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Greeting quilters,

After months of trying to find a free newserver, I bit the dust and signed up for Giganews.

I finally finished the quilt from hell that I was working on when I was last here. It turned out pretty--amazingly enough! The thing that made it hell was that I decided to quilt it myself. It is larger than a twin but not quite a double. I fought that thing for weeks. It still needs to be washed before I give it to the recipient. I'll take pictures before it goes away.

I bought some really ugly fat quarters and have made napkins. This is a way to be a little more green and not plow through paper napkins. They look ok as napkins but not for quilts!

I've been working on a quilt (not hard) for the past couple of weeks. I'm using shades of pink and red and a white tone on tone. It will be pretty.

Next month is one of our guild's retreat's. I'm going to take the pink one as well as the stuff (already amassed) to make John (youngest DS) a rag quilt.

Thanks for the directions for cutting the plastic bags. I've got enough for a whole wardrobe of bags!

Enough for now!

Happy quilting,

Lenore

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lenorel95
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Hey, Welcome Back!!!

~~~~~~~ Laurie G. in CA

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Laurie G. in CA

Good to see you here again, Lenore ... even if you wear a wardrobe of plastic bags! LOL PAT, still vetting the RCTQ chocolate in Virginia

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Pat in Virginia

I've thought about cutting those bags up and crocheting grocery bags. Emphasis on "thought." Then I read that you can do that and have to have a ball of strips the size of a volleyball to start crocheting. I can barely fit into my extremely cluttered lair with the masses of fabric and quilting stuff. I don't want to add volleyball sized rolls of plastic "yarn." Even I have standards!

Gee, I could crochet clothes--perhaps with some duct tape for added decor.......

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lenorel95

wow, that is a heck of a lot of plastic bags for sure. ya could maybe crochet a nice plastic raincoat. it would be waterproof afterall, eh. j.

"lenorel95" wrote... I've thought about cutting those bags up and crocheting grocery bags. Emphasis on "thought." Then I read that you can do that and have to have a ball of strips the size of a volleyball to start crocheting. I can barely fit into my extremely cluttered lair with the masses of fabric and quilting stuff. I don't want to add volleyball sized rolls of plastic "yarn." Even I have standards!

Gee, I could crochet clothes--perhaps with some duct tape for added decor.......

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jeanne-nzlstar*

I don't crochet, but I offered to help a neighbor cut up the plastic bags to crochet a bag. We folded the bags long ways, then put a clear ruler on top and used a roller cutter to cut off the fused end piece, then cut strips 1 &

1/2 " wide, so you have loops of plastic. Then you join them like you would join rubber bands. Then crochet the loops as you would one piece of yarn. My friend said you need more than 100 bags to crochet a tote bag. I decided that I am glad I don't know how. Barbara in FL

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Bobbie Sews More

A plastic bag cloak with duct tape highlights... You could make sure the great big smiley face from Wal Mart would be prominent on the back. It would be *fitting*.... :-)

Rick Boesen Olivet, MI

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