos
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I've been babysitting a lot for the past few days -- all the more so
since DH is out of town and can't give me a break all day long. It's been a long time since I've had toddlers around for
any length of time, and it wears me out! <G> But that's not what has me frustrated -- it's just probably the cause
of my carelessness... I'd finally made the backing for my feathered star WIP (and I can't remember who sent me the
Excel worksheet for figuring out how to do diagonal backings, but thanks so much! It worked!) and then pieced together
the last lengths of black 80/20 batting. So far so good. This afternoon while the boys were being unusually good, I
figured I could lay out the quilt sandwich on the table; after all, with DH away, it could stay there indefinitely
instead of having to disappear at mealtimes. :) Okay. But here's where my pooped condition came into play. I *thought*
I'd double-checked the overhang, I really did! But after putting in about 500 pins (I like to pin *securely*, and the
boys had left), I came to the very last section that had been hanging off the table, and it was about 2" short of
backing. ACK! I now have a lovely callus on my finger from inserting and then removing all of those pins. :S It's so
lovely that it even bled a little. Sheesh. But the quilt sandwich is again spread on the table and ready for pinning --
tomorrow, when my finger recovers. ;) And this time, I *swear* I've double-checked. I hope. Did I mention that the
backing looks pretty cool? It's almost all the same navy as the background on the front, but it has a wide strip of the
leftover stripe from the star points -- except that the strip is split where the diagonal seaming happened. Definitely
different. :) Now I'd better get ready for the board meeting tonight. <sigh> -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las
Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister
of Education
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Posted by Polly Esther on Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:30 AM Post subject: Re: Frustration....
Good Grief, Sandy. I have done that. Walk around the table a few more times to be sure and sure again. Sending
sympathy and, perhaps a bit better - a suggestion. That liquid bandaid stuff, sometimes 2 or 3 coats, is good for
protecting a killed finger. When I'm smocking, I try to remember to cover the fingertip I use to constantly hold
tension on pleats. And a caution - you would for sure want to keep it way out of reach of the little guys. They could
do some real damage with it. Polly "Sandy Foster" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:
invalid-413F39.17371610082006@news.west.earthlink.net... [quote:7160ea5788]I've been babysitting a lot for the past few
days -- all the more so since DH is out of town and can't give me a break all day long. It's been a long time since I've
had toddlers around for any length of time, and it wears me out! <G> But that's not what has me frustrated -- it's
just probably the cause of my carelessness... I'd finally made the backing for my feathered star WIP (and I can't
remember who sent me the Excel worksheet for figuring out how to do diagonal backings, but thanks so much! It worked!)
and then pieced together the last lengths of black 80/20 batting. So far so good. This afternoon while the boys were
being unusually good, I figured I could lay out the quilt sandwich on the table; after all, with DH away, it could stay
there indefinitely instead of having to disappear at mealtimes. :) Okay. But here's where my pooped condition came into
play. I *thought* I'd double-checked the overhang, I really did! But after putting in about 500 pins (I like to pin
*securely*, and the boys had left), I came to the very last section that had been hanging off the table, and it was
about 2" short of backing. ACK! I now have a lovely callus on my finger from inserting and then removing all of
those pins. :S It's so lovely that it even bled a little. Sheesh. But the quilt sandwich is again spread on the table
and ready for pinning -- tomorrow, when my finger recovers. ;) And this time, I *swear* I've double-checked. I hope.
Did I mention that the backing looks pretty cool? It's almost all the same navy as the background on the front, but it
has a wide strip of the leftover stripe from the star points -- except that the strip is split where the diagonal
seaming happened. Definitely different. :) Now I'd better get ready for the board meeting tonight. <sigh -- Sandy in
Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA
Dame Sandy, Minister of Education[/quote:7160ea5788]
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Posted by Sandy Foster on Fri Aug 11, 2006 1:37 AM Post subject: Frustration....
I've been babysitting a lot for the past few days -- all the more so since DH is out of town and can't give me a break
all day long. It's been a long time since I've had toddlers around for any length of time, and it wears me out!
<G> But that's not what has me frustrated -- it's just probably the cause of my carelessness... I'd finally made
the backing for my feathered star WIP (and I can't remember who sent me the Excel worksheet for figuring out how to do
diagonal backings, but thanks so much! It worked!) and then pieced together the last lengths of black 80/20 batting. So
far so good. This afternoon while the boys were being unusually good, I figured I could lay out the quilt sandwich on
the table; after all, with DH away, it could stay there indefinitely instead of having to disappear at mealtimes. :)
Okay. But here's where my pooped condition came into play. I *thought* I'd double-checked the overhang, I really did!
But after putting in about 500 pins (I like to pin *securely*, and the boys had left), I came to the very last section
that had been hanging off the table, and it was about 2" short of backing. ACK! I now have a lovely callus on my
finger from inserting and then removing all of those pins. :S It's so lovely that it even bled a little. Sheesh. But
the quilt sandwich is again spread on the table and ready for pinning -- tomorrow, when my finger recovers. ;) And this
time, I *swear* I've double-checked. I hope. Did I mention that the backing looks pretty cool? It's almost all the
same navy as the background on the front, but it has a wide strip of the leftover stripe from the star points -- except
that the strip is split where the diagonal seaming happened. Definitely different. :) Now I'd better get ready for the
board meeting tonight. <sigh> -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at)
in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education
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Posted by Donna in NE La. on Sat Aug 12, 2006 12:53 AM Post subject: The Bunkhouse-was all of it irrelevant
Ooh, ooh, ooh, I want to go to The Bunkhouse, Sandy!!! -- Donna in NE La. "Sandy Ellison"
<eltex@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:C100C950.861B%eltex@sbcglobal.net... [quote:a6c31ad0e6]Howdy!
Hmmm...I live in Texas, pay taxes in Texas, and I have no congressional representation.* I'd put a little grinny face
icon here but it ain't funny. But I'm not giving up: I vote every chance I get. Our Women's Right to Vote amendment
isn't even 100 yrs old yet! *A couple of years ago the Tx. lege re-drew the district lines and threw everything out of
whack, because they could, it had nothing to do w/ census results. The ruling party thinks it's the Royalty party.
Boston Tea party does come to mind. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'm 15 minutes away from Finishing a little quilt.
But I keep delaying. Gotta' be the heat. Summer is over-rated. Ragmop/Sandy --
http://www.stitchinheaven.com/bunkhouse.html On 8/10/06 7:40 AM, in article ebf9fq$3pi$1@online.de, "Roberta
Zollner" rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote: One major purpose of the Census is to determine Congressional
districts. If US citizens were taxed according to where they earned their income, instead of according to their
citizenship, I would have no problem. But our government apparently would like to receive our taxes while denying us any
representation. Shades of 1776! Remember the Boston Teaparty's slogan, "No taxation without representation!"
As non-military citizens living abroad, we are guaranteed the right to vote in Federal elections. (And we've only had
that right for a couple of decades, after years of struggle.) But we are not guaranteed the right to a Congressional
representative, thus no say in how the government spends our taxes. (To be fair, some states allow their absentee voters
living abroad to vote the entire ballot, but not all of them do.) And BTW, I hope you all plan to vote in November -the
entire House and quite a few Senators are up for election! Don't ever take your rights for granted. Eternal vigilance is
the price of liberty! Roberta in D "Sandy Foster" <invalid@invalid.invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:invalid-401F86.07211809082006@news.west.earthlink.net... In article <ebcplj$s89$1@online.de>, "Roberta
Zollner" <rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote: I'm interested that you can do it online. As a US citizen living
abroad, I am not yet included in the U.S. census. (Yet I still vote and pay taxes.) Nobody really knows how many of us
are out here, and various organizations for overseas Americans are fighting to have us included. Wonder if our
government is even considering an online option. Roberta in D I think the reasoning for not counting US citizens
living abroad is that people are probably counted where they actually live. For example, we (try to) count resident
aliens and even illegal immigrants in the US census, though they're not citizens; the census is -- I think -- supposed
to determine how many people are living in a given place, rather than how many citizens a particular country has. Those
numbers are supposedly used to determine how much money, how many resources, are distributed to which areas of the
country. Another complication would be people with dual citizenship. My DT, for example, has dual French/US
citizenship. Does she become two people for the purposes of the census in the two countries? I'm not intending to stir
up any cans of worms here or to pick an argument, so I hope you won't take it that way. I'm just trying to understand
how it would all work. :) -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education [/quote:a6c31ad0e6]
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Posted by Roberta Zollner on Fri Aug 11, 2006 2:30 PM Post subject: Re: OT - all of it irrelevant including the Census
You're right, not funny! All I do in Texas is vote. Seems like an exercise in futility most of the time. But if I don't
vote, then I am no part of We the People! Roberta in D "Sandy Ellison" <eltex@sbcglobal.net> schrieb
im Newsbeitrag news:C100C950.861B%eltex@sbcglobal.net... [quote:8fb767a6e6]Howdy! Hmmm...I live in Texas, pay taxes in
Texas, and I have no congressional representation.* I'd put a little grinny face icon here but it ain't funny. But I'm
not giving up: I vote every chance I get. Our Women's Right to Vote amendment isn't even 100 yrs old yet! *A couple of
years ago the Tx. lege re-drew the district lines and threw everything out of whack, because they could, it had nothing
to do w/ census results. The ruling party thinks it's the Royalty party. Boston Tea party does come to mind.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'm 15 minutes away from Finishing a little quilt. But I keep delaying. Gotta' be the
heat. Summer is over-rated. Ragmop/Sandy -- http://www.stitchinheaven.com/bunkhouse.html On 8/10/06 7:40 AM, in
article ebf9fq$3pi$1@online.de, "Roberta Zollner" rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote: One major purpose of the
Census is to determine Congressional districts. If US citizens were taxed according to where they earned their income,
instead of according to their citizenship, I would have no problem. But our government apparently would like to receive
our taxes while denying us any representation. Shades of 1776! Remember the Boston Teaparty's slogan, "No taxation
without representation!" As non-military citizens living abroad, we are guaranteed the right to vote in Federal
elections. (And we've only had that right for a couple of decades, after years of struggle.) But we are not guaranteed
the right to a Congressional representative, thus no say in how the government spends our taxes. (To be fair, some
states allow their absentee voters living abroad to vote the entire ballot, but not all of them do.) And BTW, I hope you
all plan to vote in November -the entire House and quite a few Senators are up for election! Don't ever take your rights
for granted. Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty! Roberta in D "Sandy Foster"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:invalid-401F86.07211809082006@news.west.earthlink.net... In
article <ebcplj$s89$1@online.de>, "Roberta Zollner" <rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote: I'm
interested that you can do it online. As a US citizen living abroad, I am not yet included in the U.S. census. (Yet I
still vote and pay taxes.) Nobody really knows how many of us are out here, and various organizations for overseas
Americans are fighting to have us included. Wonder if our government is even considering an online option. Roberta in D
I think the reasoning for not counting US citizens living abroad is that people are probably counted where they actually
live. For example, we (try to) count resident aliens and even illegal immigrants in the US census, though they're not
citizens; the census is -- I think -- supposed to determine how many people are living in a given place, rather than how
many citizens a particular country has. Those numbers are supposedly used to determine how much money, how many
resources, are distributed to which areas of the country. Another complication would be people with dual citizenship.
My DT, for example, has dual French/US citizenship. Does she become two people for the purposes of the census in the two
countries? I'm not intending to stir up any cans of worms here or to pick an argument, so I hope you won't take it that
way. I'm just trying to understand how it would all work. :) -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is
earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education
[/quote:8fb767a6e6]
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Posted by Sandy Ellison on Thu Aug 10, 2006 5:30 PM Post subject: Re: OT - all of it irrelevant including the Census
Howdy! Hmmm...I live in Texas, pay taxes in Texas, and I have no congressional representation.* I'd put a little grinny
face icon here but it ain't funny. But I'm not giving up: I vote every chance I get. Our Women's Right to Vote amendment
isn't even 100 yrs old yet! *A couple of years ago the Tx. lege re-drew the district lines and threw everything out of
whack, because they could, it had nothing to do w/ census results. The ruling party thinks it's the Royalty party.
Boston Tea party does come to mind. Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I'm 15 minutes away from Finishing a little quilt.
But I keep delaying. Gotta' be the heat. Summer is over-rated. Ragmop/Sandy --
http://www.stitchinheaven.com/bunkhouse.html On 8/10/06 7:40 AM, in article ebf9fq$3pi$1@online.de, "Roberta
Zollner" <rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote: [quote:c193ec3719]One major purpose of the Census is to determine
Congressional districts. If US citizens were taxed according to where they earned their income, instead of according to
their citizenship, I would have no problem. But our government apparently would like to receive our taxes while denying
us any representation. Shades of 1776! Remember the Boston Teaparty's slogan, "No taxation without
representation!" As non-military citizens living abroad, we are guaranteed the right to vote in Federal elections.
(And we've only had that right for a couple of decades, after years of struggle.) But we are not guaranteed the right to
a Congressional representative, thus no say in how the government spends our taxes. (To be fair, some states allow their
absentee voters living abroad to vote the entire ballot, but not all of them do.) And BTW, I hope you all plan to vote
in November -the entire House and quite a few Senators are up for election! Don't ever take your rights for granted.
Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty! Roberta in D "Sandy Foster" <invalid@invalid.invalid>
schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:invalid-401F86.07211809082006@news.west.earthlink.net... In article
<ebcplj$s89$1@online.de>, "Roberta Zollner" <rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote: I'm interested that
you can do it online. As a US citizen living abroad, I am not yet included in the U.S. census. (Yet I still vote and pay
taxes.) Nobody really knows how many of us are out here, and various organizations for overseas Americans are fighting
to have us included. Wonder if our government is even considering an online option. Roberta in D I think the reasoning
for not counting US citizens living abroad is that people are probably counted where they actually live. For example, we
(try to) count resident aliens and even illegal immigrants in the US census, though they're not citizens; the census is
-- I think -- supposed to determine how many people are living in a given place, rather than how many citizens a
particular country has. Those numbers are supposedly used to determine how much money, how many resources, are
distributed to which areas of the country. Another complication would be people with dual citizenship. My DT, for
example, has dual French/US citizenship. Does she become two people for the purposes of the census in the two countries?
I'm not intending to stir up any cans of worms here or to pick an argument, so I hope you won't take it that way. I'm
just trying to understand how it would all work. :) -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put
sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education [/quote:c193ec3719]
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Posted by elspeth on Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:05 PM Post subject: Re: Spring, Texas.
replied privately "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message
news:12dgvj05l2s2ga4@corp.supernews.com... [quote:7e8010e3d9]She lives near Klien High School....email me....
bsherrill@pdq.net Barbara "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:kcTBg.5358$xp2.4174@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... Where in Spring does your daughter live? "Barbara
Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message news:12dfbpha7qt7e0@corp.supernews.com... I live in Spring
Branch.... I am in Spring all the time.....visiting my daughter. :) Barbara "elspeth"
<elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:LYNBg.5783$0e5.2562@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... That
should be a really nice evening for you. I enjoy sharing the quilt show with my husband too. So I take it you live in
the Houston area. Where abouts? Elizabeth in Spring, Texas "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote
in message news:12dfajl8g60eq5e@corp.supernews.com... Hubby is planning to meet me on Thursday for the last part of the
show that day.... So he will see it with me for a few hours... "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net>
wrote in message news:gyNBg.5231$xp2.2684@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... November 2 is Thursday. Are you planning
on both Thursday and Saturday or just Saturday or just Thursday? I know lots of the Houston area ladies go everyday --
how I wish that I could! I just can't get days off from work for the Really Big Quilt Show. I do plan on making the
Saturday meet up this year and hopefully we will have a Saturday night dinner gathering. It really is a lot of fun and
I know you will have a great time. Elizabeth in Spring, Texas "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq>
wrote in message news:12df47iiivvple5@corp.supernews.com... I checked the schedule there is one on the 2nd of November
in the afternoon. "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:aiLBg.5708$0e5.1315@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... I am looking into a beginners class The 3 B's ...
Binding, Batting and Backing. It's a 3 hour class. I thought this would be a good start to things. I am planning on
attending the show that Saturday... Barbara FYI, I think that class is offered on Sunday morning. Elizabeth in Spring,
Texas [/quote:7e8010e3d9]
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Posted by Barbara Sherrill on Tue Aug 08, 2006 1:06 PM Post subject: Re: Spring, Texas.
She lives near Klien High School....email me.... bsherrill@pdq.net Barbara "elspeth"
<elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:kcTBg.5358$xp2.4174@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
[quote:f1c973992d]Where in Spring does your daughter live? "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote
in message news:12dfbpha7qt7e0@corp.supernews.com... I live in Spring Branch.... I am in Spring all the
time.....visiting my daughter. :) Barbara "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:LYNBg.5783$0e5.2562@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... That should be a really nice evening for you. I enjoy
sharing the quilt show with my husband too. So I take it you live in the Houston area. Where abouts? Elizabeth in
Spring, Texas "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message
news:12dfajl8g60eq5e@corp.supernews.com... Hubby is planning to meet me on Thursday for the last part of the show that
day.... So he will see it with me for a few hours... "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in
message news:gyNBg.5231$xp2.2684@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... November 2 is Thursday. Are you planning on both
Thursday and Saturday or just Saturday or just Thursday? I know lots of the Houston area ladies go everyday -- how I
wish that I could! I just can't get days off from work for the Really Big Quilt Show. I do plan on making the Saturday
meet up this year and hopefully we will have a Saturday night dinner gathering. It really is a lot of fun and I know
you will have a great time. Elizabeth in Spring, Texas "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in
message news:12df47iiivvple5@corp.supernews.com... I checked the schedule there is one on the 2nd of November in the
afternoon. "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:aiLBg.5708$0e5.1315@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... I am looking into a beginners class The 3 B's ...
Binding, Batting and Backing. It's a 3 hour class. I thought this would be a good start to things. I am planning on
attending the show that Saturday... Barbara FYI, I think that class is offered on Sunday morning. Elizabeth in Spring,
Texas [/quote:f1c973992d]
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Posted by elspeth on Tue Aug 08, 2006 4:05 AM Post subject: Spring, Texas.
Where in Spring does your daughter live? "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message
news:12dfbpha7qt7e0@corp.supernews.com... [quote:4b5b76ee36]I live in Spring Branch.... I am in Spring all the
time.....visiting my daughter. :) Barbara "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:LYNBg.5783$0e5.2562@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... That should be a really nice evening for you. I enjoy
sharing the quilt show with my husband too. So I take it you live in the Houston area. Where abouts? Elizabeth in
Spring, Texas "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message
news:12dfajl8g60eq5e@corp.supernews.com... Hubby is planning to meet me on Thursday for the last part of the show that
day.... So he will see it with me for a few hours... "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in
message news:gyNBg.5231$xp2.2684@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... November 2 is Thursday. Are you planning on both
Thursday and Saturday or just Saturday or just Thursday? I know lots of the Houston area ladies go everyday -- how I
wish that I could! I just can't get days off from work for the Really Big Quilt Show. I do plan on making the Saturday
meet up this year and hopefully we will have a Saturday night dinner gathering. It really is a lot of fun and I know
you will have a great time. Elizabeth in Spring, Texas "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in
message news:12df47iiivvple5@corp.supernews.com... I checked the schedule there is one on the 2nd of November in the
afternoon. "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:aiLBg.5708$0e5.1315@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... I am looking into a beginners class The 3 B's ...
Binding, Batting and Backing. It's a 3 hour class. I thought this would be a good start to things. I am planning on
attending the show that Saturday... Barbara FYI, I think that class is offered on Sunday morning. Elizabeth in Spring,
Texas [/quote:4b5b76ee36]
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Posted by Barbara Sherrill on Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:22 PM Post subject: Re: Houston Show Question.
I live in Spring Branch.... I am in Spring all the time.....visiting my daughter. :) Barbara "elspeth"
<elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:LYNBg.5783$0e5.2562@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...
[quote:0a5f2dc234]That should be a really nice evening for you. I enjoy sharing the quilt show with my husband too. So
I take it you live in the Houston area. Where abouts? Elizabeth in Spring, Texas "Barbara Sherrill"
<bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message news:12dfajl8g60eq5e@corp.supernews.com... Hubby is planning to meet me on
Thursday for the last part of the show that day.... So he will see it with me for a few hours... "elspeth"
<elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:gyNBg.5231$xp2.2684@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... November 2
is Thursday. Are you planning on both Thursday and Saturday or just Saturday or just Thursday? I know lots of the
Houston area ladies go everyday -- how I wish that I could! I just can't get days off from work for the Really Big Quilt
Show. I do plan on making the Saturday meet up this year and hopefully we will have a Saturday night dinner gathering.
It really is a lot of fun and I know you will have a great time. Elizabeth in Spring, Texas "Barbara
Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message news:12df47iiivvple5@corp.supernews.com... I checked the
schedule there is one on the 2nd of November in the afternoon. "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net>
wrote in message news:aiLBg.5708$0e5.1315@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... I am looking into a beginners class The
3 B's ... Binding, Batting and Backing. It's a 3 hour class. I thought this would be a good start to things. I am
planning on attending the show that Saturday... Barbara FYI, I think that class is offered on Sunday morning.
Elizabeth in Spring, Texas [/quote:0a5f2dc234]
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Posted by elspeth on Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:07 PM Post subject: Re: Houston Show Question.
That should be a really nice evening for you. I enjoy sharing the quilt show with my husband too. So I take it you
live in the Houston area. Where abouts? Elizabeth in Spring, Texas "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-
pdq> wrote in message news:12dfajl8g60eq5e@corp.supernews.com... [quote:e6b978f1af]Hubby is planning to meet me on
Thursday for the last part of the show that day.... So he will see it with me for a few hours... "elspeth"
<elspeth47@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:gyNBg.5231$xp2.2684@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... November 2
is Thursday. Are you planning on both Thursday and Saturday or just Saturday or just Thursday? I know lots of the
Houston area ladies go everyday -- how I wish that I could! I just can't get days off from work for the Really Big Quilt
Show. I do plan on making the Saturday meet up this year and hopefully we will have a Saturday night dinner gathering.
It really is a lot of fun and I know you will have a great time. Elizabeth in Spring, Texas "Barbara
Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message news:12df47iiivvple5@corp.supernews.com... I checked the
schedule there is one on the 2nd of November in the afternoon. "elspeth" <elspeth47@earthlink.net>
wrote in message news:aiLBg.5708$0e5.1315@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... I am looking into a beginners class The
3 B's ... Binding, Batting and Backing. It's a 3 hour class. I thought this would be a good start to things. I am
planning on attending the show that Saturday... Barbara FYI, I think that class is offered on Sunday morning.
Elizabeth in Spring, Texas [/quote:e6b978f1af]
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View entire thread: New Batting - Silky Wool
Posted by Jan on Thu Aug 03, 2006 7:01 PM Post subject: Re: New Batting - Silky Wool
I don't know how Matilda's wool washes,(I but Quilters' Dream has a wool that is just WONDERFUL... and it can be
aundered etc. http://www.quiltersdreambatting.com/dreamwool.htm gives the details... and remember... wool is more
reistant to flame than cotton... ;-) I've always heard wonderful things about Matilda's Wool so I'll look forward to
hearing about the new mixes too ;-) -- Jan RCTQ Coffee Diva A&T <antri@noearthlink.net> wrote in
news:V9qAg.9236$157.6863 @newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net: [quote:94f1e54ec1]I'll be watching for those results. I
have never used any wool batting. Does it shrink? Tricia http://photos.yahoo.com/momiixii Cats wrote: Being a firm
believer in the Theory of Quilt Abuse (If it is bad for the quilt, the recipient of a gift quilt will - at some point -
commit or permit such action) I plan to boil and bash a piece to see what happens. But I don't usually subject test
pieces to bleach though . . . . LOL. Matilda's Own Wool blend (60/40 wool/poly) is about as close to indestructable as
you can get so I have high hopes. I have ordered some Silky Wool and asked for the spec's. I will post the results of
the boiling/bashing activities when completed. [/quote:94f1e54ec1]
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View entire thread: Checking in
Posted by Sunny on Thu Aug 03, 2006 1:13 PM Post subject: Re: Checking in
Hi Pami, Glad to hear the update. :) Stay cool and rest and keep on letting us know how you're doing. Sending good
wishes your way, Sunny pami wrote: [quote:cd20420563]I haven't run away with my quilt but I am sure enjoying it. I
thought I was done with chemo but I learned I need 4 more of a different kind called Taxotere. Somedays my body is so
tired I just rest. Today I had a bit of energy and did the laundry. It's very hot outside so I hope everybody is
keeping cool inside or in your pool. My chemo angel sent me a box full of tummy remedies yesterday such as ginger candy
to tea. I haven't tried it yet but I do like ginger ale ...so this will be a test for sure. I've found Kytril to be
the best for nausea. Hugs, Pami[/quote:cd20420563]
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View entire thread: 6th Annual Hallow's End Swap
Posted by frood on Wed Aug 02, 2006 1:15 AM Post subject: Re: 6th Annual Hallow's End Swap
Nope. Not gonna worry about it. Great-looking blocks are very often made with great quality materials, which cause few
problems. I do wash my fabric first, but I won't impose that rule this time. -- Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm De-STUFF email address to reply "Pat in Virginia"
<pat.quilts@cox.net> wrote in message news:44CFC218.6050502@cox.net... [quote:613f037c2e]Way cool, Wendy!! I like
the rules. Now about Rule #5: I understand we must use washable fabric. Is it a requirement that the fabric be washed
BEFORE one makes the block?? That is how I work ... and I do not relish the thought of getting a fantastic block that
later runs and/or shrinks! I guess I could wash each block alone in a basin, but that is a boorrring bother! So, what
does the Swap Goblin decree?? PAT frood wrote: CUT by Pat This year, instead of swapping fabric, we are swapping sets
of blocks, made with Halloween fabric! (This is the *only* Halloween swap I will host this year) This is my favorite
holiday, and therefore, my favorite swap. Participants should print out these rules for future reference - computers
have a habit of "losing" important info like this just when you really need it! Here are the Official Rules:
5) All fabric must be washable. Have I stressed the washability enough? I plan on using any quilt I make and in my
house, that means it gets washed.[/quote:613f037c2e]
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View entire thread: This is Impossible
Posted by Polly Esther on Mon Jul 31, 2006 1:32 PM Post subject: Re: This is Impossible
I used a method of arranging that I'd seen on Simply Quilts. The only rule was that no biscuit was stitched to one
just like it. Other than that, whatever I drew from the biscuit heap was the next one to be stitched in. Since I'm
such an organized sort of person, it was a strange procedure to me but it works just great. Ah yes. Scrappy is good.
Polly "Roberta Zollner" <rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote in message news:eakq68$ejf$1@online.de...
[quote:83fc3142d2]Oh no! Your blue bin has developed a small black hole. Doesn't matter how many scraps you remove from
around the event horizon, the Hole will suck in more, possibly from another galaxy. Better send the whole thing to me,
and I will deal with it. Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap Heap "Polly Esther"
<mistercleen@mindspring.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:bLezg.286$xp2.199@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net...
Forget it. If you imagine you can use up scraps, it can *not* be done. I wanted to make a biscuits quilt for a preemie
/ shelter baby. I thought the biscuits would make a special soft place for the little guy. Instead of cutting into big
yardage, I imagined using all the bit and pieces in the blue bin would work nicely and diminish the heap. Wrong. I cut
376 squares before I decided that should be enough. It was. The quilt is just Gorgeous. DH loves it and wants one of
his own. It aint going to happen. Biscuit quilts, as wonderful as they are, are an exercise in tedium - just on and on.
( and on.) And, while my back was turned to stuff all the little biscuits - the stash of blue scraps just kept on
growing. I declare there's more in there than when I started. While I was clipping the stray threads here and there, I
noticed some bearding going on. Is there a better quality stuffing available than what's at WallyWorld? Polly
[/quote:83fc3142d2]
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Posted by Roberta Zollner on Mon Jul 31, 2006 12:39 PM Post subject: Re: This is Impossible
Oh no! Your blue bin has developed a small black hole. Doesn't matter how many scraps you remove from around the event
horizon, the Hole will suck in more, possibly from another galaxy. Better send the whole thing to me, and I will deal
with it. Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap Heap "Polly Esther" <mistercleen@mindspring.com> schrieb im
Newsbeitrag news:bLezg.286$xp2.199@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:e3def7ad82]Forget it. If you imagine you
can use up scraps, it can *not* be done. I wanted to make a biscuits quilt for a preemie / shelter baby. I thought the
biscuits would make a special soft place for the little guy. Instead of cutting into big yardage, I imagined using all
the bit and pieces in the blue bin would work nicely and diminish the heap. Wrong. I cut 376 squares before I decided
that should be enough. It was. The quilt is just Gorgeous. DH loves it and wants one of his own. It aint going to
happen. Biscuit quilts, as wonderful as they are, are an exercise in tedium - just on and on. ( and on.) And, while my
back was turned to stuff all the little biscuits - the stash of blue scraps just kept on growing. I declare there's
more in there than when I started. While I was clipping the stray threads here and there, I noticed some bearding going
on. Is there a better quality stuffing available than what's at WallyWorld? Polly [/quote:e3def7ad82]
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View entire thread: August BOM
Posted by Carole-Retired and Loving on Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:30 PM Post subject: Re: August BOM
On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 19:03:12 GMT, Cathy <clowrey@shaw.ca> wrote: [quote:83f710fc31]Carole: I love-love-love your
background fabric - it looks almost opalescent. you do really good work - they all look lovely. Are you making them
into one quilt or 2? [/quote:83f710fc31] Thanks! I love that background fabric, too. I'm not sure all my blocks have
ended up exactly 12 1/2 inches square, but they're pretty close and I will MAKE THEM WORK! :) It will be one quilt for
a full-sized bed, at least it will if my little graph paper layout works out the way I want it to! I'm doing two blocks
a month and I've already made one extra, so it will have 25 blocks in it, plus a few half blocks at the tops and bottoms
of some rows, since I'm planning to stagger the blocks. We'll see how it all works out! Carole in Northwest GA -
Retired and loving it! Homepage - http://home.alltel.net/caroledoyle/
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View entire thread: Photo's
Posted by Sandy Foster on Fri Jul 28, 2006 10:27 PM Post subject: Re: Photo's
In article <12ckmjj2uaac94a@corp.supernews.com>, "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote:
[quote:9ddc518a32]Finally got the photo's up of my first quilt and the set I made with it. I sold all the items,
including the apron at the Auction for my husbands transplant fund. A dear friend bought the items and she can't wait
to display them at Christmas. http://community.webshots.com/user/texassabel Thank you all for the supported when I
vented about not getting the Wall Hanging right, it seemed right after that it fell into place. I did not use a pattern
for any of these, I made it up as I went along. All the material I used, I got from an Ebay Seller. How lucky was that
to get that much from one person. The Snowman was on 7 yards of material and I cut them out to bring them center
stage...... Now I am off to make the curtains and valance for my living room.... Oh yea, my birthday was this week and
I ordered several different quilt patterns and kits as a gift to myself. :) Can't wait for them to get here! Barbara
in Houston [/quote:9ddc518a32] Barbara, they're *adorable*! And how lucky that your friend bought them -- now you'll
be able to visit your "babies" occasionally. <G> -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is
earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education
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View entire thread: Photo's
Posted by TerriLee in WA (state) on Fri Jul 28, 2006 8:51 PM Post subject: Re: Photo's
Oh, how cute are those!? Thanks for sharing with us, and good job getting them all sold! -- TerriLee in WA (state)
remove the cats to reply http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=548330161 "Barbara
Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote in message news:12ckmjj2uaac94a@corp.supernews.com...
[quote:0b2db33187]Finally got the photo's up of my first quilt and the set I made with it. I sold all the items,
including the apron at the Auction for my husbands transplant fund. A dear friend bought the items and she can't wait
to display them at Christmas. http://community.webshots.com/user/texassabel Thank you all for the supported when I
vented about not getting the Wall Hanging right, it seemed right after that it fell into place. I did not use a pattern
for any of these, I made it up as I went along. All the material I used, I got from an Ebay Seller. How lucky was that
to get that much from one person. The Snowman was on 7 yards of material and I cut them out to bring them center
stage...... Now I am off to make the curtains and valance for my living room.... Oh yea, my birthday was this week and
I ordered several different quilt patterns and kits as a gift to myself. :) Can't wait for them to get here! Barbara
in Houston [/quote:0b2db33187]
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View entire thread: two new pics up
Posted by TerriLee in WA on Thu Jul 27, 2006 10:33 PM Post subject: Re: two new pics up
Oh, I love that jigsaw backing for the floral WIP. (I like the front, too!!) Are you giving lessons on how to do that??
My fav quilt over all though, goes to the pink/black charity quilt. I hope some luckly little girl got that, and
loves it to pieces. It's absolutely gorgeous. -- TerriLee in WA (state) remove the cats to reply
"Idahoqltr" <Debsprintonit@aol.com> wrote in message
news:1153923905.865359.104960@m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com... [quote:22e411a5b1] Sorry! I do that every time. Here's
the link. http://community.webshots.com/album/37015880vszRXO [/quote:22e411a5b1]
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View entire thread: Men's shirts quilt
Posted by Lynnette in San Jose on Fri Jul 28, 2006 9:12 PM Post subject: Re: Men's shirts quilt
I can't find a picture online, but Mary Mashuta has one in her book "Story Quilts". It's called 'one-armed
bandit' and has the collar and one sleeve for each shirt. A cute story goes with it about how the woman thought the
pile of her husband's shirts were for give-away so she cut off one sleeve off each. Turned out he still wanted them....
Lynnette Lobo wrote: [quote:aa47fa9cce]Could someone direct me to a site with a photo of a quilt made from men's
shirts? I saw it somewhere a long time ago ... was sewn so the collar and sleeves were still on the shirt/s. When I
Google "men's shirt quilt" or similar phrasing, I get thousands of hits, but they all seem to be for t-shirt
quilts. A friend's 14-year-old daughter wants to make her first quilt from her deceased father's shirts and I said I'd
help. TIA. Lobo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delete the obvious to reply to me personally.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~[/quote:aa47fa9cce]
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View entire thread: Very Nice Yardage Calculator Site
Posted by Roberta Zollner on Sat Jul 22, 2006 12:26 PM Post subject: Re: Very Nice Yardage Calculator Site
Thanks! Just what I needed! Roberta in D "Charlotte Hippen" <hippenc@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:Sy9wg.46297$FQ1.28014@attbi_s71... [quote:edb27a2d2e]http://vrya.net/quilt/index.php Very nice yardage
calculator!! I just used it to calculate some yardages for a project I'm working out (am considering a Hunters Star
quilt). If my math is accurate, then the calculator is accurate. So if I were purchase exactly what it says I need for
all my shapes, I should have exactly enough for my quilt (I plan to purchase extra just incase, and I would love to have
left overs any way). You select the shape of the piece you need (choices are square, rectangle, HST, HRectangeT, QST,
trapezoid and parallelogram), enter it's size (finished or cut), how many you need, and WOF. It then gives you a page
that states the shape, how many pieces you entered, both cut and finished dimensions, and cutting directions along with
the required yardage (appears to be rounded up to the nearest 8th yd). The cutting instructions tell you how many
strips of what size to cut, including your WOF entered. It then tells you how many pieces from each strip and if there
are any spare it will tell you how many extra you end up with. I was really impressed (can't you tell)!! NAYY, just
really liked and thought I'd share. -- Charlotte http://community.webshots.com/user/charh108 [/quote:edb27a2d2e]
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Posted by Cats on Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:46 PM Post subject: Re: Very Nice Yardage Calculator Site
Help!! Charlotte, I raced off to try this and got GREAT results for most of the shapes, but got totally confused on
basic QSTs. I get the measurements OK but it tells me to cut in a way that will have the bias on the outside of the
square finished block, and when I asked for 24 triangles it gave me instructions for halving 24 squares and getting 24
extra pieces. I must be doing something wrong, and it's probably so obvious that you will laugh - but I can't figure
it out. Maybe it's just too early in the morning LOL I asked for 24 QSTs from 45" fabric for a finished square
block of 12" and got 1.625y. The material req is about twice what I think I need and the cutting directions are
off. What am I doing wrong? -- Cheryl & the Cats _ _ _ _ _ _ ( > Y < ) (
> Y < ) ( > Y < ) ~ ~ ~ Enness Boofhead Donut Now in
hibernation with a wake-up call for Spring! http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Charlotte Hippen" <hippenc@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Sy9wg.46297$FQ1.28014@attbi_s71... : http://vrya.net/quilt/index.php : : Very nice yardage calculator!! : : I just
used it to calculate some yardages for a project I'm working out (am : considering a Hunters Star quilt). If my math
is accurate, then the : calculator is accurate. So if I were purchase exactly what it says I need : for all my
shapes, I should have exactly enough for my quilt (I plan to : purchase extra just incase, and I would love to have
left overs any way). : : You select the shape of the piece you need (choices are square, rectangle, : HST, HRectangeT,
QST, trapezoid and parallelogram), enter it's size : (finished or cut), how many you need, and WOF. It then gives you
a page : that states the shape, how many pieces you entered, both cut and finished : dimensions, and cutting directions
along with the required yardage (appears : to be rounded up to the nearest 8th yd). The cutting instructions tell you
: how many strips of what size to cut, including your WOF entered. It then : tells you how many pieces from each strip
and if there are any spare it will : tell you how many extra you end up with. I was really impressed (can't you :
tell)!! : : NAYY, just really liked and thought I'd share. : -- : Charlotte :
http://community.webshots.com/user/charh108 : :
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Posted by Charlotte Hippen on Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:04 PM Post subject: Very Nice Yardage Calculator Site
http://vrya.net/quilt/index.php Very nice yardage calculator!! I just used it to calculate some yardages for a project
I'm working out (am considering a Hunters Star quilt). If my math is accurate, then the calculator is accurate. So
if I were purchase exactly what it says I need for all my shapes, I should have exactly enough for my quilt (I plan to
purchase extra just incase, and I would love to have left overs any way). You select the shape of the piece you need
(choices are square, rectangle, HST, HRectangeT, QST, trapezoid and parallelogram), enter it's size (finished or cut),
how many you need, and WOF. It then gives you a page that states the shape, how many pieces you entered, both cut and
finished dimensions, and cutting directions along with the required yardage (appears to be rounded up to the nearest
8th yd). The cutting instructions tell you how many strips of what size to cut, including your WOF entered. It then
tells you how many pieces from each strip and if there are any spare it will tell you how many extra you end up with.
I was really impressed (can't you tell)!! NAYY, just really liked and thought I'd share. -- Charlotte
http://community.webshots.com/user/charh108
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View entire thread: To the Purple lovers
Posted by Sharon Harper on Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:46 AM Post subject: Re: To the Purple lovers
Welcome over to the poiple side Polly. We is one crazy bunch a peeps over here. We mix purples with lotsa things!
Can't wait to see the quilt! -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes awhile to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos
(same as website but quicker) "Polly Esther" <mistercleen@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:oTVvg.2558$157.2037@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:f67fb58184]I discovered a stack of blocks today in
my 'one day' heap. The blocks are appliquéd cowboy boots. They must have been put away for something urgent. Maybe I
was just sick of appliqué or didn't know what to do next. For no reason, I buy purple but never choose it when piecing.
Well, today was the day. I'm sashing the boot blocks with purple *and* a purple/lime/aqua plaid. Oh my how dazzling.
Now I know why you Poiple People are so crazy about it. Make room for me over at the purple frame; I'll bring the
chocolate. Purple Polly [/quote:f67fb58184]
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View entire thread: To the Purple lovers
Posted by Cats on Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:05 AM Post subject: Re: To the Purple lovers
Never been a big purple fan myself - but one of my students is doing a giant mariners compass in purple and bright lime
green, with purple and lime log cabin blocks as a border. I will post pictures when finished. Stunning!! Now me - I
put a little bit of purple in every red quilt I make! -- Cheryl & the Cats _ _ _ _
_ _ ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ~ ~ ~ Enness
Boofhead Donut Now in hibernation with a wake-up call for Spring!
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Polly Esther"
<mistercleen@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:oTVvg.2558$157.2037@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net... :I
discovered a stack of blocks today in my 'one day' heap. The blocks are : appliquéd cowboy boots. They must have been
put away for something urgent. : Maybe I was just sick of appliqué or didn't know what to do next. For no : reason, I
buy purple but never choose it when piecing. Well, today was the : day. I'm sashing the boot blocks with purple *and*
a purple/lime/aqua : plaid. Oh my how dazzling. Now I know why you Poiple People are so crazy : about it. Make room
for me over at the purple frame; I'll bring the : chocolate. Purple Polly : :
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View entire thread: Handquilter 16
Posted by Liz A. on Fri Jul 21, 2006 6:07 AM Post subject: Re: Handquilter 16
I had the same problem when I got my HQ16 a couple months ago. After talking to a longarm quilter friend and the HQ16
lists, I discovered that I was tightening my quilts too much. So, now I make sure that I can "grab" a
finger" from underneath. There are two HQ lists on Yahoo Groups that have been very helpful. HQ16 and
HQ16Chatters. I've learned a lot of good stuff from them. LizA. Kent, WA http://picasaweb.google.com/dittodog
Salamander wrote: [quote:ef736f7ed6]Hi! I'm new to this group and would like to e-mail anyone who owns an HQ16. I
would like to know how to avoid tucks in the back of my quilts. After your quilt it loaded, how do you stabiliaze it?
In what order do you quilt? Do you baste? How? TIA Sa;;u[/quote:ef736f7ed6]
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View entire thread: Handquilter 16
Posted by Salamander on Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:11 PM Post subject: Handquilter 16
Hi! I'm new to this group and would like to e-mail anyone who owns an HQ16. I would like to know how to avoid tucks
in the back of my quilts. After your quilt it loaded, how do you stabiliaze it? In what order do you quilt? Do you
baste? How? TIA Sa;;u
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View entire thread: Black, white & cream scraps/charms needed
Posted by Idahoqltr on Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:19 AM Post subject: Re: Black, white & cream scraps/charms needed
I think I could round up some good ones. I would like large florals(as opposed to calico florals) in return if you have
any. Give me your address and more specifics and I will let you know how many I come up with. Sunny wrote:
[quote:cabf70af48]Hi Emilia, I'll send you some b/w charm-scraps. I don't have a whole bunch, but I have some
interesting ones. Send me an email with your snail-mail address. As for trading, I'd always love to get a few bits from
your end of the world. :) Anyway, I'm beholden to you for the "fix" on that baby quilt. It's almost finished
and I'll post pics. But it looks a lot like yours. Sunny[/quote:cabf70af48]
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View entire thread: July 4th Mystery Quilt
Posted by Alice M. Bonnell on Thu Jul 20, 2006 3:48 AM Post subject: Re: July 4th Mystery Quilt
You're right...I thought that they looked like the candies too! Alice "Kay Ahr" <kayahr@hotmail.com>
wrote in message news:1153345412.804353.217740@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [quote:9b98441dc6]Congratulations! And
you made the big one! It does look so much nicer with the blue border. (I forgot to put the blue border on mine.)
Your red-white blocks look like they are floating. Looking at your quilt makes me realize that this would make a great
Christmas quilt too. Keep the red-white to look like those peppermint candies twisted in cellophane. Then put a green
background. Jessamy, when is the next mystery? Kay Ahr in Reno/Sparks, Nevada Alice M. Bonnell wrote: Finally, I
managed to finish the 4th of July online Mystery Quilt top, take a picture of it, and open a Webshots account! For
those who would like to see how this pattern provided by Jessamy from the Netherlands worked out, please check my new
Webshots album! Hopefully, I'll get some more pics in there as soon as I figure out how to do it! Thanks Jessamy! It
was a lot of fun! http://community.webshots.com/user/twosonsatpsu Alice [/quote:9b98441dc6]
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View entire thread: July 4th Mystery Quilt
Posted by Kay Ahr on Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:43 PM Post subject: Re: July 4th Mystery Quilt
Congratulations! And you made the big one! It does look so much nicer with the blue border. (I forgot to put the blue
border on mine.) Your red-white blocks look like they are floating. Looking at your quilt makes me realize that this
would make a great Christmas quilt too. Keep the red-white to look like those peppermint candies twisted in cellophane.
Then put a green background. Jessamy, when is the next mystery? Kay Ahr in Reno/Sparks, Nevada Alice M. Bonnell
wrote: [quote:7de472d156]Finally, I managed to finish the 4th of July online Mystery Quilt top, take a picture of it,
and open a Webshots account! For those who would like to see how this pattern provided by Jessamy from the Netherlands
worked out, please check my new Webshots album! Hopefully, I'll get some more pics in there as soon as I figure out
how to do it! Thanks Jessamy! It was a lot of fun! http://community.webshots.com/user/twosonsatpsu
Alice[/quote:7de472d156]
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View entire thread: anonymous again!
Posted by Sandy Ellison on Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:45 PM Post subject: H.B., RZ Re: anonymous again!
Howdy! Happy Birthday, Roberta! Hope you celebrate for at least 2 weeks, seeing as how you've had this very busy week
already. <g> Hugs and cheers! Ragmop/Sandy On 7/12/06 10:12 AM, in article e933gc$lq2$1@online.de,
"Roberta Zollner" <rl.zollner@gmx.net.old> wrote: [quote:20b5865be6]Dear Anonymous Birthday Squisher,
thank you for the lovely blue print, which will fit right in with a current project (aftrer some fondling!) You have a
spooky talent for putting squishies in the mailbox just when they are needed. It didn't arrive on my birthday, but that
was a perfectly lovely and fun day. Instead, it arrived today: frustrating morning, grocery store out of what I wanted,
nasty thunderstorms and cloudbursts this afternoon, no time to quilt kind of day. And now I feel MUCH better! Roberta in
D, that Birthday Squisher gets around! [/quote:20b5865be6]
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View entire thread: OT: running and quilting
Posted by Sandy Ellison on Wed Jul 12, 2006 4:18 PM Post subject: Re: OT: running and quilting
Howd! Excellent news, Karen. Keep it up, hang in there, Good Luck! Ragmop/Sandy ;-) On 7/12/06 8:02 AM, in article
1152709344.432893.266050@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com, "unclbennie" <KKirbyhall@yahoo.com> wrote:
[quote:4ff9c20357]So, its semi off topic. As I posted a few months ago, I am running the Chicago Marathon in October to
raise money for the Chicago AIDS Foundation. It's a good cause and it will make me get in shape. To date I have
run/walked over 125 training miles, swam a bunch and have been riding my bike to work! I have had some knee trouble but
the swimming is helping that alot. I had decided as an incentive to get people to donate money to the cause I would
make three quilts and the person making the highest donation would get one quilt, with the other two being given away in
a drawing from the people who contribute $50 or more, I have one quilt top finished and will quilt it this week and then
start on the next one. I have raised $1700, so I have met my minimum but hope to keep fund raising. Just thought I
would update incase anyone was wondering how it was going! I have been keeping a blog at http:www.im-
running-a-marathon.blogspot.com if you want to read the trials and tribulations of trying to get in shape to run 26.2
miles after 46 years of being kinda lazy! :-) Don't forget to smile!!! Karen aka queen of the sky aka unclbennie
[/quote:4ff9c20357]
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View entire thread: OT: running and quilting
Posted by unclbennie on Wed Jul 12, 2006 2:02 PM Post subject: OT: running and quilting
So, its semi off topic. As I posted a few months ago, I am running the Chicago Marathon in October to raise money for
the Chicago AIDS Foundation. It's a good cause and it will make me get in shape. To date I have run/walked over 125
training miles, swam a bunch and have been riding my bike to work! I have had some knee trouble but the swimming is
helping that alot. I had decided as an incentive to get people to donate money to the cause I would make three quilts
and the person making the highest donation would get one quilt, with the other two being given away in a drawing from
the people who contribute $50 or more, I have one quilt top finished and will quilt it this week and then start on the
next one. I have raised $1700, so I have met my minimum but hope to keep fund raising. Just thought I would update
incase anyone was wondering how it was going! I have been keeping a blog at http:www.im-running-a-marathon.blogspot.com
if you want to read the trials and tribulations of trying to get in shape to run 26.2 miles after 46 years of being
kinda lazy! :-) Don't forget to smile!!! Karen aka queen of the sky aka unclbennie
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View entire thread: difficulty of bow tie block
Posted by Kate G. on Sat Jul 08, 2006 11:12 PM Post subject: Re: difficulty of bow tie block
The way they do it is more complicated than it needs to be... if you are willing to have smaller pieces in your block.
If you are using a small scale tone-on-tone type fabric -- you'll hardly notice the difference. The alternative way to
make it is to make it doing a grid -- 4 x 4 inside blocks. Then do 4 half-square triangles to make the center cross
section. Email me privately and I'll send you a picture of how the less complex box would be put together. Kate in MI
grovesfam at comcast dot net "Martha" <martha54@sover.net> wrote in message news:martha54-
572BBD.17595708072006@news.sover.net... [quote:6334a7a5d1]Hello! I was thinking of trying the bow tie block for a baby
quilt I want to do. But quilterscache rates it at 3 pins, very difficult; I'm at more like a 1.5-pin status right now.
Is it really that bad? TIA! Martha[/quote:6334a7a5d1]
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View entire thread: Quilts show up in the most unusual places
Posted by Jan on Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:21 PM Post subject: Re: Quilts show up in the most unusual places
Debra <debnbilll@worldnet.att.net> wrote in news:sgeva2t3fvf8plcocmcisi0egfi7peb7m3@4ax.com: [quote:0b629f1269]I
went to a wedding last week and there was a vintage friendship quilt hanging in the fellowship hall's hallway. It was
very nicely framed and under glass so it couldn't be damaged by anyone passing by, and it was in a shady spot to avoid
sun damage. The blocks were 12 inch album blocks done in all solids and set in a simple straight setting. All the
blocks were signed with embroidery stitches and a few had little embroidered motifs (tiny birds or a small flower) added
to the signature piece. I never did find a date on the quilt, but it was a nice surprise in my day. Debra in VA See my
quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere [/quote:0b629f1269] Now how cool is that!!! :-) -- Jan RCTQ
Coffee Diva
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View entire thread: OT: life for the last month or so (long)
Posted by Sandy Ellison on Fri Jul 07, 2006 11:14 PM Post subject: Re: OT: life for the last month or so (long)
Howdy! ((((Anna Belle)))) Busy times for you. Happy Anniversary! Ragmop/Sandy On 7/7/06 2:10 PM, in article
9nbta2d1fdo6qjl6l0alnh6cd85aacr7qc@4ax.com, "Anna Belle" <fladavis@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
[quote:612d0a8c88] Once the urge hits me I post often. In the last month our DS#2 got married. They live in Ft. Walton
Beach and flew (nightmare-12 hours late) to Las Vegas and got married by Elvis. Both had done the deed before in big
ceremonies and had really bad expierences. This time they had fun so I hope it works. We now have two teen age
grandsons. Now, we are a short family (height) I am just over 5 feet, DH is 5'6", DS is 5'7". These two boys
will take some getting used to, the 15 yo is 6'2" and the 17 yo is 6'4". Unfortunately we won't be able to see
much of them since they are an 11 hour drive from here. DIL is a sweetie, Asian without family, so we are going to
spoil here with attention. Sent a baby quilt for her to give to a friend last week and she wanted to keep it to hang on
the wall. This is how to get in good with a MIL. Other event for the month of June was our 50th Wedding Anniversary. We
took several days and visited Savannah. Mostly because we thought we had never been there, but discovered we had been
there after we arrived. Had a wonderful hot relaxing, time. Next event is visiting Boston to dog sit while DS1 does a
7 day bike ride the middle of July. Neighbors in front and back are on the alert, so no stash raid attempts please!
Just so this is not completely off topic, I had S.E.X. today all by myself. Went to a quilt shop FQ sale. 20 for $20
and all the good stuff by big name MFGrs. A one yard piece of batik, and a 2 yard piece of flannel. Anna Belle in Palm
Bay[/quote:612d0a8c88]
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View entire thread: OT: life for the last month or so (long)
Posted by teleflora on Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:59 PM Post subject: Re: life for the last month or so (long)
Anna Belle, I love the part where you realized you HAD visited Savannah before. hehehehhehehehhe. Cindy "Anna
Belle" <fladavis@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:9nbta2d1fdo6qjl6l0alnh6cd85aacr7qc@4ax.com...
[quote:c12ef701ce] Once the urge hits me I post often. In the last month our DS#2 got married. They live in Ft. Walton
Beach and flew (nightmare-12 hours late) to Las Vegas and got married by Elvis. Both had done the deed before in big
ceremonies and had really bad expierences. This time they had fun so I hope it works. We now have two teen age
grandsons. Now, we are a short family (height) I am just over 5 feet, DH is 5'6", DS is 5'7". These two boys
will take some getting used to, the 15 yo is 6'2" and the 17 yo is 6'4". Unfortunately we won't be able to see
much of them since they are an 11 hour drive from here. DIL is a sweetie, Asian without family, so we are going to
spoil here with attention. Sent a baby quilt for her to give to a friend last week and she wanted to keep it to hang on
the wall. This is how to get in good with a MIL. Other event for the month of June was our 50th Wedding Anniversary. We
took several days and visited Savannah. Mostly because we thought we had never been there, but discovered we had been
there after we arrived. Had a wonderful hot relaxing, time. Next event is visiting Boston to dog sit while DS1 does a
7 day bike ride the middle of July. Neighbors in front and back are on the alert, so no stash raid attempts please!
Just so this is not completely off topic, I had S.E.X. today all by myself. Went to a quilt shop FQ sale. 20 for $20
and all the good stuff by big name MFGrs. A one yard piece of batik, and a 2 yard piece of flannel. Anna Belle in Palm
Bay[/quote:c12ef701ce]
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View entire thread: OT: life for the last month or so (long)
Posted by Anna Belle on Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:10 PM Post subject: OT: life for the last month or so (long)
Once the urge hits me I post often. In the last month our DS#2 got married. They live in Ft. Walton Beach and flew (
nightmare-12 hours late) to Las Vegas and got married by Elvis. Both had done the deed before in big ceremonies and had
really bad expierences. This time they had fun so I hope it works. We now have two teen age grandsons. Now, we are a
short family (height) I am just over 5 feet, DH is 5'6", DS is 5'7". These two boys will take some getting
used to, the 15 yo is 6'2" and the 17 yo is 6'4". Unfortunately we won't be able to see much of them since
they are an 11 hour drive from here. DIL is a sweetie, Asian without family, so we are going to spoil here with
attention. Sent a baby quilt for her to give to a friend last week and she wanted to keep it to hang on the wall. This
is how to get in good with a MIL. Other event for the month of June was our 50th Wedding Anniversary. We took several
days and visited Savannah. Mostly because we thought we had never been there, but discovered we had been there after we
arrived. Had a wonderful hot relaxing, time. Next event is visiting Boston to dog sit while DS1 does a 7 day bike ride
the middle of July. Neighbors in front and back are on the alert, so no stash raid attempts please! Just so this is not
completely off topic, I had S.E.X. today all by myself. Went to a quilt shop FQ sale. 20 for $20 and all the good
stuff by big name MFGrs. A one yard piece of batik, and a 2 yard piece of flannel. Anna Belle in Palm Bay
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View entire thread: OT What will the wedding supper be hmmm hmmm
Posted by Pati Cook on Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:09 PM Post subject: Re: OT What will the wedding supper be hmmm hmmm
I don't have an answer for you, but forwarded the message to DH, who knows, he says, at least 4 different versions.
Including an old Irish one, and one by the Brothers 4. ??? Anyway, he may get a message to you. Pati, in Phx
NightMist wrote: [quote:e729d12c95]OK, thanks to Aunt Irene's Miss Mousie block, I have been debating the darned song
"Froggy Went a Courtin" with DH for hours now. Hey! the song is at least 500 years old, that is a heap of
history to debate. We have gone through a bunch of google searches and all such stuff, had fun debating whether it
originated in Scotland or England, and wondered how we could each grow up no more than 30 miles from each other and know
such different versions. So, we have run across about sebenty-leben verses, and have developed a curiosity about how it
differs over there-->. So If you ever learned the song, In the verse that starts "What will the wedding supper
be?" what do you sing the wedding supper will be? I learned it as "a fried mosquito and a black eyed
pea", DH learned it as " fried fatback and collard greens". Whatcha got? NightMist thinking she ought
to make Aunt Irene a story quilt with the song. If I can make myself do a horrid batrachian creature
anyhow.[/quote:e729d12c95]
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View entire thread: OT What will the wedding supper be hmmm hmmm
Posted by NightMist on Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:55 AM Post subject: OT What will the wedding supper be hmmm hmmm
OK, thanks to Aunt Irene's Miss Mousie block, I have been debating the darned song "Froggy Went a Courtin"
with DH for hours now. Hey! the song is at least 500 years old, that is a heap of history to debate. We have gone
through a bunch of google searches and all such stuff, had fun debating whether it originated in Scotland or England,
and wondered how we could each grow up no more than 30 miles from each other and know such different versions. So, we
have run across about sebenty-leben verses, and have developed a curiosity about how it differs over there-->. So If
you ever learned the song, In the verse that starts "What will the wedding supper be?" what do you sing the
wedding supper will be? I learned it as "a fried mosquito and a black eyed pea", DH learned it as " fried
fatback and collard greens". Whatcha got? NightMist thinking she ought to make Aunt Irene a story quilt with the
song. If I can make myself do a horrid batrachian creature anyhow. -- The wolf that understands fire has much to eat.
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View entire thread: new photos
Posted by quilter on Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:12 AM Post subject: Re: new photos
Pat in Virginia wrote: [quote:c66b4a6c59]Lynn: Lovely!! I wonder how the MoTM blox would look if arranged with lightest
skies on top row, progressing to darkest at bottom of quilt. The Geese blocks are a good companion. PAT
[/quote:c66b4a6c59] That's a great idea, Pat! Dare I go rearrange them all again...hmmm.....I just might have to go
tryit! I like the flying geese with it. I've been thinking of calling it "Fly Me to the Moon. Lynn
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Posted by Pat in Virginia on Mon Jul 03, 2006 9:50 PM Post subject: Re: new photos
Lynn: Lovely!! I wonder how the MoTM blox would look if arranged with lightest skies on top row, progressing to
darkest at bottom of quilt. The Geese blocks are a good companion. PAT quilter wrote: [quote:146390b172]I uploaded
some new photos to my WIP folder today (http://community.webshots.com/user/quilter329). I finally finished 25 moon over
mountain blocks, so I uploaded photos of those laid out. Quality suffered a bit in the rush this week, but I have to get
a quilt on my bed by winter! I still have to play at rearranging them to eliminate repeats next to each other, etc.
The photos are a little blurry, but I'll take another photo once I join them anyway. I also added a photo of a small
teapot runner (adapted from a recent fons and porter magazine pattern). It's not the best study in contrast, but I made
it from fabric I had on hand, and it will make a nice little christmas gift. Last but not least, I added a photo of the
mini blocks I received in Melissa's wonderful swap. These are all 3 inch blocks, and I'll be playing with them to come
up with a layout soon! (Also got two adorable little kite blocks from Jeanne, 1 1/2 inches!, but my photo with those in
came out even blurrier - they'll be in my finished quilt somehow, though, and I'll post a photo then). -Lynn
[/quote:146390b172]
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Posted by quilter on Mon Jul 03, 2006 6:52 PM Post subject: Re: new photos
Thanks everyone! Next I have to do about 50 more flying geese for the border. Then I'll be posting to figure out how
in the world to quilt it (have never quilted something queen-sized). -Lynn Patti S wrote: [quote:e1e252bd0d]Lynn - you
MoM is going to be spectacular. That's one of my favorite blocks and on my "someday" list.... really, really
pretty! You've been a busy lady! The mini's are all lovely too..... Patti in Seattle[/quote:e1e252bd0d]
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View entire thread: two brick roads
Posted by Susan Laity Price on Fri Jun 23, 2006 2:27 PM Post subject: Re: two brick roads
I like the red one too! I wonder how many YBR patterns have been sold? I have used it many times for charity quilts
which others have helped me make so have probably chosen the fabrics for at least 25 YBRs. No matter what fabrics are
used they all turn out great. Usually I try to coordinate the fat quarters but once we just used all the leftovers and
it still was nice. It works well with flannel also. Several times we have used squares from a printed panel for the
larger square. This makes cutting a little more wasteful but the finished quilt is themed around those panels and of
course the unused squares from the fat quarters are never really wasted. Susan Price On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:08:10
GMT, "Karen, Queen of Squishies" <RisingStars @ KarenTucker.com> wrote: [quote:ef2c014592]I love this
oh-so-versatile pattern. I had a lot of fun with the YBR this winter! Here are the pictures of the two I finished this
spring for two of the three couches in my house. Batik Brick Road, and Winter Brick Road, the first two photos in the
'my work' album. http://community.webshots.com/user/hicall Karen, Queen of Squishies [/quote:ef2c014592]
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Posted by Karen, Queen of Squishies on Fri Jun 23, 2006 1:49 PM Post subject: Re: two brick roads
Thanks, Susan, and what a great idea about the fussy cutting! Karen, Queen of Squishies [quote:32b071718f]I like the
red one too! I wonder how many YBR patterns have been sold? I have used it many times for charity quilts which others
have helped me make so have probably chosen the fabrics for at least 25 YBRs. No matter what fabrics are used they all
turn out great. Usually I try to coordinate the fat quarters but once we just used all the leftovers and it still was
nice. It works well with flannel also. Several times we have used squares from a printed panel for the larger square.
This makes cutting a little more wasteful but the finished quilt is themed around those panels and of course the unused
squares from the fat quarters are never really wasted. Susan Price[/quote:32b071718f]
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View entire thread: Frog Fabric
Posted by AliceW in NJ on Mon Jun 19, 2006 7:57 PM Post subject: Re: Frog Fabric
That sounds like what I was looking for, but I would need yards of it. Can you tell me the manufacturer's name? I
think I also saw a coordinating fabric with little frogs on it as well. Thanks for the offer and the information!
Alice in NJ Batik Freak wrote: [quote:91be0f1dcc]Who needs frog fabric? i have some frogs on lily pads with blue
water. L "AliceW in NJ" <avw741@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150724006.924653.307900@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... Oh, thank you so much! I found lots of froggy fabric
online but some of them, I think, would actually scare a "little" person. And I never realized how many
"types" of frog fabric - or colors - were out there! Alice in NJ teleflora wrote: Alice, check at your
local Wal-Mart. I made a baby quilt out of froggie material and I noticed today they still had some. They had pink
background, blue background and green background to choose from. Cindy [/quote:91be0f1dcc]
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Posted by Batik Freak on Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:13 PM Post subject: Re: Frog Fabric
Who needs frog fabric? i have some frogs on lily pads with blue water. L "AliceW in NJ"
<avw741@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1150724006.924653.307900@f6g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
[quote:a571eae325]Oh, thank you so much! I found lots of froggy fabric online but some of them, I think, would actually
scare a "little" person. And I never realized how many "types" of frog fabric - or colors - were
out there! Alice in NJ teleflora wrote: Alice, check at your local Wal-Mart. I made a baby quilt out of froggie
material and I noticed today they still had some. They had pink background, blue background and green background to
choose from. Cindy [/quote:a571eae325]
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Posted by AliceW in NJ on Mon Jun 19, 2006 2:33 PM Post subject: Re: Frog Fabric
Oh, thank you so much! I found lots of froggy fabric online but some of them, I think, would actually scare a
"little" person. And I never realized how many "types" of frog fabric - or colors - were out there!
Alice in NJ teleflora wrote: [quote:8ea6984a54]Alice, check at your local Wal-Mart. I made a baby quilt out of froggie
material and I noticed today they still had some. They had pink background, blue background and green background to
choose from. Cindy [/quote:8ea6984a54]
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Posted by KI Graham on Sun Jun 18, 2006 10:01 PM Post subject: Re: Ta DA!
Thanks...it was a huge stretch for me to work in those colours and I'm very very pleased with it. It's going to be
tough to part with this one: I may have to hang it in my living room for a while before it goes to its permanent home
-- Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK "Louise"
<nieland4@mchsitip.com> wrote in message news:I2Hjg.778199$084.776281@attbi_s22... [quote:80ae480d9b]Kim, that's
beautiful! I really like how those colors played together in the top and treated each other so well. -- Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Sharon Harper"
<sharonoz@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:448f2198$0$9011$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au... Wow!!!! That is
gorgeous. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes
a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) "KI Graham"
<kigraham@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:PGEjg.22210$IK3.18354@pd7tw1no... Major excitement here: I've finished my
version of the Shepherd's Light quilt [well, the top at least]. I'm very please with my first foray into the world of
taupes and grey, although I clearly still DON'T do low-contrast...this is way more vibrant than I imagined those neutral
colours being! There's a photo on my home page as well as in the instructions for the blocks. Because I'm going away
for a few days, the final block for the Shepherd's Light series is ready for you early. I've also posted the basic
instructions for assembling the quilt for those who needed to have them early so their groups could finish in time for
summer. Come back next month for more detailed instructions and the scripture message for assembling. All of this at:
http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham When I return, I'll work on adding some more photos to the gallery. If you have
comments or questions, I'll try to deal with them as quickly as I can, but I will not be checking mail while away. Kim
Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK -- Kim Graham
http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK [/quote:80ae480d9b]
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Posted by Louise on Tue Jun 13, 2006 11:33 PM Post subject: Re: Ta DA!
Kim, that's beautiful! I really like how those colors played together in the top and treated each other so well. --
Louise in Iowa nieland4 at mchsi dot com http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa "Sharon Harper"
<sharonoz@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message news:448f2198$0$9011$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
[quote:be6d1a4da9]Wow!!!! That is gorgeous. -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes a while to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos
(same as website but quicker) "KI Graham" <kigraham@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:PGEjg.22210$IK3.18354@pd7tw1no... Major excitement here: I've finished my version of the Shepherd's Light quilt
[well, the top at least]. I'm very please with my first foray into the world of taupes and grey, although I clearly
still DON'T do low-contrast...this is way more vibrant than I imagined those neutral colours being! There's a photo on
my home page as well as in the instructions for the blocks. Because I'm going away for a few days, the final block for
the Shepherd's Light series is ready for you early. I've also posted the basic instructions for assembling the quilt for
those who needed to have them early so their groups could finish in time for summer. Come back next month for more
detailed instructions and the scripture message for assembling. All of this at: http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham When I
return, I'll work on adding some more photos to the gallery. If you have comments or questions, I'll try to deal with
them as quickly as I can, but I will not be checking mail while away. Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham
Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK -- Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN
PATCHWORK [/quote:be6d1a4da9]
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