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Dropped by one of my Field's Fabrics last night (this is called "a Field trip"). My quest was some openwork finished-edge lace to turn into a Bertha collar for my tablecloth ballgown (the one with the Christmas print and white poinsettias). Found it. (Field's has everything.)

And they had a cotton print with sousaphones. No extraneous woodwinds or glocks. Just sousaphones. And it's not subtle; the horns are about

2" tall, with lots of solid open space around them.

As a local coordinator of Tuba Christmas, this is a marvelous find.

The print is part of a line called "Marching Band" (big surprise) and it comes in a bright royal blue, ivory, or Christmasy red, all with yellow horns. Other prints show an entire marching band (but their uniforms are the wrong color!).

I found several sources on the quiltshops.com search engine.

This will push me over the edge this year. I've been meaning to make up a cardigan sweatshirt for TC...have the shirt, been collecting tuba- euph print fabrics, know what I want to do...

HTH

--Karen D.

Reply to
Veloise
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THAT sounds like something worth trumpeting about! ;)

Do post pix of the gown and the shirt when done.

I'm now thinking that a circular pointsetia print skirt would be fun for Christmas...

Reply to
Kate XXXXXX

Me:

Kate:

The dress as-sewn is on here:

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towards the foot of the page. On my dance caller site
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's a pic of my blue calico, with a black lace collar. (Separateitem, elastic top, I always had to safety pin it on the dress.) Irecently made a matching Bertha for that dress, with some navyscalloped-edge lace attached to a solid shaped band. Added ribbon tiesCF, CB, and shoulders. It looks great.Oh, heck, I just uploaded a pic.http://home.earthlink.net/~krdunnam/bluedresscollar.jpgShowing off the loop sewn on there that holds my cordless mic. (Lookslike I should take a blue Sharpie marker to my hook & eye closure.)Somewhere I have a UFO of a Christmas tree skirt (for indoor seasonalvegetation) made into apparel (i.e. a skirt to wear). It was a whitelace with trees, and my intention was to wear it on top of a solidcolor. IIRC the fabric was too short to be flattering (think squaredancer petticoat). There are lots of circular prints available (sawone in fleece last night), and yep that would be fun.

--Karen D.

Reply to
Veloise

Somehow that Christmas print dress just WORKS! Sometimes mad things do, far better than we think they will!

I imagine my poinsettia skirt to be cream with widely spaced BIG flowers on it, and spots of gold detail scattered all over... And just above ankle bone length... Must go look for a suitable print! Teamed with a petticoat with a lace edge and a cream jumper, I'd have a nice warm fun outfit! I'm deeply into mad skirts at the moment. Must refresh my web site as there's a good one to go up there...

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Kate XXXXXX

Yep! I have some of that (the ivory) and I'm thinking of how to use it. I'm doing quillows for Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma (college marching band fraternity and sorority) to be raffled off at the convention, and I was thinking of putting it on the back of one of the quillows. But the more I think of it, I might make some pillows for the tuba folk. My son is an alto sax guy, in the marching band at James Madison U, in Virginia. I've been doing quillows for several years now and they usually bring in cash. The only problem is decided who gets them - JMU where he is now (grad school) or Lock Haven of PA, where he got his bachelor's.

Iris

Reply to
I.E.Z.

One for each? ;)

Reply to
Kate XXXXXX

Ooh! Oooh! Make a sousaphone neck cooler!!

Even better: a shoulder pad. (I have one, can't play without it. Did a parade where it kept slipping, due to all my horsing around with spectators, and I hurt for the following week. Mine is h-e-a-v-y metal, an ancient York silver beast.)

I might make up some sort of Mardi Gras accessory. Business card case that velcros on the horn, patchwork hat, or something.

And I might "decorate" the instrument(s) on the patches that eventually make it to the Tuba Xmas shirt.

--Karen D.

Reply to
Veloise

That's a possibility, except that both schools will be at the same convention and two sets of quillows might just cut down on the "take". I'm thinking I'll give the quillows to Lock Haven because they're "poorer" and because I still know many of the kids there. I will come through with something for JMU though. Those sousaphone neck pads sound like a possibility.

Iris

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I.E.Z.

Those are great ideas, thanks! I have patterns for neck coolers. Do you know where I can find a pattern for the shoulder pad, or give me dimensions/directions?

Iris

Reply to
I.E.Z.

A lot depends on the tuba and the shoulder. I found a small sofa-type pillow at a thrift, and folded it in half. Roughly 8" x 4, worn on the left like a shoulder pad. Velcro & elastic straps to attach to the horn.

If there's no tuba near you, drop by the HS band room.

HTH

--Karen D.

Reply to
Veloise

Thanks! I will ask my son to consult some tuba players!

Iris

Reply to
I.E.Z.

i LOVE tuba christmas!!

Reply to
betsey

OK, why??

(Me too, been at it since 1985)

--Karen D.

Reply to
Veloise

i was a sax player in high school...we hung out with the tuba guys. went and supported many tuba christmas'.....always amazed at how much color and variation could be had with a tuba

betsey

Reply to
betsey

Tuba guys are loads of fun, the ones in college even more so. And the low brass embouchure...um...never mind. (Now I'll get a bunch of tacky spam related to that.)

Go get you a horn. Baritones come in treble clef flavor, and the fingerings are roughly the same as your right hand on sax. Put the word out that you need a loaner, and one will appear. (One time I stopped by my house to pick up a spare, because three kids drove an hour with three mouthpieces and two horns.)

For many years, the only time I played was TC. The music isn't difficult, and you're already familiar with the arrangements. And it's not exactly Carnegie Hall. (I typed a similar message on the tuba-euph group yesterday.) Back to sewing: think of the cool TC shirt you can make!!

For my dance events I always tell attendees that it's not a performance and it's more fun to participate than to watch...

--Karen D.

Reply to
Veloise

Christmas...

What lovely Gowns, I wish I have some where to wear one like that. Do you use patterns? If so suggestions for sources? I may have to make one just for fun!

Dana

Reply to
Dana Compton

ROFLMAO. I'd love to see Tuba Christmas!! This sounds great!

Reply to
Beth In Alaska

Here you go:

  • ANCHORAGE - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15 - TIME: 1:00 pm LOCATION: Alaska Center for the Performing Arts REGISTRATION: 10:30 am Alaska Center for the Performing Arts REHEARSAL: 11:00 am Same PARKING: G Street Garage - 10th and H Street Garage
  • WASILLA - SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8 - TIME: 2:00 pm LOCATION: Colony Christmas Crafts Fair REGISTRATION: 11:00 am Colony Christmas Crafts Fair, Mantanuska Christian School, 248 E. Elmwood Ave., Palmer, across from the Palmer Library REHEARSAL: 12:00 noon, same PARKING: Anywhere in lovely downtown Palmer

Or check YouTube or Ifilm. Many TC videos out there.

HTH

--Karen D.

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Veloise

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