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Top Completed
I have mentioned this little quilt a few times lately - the end was in sight. I have now completed the top (the quilting will be fairly simple in design - maybe not so simple to do >g
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OT - update
First of all I want to thank all you folks for your prayers and good wishes. It has been a rough week and I am glad to be proceeding into week 2. The surgery went well. I didn't get sick from the...
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Diagonal (aka on-point) Setting Question
I've always used a horizontal setting for my quilts, but i am in the midst of making one with a diagonal setting -- no sashings. After looking at the design (one that I made up in EQ) the other day, a...
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My two latest projects
I just uploaded two quilts both of which were group projects, on which I had also finished up by doing the quilting/binding/labeling. The first one is a Veterans Day quilt, which relatively new...
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Some thoughts on using a treadle sewing machine
I have had a chance to use my Bernina Treadle Conversion sewing machine for making 2 projects since I have made the conversion. One thing I have noticed is that the treadle is, oh so slow, in relation...
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Question for internet fabric shoppers
Further to Estelle's previous thread - mental block - about color questions and colors appearing differently on various monitors...How do you get over not know what color you are really getting when...
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Question about software
I have been reading and searching online but almost all the posts I find are from 1999 and have dead links in them. Here is my question. Can a few quilters who are familiar with the various programs...
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Only half brain cell working again
Pat(on the hill) suggested a log cabin block with alternate ones on point so I figured I needed the alternate ones to be smaller. Are you with me so far? I cant find the link I have to find out...
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Velveteen Log Cabin Quilt
In another post, someone asked about making a velveteen quilt, all the comments were quite helpful. However, about 15-20 years ago in one of the "ladies" magazines, not a quilting magazine, there was...
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OT Need gift suggestion
How about a bottle of wine. Could be enjoyed during the Holidays Piece/quilt a bag to wrap it. Kay
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quick quilt for granddaughter
Maybe someone here can help me decide on a quick quilt for my granddaughter's 13th birthday. She picked out a fabric with the colors she liked for her bedroom that is being remodeled. I ordered 3...
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Long but on topic
A friend and I make quilts together to donate. Mostly to the foster care group here. But she's now in the Children's Hospital guild (Seattle hospital) and they need fun, bright quilts for teens who...
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OT -- need time wasters...
I'm finding myself more and more laid up... and it is too hard to sew... cuz I can't hold my neck or my head the way I need to... to do it! GRRR But I can kill time in my recliner... head supported......
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mental block
I have at least 5 baby quilts to make and have lost my enthusiasm atm. Its maybe because I know I have to. I have 3 fabrics which are all nearly the same turquoise background ( the colours look...
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John, saving the world one bag at a time.
I though I would post some pictures of some of the Grocery bags I made for a contest on Pattern Review. They are an answer to the age old question (Paper or Plastic?). I liked them so much that I made...
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