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Posted by Roberta Zollner on Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:23 AM Post subject: Re: Is there a Bernina quilters discussion group?
I know you want to finish that quilt, but you'll enjoy it more if you do a few hours of practice on something else!
Like a 12" square sandwich using the same kind of fabric and batting. Much easier to maneuver, so you can
concentrate on techniques and not be afraid to make mistakes. Helps to use loud contrasting thread too, so you can see
what's going on. Roberta in D "MaleQuilter" <puttsmade@hotmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1161900010.988866.216230@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... [quote:877efeabad]Testing group sharing of photos. If this
works here is a picture of my first and only quilt block. Its about 24"x24" and I am just now starting to
quilt it. However, I got bogged down in several issues learning how to operate the new sewing machine.
http://www.winkflash.com/photo/public.aspx?u=MyFunPics Jerry in North Alabama [/quote:877efeabad]
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Posted by Ceridwen on Fri Oct 27, 2006 2:37 AM Post subject: Re: was Is there a Bernina quilters discussion group? - now
The winkflash will not let me access your photo without login on. -- Carole Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea http://360.yahoo.com/profile-Pp9n.fIyfrQ6NDNCfp9E0UU6hGPI
"MaleQuilter" <puttsmade@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1161900010.988866.216230@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... [quote:71802cde19]Testing group sharing of photos. If this
works here is a picture of my first and only quilt block. Its about 24"x24" and I am just now starting to
quilt it. However, I got bogged down in several issues learning how to operate the new sewing machine.
http://www.winkflash.com/photo/public.aspx?u=MyFunPics Jerry in North Alabama [/quote:71802cde19]
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Posted by MaleQuilter on Thu Oct 26, 2006 11:00 PM Post subject: Re: Is there a Bernina quilters discussion group?
Testing group sharing of photos. If this works here is a picture of my first and only quilt block. Its about
24"x24" and I am just now starting to quilt it. However, I got bogged down in several issues learning how to
operate the new sewing machine. http://www.winkflash.com/photo/public.aspx?u=MyFunPics > Jerry in North Alabama
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View entire thread: Which Sewing Machine to buy?
Posted by Taria on Fri Oct 27, 2006 3:37 PM Post subject: Re: Which Sewing Machine to buy?
If there is a quilt show with a lot of vendors you can try out many of the machines right there. I did that when I
bought my Bernina 930 in around '85. Most of the machines I tried out would have probably been fine but I just liked
the feel of how the machine sounded and ran. It felt like they had designed it for me! These days machines are a
different than the old days. So many bells and whistles. Sew on as many as you can. I have a Brother PQ1500 and it
is great for machine quilting but the thing isn't going to last 20 years. It just doesn't sound and feel like a quality
piece of machinery. HAppy hunting! Taria Roberta Zollner wrote: [quote:153b0662fb]The only way to answer this is to go
try out all the dealers you can find in your area and test drive a whole lot of machines. It's like cars, different
strokes for different folks. But I will put in a word for the Pfaff, which will have the built-in walking foot. A good
dealer is almost as important as a good machine. (Probably easier to find a good car mechanic!) Roberta in D
"bessie" <bessiejunejoad@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1161883195.228620.211230@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... Hi there Presently I have a Brother PS1000, and while it
is a nice entry level machine I need something with a little more ummphhh. I want to do some research, but for crying
out loud! There are so many models out there and I dont know how I feel about the electronic machines. Any suggestions?
I am also hoping to buy second hand if at all possible Thanks! [/quote:153b0662fb]
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View entire thread: Happy Dancing X2
Posted by Karen, Queen of Squishies on Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:53 PM Post subject: Re: Happy Dancing X2
Oh now THAT is adorable!! Karen, Queen of Squishies ----- www.PlayPianoNow.info [quote:980835ea07]"Dancing in
the moonlight" -- did you know that is the name of a quilt pattern? One I actually made. The pattern is by Linda
Hohag of Brandywine Designs... I call it my "critters" quilt. (In my quilts folder) This quilt was so much
fun -- both in collecting all the fabrics (a year long project in itself!) and creating each little critter. Linda's
patterns are such fun. (http://www.brandywine-design.com/) She lives in Minnesota == and I had the pleasure of taking a
class or two from her. But daylight or moonlight........ I'm dancin! Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- "Karen, Queen of Squishies" <Karen @
PlayPianoNow.info> wrote in message news:vr3_g.1029204$084.110845@attbi_s22... Dancing in the moonlight for/with ya,
Kate! Karen, Queen of Squishies ----- www.PlayPianoNow.info First == my monster is done... that DWR that has been on
my table for far too long! Will get pictures posted tomorrow (it's just the top -- will be headed to the Minnesota Long
arm quilter in the next day or two! WOOHOO!!!! Am very happy! WOOHOO #2!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did it! I splurged and
plunged... and am now (well... will be as soon as Paypal moves my $$$ and the seller ships it to me) the excited owner
of a Pfaff 7570 embroidery machine. It comes with just about everything -- including the design software and unit.
So you will all know where to find me.... buried in the sewing room playing with my new toy! I'm now a 2 machine
quilter!!! Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves PS-- if you ever see the two big purple binders
(owner's handbooks for the 7570) -- please let me know! I'd love to have those! [/quote:980835ea07]
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Posted by Cats on Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:30 PM Post subject: Re: Happy Dancing X2
I have that pattern too - so cute! - and I smile every time I see a post about someone "Dancin' in the
Moonlight" as it raises some "interesting" mental images. lol -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o
o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead
Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Kate G."
<grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:J7SdndiPNozhVKXYnZ2dnUVZ_vKdnZ2d@comcast.com... :
"Dancing in the moonlight" -- did you know that is the name of a quilt pattern? One I actually : made. The
pattern is by Linda Hohag of Brandywine Designs... I call it my "critters" quilt. (In : my quilts folder)
This quilt was so much fun -- both in collecting all the fabrics (a year long : project in itself!) and creating each
little critter. Linda's patterns are such fun. : (http://www.brandywine-design.com/) She lives in Minnesota == and I
had the pleasure of taking a : class or two from her. : : But daylight or moonlight........ I'm dancin! : : Kate in MI
: http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : : : -- : : : "Karen, Queen of Squishies" <Karen @
PlayPianoNow.info> wrote in message : news:vr3_g.1029204$084.110845@attbi_s22... : > Dancing in the moonlight
for/with ya, Kate! : > : > Karen, Queen of Squishies : > ----- : > www.PlayPianoNow.info : > : > :
>> First == my monster is done... that DWR that has been on my table for far too long! Will get : >>
pictures posted tomorrow (it's just the top -- will be headed to the Minnesota Long arm quilter : >> in the next
day or two! WOOHOO!!!! Am very happy! : >> : >> WOOHOO #2!!!!!!!!!!!!! : >> : >> I did it! I
splurged and plunged... and am now (well... will be as soon as Paypal moves my $$$ : >> and the seller ships it
to me) the excited owner of a Pfaff 7570 embroidery machine. It comes : >> with just about everything --
including the design software and unit. So you will all know : >> where to find me.... buried in the sewing
room playing with my new toy! : >> : >> I'm now a 2 machine quilter!!! : >> : >> Kate in MI :
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves : >> : >> PS-- if you ever see the two big purple
binders (owner's handbooks for the 7570) -- please let me : >> know! I'd love to have those! : >> :
>> : >> : > : > : :
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Posted by Kate G. on Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:04 PM Post subject: Re: Happy Dancing X2
"Dancing in the moonlight" -- did you know that is the name of a quilt pattern? One I actually made. The
pattern is by Linda Hohag of Brandywine Designs... I call it my "critters" quilt. (In my quilts folder)
This quilt was so much fun -- both in collecting all the fabrics (a year long project in itself!) and creating each
little critter. Linda's patterns are such fun. (http://www.brandywine-design.com/) She lives in Minnesota == and I
had the pleasure of taking a class or two from her. But daylight or moonlight........ I'm dancin! Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves -- "Karen, Queen of Squishies" <Karen @
PlayPianoNow.info> wrote in message news:vr3_g.1029204$084.110845@attbi_s22... [quote:a82358a7e2]Dancing in the
moonlight for/with ya, Kate! Karen, Queen of Squishies ----- www.PlayPianoNow.info First == my monster is done...
that DWR that has been on my table for far too long! Will get pictures posted tomorrow (it's just the top -- will be
headed to the Minnesota Long arm quilter in the next day or two! WOOHOO!!!! Am very happy! WOOHOO #2!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
did it! I splurged and plunged... and am now (well... will be as soon as Paypal moves my $$$ and the seller ships it
to me) the excited owner of a Pfaff 7570 embroidery machine. It comes with just about everything -- including the
design software and unit. So you will all know where to find me.... buried in the sewing room playing with my new
toy! I'm now a 2 machine quilter!!! Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves PS-- if you ever see the
two big purple binders (owner's handbooks for the 7570) -- please let me know! I'd love to have those!
[/quote:a82358a7e2]
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Posted by KJ on Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:14 AM Post subject: Re: Happy Dancing X2
Yea for Kate! Congratulations on the finished quilt top and a new machine! A double delight! KJ "Kate G."
<grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in message news:apmdnUcXQ_Gk16XYnZ2dnUVZ_q2dnZ2d@comcast.com...
[quote:9792938c6b]First == my monster is done... that DWR that has been on my table for far too long! Will get pictures
posted tomorrow (it's just the top -- will be headed to the Minnesota Long arm quilter in the next day or two!
WOOHOO!!!! Am very happy! WOOHOO #2!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did it! I splurged and plunged... and am now (well... will be as
soon as Paypal moves my $$$ and the seller ships it to me) the excited owner of a Pfaff 7570 embroidery machine. It
comes with just about everything -- including the design software and unit. So you will all know where to find me....
buried in the sewing room playing with my new toy! I'm now a 2 machine quilter!!! Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves PS-- if you ever see the two big purple binders (owner's handbooks for the
7570) -- please let me know! I'd love to have those! [/quote:9792938c6b]
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Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:45 PM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
I would have died had it been my 3/4 inch strip scrap stuff!! OMG I never even thought about what if it was that
one!!!! You are right! SO glad it was one that was nice but not my OMG its gorgeous or OMG it took me 10 years one!!!
~KK in BC~ "Ginger in CA" <gaw93031@msn.com> wrote in message
news:1161055104.182051.208530@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... : Well, now you have a clean basement floor, it's just not
done in the : timeframe you were thinking about, right? You're right, good thing the : UFO was the soak-up cloth and not
a close-to-my-heart quilt! : : Follow Mz Flutterby's advice on the nasal spray. She knows/nose about : things like that
;)) : : Sending you cyber puffs of fresh air and sunshine : Ginger in CA : ~KK in BC~ wrote: : > and not because I
wanted to or had planned on it. : > Why is it when you think things may finally take a turn for the good : >
something else happens to mess it up? : > I spent most of today (Sunday) with a mop, a bucket, some rubber gloves, :
> some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer backed up. I had : > boiling toilets, spewing shower
drains and the main drain in my basement : > just up and puked. ARGH!!!! : > Of course me being not quite so
wonderful in my storing of things and : > such... well there were quite a few things on the floor, including a UFO
and : > papers and some fabric scraps and some books. Lost it all, the smell was : > insanely disgusting and we
wont discuss what comes UP out of drains attached : > to the sewers right? : > : > I had pulled out the UFO to
get back into the feel of stitching and it : > seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank God it
wasn't a : > sandwich, just the blocks for the top. I only had about 30 blocks (double : > Irish chain out of
scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't lose a whole : > quilt. There is just no way I could even think about
tossing all that "gunk" : > into my washing machine, and the fact that I spilled half my bucket of : >
bleach water which of course splashed EVERYwhere <sigh>. Guessing maybe it : > isn't time yet for me to settle
in at my sewing machine, it is time for me : > to declutter my basement. : > : > ~KK in BC~ who is terribly
allergic to bleach but what choice do you have : > when it is raw sewage?.... :-( :
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Posted by Ginger in CA on Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:18 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
Well, now you have a clean basement floor, it's just not done in the timeframe you were thinking about, right? You're
right, good thing the UFO was the soak-up cloth and not a close-to-my-heart quilt! Follow Mz Flutterby's advice on the
nasal spray. She knows/nose about things like that ;)) Sending you cyber puffs of fresh air and sunshine Ginger in CA
~KK in BC~ wrote: [quote:efbbb9d3dc]and not because I wanted to or had planned on it. Why is it when you think things
may finally take a turn for the good something else happens to mess it up? I spent most of today (Sunday) with a mop, a
bucket, some rubber gloves, some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer backed up. I had boiling toilets,
spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement just up and puked. ARGH!!!! Of course me being not quite so
wonderful in my storing of things and such... well there were quite a few things on the floor, including a UFO and
papers and some fabric scraps and some books. Lost it all, the smell was insanely disgusting and we wont discuss what
comes UP out of drains attached to the sewers right? I had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of stitching
and it seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank God it wasn't a sandwich, just the blocks for the top.
I only had about 30 blocks (double Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't lose a whole quilt.
There is just no way I could even think about tossing all that "gunk" into my washing machine, and the fact
that I spilled half my bucket of bleach water which of course splashed EVERYwhere <sigh>. Guessing maybe it isn't
time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine, it is time for me to declutter my basement. ~KK in BC~ who is
terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do you have when it is raw sewage?.... :-([/quote:efbbb9d3dc]
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Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:23 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
Replied privately. ~KK in BC~ "Boca Jan" <poo_de_doo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:7r-
dnfmXgcUp9q7YnZ2dnUVZ_rKdnZ2d@adelphia.com... : KK in BC - please email me privately at poo_de_dooat yahoodotcom : : I
may be able to help you out. : : -- : Boca Jan : Florida - Land of the Hurricanes :
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/poo_de_doo/myphotos : : : "~KK in BC~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote in
message : news:HODYg.23111$H7.6995@edtnps82... : > and not because I wanted to or had planned on it. : > Why is it
when you think things may finally take a turn for the good : > something else happens to mess it up? : > I spent
most of today (Sunday) with a mop, a bucket, some rubber gloves, : > some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach.
Yup. Sewer backed up. I had : > boiling toilets, spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement : > just
up and puked. ARGH!!!! : > Of course me being not quite so wonderful in my storing of things and : > such... well
there were quite a few things on the floor, including a UFO : > and : > papers and some fabric scraps and some
books. Lost it all, the smell was : > insanely disgusting and we wont discuss what comes UP out of drains : >
attached : > to the sewers right? : > : > I had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of stitching and
it : > seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank God it wasn't a : > sandwich, just the blocks
for the top. I only had about 30 blocks (double : > Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't
lose a whole : > quilt. There is just no way I could even think about tossing all that : > "gunk" : >
into my washing machine, and the fact that I spilled half my bucket of : > bleach water which of course splashed
EVERYwhere <sigh>. Guessing maybe it : > isn't time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine, it is time
for me : > to declutter my basement. : > : > ~KK in BC~ who is terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do
you have : > when it is raw sewage?.... :-( : > : > : :
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Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:23 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
LOL What made it SO funny was Jeff Foxworthy. I had to move my truck so the snake guy could come into the house and
when I started my truck, Jeff was on the radio and his monologue was "It is AMAZING what mom's will clean up aint
it? The toilet is spraying brown muck 6 feet in the air, the family runs out side and there's mom, swinging a mop and
singing "Im singing in the rain......." ~KK in BC~ still giggling at the coincidence "Debi
Matlack" <debikayem@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:2rJYg.10081$Y24.5340@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... : *shudder* I am so sorry this happened to you. It's bad
enough when the : toilet overflows in my house, I can't even begin to imagine.... : -- : Debi : : Chaos, panic and
disorder ... my work here is done. : : "~KK in BC~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote in message :
news:HODYg.23111$H7.6995@edtnps82... : > and not because I wanted to or had planned on it. : > Why is it when you
think things may finally take a turn for the good : > something else happens to mess it up? : > I spent most of
today (Sunday) with a mop, a bucket, some rubber gloves, : > some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer
backed up. I had : > boiling toilets, spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement : > just up and
puked. ARGH!!!! : > Of course me being not quite so wonderful in my storing of things and : > such... well there
were quite a few things on the floor, including a UFO : > and : > papers and some fabric scraps and some books.
Lost it all, the smell was : > insanely disgusting and we wont discuss what comes UP out of drains : > attached :
> to the sewers right? : > : > I had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of stitching and it : >
seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank God it wasn't a : > sandwich, just the blocks for the top.
I only had about 30 blocks (double : > Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't lose a whole :
> quilt. There is just no way I could even think about tossing all that : > "gunk" : > into my
washing machine, and the fact that I spilled half my bucket of : > bleach water which of course splashed EVERYwhere
<sigh>. Guessing maybe it : > isn't time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine, it is time for me :
> to declutter my basement. : > : > ~KK in BC~ who is terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do you have
: > when it is raw sewage?.... :-( : > : > : :
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Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:23 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
Lookin up and white.... very white.... dang snow! Although, gave me a reason to stay in and sort the rest of my stuff
and put it away. ~KK in BC~ "Taria" <tariawilson@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:7iMYg.2129$IW6.1821@trndny01... : What an awful day. Hope things look up from here. : Taria : : ~KK in BC~ wrote:
: : > and not because I wanted to or had planned on it. : > Why is it when you think things may finally take a
turn for the good : > something else happens to mess it up? : > I spent most of today (Sunday) with a mop, a
bucket, some rubber gloves, : > some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer backed up. I had : >
boiling toilets, spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement : > just up and puked. ARGH!!!! : > Of
course me being not quite so wonderful in my storing of things and : > such... well there were quite a few things on
the floor, including a UFO and : > papers and some fabric scraps and some books. Lost it all, the smell was : >
insanely disgusting and we wont discuss what comes UP out of drains attached : > to the sewers right? : > : >
I had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of stitching and it : > seemed like the right thing to get back in
step on. Thank God it wasn't a : > sandwich, just the blocks for the top. I only had about 30 blocks (double : >
Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't lose a whole : > quilt. There is just no way I could
even think about tossing all that "gunk" : > into my washing machine, and the fact that I spilled half my
bucket of : > bleach water which of course splashed EVERYwhere <sigh>. Guessing maybe it : > isn't time yet
for me to settle in at my sewing machine, it is time for me : > to declutter my basement. : > : > ~KK in BC~
who is terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do you have : > when it is raw sewage?.... :-( : > : > :
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Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:23 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
Thanks! So far so good, only bad mark was having to shovel snow :P ~KK in BC~ "Michelle"
<bookbug2005@gmail.com> wrote in message news:5l1d04-sq4.ln1@news.air-internet.com... : Oh KK, I'm so sorry!
Can't decide which is worse--having to deal with the : sewer back-up or losing all those lovely blocks. Sucks either
way! Hope : today is much, much better. : -- : Michelle in NV : http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter : :
"~KK in BC~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote in message : news:HODYg.23111$H7.6995@edtnps82... : > and
not because I wanted to or had planned on it. : > Why is it when you think things may finally take a turn for the
good : > something else happens to mess it up? : > I spent most of today (Sunday) with a mop, a bucket, some
rubber gloves, : > some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer backed up. I had : > boiling toilets,
spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement : > just up and puked. ARGH!!!! : > Of course me being not
quite so wonderful in my storing of things and : > such... well there were quite a few things on the floor, including
a UFO : > and : > papers and some fabric scraps and some books. Lost it all, the smell was : > insanely
disgusting and we wont discuss what comes UP out of drains : > attached : > to the sewers right? : > : > I
had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of stitching and it : > seemed like the right thing to get back in
step on. Thank God it wasn't a : > sandwich, just the blocks for the top. I only had about 30 blocks (double : >
Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't lose a whole : > quilt. There is just no way I could
even think about tossing all that : > "gunk" : > into my washing machine, and the fact that I spilled
half my bucket of : > bleach water which of course splashed EVERYwhere <sigh>. Guessing maybe it : > isn't
time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine, it is time for me : > to declutter my basement. : > : > ~KK
in BC~ who is terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do you have : > when it is raw sewage?.... :-( : > :
> : :
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Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:23 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
Well uphill seems to be where the snow must be shovelled? on a pile that turns into a hill LOL My basement floor is
sure nice and shiny clean now! ~KK in BC~ "TerriLee in WA (state)" <tlbishopcats@earthlink.net> wrote
in message news:upEYg.10040$Y24.5717@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net... : Ewwwww!!! (((((((KK in BC)))))) What a
horrible thing to have happen!! : Hoping your week goes uphill from here!! : -- : TerriLee in WA (state) : remove the
cats to reply : : "~KK in BC~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote in message :
news:HODYg.23111$H7.6995@edtnps82... : > and not because I wanted to or had planned on it. : > Why is it when you
think things may finally take a turn for the good : > something else happens to mess it up? : > I spent most of
today (Sunday) with a mop, a bucket, some rubber gloves, : > some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer
backed up. I had : > boiling toilets, spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement : > just up and
puked. ARGH!!!! : > Of course me being not quite so wonderful in my storing of things and : > such... well there
were quite a few things on the floor, including a UFO : > and : > papers and some fabric scraps and some books.
Lost it all, the smell was : > insanely disgusting and we wont discuss what comes UP out of drains : > attached :
> to the sewers right? : > : > I had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of stitching and it : >
seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank God it wasn't a : > sandwich, just the blocks for the top.
I only had about 30 blocks (double : > Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't lose a whole :
> quilt. There is just no way I could even think about tossing all that : > "gunk" : > into my
washing machine, and the fact that I spilled half my bucket of : > bleach water which of course splashed EVERYwhere
<sigh>. Guessing maybe it : > isn't time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine, it is time for me :
> to declutter my basement. : > : > ~KK in BC~ who is terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do you have
: > when it is raw sewage?.... :-( : > : > : :
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Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:23 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
No kiddin rotton...... the smell alone was enough to make me want to just pack what wasnt wet and move! lol ~KK in BC~
"Sandy Foster" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:invalid-
BEB999.07490216102006@news.west.earthlink.net... : In article <HODYg.23111$H7.6995@edtnps82>, : "~KK in
BC~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote: : : > and not because I wanted to or had planned on it. : > Why is
it when you think things may finally take a turn for the good : > something else happens to mess it up? : > I
spent most of today (Sunday) with a mop, a bucket, some rubber gloves, : > some garbage bags and a whole lot of
bleach. Yup. Sewer backed up. I had : > boiling toilets, spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement :
> just up and puked. ARGH!!!! : > Of course me being not quite so wonderful in my storing of things and : >
such... well there were quite a few things on the floor, including a UFO and : > papers and some fabric scraps and
some books. Lost it all, the smell was : > insanely disgusting and we wont discuss what comes UP out of drains
attached : > to the sewers right? : > : > I had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of stitching and
it : > seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank God it wasn't a : > sandwich, just the blocks
for the top. I only had about 30 blocks (double : > Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't
lose a whole : > quilt. There is just no way I could even think about tossing all that "gunk" : > into
my washing machine, and the fact that I spilled half my bucket of : > bleach water which of course splashed
EVERYwhere <sigh>. Guessing maybe it : > isn't time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine, it is time
for me : > to declutter my basement. : > : > ~KK in BC~ who is terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do
you have : > when it is raw sewage?.... :-( : : : Oh no! How awful! What a rotten way to have to spend the day. :( :
-- : 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 ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:23 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
It had better get better or I may have to leave myself behind and move away somewhere LOL ~KK in BC~ "Cats"
<CATS@NO.SPAM.com> wrote in message news:45331a0e_3@news.chariot.net.au... : ((gagging)) in sympathy! : : On the
bright side - from where it started the week can : only get better, right? : : -- : : Cheryl & the Cats in OZ :
o o o o o o : ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) : Enness
Boofhead Donut : http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest : catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau : : :
"~KK in BC~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote in message : news:HODYg.23111$H7.6995@edtnps82... :: and not
because I wanted to or had planned on it. :: Why is it when you think things may finally take a turn : for the good ::
something else happens to mess it up? :: I spent most of today (Sunday) with a mop, a bucket, some : rubber gloves, ::
some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer : backed up. I had :: boiling toilets, spewing shower drains and
the main drain : in my basement :: just up and puked. ARGH!!!! :: Of course me being not quite so wonderful in my
storing of : things and :: such... well there were quite a few things on the floor, : including a UFO and :: papers and
some fabric scraps and some books. Lost it all, : the smell was :: insanely disgusting and we wont discuss what comes UP
out : of drains attached :: to the sewers right? :: :: I had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of : stitching
and it :: seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank : God it wasn't a :: sandwich, just the blocks for
the top. I only had about 30 : blocks (double :: Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't : lose a
whole :: quilt. There is just no way I could even think about : tossing all that "gunk" :: into my washing
machine, and the fact that I spilled half : my bucket of :: bleach water which of course splashed EVERYwhere
<sigh>. : Guessing maybe it :: isn't time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine, : it is time for me :: to
declutter my basement. :: :: ~KK in BC~ who is terribly allergic to bleach but what : choice do you have :: when it is
raw sewage?.... :-( :: :: : :
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Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:22 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
um ... thanks... I think (lol) I aint old, I just FEEL old (pffft) ~KK in BC~ takin the pity!! "Estelle
Gallagher" <gallagher11@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:vtednbV36rlqX67YnZ2dnUVZ8qqdnZ2d@bt.com... :
You poor old thing you. Sending my pity!! : "~KK in BC~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote in message :
news:HODYg.23111$H7.6995@edtnps82... : > and not because I wanted to or had planned on it. : > Why is it when you
think things may finally take a turn for the good : > something else happens to mess it up? : > I spent most of
today (Sunday) with a mop, a bucket, some rubber gloves, : > some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer
backed up. I had : > boiling toilets, spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement : > just up and
puked. ARGH!!!! : > Of course me being not quite so wonderful in my storing of things and : > such... well there
were quite a few things on the floor, including a UFO : > and : > papers and some fabric scraps and some books.
Lost it all, the smell was : > insanely disgusting and we wont discuss what comes UP out of drains : > attached :
> to the sewers right? : > : > I had pulled out the UFO to get back into the feel of stitching and it : >
seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank God it wasn't a : > sandwich, just the blocks for the top.
I only had about 30 blocks (double : > Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares) so at least I didn't lose a whole :
> quilt. There is just no way I could even think about tossing all that : > "gunk" : > into my
washing machine, and the fact that I spilled half my bucket of : > bleach water which of course splashed EVERYwhere
<sigh>. Guessing maybe it : > isn't time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine, it is time for me :
> to declutter my basement. : > : > ~KK in BC~ who is terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do you have
: > when it is raw sewage?.... :-( : > : > : :
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Posted by Cats on Mon Oct 16, 2006 6:35 AM Post subject: Re: Downsized some stash...
((gagging)) in sympathy! On the bright side - from where it started the week can only get better, right? --
Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y
< ) Enness Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "~KK in BC~" <koffeekupz@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:HODYg.23111$H7.6995@edtnps82... : and not because I wanted to or had planned on it. : Why is it when you think
things may finally take a turn for the good : something else happens to mess it up? : I spent most of today (Sunday)
with a mop, a bucket, some rubber gloves, : some garbage bags and a whole lot of bleach. Yup. Sewer backed up. I had :
boiling toilets, spewing shower drains and the main drain in my basement : just up and puked. ARGH!!!! : Of course me
being not quite so wonderful in my storing of things and : such... well there were quite a few things on the floor,
including a UFO and : papers and some fabric scraps and some books. Lost it all, the smell was : insanely disgusting
and we wont discuss what comes UP out of drains attached : to the sewers right? : : I had pulled out the UFO to get
back into the feel of stitching and it : seemed like the right thing to get back in step on. Thank God it wasn't a :
sandwich, just the blocks for the top. I only had about 30 blocks (double : Irish chain out of scrap 2" squares)
so at least I didn't lose a whole : quilt. There is just no way I could even think about tossing all that
"gunk" : into my washing machine, and the fact that I spilled half my bucket of : bleach water which of
course splashed EVERYwhere <sigh>. Guessing maybe it : isn't time yet for me to settle in at my sewing machine,
it is time for me : to declutter my basement. : : ~KK in BC~ who is terribly allergic to bleach but what choice do you
have : when it is raw sewage?.... :-( : :
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Posted by Jessamy on Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:20 AM Post subject: Re: Paper piecing help
Alice I have that tin too :-) it became a UFO after DS2 decided to oil my sewing machine with the blocks still *under*
the foot with half a bottle of sewing machine oil (yes the oil came out after 6 weeks of experimentation - copious
amounts of dish detergent did the trick!) first you cut apart the blocks between all the lines leaving the trim lines
untouched. then you paper piece the blocks, then trim on the trim lines and sew the blocks together on the seam lines.
then remove the paper - that way you have all the blocks exactly right :-) the size of the binding is one of taste - I
personally like to see 1/4" of binding on the front and would cut my binding at 2 1/4 inch and fold it double - I
also use my smaller projects to practice my binding on ;-) -- Jessamy Queen of Chocolate Squishies (and Occasional
Liquorice Ones) 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'm trying a
paper piecing project for the first time. I won a "Tin Box Sampler Series" of gorgeous crackle charm fabrics
as a door prize. There are very minimal directions with it to make nine Courthouse Steps blocks. I figured out the
cutting, and construction, but now I have a couple questions. On the paper foundation pieces there are TRIM lines and
SEAM lines. It seems that I would trim the blocks with the paper still attached so I can follow the lines. Do I also
stitch the blocks together with the paper still on? Do I trim and then remove the paper? Also, since this project ends
up being 12" X 12" what size binding do I use....narrower than for a standard sized quilt? Thanks for any
help. Alice in PA
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Posted by TerriLee in WA (state) on Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:39 PM Post subject: Re: sick QI
Prayers that your little Jojo will be fine! -- TerriLee in WA (state) remove the cats to reply "Sunny"
<shemphill@genext.net> wrote in message news:1160756254.519107.327420@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
[quote:695465551a]My Jojo is sick. Silly little fuzzbutt got into the garbage and ate paper. Now he's at the vet's and
they want to do barium xrays. Oh my goodness. The bill is over $100 and rising quickly. If they have to do anesthesia
for hte xrays that's going to be out of sight. I've worried over this for two days. The house is so quiet without the
little guy. My old terrier is even missing Jojo. It's strange not to have him bounding around, shoving a wet tennis ball
into my lap every few minutes, barking at the neighbor, barking at the birds, barking at the trucks going by.....you get
the picture. It's just not the same wihtout our little spark plug. Well, we're going to spend a bundle, no help for it.
And money is horribly tight anyway. With a vet bill to pay off I'm looking at several more months beyond the first of
the year before I can even think about a new sewing machine. My husband says we can't afford to have pets. I know it's
probably true. But I would be so lonely without them. My quilt show piece has to be finished by Thursday. I am almost
there, but now I've got no stomach for sewing. Well, gotta pick myself up and go make some hard decisions. Send good
thoughts our way if you have any to spare. Sunny http://www.flickr.com/photos/16989612@N00/?saved=1 (Jojo is the
black fuzzy spot in the baby quilt photo) [/quote:695465551a]
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Posted by Debi Matlack on Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:59 PM Post subject: Re: sick QI
Hugs for you, some hugs and healing thoughts for JoJo. Oddly enough, sometimes the barium has a calming/soothing effect
on the gut and is sometimes used therapeutically. Kinda like Pepto or MoM. I hope JoJo is bouncing again in no time.
-- Debi Chaos, panic and disorder ... my work here is done. "Sunny" <shemphill@genext.net> wrote in
message news:1160756254.519107.327420@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [quote:8b9fe37815]My Jojo is sick. Silly little
fuzzbutt got into the garbage and ate paper. Now he's at the vet's and they want to do barium xrays. Oh my goodness. The
bill is over $100 and rising quickly. If they have to do anesthesia for hte xrays that's going to be out of sight. I've
worried over this for two days. The house is so quiet without the little guy. My old terrier is even missing Jojo. It's
strange not to have him bounding around, shoving a wet tennis ball into my lap every few minutes, barking at the
neighbor, barking at the birds, barking at the trucks going by.....you get the picture. It's just not the same wihtout
our little spark plug. Well, we're going to spend a bundle, no help for it. And money is horribly tight anyway. With a
vet bill to pay off I'm looking at several more months beyond the first of the year before I can even think about a new
sewing machine. My husband says we can't afford to have pets. I know it's probably true. But I would be so lonely
without them. My quilt show piece has to be finished by Thursday. I am almost there, but now I've got no stomach for
sewing. Well, gotta pick myself up and go make some hard decisions. Send good thoughts our way if you have any to spare.
Sunny http://www.flickr.com/photos/16989612@N00/?saved=1 (Jojo is the black fuzzy spot in the baby quilt photo)
[/quote:8b9fe37815]
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Posted by Sunny on Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:49 AM Post subject: Re: sick QI
Thanks for all the good wishes. Jojo is home for the weekend .... we'll watch to see if anymore throwups. If not, he's
free and clear. Otherwise, we'll go ahead with barium xrays and bloodwork. The problem with paper has happened before.
He eats tissue paper anytime he can get it. Very weird thing, but once before he ate enough that it required a big dose
of mineral oil and then an enema (all at the vet's office) to get the big glob through his intestines. I work hard at
keeping tissue out of the garbage cans around the house, but we had visitors for the weekend and my son had a bunch of
his friends over so there was very little quality control over the wastebaskets. I suspected it was paper. But whenever
one of them gets sick I am terrified that our neighbor has put something in the grass of our yard. Our dogs never, ever
get outside the fence without one of us on the other end of the leash. And we are careful to keep them in most of the
time. But one neighbor hates dogs and has threatened to kill Jojo. He has thrown rocks, kicked the dog through the fence
and generally been so agressive that the dog now genuinely wants to kill him. I have worked so hard to train Jojo to
come immediately when I call, but if he is in the yard and the neighbor comes out into the driveway, there is barking
until I can get down the stairs and call him in. This enrages our neighbor. He has said he never, ever wants to hear the
dog bark. He called the Humane Society and tried to get the dog "picked up and destroyed" for barking at him
as he was backing out his truck. Apparently he was rudely told to take his silly complaint away and grow up. Didn't help
his attitude at all. The man has a yard care service and I'm sooooooooo scared he's going to slip something onto the
grass that will make them sick. He maced Jojo once two years ago, the poor dog was howling as he ran back into theh ouse
and the smell that immediately filled the house made my son start to vomit. I can't confront this man and don't want to
get the law involved. He's going to live next door forever and I don't want him any more angry. He scares me a good
bit. So that is always my big fear when one of the "babies" gets sick. I'm just relieved to have Jo back
home, sleeping under my feet and snoring happily with his "binky" in his mouth. Keep fingers crossed and puppy
angel prayers flying that he makes it through the weekend without a renewal of the vomiting. Thanks again for the
support and good wishes. Sunny polly esther wrote: [quote:88f042cf4e]I am surprised too that newspaper would be
dangerous for a QI. We used to keep 'scented' newspapers down when our Yorkie was in training. Sometimes he used them.
Sometimes he ripped them to shreds and sometimes he furled them over his shoulder and paraded through the house. Never
ever any tummy problems. Sunny, I suspect that your baby has another problem. I drive everybody crazy (without apology)
about not dropping a pin or anything else because of Yogi. Holding you close as well as holding my breath while the vet
figures out what will make your precious QI all better. Polly "Carolyn McCarty"
<cxm7521@nospamqwest.net> wrote in message news:12j0be85pl0dh24@news.supernews.com... Good, healing thoughts on
the way to your QI from me and my QI in Tucson! Also alerting the Money Fairy in case she can send a little extra your
way. -- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine.
--Carolyn McCarty If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get
a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty "Sunny" <shemphill@genext.net> wrote in message
news:1160756254.519107.327420@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... My Jojo is sick. Silly little fuzzbutt got into the
garbage and ate paper. Now he's at the vet's and they want to do barium xrays. Oh my goodness. The bill is over $100 and
rising quickly. If they have to do anesthesia for hte xrays that's going to be out of sight. I've worried over this for
two days. The house is so quiet without the little guy. My old terrier is even missing Jojo. It's strange not to have
him bounding around, shoving a wet tennis ball into my lap every few minutes, barking at the neighbor, barking at the
birds, barking at the trucks going by.....you get the picture. It's just not the same wihtout our little spark plug.
Well, we're going to spend a bundle, no help for it. And money is horribly tight anyway. With a vet bill to pay off I'm
looking at several more months beyond the first of the year before I can even think about a new sewing machine. My
husband says we can't afford to have pets. I know it's probably true. But I would be so lonely without them. My quilt
show piece has to be finished by Thursday. I am almost there, but now I've got no stomach for sewing. Well, gotta pick
myself up and go make some hard decisions. Send good thoughts our way if you have any to spare. Sunny
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16989612@N00/?saved=1 (Jojo is the black fuzzy spot in the baby quilt photo)
[/quote:88f042cf4e]
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Posted by polly esther on Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:48 AM Post subject: Re: sick QI
I am surprised too that newspaper would be dangerous for a QI. We used to keep 'scented' newspapers down when our
Yorkie was in training. Sometimes he used them. Sometimes he ripped them to shreds and sometimes he furled them over
his shoulder and paraded through the house. Never ever any tummy problems. Sunny, I suspect that your baby has
another problem. I drive everybody crazy (without apology) about not dropping a pin or anything else because of Yogi.
Holding you close as well as holding my breath while the vet figures out what will make your precious QI all better.
Polly "Carolyn McCarty" <cxm7521@nospamqwest.net> wrote in message
news:12j0be85pl0dh24@news.supernews.com... [quote:48fcb4ba0a]Good, healing thoughts on the way to your QI from me and my
QI in Tucson! Also alerting the Money Fairy in case she can send a little extra your way. -- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo
If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty If at first you
don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn
McCarty "Sunny" <shemphill@genext.net> wrote in message
news:1160756254.519107.327420@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... My Jojo is sick. Silly little fuzzbutt got into the
garbage and ate paper. Now he's at the vet's and they want to do barium xrays. Oh my goodness. The bill is over $100 and
rising quickly. If they have to do anesthesia for hte xrays that's going to be out of sight. I've worried over this for
two days. The house is so quiet without the little guy. My old terrier is even missing Jojo. It's strange not to have
him bounding around, shoving a wet tennis ball into my lap every few minutes, barking at the neighbor, barking at the
birds, barking at the trucks going by.....you get the picture. It's just not the same wihtout our little spark plug.
Well, we're going to spend a bundle, no help for it. And money is horribly tight anyway. With a vet bill to pay off I'm
looking at several more months beyond the first of the year before I can even think about a new sewing machine. My
husband says we can't afford to have pets. I know it's probably true. But I would be so lonely without them. My quilt
show piece has to be finished by Thursday. I am almost there, but now I've got no stomach for sewing. Well, gotta pick
myself up and go make some hard decisions. Send good thoughts our way if you have any to spare. Sunny
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16989612@N00/?saved=1 (Jojo is the black fuzzy spot in the baby quilt photo)
[/quote:48fcb4ba0a]
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Posted by Carolyn McCarty on Sat Oct 14, 2006 1:22 AM Post subject: Re: sick QI
Good, healing thoughts on the way to your QI from me and my QI in Tucson! Also alerting the Money Fairy in case she can
send a little extra your way. -- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying. --Red Green If it
ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools. --Red Green If at
first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty "Sunny" <shemphill@genext.net> wrote
in message news:1160756254.519107.327420@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [quote:4b384a9a7c]My Jojo is sick. Silly
little fuzzbutt got into the garbage and ate paper. Now he's at the vet's and they want to do barium xrays. Oh my
goodness. The bill is over $100 and rising quickly. If they have to do anesthesia for hte xrays that's going to be out
of sight. I've worried over this for two days. The house is so quiet without the little guy. My old terrier is even
missing Jojo. It's strange not to have him bounding around, shoving a wet tennis ball into my lap every few minutes,
barking at the neighbor, barking at the birds, barking at the trucks going by.....you get the picture. It's just not the
same wihtout our little spark plug. Well, we're going to spend a bundle, no help for it. And money is horribly tight
anyway. With a vet bill to pay off I'm looking at several more months beyond the first of the year before I can even
think about a new sewing machine. My husband says we can't afford to have pets. I know it's probably true. But I would
be so lonely without them. My quilt show piece has to be finished by Thursday. I am almost there, but now I've got no
stomach for sewing. Well, gotta pick myself up and go make some hard decisions. Send good thoughts our way if you have
any to spare. Sunny http://www.flickr.com/photos/16989612@N00/?saved=1 (Jojo is the black fuzzy spot in the baby
quilt photo) [/quote:4b384a9a7c]
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Posted by Cats on Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:11 PM Post subject: Re: sick QI
Positive vibes for Jojo from OZ. My last trip to the vet for little Donut cost me nearly $700. But she is my
responsibility and there is no way I wouldn't find the money for her. -- Cheryl & the Cats o o o
o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Sunny"
<shemphill@genext.net> wrote in message news:1160756254.519107.327420@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... : My Jojo
is sick. Silly little fuzzbutt got into the garbage and ate : paper. Now he's at the vet's and they want to do barium
xrays. Oh my : goodness. The bill is over $100 and rising quickly. If they have to do : anesthesia for hte xrays that's
going to be out of sight. : : I've worried over this for two days. The house is so quiet without the : little guy. My
old terrier is even missing Jojo. It's strange not to : have him bounding around, shoving a wet tennis ball into my
lap every : few minutes, barking at the neighbor, barking at the birds, barking at : the trucks going by.....you get
the picture. It's just not the same : wihtout our little spark plug. : : Well, we're going to spend a bundle, no help
for it. And money is : horribly tight anyway. With a vet bill to pay off I'm looking at : several more months beyond
the first of the year before I can even : think about a new sewing machine. My husband says we can't afford to : have
pets. I know it's probably true. But I would be so lonely without : them. : : My quilt show piece has to be finished by
Thursday. I am almost there, : but now I've got no stomach for sewing. Well, gotta pick myself up and : go make some
hard decisions. Send good thoughts our way if you have any : to spare. : : Sunny :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16989612@N00/?saved=1 (Jojo is the black : fuzzy spot in the baby quilt photo) :
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Posted by Sandy Foster on Fri Oct 13, 2006 6:05 PM Post subject: Re: OT: sick QI
In article <1160756254.519107.327420@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>, "Sunny"
<shemphill@genext.net> wrote: [quote:663b289ead]My Jojo is sick. Silly little fuzzbutt got into the garbage and
ate paper. Now he's at the vet's and they want to do barium xrays. Oh my goodness. The bill is over $100 and rising
quickly. If they have to do anesthesia for hte xrays that's going to be out of sight. I've worried over this for two
days. The house is so quiet without the little guy. My old terrier is even missing Jojo. It's strange not to have him
bounding around, shoving a wet tennis ball into my lap every few minutes, barking at the neighbor, barking at the birds,
barking at the trucks going by.....you get the picture. It's just not the same wihtout our little spark plug. Well,
we're going to spend a bundle, no help for it. And money is horribly tight anyway. With a vet bill to pay off I'm
looking at several more months beyond the first of the year before I can even think about a new sewing machine. My
husband says we can't afford to have pets. I know it's probably true. But I would be so lonely without them. My quilt
show piece has to be finished by Thursday. I am almost there, but now I've got no stomach for sewing. Well, gotta pick
myself up and go make some hard decisions. Send good thoughts our way if you have any to spare. Sunny
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16989612@N00/?saved=1 (Jojo is the black fuzzy spot in the baby quilt photo)
[/quote:663b289ead] Oh, Sunny, I hope Jojo gets better soon. I don't quite understand why eating paper would make him
so sick; previous dogs I've had have also gotten into the garbage and eaten paper, and they haven't had that reaction.
Be that as it may, my fingers are crossed for his quick recovery -- and your minimal vet bill. It's such a worry when
they're so sick! -- 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 Sunny on Fri Oct 13, 2006 5:17 PM Post subject: OT: sick QI
My Jojo is sick. Silly little fuzzbutt got into the garbage and ate paper. Now he's at the vet's and they want to do
barium xrays. Oh my goodness. The bill is over $100 and rising quickly. If they have to do anesthesia for hte xrays
that's going to be out of sight. I've worried over this for two days. The house is so quiet without the little guy. My
old terrier is even missing Jojo. It's strange not to have him bounding around, shoving a wet tennis ball into my lap
every few minutes, barking at the neighbor, barking at the birds, barking at the trucks going by.....you get the
picture. It's just not the same wihtout our little spark plug. Well, we're going to spend a bundle, no help for it. And
money is horribly tight anyway. With a vet bill to pay off I'm looking at several more months beyond the first of the
year before I can even think about a new sewing machine. My husband says we can't afford to have pets. I know it's
probably true. But I would be so lonely without them. My quilt show piece has to be finished by Thursday. I am almost
there, but now I've got no stomach for sewing. Well, gotta pick myself up and go make some hard decisions. Send good
thoughts our way if you have any to spare. Sunny http://www.flickr.com/photos/16989612@N00/?saved=1 (Jojo is the
black fuzzy spot in the baby quilt photo)
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Posted by Estelle Gallagher on Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:27 PM Post subject: Re: How to make quilt with scraps and no pattern?
Hi Judy,nice to "see" you again. How about just joining them in a random mix of colours in one gigantic long
strip.Then chop off at the required length and add another strip to the 1st, then add another to the 2 already joined
and then add...etc till you get the required width. Probably as clear as mud,but no maths needed.Hope it works out
anyhow! -- Estelle UK http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gallagher11@btinternet.com/album?.dir=c431&.src=ph&stor
e=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//uk.photos.yahoo.com/ph//my_photos "Just Judy" <Just_Joody@excite.com>
wrote in message news:94tpi25btpo10rde5dbr3t78108vo3j2ko@4ax.com... [quote:2021cfab35]Hi folks, It's been a year since
I was here, looking for information & suggestions for making a king-size *patchwork* quilt as a gift for bro &
s-i-l. The quilt turned out absoposilutely gorgeous! <G My current quandry has been caused by a humongous quantity
of fabric scraps given to me by a friend who, sadly, will never quilt again. :( RIP, Chris. My goal here is little
more than to have something to do to keep my hands busy, and to make a quilt from the fabric given to me by the friend
who taught me to quilt many years ago. Memories, dontchaknow. ;) Previous *patchwork* quilts I have done probably
wouldn't seem patchwork to ya'll because they were made from a combo of plain fabric, with one complementary patterned
fabric on the top, and the same plain on the underside. I merely alternated the two fabrics for the top, which resulted
in a pretty quilt, but not the usual style. ;) Now I want to make a queen-sized quilt. You'll need to know that my
math skills are non-existent. I_will_not_use_a_pattern. Please don't suggest *easy* patterns; if they involve ANY math,
they won't be easy. <G My scraps are 3-1/2 x 6 inches, and range from brightly patterned to the very subdued
colors, all in 100% cotton. Since I *cannot* and will not! use a pattern, what suggestions can ya'll make? Do you
think it would be better if I folded the 6" fabric to result in patches of 3-1/2 x 3 inches? If so, should I fold
them over before sewing them on the machine. As before, please post your responses here; I'll be back to see what the
experts have to say. ;) Thanks from Florida, -- Judy~ http://www.frugalsites.net/911/sept11.html
http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/victims_list.htm[/quote:2021cfab35]
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Posted by Kellie J. Berger on Wed Oct 11, 2006 9:59 PM Post subject: Re: How to make quilt with scraps and no pattern?
Chinese coins or a braid come to mind... we had a speaker at my new guild this month who does scrappy. Some of her
stuff (including a chinese coins kinda quilt) is on the guild gallery pages under October about halfway down
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=6&uid=5278723& this might take you to it... if not try
http://www.tricountyquiltguild.org/ gallery, picture trail album, october and then go halfway down the list of pics :)
Prairie braid examples http://www.quiltersattic.com/cl0706_prbraid_im.asp ,
http://www.patchpieces.com/prairiebraid.htm, http://www.quilterscorner-mn.com/CampPrjcts.htm i think you just start
with a square and then add on in a log cabin like manner only making strips not squares... then trim the corners....??
never made one but always liked em Kellie "nzlstar*" <nzlstar@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1160576577.210381.64690@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... [quote:41b87b1a0a]hi Judy in Florida, :) scraps of that
size can be fun to play with and thats just what i'd do to find a nice layout. they could join up by short ends or long
sides, with/without sashing between rows of those. they could lay long sides together but slightly offset using a plain
or tone on tone wee bits on one end of each so they step back and forth and then add the same sashing between rows
(sorry if this makes little sense, i just cant get my brain into proper splaining mode today). theres a design called
'chinese coins' that is like the first layout i spoke about. google images can be a good friend with the right wording,
lol. maybe someone else could do a better explanation or find a good pix of either of those for ya. i'm not fully
awake/coherent yet today. maybe a second cup of java will fix me up. cheers from WV, jeanne lost in cyberspace and real
space today Just Judy wrote: Hi folks, It's been a year since I was here, looking for information & suggestions
for making a king-size *patchwork* quilt as a gift for bro & s-i-l. The quilt turned out absoposilutely gorgeous!
<G My current quandry has been caused by a humongous quantity of fabric scraps given to me by a friend who, sadly,
will never quilt again. :( RIP, Chris. My goal here is little more than to have something to do to keep my hands
busy, and to make a quilt from the fabric given to me by the friend who taught me to quilt many years ago. Memories,
dontchaknow. ;) Previous *patchwork* quilts I have done probably wouldn't seem patchwork to ya'll because they were
made from a combo of plain fabric, with one complementary patterned fabric on the top, and the same plain on the
underside. I merely alternated the two fabrics for the top, which resulted in a pretty quilt, but not the usual style.
;) Now I want to make a queen-sized quilt. You'll need to know that my math skills are non-existent.
I_will_not_use_a_pattern. Please don't suggest *easy* patterns; if they involve ANY math, they won't be easy. <G My
scraps are 3-1/2 x 6 inches, and range from brightly patterned to the very subdued colors, all in 100% cotton. Since I
*cannot* and will not! use a pattern, what suggestions can ya'll make? Do you think it would be better if I folded the
6" fabric to result in patches of 3-1/2 x 3 inches? If so, should I fold them over before sewing them on the
machine. As before, please post your responses here; I'll be back to see what the experts have to say. ;) Thanks from
Florida, -- Judy~ http://www.frugalsites.net/911/sept11.html
http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/victims_list.htm [/quote:41b87b1a0a]
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Posted by Debra on Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:42 PM Post subject: Re: How to make quilt with scraps and no pattern?
On Wed, 11 Oct 2006 09:56:37 -0400, Just Judy <Just_Joody@excite.com> wrote: [quote:a59d1324ec]Hi folks,
It's been a year since I was here, looking for information & suggestions for making a king-size *patchwork* quilt as
a gift for bro & s-i-l. The quilt turned out absoposilutely gorgeous! <G My current quandry has been
caused by a humongous quantity of fabric scraps given to me by a friend who, sadly, will never quilt again. :( RIP,
Chris. My goal here is little more than to have something to do to keep my hands busy, and to make a quilt from the
fabric given to me by the friend who taught me to quilt many years ago. Memories, dontchaknow. ;) Previous
*patchwork* quilts I have done probably wouldn't seem patchwork to ya'll because they were made from a combo of plain
fabric, with one complementary patterned fabric on the top, and the same plain on the underside. I merely alternated
the two fabrics for the top, which resulted in a pretty quilt, but not the usual style. ;) Now I want to make
a queen-sized quilt. You'll need to know that my math skills are non-existent. I_will_not_use_a_pattern. Please don't
suggest *easy* patterns; if they involve ANY math, they won't be easy. <G My scraps are 3-1/2 x 6 inches,
and range from brightly patterned to the very subdued colors, all in 100% cotton. Since I *cannot* and will not! use a
pattern, what suggestions can ya'll make? Do you think it would be better if I folded the 6" fabric to
result in patches of 3-1/2 x 3 inches? If so, should I fold them over before sewing them on the machine. As
before, please post your responses here; I'll be back to see what the experts have to say. ;) Thanks from Florida,
[/quote:a59d1324ec] Your scraps are perfect for a brick quilt. No math involved. And brick quilts are a type of charm
quilt, using as many different prints as possible. Row 1--Join a line of 3 1/2 X 6 inch rectangles by sewing along
the short sides. You want this line to be as wide as you want the quilt to become. Row 2-- Join another line of
rectangles the same way, but add one more rectangle. Continue making rows, as many as you will need. All odd
numbered rows are made like row 1, and all even numbered rows are made like row 2. To join rows mark the center of
each row and match the center points. This should make a little bit of row 2 extend beyond each end of row 1. After
sewing the rows together you can trim the excess off of each long row. Add a border if you want to. Then quilt and
bind. Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere
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Posted by Patti on Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:33 PM Post subject: Re: How to make quilt with scraps and no pattern?
Well, Judy, if these pieces are actually cut accurately, I had a thought for which you would need to do no extra work
at all!!: divide them into two piles - light and dark (arbitrarily decide on whether mediums are dark or light!). Sew
a light to a dark, then take pairs of these, turn them so the light of one is next to the dark of the other, sew
those, and you'll have a rectangular four patch! You could sew them on the long or the short side, as long as you were
consistent. Otherwise, Jeanne mentioned Chinese Coins. It really is a great pattern, and perfect for what you have.
You'll be able to find a picture of one on Google, Images. If you have any difficult, come back here and ask. It is
easy to explain, but you might prefer to see a picture. .. In message
<94tpi25btpo10rde5dbr3t78108vo3j2ko@4ax.com>, Just Judy <Just_Joody@excite.com> writes [quote:edf8bccc03]Hi
folks, It's been a year since I was here, looking for information & suggestions for making a king-size *patchwork*
quilt as a gift for bro & s-i-l. The quilt turned out absoposilutely gorgeous! <G My current quandry has been
caused by a humongous quantity of fabric scraps given to me by a friend who, sadly, will never quilt again. :( RIP,
Chris. My goal here is little more than to have something to do to keep my hands busy, and to make a quilt from the
fabric given to me by the friend who taught me to quilt many years ago. Memories, dontchaknow. ;) Previous *patchwork*
quilts I have done probably wouldn't seem patchwork to ya'll because they were made from a combo of plain fabric, with
one complementary patterned fabric on the top, and the same plain on the underside. I merely alternated the two fabrics
for the top, which resulted in a pretty quilt, but not the usual style. ;) Now I want to make a queen-sized quilt.
You'll need to know that my math skills are non-existent. I_will_not_use_a_pattern. Please don't suggest *easy*
patterns; if they involve ANY math, they won't be easy. <G My scraps are 3-1/2 x 6 inches, and range from brightly
patterned to the very subdued colors, all in 100% cotton. Since I *cannot* and will not! use a pattern, what
suggestions can ya'll make? Do you think it would be better if I folded the 6" fabric to result in patches of
3-1/2 x 3 inches? If so, should I fold them over before sewing them on the machine. As before, please post your
responses here; I'll be back to see what the experts have to say. ;) Thanks from Florida, [/quote:edf8bccc03] -- Best
Regards pat on the hill
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Posted by nzlstar* on Wed Oct 11, 2006 3:22 PM Post subject: Re: How to make quilt with scraps and no pattern?
hi Judy in Florida, :) scraps of that size can be fun to play with and thats just what i'd do to find a nice layout.
they could join up by short ends or long sides, with/without sashing between rows of those. they could lay long sides
together but slightly offset using a plain or tone on tone wee bits on one end of each so they step back and forth and
then add the same sashing between rows (sorry if this makes little sense, i just cant get my brain into proper splaining
mode today). theres a design called 'chinese coins' that is like the first layout i spoke about. google images can be a
good friend with the right wording, lol. maybe someone else could do a better explanation or find a good pix of either
of those for ya. i'm not fully awake/coherent yet today. maybe a second cup of java will fix me up. cheers from WV,
jeanne <lost in cyberspace and real space today> Just Judy wrote: [quote:2eb77b4695]Hi folks, It's been
a year since I was here, looking for information & suggestions for making a king-size *patchwork* quilt as a gift
for bro & s-i-l. The quilt turned out absoposilutely gorgeous! <G My current quandry has been caused
by a humongous quantity of fabric scraps given to me by a friend who, sadly, will never quilt again. :( RIP, Chris.
My goal here is little more than to have something to do to keep my hands busy, and to make a quilt from the fabric
given to me by the friend who taught me to quilt many years ago. Memories, dontchaknow. ;) Previous
*patchwork* quilts I have done probably wouldn't seem patchwork to ya'll because they were made from a combo of plain
fabric, with one complementary patterned fabric on the top, and the same plain on the underside. I merely alternated
the two fabrics for the top, which resulted in a pretty quilt, but not the usual style. ;) Now I want to make
a queen-sized quilt. You'll need to know that my math skills are non-existent. I_will_not_use_a_pattern. Please don't
suggest *easy* patterns; if they involve ANY math, they won't be easy. <G My scraps are 3-1/2 x 6 inches,
and range from brightly patterned to the very subdued colors, all in 100% cotton. Since I *cannot* and will not! use a
pattern, what suggestions can ya'll make? Do you think it would be better if I folded the 6" fabric to
result in patches of 3-1/2 x 3 inches? If so, should I fold them over before sewing them on the machine. As
before, please post your responses here; I'll be back to see what the experts have to say. ;) Thanks from Florida, --
Judy~ http://www.frugalsites.net/911/sept11.html
http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/victims_list.htm[/quote:2eb77b4695]
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Posted by Just Judy on Wed Oct 11, 2006 2:56 PM Post subject: How to make quilt with scraps and no pattern?
Hi folks, It's been a year since I was here, looking for information & suggestions for making a king-size
*patchwork* quilt as a gift for bro & s-i-l. The quilt turned out absoposilutely gorgeous! <G> My
current quandry has been caused by a humongous quantity of fabric scraps given to me by a friend who, sadly, will never
quilt again. :( RIP, Chris. My goal here is little more than to have something to do to keep my hands busy, and to
make a quilt from the fabric given to me by the friend who taught me to quilt many years ago. Memories, dontchaknow. ;)
Previous *patchwork* quilts I have done probably wouldn't seem patchwork to ya'll because they were made from a combo of
plain fabric, with one complementary patterned fabric on the top, and the same plain on the underside. I merely
alternated the two fabrics for the top, which resulted in a pretty quilt, but not the usual style. ;) Now I
want to make a queen-sized quilt. You'll need to know that my math skills are non-existent. I_will_not_use_a_pattern.
Please don't suggest *easy* patterns; if they involve ANY math, they won't be easy. <G> My scraps are
3-1/2 x 6 inches, and range from brightly patterned to the very subdued colors, all in 100% cotton. Since I *cannot*
and will not! use a pattern, what suggestions can ya'll make? Do you think it would be better if I folded the
6" fabric to result in patches of 3-1/2 x 3 inches? If so, should I fold them over before sewing them on the
machine. As before, please post your responses here; I'll be back to see what the experts have to say. ;)
Thanks from Florida, -- Judy~ http://www.frugalsites.net/911/sept11.html
http://www.september11victims.com/september11victims/victims_list.htm
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Posted by Melissa in NJ on Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:00 PM Post subject: Re: Quilt Show South Western PA
I'll announce it at our quilt meeting tomorrow night! Melissa in NJ -- Pics of My Quilts:
http://community.webshots.com/user/quiltngryhndlady Quilt Something for Yourself! -- Remove STOPCRAP to reply --
"She in PA" <DJDrevna@comcast.net> wrote in message news:f9CdnUDJle2B-bfYnZ2dnUVZ_sadnZ2d@comcast.com...
Our Guilds Quilt Show is this week end if anyone can make it, we would love to have you come. It is Friday,Oct. 13th,
Saturday, Oct.. 14th 10-5, and Sunday, Oct. 15th, 11-4. It is at Brady's Run Lodge in Brady's Run Park off of Route 51
in New Brighton, PA It is on Route %! between the towns of Beaver an Chippewa Twp. Admission is $5.00 the theme this
year is Log Cabin. This is our 12th Annual put on by the Beaver Valley Piecemakers. If it doesn't ran it is a beautiful
location, lots of trees turning their fall colors. We have vendors, a boutique of items members have made for sale, and
raffles (baskets full, a quilt, and a sewing machine) and this year we put together our own cookbook it sells for
$10.00. With the house fire and trying to get everything back to normal I didn't have time to get anything made for the
show. But, I have seen some of the pieces the ladies have been working on and they are really beautiful. So, I hope some
of you that live close enough can come. Don't worry about lunch we have a kitchen and there is always plenty to eat.
Hope to see you there. I will be there on Friday helping in the kitchen for awhile and looking around. I will have my
name badge on, a white doily with Sheila on it. Just ask if it is me because we have 2 other Sheila's in our Guild. She
in PA
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Posted by She in PA on Mon Oct 09, 2006 4:00 PM Post subject: Quilt Show South Western PA
Our Guilds Quilt Show is this week end if anyone can make it, we would love to have you come. It is Friday,Oct. 13th,
Saturday, Oct.. 14th 10-5, and Sunday, Oct. 15th, 11-4. It is at Brady's Run Lodge in Brady's Run Park off of Route 51
in New Brighton, PA It is on Route %! between the towns of Beaver an Chippewa Twp. Admission is $5.00 the theme this
year is Log Cabin. This is our 12th Annual put on by the Beaver Valley Piecemakers. If it doesn't ran it is a
beautiful location, lots of trees turning their fall colors. We have vendors, a boutique of items members have made for
sale, and raffles (baskets full, a quilt, and a sewing machine) and this year we put together our own cookbook it
sells for $10.00. With the house fire and trying to get everything back to normal I didn't have time to get anything
made for the show. But, I have seen some of the pieces the ladies have been working on and they are really beautiful.
So, I hope some of you that live close enough can come. Don't worry about lunch we have a kitchen and there is always
plenty to eat. Hope to see you there. I will be there on Friday helping in the kitchen for awhile and looking around. I
will have my name badge on, a white doily with Sheila on it. Just ask if it is me because we have 2 other Sheila's in
our Guild. She in PA
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Posted by IMS on Fri Oct 06, 2006 11:51 PM Post subject: Re: My sewing machine broke and I can't give it up!
On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:07:32 -0400, julia sidebottom <juliasb@comcast.net> wrote: [quote:4167e312a4]And this is
exactly why I haven't been here for several days. (A week actually). There is no good time for a sewing machine to break
and right now with all the holiday quilt blocks I am making for the kiddlets quilts it couldn't be a worse time. Being
the mechanical person that I am I ventured into the realm of trying to fix it myself. I have made some progress. Very
slowly. At least now I have the wheel turning. The machine just plain froze up just as solid as a piece of steel. I
figure I will work on it when I have time to do so. In the mean time since I have no time to spare these days I just
went online on ebay and purchased the exact same model as I have. So as of today I am back in business sewing away. I
haven't given up on the other machine at all and figure once I do get it going I have a plan for it. Jerry had been
telling me that I have been sewing on my machine way to much as of late and he felt it was being treated like and
industrial machine rather than a home machine. (I have been obsessing again so I'm told). Hopefully tomorrow, since it
is already after midnight, I can do some catching up here with everyone and everything. There is a good 2000 messages
posted since last week already so a lot of catching up to do. julia [/quote:4167e312a4] Julia, is it an older model?
Perhaps it needs to be oiled? -Irene -------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
--Mae West --------------
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Posted by Kate Dicey on Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:57 AM Post subject: Re: My sewing machine broke and I can't give it up!
julia sidebottom wrote: [quote:b7edc41f74]And this is exactly why I haven't been here for several days. (A week
actually). There is no good time for a sewing machine to break and right now with all the holiday quilt blocks I am
making for the kiddlets quilts it couldn't be a worse time. Being the mechanical person that I am I ventured into the
realm of trying to fix it myself. I have made some progress. Very slowly. At least now I have the wheel turning. The
machine just plain froze up just as solid as a piece of steel. I figure I will work on it when I have time to do so.
In the mean time since I have no time to spare these days I just went online on ebay and purchased the exact same model
as I have. So as of today I am back in business sewing away. I haven't given up on the other machine at all and figure
once I do get it going I have a plan for it. Jerry had been telling me that I have been sewing on my machine way to
much as of late and he felt it was being treated like and industrial machine rather than a home machine. (I have been
obsessing again so I'm told). Hopefully tomorrow, since it is already after midnight, I can do some catching up here
with everyone and everything. There is a good 2000 messages posted since last week already so a lot of catching up to
do. julia [/quote:b7edc41f74] If you have been using a domestic machine constantly and fast for hours at a time, he
could well be right! If it's a mechanical machine, some grease on the drive shaft should free it up, but a light
weight modern one with sintered bearings (the sort you don't oil yourself) could well need more care than you can give
it and may never be the same again. I'm glad you found a replacement and can carry on, but do be careful! Clean and
oil the poor thing every couple of days at the longest if you are sewing a lot! I learned this the hard way when I
wore out my Huskylock serger... -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of
the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore!
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Posted by julia sidebottom on Fri Oct 06, 2006 5:07 AM Post subject: My sewing machine broke and I can't give it up!
And this is exactly why I haven't been here for several days. (A week actually). There is no good time for a sewing
machine to break and right now with all the holiday quilt blocks I am making for the kiddlets quilts it couldn't be a
worse time. Being the mechanical person that I am I ventured into the realm of trying to fix it myself. I have made
some progress. Very slowly. At least now I have the wheel turning. The machine just plain froze up just as solid as
a piece of steel. I figure I will work on it when I have time to do so. In the mean time since I have no time to
spare these days I just went online on ebay and purchased the exact same model as I have. So as of today I am back in
business sewing away. I haven't given up on the other machine at all and figure once I do get it going I have a
plan for it. Jerry had been telling me that I have been sewing on my machine way to much as of late and he felt it
was being treated like and industrial machine rather than a home machine. (I have been obsessing again so I'm told).
Hopefully tomorrow, since it is already after midnight, I can do some catching up here with everyone and everything.
There is a good 2000 messages posted since last week already so a lot of catching up to do. julia
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Posted by Donna in NE La. on Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:52 PM Post subject: Re: fabric question
Shirley, your beading is awesome!! Love the tassels for the keys for the grandfather clock! Maybe if I had one of
those, I wouldn't have had to buy a new key--LOL -- Donna in NE La. "Shirley Shone"
<nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:rH+JgdB6YOJFFwCS@allcrafts.demon.co.uk...
[quote:ad403d289c]Yes I have a rotary cutter and loads of spare blades. The craft department of Focus closed down a few
years ago with 70% of craft things. So I got 3 cutters, small large and a pinking one. I got some clips as well to hold
the rolled up quilt for the SM. Plus loads of cotton reels. I got a 6.1/2 inch square, a 24x2inch and a 24x6 ruler. I
bought a big cutting mat when I went to Malvern. My website is in my signature but you can see my other work that a USA
friend did for me before I built my own. . She put up 4 pages. http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/irate/shirley.html Shirley
In message <4524adca_4@news.chariot.net.au>, Cats <CATS@NO.SPAM.com writes Shirley Do you have a rotary cutter
or are you working with scissors? Piecing all comes down to accurate cutting and accurate seam allowances. Most find
that a 1/4" foot on their sewing machine helps. And is there a link to your web site we can see? Do you have
pictures of your work there to share with us? If you have any more questions just post - someone will pop up with an
answer. Actually, you will probably get several answers, not necessarily all the same LOL -- Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk[/quote:ad403d289c]
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Posted by Boca Jan on Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:42 PM Post subject: Re: fabric question
Shirley, your beading is beautiful! -- Boca Jan Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/poo_de_doo/myphotos "Shirley Shone"
<nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:rH+JgdB6YOJFFwCS@allcrafts.demon.co.uk...
[quote:c0c149bd34]Yes I have a rotary cutter and loads of spare blades. The craft department of Focus closed down a few
years ago with 70% of craft things. So I got 3 cutters, small large and a pinking one. I got some clips as well to hold
the rolled up quilt for the SM. Plus loads of cotton reels. I got a 6.1/2 inch square, a 24x2inch and a 24x6 ruler. I
bought a big cutting mat when I went to Malvern. My website is in my signature but you can see my other work that a USA
friend did for me before I built my own. . She put up 4 pages. http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/irate/shirley.html Shirley
In message <4524adca_4@news.chariot.net.au>, Cats <CATS@NO.SPAM.com writes Shirley Do you have a rotary cutter
or are you working with scissors? Piecing all comes down to accurate cutting and accurate seam allowances. Most find
that a 1/4" foot on their sewing machine helps. And is there a link to your web site we can see? Do you have
pictures of your work there to share with us? If you have any more questions just post - someone will pop up with an
answer. Actually, you will probably get several answers, not necessarily all the same LOL -- Shirley Shone
shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk[/quote:c0c149bd34]
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Posted by Shirley Shone on Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:02 PM Post subject: Re: fabric question
Yes I have a rotary cutter and loads of spare blades. The craft department of Focus closed down a few years ago with
70% of craft things. So I got 3 cutters, small large and a pinking one. I got some clips as well to hold the rolled up
quilt for the SM. Plus loads of cotton reels. I got a 6.1/2 inch square, a 24x2inch and a 24x6 ruler. I bought a big
cutting mat when I went to Malvern. My website is in my signature but you can see my other work that a USA friend did
for me before I built my own. .. She put up 4 pages. http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/irate/shirley.html Shirley In
message <4524adca_4@news.chariot.net.au>, Cats <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> writes [quote:02f704cc37]Shirley Do you
have a rotary cutter or are you working with scissors? Piecing all comes down to accurate cutting and accurate seam
allowances. Most find that a 1/4" foot on their sewing machine helps. And is there a link to your web site we can
see? Do you have pictures of your work there to share with us? If you have any more questions just post - someone will
pop up with an answer. Actually, you will probably get several answers, not necessarily all the same LOL
[/quote:02f704cc37] -- Shirley Shone shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk
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Posted by Cats on Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:01 AM Post subject: Re: fabric question
Shirley Do you have a rotary cutter or are you working with scissors? Piecing all comes down to accurate cutting and
accurate seam allowances. Most find that a 1/4" foot on their sewing machine helps. And is there a link to your
web site we can see? Do you have pictures of your work there to share with us? If you have any more questions just
post - someone will pop up with an answer. Actually, you will probably get several answers, not necessarily all the
same LOL -- Cheryl & the Cats o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < )
( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Shirley Shone" <nospam@allcrafts.area51.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:HD6ChsDqYKJFFwH7@allcrafts.demon.co.uk... : Thanks for your reply. : Many years ago before I finished work I used
to go round the market in : my lunch hour. There was a bedding stall that started selling odds and : ends of material.
So I bought bags of squares that are between 8 and 10 : inch square. I also bought some long lengths of about 3 to 4
yards of : strips which are roughly 4 inches wide. These have the selvage. These : are all poly cotton but I thought
would be okay to have a practice on. : Most are pastel shade with a few floral ones plus some deep pink. : : After
doing the centre beaded panel for the Enschede Quilt I thought : one day I would have a try to make a quilt. I gather
other bits and bobs : together. I put them away and forgot about them. Too busy with my : beadwork, greeting card
making and then computer studies. At the age of : 70 I built my own website and got my Diploma for computer studies. :
: I have just made 76 Christmas cards and have n more jewellery than : anyone else in the village. So I thought I would
find all that fabric : out. : : For a simple project I thought of cutting 6.1/2 inch squares and joining : them
together. : If I got on okay with that I would then maybe make one with banding : between the squares. : Not too
difficult for a start. I have made a graph and when I have : decided on the colours I will plan it. : Shirley : : : : :
: : : : In message <4524a061_2@news.chariot.net.au>, Cats <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> : writes : >Before you cut
what pieces? lol : > : >If you are strip piecing, you cut the strips WITH the : >selvages still on and sew
the strips together (usually : >lining up the selvages straight across at one end of the : >set), and only trim
when you cross-cut your strip sets. : >That way you only trim once to a straight edge and avoid : >waste. So you
do not trim before you cut your strips, but : >you do trim before you cut your piecing shapes/blocks. : > :
>As long as you do NOT incorporate the coarser threads of the : >selvages into your piecing it is probably a
matter of : >preference most times, but try to minimise the number of : >times you "trim" fabric as each
cut reduces the size you : >have to work from. : > : >BTW - most manufacturers have those coarse threads
running : >along both selvages even if the print runs all the way to : >the edge of the fabric. Those thicker
threads will shrink : >at a different rate to the finer threads in the body of the : >fabric, and that will
distort your blocks and the finished : >quilt. So you are not just cutting off the white strip : >because of
appearances. : > : : -- : Shirley Shone : shirley@allcrafts.demon.co.uk : http://www.allcrafts.demon.co.uk
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Posted by Diane F. on Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:08 AM Post subject: Re: RCTQ BOM for October!
Perfect timing......my mom is coming tomorrow for a sewing day, I'll be helping her with paper piecing. This is just
what I needed to work on. Finally get to play with my new machine and the great new ruler that my SS sent for cutting
triangles! Thanks! Diane F. "Dannielle" <dbeitzell@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1159497217.316845.248330@e3g2000cwe.googlegroups.com... Yeah, I'm posting a little early. I just got myself caught
up on the pieced blocks, so I wanted to get this posted before I get myself into another project or seven that are
staring at me! Have fun! Dannielle How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of
each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to
do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me.
At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me
(unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt.
When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join
along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever
possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose.
This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down:
=============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007:
Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.)
- Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her
block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I
will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I
also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not
the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished
blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri
for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size.
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View entire thread: Labels for UFOs
Posted by René on Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:33 AM Post subject: Re: Labels for UFOs
And I thank goodness every time I sit down at my sewing machine! LOL But maybe I'd be able to claim "mental
incapacity" -- my brain has certainly changed during the past 25 years! And my arthritis, neuralgia, myalgia,
spine, etc. :) Thank you! René "Boca Jan" <poo_de_doo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:joSdnYsQyrcKhoHYnZ2dnUVZ_vednZ2d@adelphia.com... [quote:268cc1b381]Do whatever seems right for you. Remember, there
are no quilt police. -- Boca Jan Florida - Land of the Hurricanes http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/poo_de_doo/myphotos
"René" <My.Pencil@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:erMSg.211590$1i1.118958@attbi_s72... I'm finally in
the process of getting some UFOs finished. I started two quilts in ... ahem .... the 1980s. They were stored away and
have now found their way into my sewing area. One is a queen sized, originally designed, and pieced quilt for my DD.
She had her color and pattern specifications and I made it just to suit her. The other one is more between a lap-sized
and a extra-large crib size. It's for my cousin's daughter who is 11 or 12 now. She still likes the color combination
and will like the feminine touch. I started it for a my cousin's baby girl who was still "out of town, at the
time." That's our family's way of describing a child who hadn't been born yet, but asks, "Well, where was I?
How come I'm not in that picture with Gramma?" We've always had world travelers in the family, so we just say,
"Well, you were out of town." It has always appeased them and seems to make sense to them. So, I want to put
labels on each of them after I finish up the last touches. Writing the date I started them, just doesn't seem adequate
-- it's not enough at all. The intervening years were very eventful for each family, and it just doesn't seem right to
put a single old date on them. Each is a completed top, but has not been quilted or had the binding applied. The
smaller quilt is my trial & error, single-block cotton crazy quilt. Would it be OK to state, "Began in 1980,
completed in 2006." I'd add some additional personal touches, of course, such as names and places. Any
suggestions? A couple of people have told me to just put the finished date and not the beginning one. But I feel that
the intervening years are important and can offer the recipient some very interesting family history. Thank you! René
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View entire thread: Need Help finding
Posted by Butterflywings on Mon Sep 25, 2006 4:01 PM Post subject: Re: Need Help finding
Just don't do what I did and get 'turned around' in the middle of your project. Butterfly "Sandy Ellison"
<eltex@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:C13C7FFF.B572%eltex@sbcglobal.net... [quote:2fd44fc0bc]Howdy!
Working on a small LogCabin this weekend, in blues & yellows. ;-) Here are a couple of lessons/ideas I like:
building blocks -- http://www.nmia.com/~mgdesign/qor/styles/logcabin/logani.htm settings --
http://www.vcq.org/specialty%20lessons.htm/log_cabin.htm Here's another plan:
http://www.womenfolk.com/baby_quilts/logcabinpattern.htm I determine the width of the strips (I like 1 1/2"), cut
a bunch of those strips and start sewing them together, then go around the cabin path, pressing and trimming after each
addition. May take a little longer than some super-fast pattern plan but it doesn't take much time at all to whip
these babies out of the machine & into a quilt top. Good luck! Ragmop/Sandy On 9/24/06 1:22 PM, in article
12hdjafrct4r2a4@corp.supernews.com, "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote: I am wanting to do a
baby blanket. I have 5 different types of material for it. I was wanting to look at perhaps doing a basic log cabin
style blanket.... Can anyone help me with a pattern? I have looked online and just not sure I am looking all in the
right places... Barbara in Spring Branch (Houston) [/quote:2fd44fc0bc]
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Posted by Sandy Ellison on Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:33 AM Post subject: Re: Need Help finding
Howdy! Working on a small LogCabin this weekend, in blues & yellows. ;-) Here are a couple of lessons/ideas I
like: building blocks -- http://www.nmia.com/~mgdesign/qor/styles/logcabin/logani.htm settings --
http://www.vcq.org/specialty%20lessons.htm/log_cabin.htm Here's another plan:
http://www.womenfolk.com/baby_quilts/logcabinpattern.htm I determine the width of the strips (I like 1 1/2"), cut
a bunch of those strips and start sewing them together, then go around the cabin path, pressing and trimming after each
addition. May take a little longer than some super-fast pattern plan but it doesn't take much time at all to whip
these babies out of the machine & into a quilt top. Good luck! Ragmop/Sandy On 9/24/06 1:22 PM, in article
12hdjafrct4r2a4@corp.supernews.com, "Barbara Sherrill" <bsherrill@ia-pdq> wrote: [quote:5b1590cd0f]I am
wanting to do a baby blanket. I have 5 different types of material for it. I was wanting to look at perhaps doing a
basic log cabin style blanket.... Can anyone help me with a pattern? I have looked online and just not sure I am looking
all in the right places... Barbara in Spring Branch (Houston) [/quote:5b1590cd0f]
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View entire thread: sewing fairies/angels
Posted by Pati Cook on Sat Sep 23, 2006 7:36 AM Post subject: Re: sewing fairies/angels
Kellie, maybe I will have a chance.... You are near Houston right? I am planning on driving over for Market and at
least a bit of the big show. So sometime in there I should be able to find a way to trouble shoot your serger for
you. <G> (What kind is it??) Pati, in Phx Kellie J. Berger wrote: [quote:1657aedeed]you really should listen
to them.... they know when you are messing up... but sometimes when you haven't even been in the sewing room let alone
picked up anything to sew in months, you forget that lesson. Today, I decided to attempt to use my serger for the first
time. Was a pitb getting it threaded to work well. Oh and putting the presserfoot down is a good idea too. practiced
with a few pieces of jeans i had cut up to make a heavy quilt some day. well. got it working finally so i decided to
start on a skirt for DD2... one of those where you cut the legs off of jeans and then pleat some fabric and serge it to
the remaining waist area of the jeans. Spent a LONG time pinning the fabric to the jeans waist working on the pleats,
getting everything even and pinned well. stuck it in the serger. Life is great! for about 2 inches til i forget to
take out a pin soon enough and it glides up to the cutting edge. Stop serger in time. find pliers and get pin out.
decide to baste the pleats with my sewing machine. Get about a quarter of the way round and the phone rings... get off
the phone and start again.. get maybe half way round and the bobbin is empty. Fix it. finish up and whalla this will
look nice ... wait......... NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i basted it but it wasn't right sides together.
so the seam was on the outside and the fabric i'm adding was backwards ............... frog stitch, repin the right
way. baste again.... attempt on the serger again and good for about and inch an then get rat's nests... re thread the
serger and nothing. the thread isn't feeding i'm just making holes. One of the threads has come undone again....
so............. I quit for the day. maybe someday when a serger-savy person comes to my home they can give me a
lesson. Today i am going to listen to the sewing fairies and angels and work on something else. maybe my hand
applique will behave tonight. [/quote:1657aedeed]
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Posted by Kellie J. Berger on Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:55 PM Post subject: Re: sewing fairies/angels
nope but if you wanna come to the Houston IQF and drop by my house i'll gladly share my chocolate :D Kellie
"TerriLee in WA (state)" <tlbishopcats@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:jiUQg.4678$UG4.2322@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net... [quote:ce7d0a6452]Yikes, I hate when my serger misbehaves!!
Do you live close enough to Seattle for me to come help you with yours? I've been using mine for about 25 yrs now, so
have mostly mastered it. (note: not entirely, just mostly). LOL -- TerriLee in WA (state) remove the cats to reply
http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=548330161 "Kellie J. Berger"
<kjbeanne@yahwho.moc> wrote in message news:qZDQg.14807$4B3.78@tornado.texas.rr.com... you really should listen to
them.... they know when you are messing up... but sometimes when you haven't even been in the sewing room let alone
picked up anything to sew in months, you forget that lesson. Today, I decided to attempt to use my serger for the first
time. Was a pitb getting it threaded to work well. Oh and putting the presserfoot down is a good idea too. practiced
with a few pieces of jeans i had cut up to make a heavy quilt some day. well. got it working finally so i decided to
start on a skirt for DD2... one of those where you cut the legs off of jeans and then pleat some fabric and serge it to
the remaining waist area of the jeans. Spent a LONG time pinning the fabric to the jeans waist working on the pleats,
getting everything even and pinned well. stuck it in the serger. Life is great! for about 2 inches til i forget to
take out a pin soon enough and it glides up to the cutting edge. Stop serger in time. find pliers and get pin out.
decide to baste the pleats with my sewing machine. Get about a quarter of the way round and the phone rings... get off
the phone and start again.. get maybe half way round and the bobbin is empty. Fix it. finish up and whalla this will
look nice ... wait......... NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i basted it but it wasn't right sides together.
so the seam was on the outside and the fabric i'm adding was backwards ............... frog stitch, repin the right
way. baste again.... attempt on the serger again and good for about and inch an then get rat's nests... re thread the
serger and nothing. the thread isn't feeding i'm just making holes. One of the threads has come undone again....
so............. I quit for the day. maybe someday when a serger-savy person comes to my home they can give me a
lesson. Today i am going to listen to the sewing fairies and angels and work on something else. maybe my hand
applique will behave tonight. -- Kellie J. Berger www.kjbeanne.com www.kjbeanne.com/kellie.htm Marketing Co-ordinator
Illuminations Arts www.illuminationsarts.org [/quote:ce7d0a6452]
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Posted by TerriLee in WA (state) on Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:36 PM Post subject: Re: sewing fairies/angels
Yikes, I hate when my serger misbehaves!! Do you live close enough to Seattle for me to come help you with yours? I've
been using mine for about 25 yrs now, so have mostly mastered it. (note: not entirely, just mostly). LOL -- TerriLee
in WA (state) remove the cats to reply http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=548330161
"Kellie J. Berger" <kjbeanne@yahwho.moc> wrote in message
news:qZDQg.14807$4B3.78@tornado.texas.rr.com... [quote:d79c915c92]you really should listen to them.... they know when
you are messing up... but sometimes when you haven't even been in the sewing room let alone picked up anything to sew in
months, you forget that lesson. Today, I decided to attempt to use my serger for the first time. Was a pitb getting
it threaded to work well. Oh and putting the presserfoot down is a good idea too. practiced with a few pieces of jeans
i had cut up to make a heavy quilt some day. well. got it working finally so i decided to start on a skirt for DD2...
one of those where you cut the legs off of jeans and then pleat some fabric and serge it to the remaining waist area of
the jeans. Spent a LONG time pinning the fabric to the jeans waist working on the pleats, getting everything even and
pinned well. stuck it in the serger. Life is great! for about 2 inches til i forget to take out a pin soon enough
and it glides up to the cutting edge. Stop serger in time. find pliers and get pin out. decide to baste the pleats
with my sewing machine. Get about a quarter of the way round and the phone rings... get off the phone and start again..
get maybe half way round and the bobbin is empty. Fix it. finish up and whalla this will look nice ... wait.........
NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i basted it but it wasn't right sides together. so the seam was on the
outside and the fabric i'm adding was backwards ............... frog stitch, repin the right way. baste again....
attempt on the serger again and good for about and inch an then get rat's nests... re thread the serger and nothing.
the thread isn't feeding i'm just making holes. One of the threads has come undone again.... so............. I quit
for the day. maybe someday when a serger-savy person comes to my home they can give me a lesson. Today i am going to
listen to the sewing fairies and angels and work on something else. maybe my hand applique will behave tonight. --
Kellie J. Berger www.kjbeanne.com www.kjbeanne.com/kellie.htm Marketing Co-ordinator Illuminations Arts
www.illuminationsarts.org [/quote:d79c915c92]
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Posted by IMS on Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:59 AM Post subject: Re: sewing fairies/angels
Some projects will put up a most noble fight to keep from being finished, no matter what you do! Sounds like this one
was one of them! Think of it as an 'offering' to the sewing Gods....s0 maybe now that little sewing farie will pay you
a visit.... Irene On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:01:58 GMT, "Kellie J. Berger" <kjbeanne@yahwho.moc> wrote:
[quote:6048f3cc69]you really should listen to them.... they know when you are messing up... but sometimes when you
haven't even been in the sewing room let alone picked up anything to sew in months, you forget that lesson. Today, I
decided to attempt to use my serger for the first time. Was a pitb getting it threaded to work well. Oh and putting
the presserfoot down is a good idea too. practiced with a few pieces of jeans i had cut up to make a heavy quilt some
day. well. got it working finally so i decided to start on a skirt for DD2... one of those where you cut the legs off
of jeans and then pleat some fabric and serge it to the remaining waist area of the jeans. Spent a LONG time pinning
the fabric to the jeans waist working on the pleats, getting everything even and pinned well. stuck it in the serger.
Life is great! for about 2 inches til i forget to take out a pin soon enough and it glides up to the cutting edge.
Stop serger in time. find pliers and get pin out. decide to baste the pleats with my sewing machine. Get about a
quarter of the way round and the phone rings... get off the phone and start again.. get maybe half way round and the
bobbin is empty. Fix it. finish up and whalla this will look nice ... wait.........
NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i basted it but it wasn't right sides together. so the seam was on the
outside and the fabric i'm adding was backwards ............... frog stitch, repin the right way. baste again....
attempt on the serger again and good for about and inch an then get rat's nests... re thread the serger and nothing.
the thread isn't feeding i'm just making holes. One of the threads has come undone again.... so............. I quit
for the day. maybe someday when a serger-savy person comes to my home they can give me a lesson. Today i am going to
listen to the sewing fairies and angels and work on something else. maybe my hand applique will behave tonight.
[/quote:6048f3cc69] -------------- You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. --Mae West
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Posted by Taria on Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:48 PM Post subject: Re: sewing fairies/angels
Golly Kellie what a frustrating mess. I made my DD a robe one year at Christmas and told her it was a $100 robe. I
knocked the serger out of time and it cost about $100 to get it fixed. I have had my serger for over 10 years and still
go around and around with it some days. Sometimes just walking away is a good thing. If you go back to it you may find
things go better. In the meanwhile read the manual <LOL> One of the local community colleges near here has a
serger class. Might be worth looking in to for you? You are in good company. Most of us have btdt. Taria Kellie J.
Berger wrote: [quote:fee5891cc2]you really should listen to them.... they know when you are messing up... but sometimes
when you haven't even been in the sewing room let alone picked up anything to sew in months, you forget that lesson.
Today, I decided to attempt to use my serger for the first time. Was a pitb getting it threaded to work well. Oh and
putting the presserfoot down is a good idea too. practiced with a few pieces of jeans i had cut up to make a heavy
quilt some day. well. got it working finally so i decided to start on a skirt for DD2... one of those where you cut
the legs off of jeans and then pleat some fabric and serge it to the remaining waist area of the jeans. Spent a LONG
time pinning the fabric to the jeans waist working on the pleats, getting everything even and pinned well. stuck it in
the serger. Life is great! for about 2 inches til i forget to take out a pin soon enough and it glides up to the
cutting edge. Stop serger in time. find pliers and get pin out. decide to baste the pleats with my sewing machine.
Get about a quarter of the way round and the phone rings... get off the phone and start again.. get maybe half way
round and the bobbin is empty. Fix it. finish up and whalla this will look nice ... wait.........
NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i basted it but it wasn't right sides together. so the seam was on the
outside and the fabric i'm adding was backwards ............... frog stitch, repin the right way. baste again....
attempt on the serger again and good for about and inch an then get rat's nests... re thread the serger and nothing.
the thread isn't feeding i'm just making holes. One of the threads has come undone again.... so............. I quit
for the day. maybe someday when a serger-savy person comes to my home they can give me a lesson. Today i am going to
listen to the sewing fairies and angels and work on something else. maybe my hand applique will behave tonight.
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Posted by Cats on Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:37 PM Post subject: Re: sewing fairies/angels
BTDT lol -- Cheryl & the Cats O O O O O O ( > Y < ) ( > Y < )
( > Y < ) U 0 U Enness Boofhead Donut (Boofhead is now well
enough to harrass Donut and so is no longer accorded invalid privileges much to his disgust)
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Kellie J. Berger"
<kjbeanne@yahwho.moc> wrote in message news:qZDQg.14807$4B3.78@tornado.texas.rr.com... : you really should listen
to them.... they know when you are messing up... : but sometimes when you haven't even been in the sewing room let
alone picked : up anything to sew in months, you forget that lesson. : : Today, I decided to attempt to use my serger
for the first time. Was a : pitb getting it threaded to work well. Oh and putting the presserfoot down : is a good
idea too. practiced with a few pieces of jeans i had cut up to : make a heavy quilt some day. : : well. got it
working finally so i decided to start on a skirt for DD2... : one of those where you cut the legs off of jeans and then
pleat some fabric : and serge it to the remaining waist area of the jeans. Spent a LONG time : pinning the fabric to
the jeans waist working on the pleats, getting : everything even and pinned well. : : stuck it in the serger. Life is
great! for about 2 inches til i forget to : take out a pin soon enough and it glides up to the cutting edge. Stop
: serger in time. find pliers and get pin out. decide to baste the pleats : with my sewing machine. : Get about a
quarter of the way round and the phone rings... get off the : phone and start again.. get maybe half way round and the
bobbin is empty. : Fix it. finish up and whalla this will look nice ... wait......... :
NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo i basted it but it wasn't right : sides together. so the seam was on the
outside and the fabric i'm adding : was backwards ............... frog stitch, repin the right way. baste :
again.... attempt on the serger again and good for about and inch an then : get rat's nests... re thread the serger
and nothing. the thread isn't : feeding i'm just making holes. One of the threads has come undone : again.... : :
so............. I quit for the day. maybe someday when a serger-savy : person comes to my home they can give me a
lesson. Today i am going to : listen to the sewing fairies and angels and work on something else. : : maybe my hand
applique will behave tonight. : : -- : Kellie J. Berger : www.kjbeanne.com : www.kjbeanne.com/kellie.htm : Marketing
Co-ordinator Illuminations Arts : www.illuminationsarts.org : :
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Posted by Kellie J. Berger on Thu Sep 21, 2006 11:01 PM Post subject: sewing fairies/angels
you really should listen to them.... they know when you are messing up... but sometimes when you haven't even been in
the sewing room let alone picked up anything to sew in months, you forget that lesson. Today, I decided to attempt to
use my serger for the first time. Was a pitb getting it threaded to work well. Oh and putting the presserfoot down
is a good idea too. practiced with a few pieces of jeans i had cut up to make a heavy quilt some day. well. got it
working finally so i decided to start on a skirt for DD2... one of those where you cut the legs off of jeans and then
pleat some fabric and serge it to the remaining waist area of the jeans. Spent a LONG time pinning the fabric to
the jeans waist working on the pleats, getting everything even and pinned well. stuck it in the serger. Life is
great! for about 2 inches til i forget to take out a pin soon enough and it glides up to the cutting edge. Stop
serger in time. find pliers and get pin out. decide to baste the pleats with my sewing machine. Get about a quarter
of the way round and the phone rings... get off the phone and start again.. get maybe half way round and the bobbin is
empty. Fix it. finish up and whalla this will look nice ... wait......... NOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
i basted it but it wasn't right sides together. so the seam was on the outside and the fabric i'm adding was
backwards ............... frog stitch, repin the right way. baste again.... attempt on the serger again and good
for about and inch an then get rat's nests... re thread the serger and nothing. the thread isn't feeding i'm just
making holes. One of the threads has come undone again.... so............. I quit for the day. maybe someday when
a serger-savy person comes to my home they can give me a lesson. Today i am going to listen to the sewing fairies
and angels and work on something else. maybe my hand applique will behave tonight. -- Kellie J. Berger
www.kjbeanne.com www.kjbeanne.com/kellie.htm Marketing Co-ordinator Illuminations Arts www.illuminationsarts.org
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Posted by Edward W. Thompson on Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:40 AM Post subject: Re: Drunkard's path -- help please
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 06:06:28 GMT, Pati Cook <plhbc@mindspring.com> wrote: [quote:6601fd7d16]I'm going to cringe
very loudly..... <G Please, try to do this without all the pins. One or 2 is all it takes, honest. <G I just
taught a class on Sun. that was this block. And everyone made many blocks with virtually perfect curved seams with one
pin. (Granted these were 6-7 inch blocks but the same principle applies. ) Remember, the curved edges are bias. The
most important thing about bias is to handle it as little as possible. the more pins you use the more you are handling
the edges and the more likely to stretch somewhere. Hints for doing this more easily: 1. Add an extra quarter inch to
all straight edges. This gives you a half inch of straight seam before starting to curve, and after finishing the
curve. It also means that you have plenty of space to trim the block to the correct size which takes some of the
pressure off. <BG 2. Cut accurately. Then you know the seam line of both pieces are the same length. The cut edges
are not. The "pie" piece has a longer cut edge than the "background" or "L" piece.
leading to.... 3. Sew with the pie piece/ longer edge on the bottom. The "L" piece is the one that has to be
manipulated to match the "pie". you will be slightly stretching the edge, not the seam line, of that piece and
it will be forming folds in doing so. You want to be able to see those folds and make sure you don't sew through any of
them to form pleats in the final seam. 4. Pinning.... fold both pieces with right sides out, to find the center of the
seam. While folded, place them together so the center fold lines up. Hold the "middle" 2 layers of this
sandwich together at the center, open up and place one pin there. This makes it easy to see that the seam lines are
"equally" curved away from each other. Match up the end of the seam, with the pie on the bottom, (pin if you
have to to hold them in place by pinning parallel to the seam about a half inch from the cut edge.) Place under the
pressure foot and sew about 3-4 stitches. This is a straight seam. Stop with needle down in the fabric. Hold where you
have pinned in the center, and gently "scootch" the top fabric over to meet the bottom fabric at the edge.
Honest, it will just gently curve right to it. If you need to reach underneath and gently almost tug the bottom fabric
into place. Sew up to the pin. Stop with needle down. Take out the pin, put it at the end of the seam as in the
beginning if you need to. Adjust the fabrics as you just did, and finish sewing the seam. Another reason for not using
a lot of pins is that every time you stop to take out one of those pins it is a chance to "bump" the seam.
This is how you get jagged, uneven seams. You do need to stop and adjust your hold on the fabrics once, maybe twice on
a really large curved seam, but not any more. You will be amazed at how easy it is to do it this way. Try it a few
times and see. please??? Pati, in Phx Ann wrote: Inside / outside curves are tricky so pin well. I folded the
pieces to be sewn in half, then in half again. Give a good pinch to hold the fold until pinned. Folded one piece one
way, the other the other, so the folds nestled against each other and pinned. Pin while you watch your fav tv show so
it's not quite so boring. Then mass feed them at the sewing machine. I recently completed a drunkards path quilt but
to my shame I tacked[/quote:6601fd7d16] (4" blocks) and it worked for me so I suppose that's what counts. However,
I have since bought but not tried a 'curvemaster' foot which according to the 'hype' avoids the use of pins on curves.
All the demos I've seen have been on comparatively 'large' blocks which tend to be easier because the curve isn't so
severe, therefore less 'puckering' Has anyone used one of these and do they live up to the 'hype' without hours and
hours of learning/practice?
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