A Favor of you Please

They do laundry?? Send 'em up to Auntie Pat's Place.

Last night and this morning I washed a whole bunch of fabric that has been piling up for months. Mostly small pieces, not larger than 1/2 yard. A few FQ (that came from a RCTQ Visitor last winter!) had been cut all around with pinking shear or cutter. Those did not get all scraggly and knotty. Worked much better than my method of just snipping a wee triangle on the corners. YMMV. Excuse me, I need to pull some fabric out of the dryer.

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Thanks for that Sandy. That is pretty cute. I'll have you know I have a pair of slippers just like those. My glasses aren't nearly as kool though :) Taria

Ellison wrote:

We first got online in 1996, with 10 hours per month (!) My DH wasn't interested, so it was all mine. I surfed a little, but tended to save it for late in the calendar month, since I didn't want to run out of time early. I looked at all the RCT_ groups, but mainly read RCTN. When we got a faster computer and more hours I read that group regularly. RCTQ was interesting, but so busy, and you were talking about obscure (to me) stuff like Malvern, and you all knew each other, it seemed. Two years ago I got my own computer, so looked in again. By that time RCTN was getting tiresome; I had four ppl kill-filed because they were contentious troublemakers, IMO, and I found that they produced 15-20% of the posts. So I dropped that group and lurked here for a few months before posting. I don't post much, but I read it all, admire your quilts, share your concerns, and know I can get good advice and a friendly ear here.

Lee (my server is in the lane, not the road)

Oh, they love to help with laundry! I have a front-loader washer, so it is easy for them to put laundry in. Then they twirl all the buttons and knobs. They can move the laundry from washer to dryer, then help get it out when dry. They love to fold, too, especially socks. You just have to put up with their...uh... techniques. :-)

This one takes first prize...for.. creative journalism... ya.. thats it. thanks Sandy! Diana

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" Ellison" wrote in messagenews:%YW0b.107627$ snipped-for-privacy@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...> Howdy!

Thanks, that's pretty much how I remember that fun-filled day! I didn't realize a photographer was on duty.

I was pictured in a couple of those photos but I won't tell you which ones. ;-)

Dragonfly

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Not telling! but if you demand a tithe.. so shall it be! Hugs, Diana :-)

No matter how often you post or how you got here, its nice to have you here. Thank you for sharing your story too! Diana

Another good reason to never give your parents a computer!

Thanks LN! di

It's been a rough summer.

Well once something bites me like quilting has, not much can keep me down. I keep at it until I am happy with it. So knowing myself, I will be quilting straight into my next life time.

Dawn

Hullo Sherri and welcome Hope you have a terrific retirement (though you won't find you have all that much time!!). Looking forward to seeing how you get on with your classes and the projects. I have cats too (and rabbits and guinea pigs, but that's another story!) . In article , sdgodfrey writes

Tension problems are not fun. Im thinking next time I need to meddle with that I best pour myself something wild and wet or smoke something a bit relaxing and play with a bit of material i no longer care about. Can someone tell me, do we fiddle with the top, then if that seems fine tune up the screw in the bobbin case? Thats how i generally do it, but if there is a better way I would love to know it. Diana

Well, Diana and others, I came to this group for, hmmm, can't remember why or what for.

You could say I came to quilting because I was born with the quilting and textile gene. My grandmother and all three of her daughters are textile artists of various mediums. They have each done some quilting but my grandmother, turned 85 on the 19th, is still quilting to this day and in the past ten years had almost always had a quilt in progress. I started quilting in my teens with a simple, small quilt on machine. It wasn't until Springtime 15 years ago that I decided to start my very first quilt. It was a broken dishes pattern using left over pieces of fabric from clothing my mother and grandmother made along with some left over fabric from my grandmother's quilting. That's the only thing beautiful about it. I will be finishing this 15 year old project this week. Yesterday morning I removed the binding I just begun to stitch onto it and put on one that does it justice. Of course I'll have a pic for viewing as soon as possible.

I do stay because there's a lot of activity on it, very friendly, responsive and on-topic. Also, I can't get enough of those pictures some are able to post. I also like that it keeps me motivated to do something with my large stash and finish up projects.

In the future I hope to find that arthritis does not exist in the hands of a quilter, favorite fabric pieces in one's stash spontaneously multiplies as you're about to use it for a project, more guilds will spring up making it easier to get to one if you're not near a very large town or metro area and a lot more younger folk and men take up the sport.

Medium Gnome

QUILTING PHOTOS:

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But you'll notice they were doing naught but sitting and grinning.

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> > For tips and lessons, Nann took charge of the quilting books:> > > Lori and Teresa volunteered to help Merry> > > with a visit to Vickie in the summer parlor:> > > Mid-morning break saw us taking a little exercise out-of-doors:> > > > but soon it was back to the quilting:> > > > > At last it was time for lunch, very much a serve-yourself buffet:> > > > during which Roberta Z favored us w/ a little Eatin' Music:> > > And then back to the quilting:> > > > One of the most exciting parts of the day,> > when Sarah's boyfriend from the LQS showed up:> > > We all indulged, esp. Sarah. *snicker*> > > Someone just couldn't keep up:> > > Indulged & inspired, spirits revived after our afternoon respite.> > Kathy called for her "boys, aka Kathy's Kut-ups:> > > & not to be outdone, we were soon visited by Donna's Dudes:> > > even Donna had to kick up her heels over this bunch:> > > Mim

That's because they were worn out from stealing stash from everybody else!

Sandy really outdid herself on this one. She must have had one of those wee spy cameras. I wonder did she get any quilting done at all? Does anyone happen to know where she stashed the negatives?

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