Bulletin

Really. We've made the most beautiful bulletin board and I want you to have one too. It all began with some sort of styrofoam stuff that comes in sheets at the building supply place. I don't know what they use it for but maybe for insulation beneath sheetrock (drywall) or bricks. Something. Easy to cut. Somewhat sturdy. We covered mine with the fabric from the curtains used to protect my shelves and bins of stash and other good stuff. Used a quick easy mount of a cool glue gun. The plaid fabric was about 3/4" off grain and annoying but not impossible. Now all the tiny little things are easy to find and safely stored: some velcro dots, double pointed needles, double eyed needles, needle threaders, hugs to be, a small bottle of silicone and an embroidered appliqué of a Cardinal. It goes on and on but an important part of being seriously organized is being able to find things. I can't believe how quickly this project went. Anybody need a couple of dozen cool glue sticks? Polly

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Polly Esther
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sounds great Mizz Polly -- when are we gonna get you a camera that'll let you SHOW us all the wonderful things you make!

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Kate in MI

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Roberta

How do you attach the goodies to the foam board, Polly? How large is it? . In message , Polly Esther writes

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Patti

Well, good gracious. I left out the best part. Pins stick in the bulletin board just fine. I usually have a pack of corsage pins that are a heftier if something is a little, little bit heavy. Polly

"Patti" How do you attach the goodies to the foam board, Polly? How large is

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Polly Esther

Well, you see - my shelves aren't 'built-in' - they're built out. The bulletin boards are seriously screwed into the edge of the shelves as well as the support at the floor. Probably overkill, I'm thinking. I don't plan to hang anything that weighs much. There are actually two covered bulletin boards, one at each end. Just now I've displayed quilt blocks that didn't go very well on one. The boards are 2 feet wide and about 5 feet high. Since the styro boards are nearly weightless, attaching them to a wall shouldn't be difficult unless you have a band of frisky QIs barreling by. Of course, if the glue is already out . . . Polly

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Polly Esther

Have you seen that precious 4½ year-old little girl on the tv commercial showing us how she can take a picture? They have almost reached my age level. Polly

"Kate in MI" sounds great Mizz Polly -- when are we gonna get you a camera that'll let

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Polly Esther

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:25:46 -0600, Polly Esther wrote (in article ):

I never thought of those. But I bet they'd work great on my foam board design wall. Where did you get them?

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak

Corsage pins? It seems like they were found over in the bridal section at WalMart and probably the craft stores put them there too. The bridal section also (for reasons known only to the computer that decides what goes where) usually has the special cake area too. That's where I have to hike to get parchment paper for lining cookie sheets. And - a friend of mine couldn't find small combs to hold her 'growing out a bad haircut' in place because she wanted clear ones. Once again, the bridal section had them. Polly

"Maureen Wozniak"

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Polly Esther

P R A C T I C E. That's all it takes Miz Polly. I've worn a couple cameras out, just practicing....and that was when we paid for each pix.,not onto the compie like now. I wasn't studying each shot--hard for kidlets to stand still while you shoot 20 pixs--- so I got them in action. Out of 20, maybe we had 2 that were keepable...but I kept the other 18 "cause YOU paid for them" and now--guess which ones the kidlets like the MOST? So, I'm thinking, your subject is still ...so maybe 4 shots.. should give you one useable. YOU CAN DO IT. IF *I can* YOU can, too. Now, go get a camera--just make sure it's one that can have the pixs transferred to your compie...and START SHOOTING. ((AND I'm NOT talking about a pro camera--even a Wal-mart garden variety would work (Our stand-by camera). Just make sure you have someone that will tell you HOW to turn on, attach the cord to the compie, and the camera is NOT TOO HEAVY for you to hold for a few minutes. Make them unchain it. They did for me..use the Great-Grandma excuse on holding it. THEY WANT THE SALE....they'll unchain it long enuf for you to try your hand at it--remember batteries add some weight to it--check what KIND and HOW MANY batteries* it takes. We have a cheapie--that takes a CAMERA battery-& a more expensive but takes 4 AA.

*Another option to look at.

You CAN ERASE those that you don't like and start over and over and over. Yes, it'll take abit of time away from quilting

UNLESS

you can get Mr Polly to do it.

Butterfly (I, for one, would LOVE to see some of the preemie gowns you've made. Selfish, yes, but, please)

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Butterflywings

And to make it quilt related, I used three 1" thick 4'x8' pieces of the foam insulation board covered with batting for my design walls. Spray glued the batting on -- whole project took about 10 minutes, including covering the floor so I wouldn't glue myself to it. :)

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Kathy Applebaum

I make something similar for my kids' friends for birthdays and such. I drill 2 holes at the top of a ceiling tile and then tie w/ ribbon and secure at the back w/ hot glue for a hanger

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They are fun!

Kellie

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kjbeanne

Kathy, I wish you'd figure a way to put a grid on the design wall batting. Since you hang out at a paint store to support your habits, you should be able to think of something. I simply have to have lines or I wander off all wonky. Polly

"Kathy Applebaum" And to make it quilt related, I used three 1" thick 4'x8' pieces of the foam

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Polly Esther

Polly, I really can't keep you from wandering off all wonky. ;-P

I haven't found a need to put a grid on my design wall, but I did put a grid on my ironing board. Very high tech method -- I took my rotary ruler and an extra-fine sharpie marker, and drew it right on. Heat set it with the iron, and it's been fabulous. (It was quite the aha! moment when I realized the quilt police wouldn't break down my doors for drawing on my own ironing board cover! LOL)

So if you use a nice tight batting like Quilter's Dream Cotton or Warm & Natural, the sharpie and ruler would work fine. Just the project for a cold, rainy day. Put a nice station on the radio, get a cup of hot tea (save the margaritas for afterwards, or you'll be wonky again! *grin*), and have at it.

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Kathy Applebaum

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:06:57 -0600, Polly Esther wrote (in article ):

Computers seem to have a logic all their own. I guess the computer thinks the only time someone would bake a cake is for a wedding.

Maureen

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Maureen Wozniak

I first became very suspicious of computer logic when told that to turn the computer off, you have to click 'Start'. Right then, I had the feeling that we were going to have problems. Polly

"Maureen Wozniak" Computers seem to have a logic all their own. I guess the computer thinks

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Polly Esther

Fortunately, cell phones came along to offset this anomaly. Most are turned on by pressing the "End" button.

Rita L. in MA

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Rita L in MA

My feelings exactly. It bugs me every single night >g< . In message , Polly Esther writes

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Patti

And that's another reason you should have a Mac, Polly -- Macs have a very nice "Shut down" command.

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Sandy

Howdy!

Narrow masking tape or painter's tape; sticks just enough to stay w/out getting in the way. And you could make a wonky grid to go along w/ the rest of your wonkyness. ;-)

R/Sandy

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Sandy Ellison

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