Finishing Work-Tia

TiaMary, I made a not to myself about you doing finishing work. What all kinds do you do? Christmas stockings? What else?

I did have 1 person a year or so back ask about finishing a stocking.

Being able to offer finishing will help the shop even with the out of state people.

And I will be offering good service :) That is what makes a LNS.

I know the quilting store in Dahlonaga. I am acquainted with the owner and we try to send business to each other.

I look forward to meeting you in a couple months.

Naomah Foxy's Cross Stitch & More

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Naomah
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I pretty much can finish anything that can go through a sewing machine. The only thing I am not equipped to do is work on *real* leather & suede -- need a different machine than what I have. I absolutely *refuse* to do draperies but that's not something I would imagine you would have a need of -- LOL! Again, with draperies, you need much more work area (long tables for laying out the fabric) than I have available Not sure if you remember but I am a Professional Seamstress -- that's how I pay for my needlework and quilting -- LOL! My very first job for Stitcher's World was finishing a lovely Christmas Stocking that was the main photo on the front of the magazine. I have done more pillows than you can count, tote bags, small stuff like eye glass cases, bell pulls, wall hangings and even a XS quilt for Stitcher's World. For general sewing, I've done wedding gowns and formal wear, men's suits, scads of home dec. stuff and more clothing than I want to think about. I've even made two {{{Hug Quilts}}} that used both needlework blocks and fabric blocks. Anyway, just give me a holler when you get settled. I'd be happy to bring some samples to you for you to see the quality of my work. CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary

What are hug quilts?

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lewmew

I'm sure you will receive many answers as to what is a 'hug quilt' but you might find this description given by a quilter, Sarah Curry, interesting and enlightening.

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down to the section, 'What is a HUG by Miz Sairey'. Tia Mary has put together two lovely HUGS that RCTN was involved in making and Jim Crimpwell might like to share the touching story of the HUG he received.

Mavia

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Mavia Beaulieu

When Jill, my wife of 50 years, died nearly 10 years ago, the people on RCTN made me a "hug" quilt. People from all over the world made little 6 inch square embroidered pieces. These were collected, and after a hiatus were sewn together to form a quillow, by a lady who many years before had started Teresa Wentzler's Magical Night, and could not face doing the horse's wings. I completed it for her, and she put Jill's quilt together. The pillow part on the back has half a dozen pieces that were not made eactly as specified. I put it loving on my bed every morning, and carefully fold it away each night.

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F.James Cripwell

What a touching story!

As it turns out, I am responsible for some "Hug" quilts myself - when one of my Girl Scouts move, we have each girl sign a block and I sew them together into a lap quilt. My dd also made a special one for her best friend who moved away - each block a unique thing about the times the two of them had.

Linda

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lewmew

We made one for a kid in the neighborhood when he graduated from high school. He was very popular with all the neighbors - babysat, mowed lawns, did office work for some, and all sorts of industrious endeavors. It was sort of like he was the whole neighborhood's kid - we all shared him. So we passed out scraps of fabric and wonder-under to several neighbors, and each made a few blocks of something meaningful, and I stitched them into a quilt.

He was a little embarassed to bring it to college initially. His mom said he didn't bring it when first he went, but about six weeks into the term, she was going to visit and he said, "Mom, bring that quilt." That really touched me - that he didn't feel an obligation to bring it, but really *wanted* to have it in his dorm room. (Once he realized it was "safe" to do so. VBG)

Some of the blocks reflected his interests - a copy of Pink Floyd's "Dark of the Moon" record jacket, a sneaker (with a lace that worked!) to represent his participation on the track team, a saxophone. Others reflected something of the neighbors who made them - the "big van" one neighbor had who shlepped him back and forth to scout meetings and camp each summer, a "postage meter tape" from the neighbor he'd done office work for. It was really cool.

(And this wonderful "kid" is now a resident in Pediatric Othopedic Surgery - and the whole neighborhood is SO proud of him!)

A friend of mine liked the idea so much, she did one for each of her daughters when they graduated from high school. Asked the girls' mentors from church, school, music teachers, neighbors, etc. to do a square, then she assembled it into a quilt. (One of her girls had been a big "Miss Piggy" fan as a toddler/preschooler, so I made a MP square with "real" beads hanging off it.)

sue

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Susan Hartman

lewmew wrote:

I hope you go to the link that Mavia posted. Miss Sairey is a regular over at RCTN and her explanation of a {{{Hug Quilt}}} is spot on. For those who don't go to the link, a {{{Hug Quilt}}} is made for someone who has experienced some sort of major event in their life. Unfortunately, the vast majority of {{{Quilts}}} are made when someone has a death in the family. But there are also {{{Quilts}}} that have been made for weddings, new babies, new homes, etc. Over at RCTQ, there is a special Hug Quilt list and anyone who is interested in belonging just lets the list keeper know. When someone thinks there is a need for a {{{Quilt}}}, that person lets the list keeper know and the keeper sends out an e-mail to the people on the list. The e-mail includes info about who the {{{Quilt}}} is for and info about theme, colors, block size, etc. and the name of the person putting the {{{Quilt}}} together. Those people on the Hug List who have the time to make a block do so and then send it to the person in charge. Quite often, one person will assemble the blocks into the top then a second person will put the "quilt sandwich" together and quilt it and someone else will add the binding and label and another person will deliver the finished {{{Hug Quilt}}}. The first {{{Hug}}} I made was for Brigitta (she posted here and at RCTQ quite some time back). Her DH passed away unexpectedly and left her with a young DD and no other family at all. I posted here and over at RCTQ asking for blocks with an explanation that her DH had a motorcycle and liked Native American stuff. I got several blocks that fit the themes and many others that were more generic but equally as beautiful. My second {{{HUG}}} was for Marny who also used to post here and over at RCTQ. Her DH had been ill for quite some time and he passed away just after Brigitta's DH. I was in the midst of putting Brigitta's {{{Quilt}}} together but I felt that we should do a {{{Quilt}}} for Marney, too. I offered to make Marny's {{{Quilt}}} if someone else could handle the "correspondence" type stuff. Mavia kindly offered to be the person to deal with e-mails, blocks questions etc. which made it much easier for me to get the sewing stuff done. My third {{{Quilt}}} was for Janet, my stitchin' buddy who posts here occasionally. That one was made because Janet had lost

**EVERYTHING** -- including her three cat babies -- in a horrible house fire. I got blocks from family and friends, blocks came from RCTN & RCTQ and I had my Needlework Group come to my house and we had a sew-a-thon. Needless to say, there were quite a few cat blocks in this quilt. My fourth {{{Quilt}}} was made for a young man who worked with DH but at the facility in New Orleans. He and his wife lost everything when Katrina blew through The Big Easy. To make matters worse for them, they had a baby girl who was born in January of that year but died when she was about 10 days old. Then in June they moved into a beautiful brand new home near Slidell which was totally obliterated by Katrina. I posted to RCTQ and got bunches of beautiful blocks and made a bunch myself that I took to DH's work and had all the people sigh. I even had one of the guys here take some of the blocks to the New Orleans facility and have people there sign them :-). Anyway, {{{Hug Quilts}}} are true labors of love. I hate the need to make them but really enjoy making them. I know how receiving a {{{Hug Quilt}}} makes the recipient feel because I am the proud owner of a {{{Quilt}}} myself!! The wonderful people over at RCTQ made me one the year that Suzi (the run away from home, go walk about and get lost) Dog and my VDMIL crossed the Rainbow Bridge within just a few days of each other. I will have to say that I am really pleased that there hasn't been a need for another RCTN {{{HUG}}}! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary

I guess what my sister made me would be a (((Hug))) quilt. She is a quilter and lives in MI. She had never made me one, but when she and her DH came for a visit in October she brought me the most beautiful quilt. It is queen size and extra long so I can tuck it in at the foot. It is pink ribbon fabric surrounding a pattern that has 2 blocks to each one. She had felt bad that they were so far away when I was going through the chemo and radiation. (she shouldn't have since she is 14 years older than me and has more health problems herself!)

That quilt is very special to me and I can feel her love every time I look at it.

It is the first and only quilt that she hand quilted even the plain block with a pattern as well as around the edge.

I am not a quilter (yet) but I could contribute an embroidered block or 2 if the need should arise.

Naomah

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Naomah

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