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Anybody here use Fotki? PBase?
I'm looking for a Webshots alternative, and Fotki seems to get good reviews. I've had a not-very-active PBase account for several years for photography and love the look, but hardly anybody seems to...
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Discovered again for the first time!
Somewhere--was it here--there was a thread about favorite "blender" fabrics. I wanted to nominate Hoffman 1895 batiks and Andover Dimples, and thought I'd find a link to show examples. WELL! I found a...
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OT: how to find someone to make a quilt with
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OT Need help- Cowardly Lion's mane!
First of all- why the #$%@&$ can't yard be sold in balls rather than messed up/knotted up skeins???? Whew! Glad to get that off my chest! Now my project- I am making a costume for the Cowardly Lion...
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Sewing Machine social history note
I am currently reading "Auditions" by Barbara Walters. It is a good book although not on my must read list. In 1972 she went to China to cover President Nixon's visit. She comments about visiting a...
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Fat Quarter collection
My replacement parcel arrived yesterday - here's the link to the collection of 'Antique' florals: is a new to US fabric manufacturer based in Japan...some of the fabrics were also stamped along the...
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OT: Recipe Organization
One of the things I have to do sometime in the relatively near future is organize my recipes. Right now, they're thrown together in a notebook in whatever manner I got them - recipe card, cut out of a...
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Finally finished something! +pictures
I feel like have haven't completed a thing, but have been sewing regularly. I have made and gifted 5 baby quilts, and I have 3 homemade quilt kits ready to take south. I also have 5 or 6 quilt tops...
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I need help to plan a long term project...
I have the ambition to make an 18th C style quilted petticoat, and am looking for patterns, both for the quilting and the petticoat itself. Any clues? You lot know everything, between you...
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Guild Challenge Quilt pix
Here's a snap of my Challenge quilt just completed yesterday and judged at today's Guild Meeting. It won a minor prize of "Encouragement Award". as well I got tired of it yesterday and dragged my...
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hemstitching quilt sleeve
Today I used my hemstitch foot to attach a quilt sleeve and am very happy to report it worked beautifully! I just wish I'd thought of it last week when I spent a couple hours attaching sleeves to a...
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attempt at world record hexagon quilt in OZ
is going to be some beautiful j. http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art2273.aspthat
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Quilting helps student pass math test
The young mother I mentor is trying to finish her college degree. Years ago when she took her ACT test she did not do well on the math portion thus according to the college computer registration...
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Beading help, please (not OT)
As I mentioned in another post, I must bead my latest challenge quilt. I've finally decided what beads I want to use and where -- I think -- but now I'm wondering if anyone has any information on how...
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guild challenge ideas needed
I'm looking for ideas to use as a challenge for my quilt guild. Last year we had a "monochrome challenge" that worked well. Everyone picked a paint chip at random out of a bag and then had to make a...
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