Scrappy quilters untie!

Just seeing if anyone was paying attention. How about 'scrappy quilters unite' ? Here is the ultimate scrappy quilt. No two blocks are alike and anything goes. Can you ask for more? My beloved long-armer says she can quilt up to 144" x 30 feet. I just might need that much room to get enough of this one. Go look at

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Polly

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Polly Esther
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Very cool, Polly, I can't wait to see your version! Don't forget to add a bit of gator fabric to the mix!

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Carolyn McCarty

"Untie" does go with the longarm theme... *big grin*

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Kathy Applebaum

nooo I don't wanna untie my quilts!!! That's worse than puttin those damn ties in in the first place!!!!! waaaaaaaaa

Cant I just unite with you instead?

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~KK in BC~

Polly what a hoot. I think this would be a fun quilt to make. And it would use up all those leftover blocks, leftover half-blocks, practice blocks, ugly blocks, messed up blocks.... you get the picture. They could be different sizes too, with the judicious use of sashing. I may just start whipping together all my "uh oh" blocks as I run onto them among the mess in my sewing stuff. Maybe by the end of the year I will have a huge ultimate scrap quilt ready to be quilted. I want to see yours. I'm betting that no matter how scrappy your quilts is, it's going to look like a million bucks.

Sunny

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Sunny

Oh my you're right, KK. One Christmas, I tied 3 denim quilts for the grands and that was a killer of a chore. Nobody will ever persuade me to untie. Wonder where our scrappy quilters are tonight? And we wonder how our quilters are who are in the path of that terrible ice storm? Polly

"~KK in BC~" wrote> nooo I don't wanna untie my quilts!!! That's worse than puttin those damn

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Polly Esther

oooh, I like that. Heck it wouldn't even be my scraps to make that ;) In going thru my stash recently, I have decided to extend my fabric diet indefinitely. My challenge is to not only do a fabric diet but the food diet, also.

Hmmm, high fiber diet.

G> Just seeing if anyone was paying attention. How about 'scrappy quilters

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Ginger in CA

I've learned my limit. I can repeat a block 9 times and then it becomes so tedious I have to just force myself to continue. DDIL has a kingsize bed and I've been searching for a quilt pattern for her that would be fun - fun to create and fun to own. The block on the SM right now is a Tootsie Roll heart on Nascar checks. Yes. This is a hoot. Polly

"Sunny" wrote> Polly what a hoot. I think this would be a fun quilt to make. And it

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Polly Esther

Howdy!

We had 3 rounds of "weather" this weekend, and the reporters were ecstatic! My word, if we hadn't actually seen the rain & flooding & icy-rain & sleet & sheet-ice those poor weather reporters would have had to sign up for therapy, they'd have been so depressed! And weren't the rest of those twits lucky to go out in a remote-broadcast van to report that traffic was indeed as bad as it's predicted to be with vehicles spinning on the pavement, sliding down the on-ramps, tipping themselves into the concrete walls-- such sport for these demented doofusses. (Ya' know, if they tell me it's an icy road I'll believe it, I don't have to see cars slamming into trucks or huge trucks tipping over the highway walls, nor do I need to witness the "reporter" standing there waiting for something horrible to happen on the road, usually withOUT a hat or gloves to be seen [do they take bets on how many accidents they'll see? how many horrible stories they can relate?].)

Yes, one can do lots of quilting when shut up in the house, opening the door just wide enough for Stanley dog to go out and do his bidness and tiptoe back inside; smart dog, that Stanley. ;-) I listened to the ice storm all night, getting up to check out the windows to make sure... what? that everything was being coated? Yes, the trees, porch, roofs, sidewalks, streets, mailboxes, street signs, driveways, bushes, shed, red wagon, patio furniture, metal dragonflies, flower pots, fences and flags were all thoroughly covered in a slick, glittering film of crystallized ice. Pretty to look out but a horror to contemplate getting out in and driving somewhere. Which many did. Including the 2 men at this house; elder parts man parks his Cruiser in the garage, thankgod, but son has his Honda in the driveway and must wait for the windshield to warm a bit to get that frosty veil to disperse. This morning as Stan punched holes in the crystalline counterpain, the robins and mourning doves rose in a cloud and perched on the back fence, laughing at him. I put out some seed to humor their attitude and applaud their spirit. ;-D Oh, yes, it's cold in north Texas.

Ragm> Oh my you're right, KK. One Christmas, I tied 3 denim quilts for the grands

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Sandy Ellison

What fun! Might join you for this one! Roberta in D

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Roberta Zollner

Did you all see Bonnie's Orphan Block quilt?

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the Jan 7 & Jan 11 entries. Nann

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Nann Hilyard

I always thought we were making sure there was still a way to exit the house in case of emergency. I have been "snowed in" inside my house so that the only exit was by one high window. This could have been disastrous for my family if there were a fire.

And, yes the men are always compelled to go out and play on the streets in their cars. It's really quite an important guy thing. After all, how could those weather crews film the car slides and crashes if all the menfolk stayed home? Debra in VA See my quilts at

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Debra

We find the reporters to be very helpful. If we see the camera truck heading down the road, we make sure to drive the OTHER way, to be as far away as possible from whatever mess there is. ;-)

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Kathy Applebaum

Being curious I kept scrolling down (jan4)...and found her crumb quilt...what a great idea for those of us who don't like to throw out any scraps.

Allison

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Allison

LOL, too right, Debra!

Of course, I must say that the first serious snowstorm in Minnesota made me claustrophobic, and I absolutely *had* to get to town and buy something, just to know that I could do it. Hmmmmm, maybe it isn't just the guys who do these dumb things!

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Carolyn McCarty

Wow, Polly, that's a gorgeous scrap quilt. And inspiring, too! Thanks for sharing.

-Irene

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IMS

I'm afraid I'm like Kate this morning. There were some chores I just had to tend such as a full sink and the out-of-place things that just had to be put away. This afternoon I am hoping I can come back and play with the hearts. I've realized that this quilt can be king-size without my shoulders committing suicide. I can assemble it in 4 blocks by 4 blocks, then put them in pairs. That way I'll only have one trip on the SM with the whole thing to heave through. With some thought given to outright bribery(banana nut bread comes to mind), I probably can even buy some help. Polly

"IMS" wrote >Wow, Polly, that's a gorgeous scrap quilt. And inspiring, too! Thanks for sharing.

-Irene

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Polly Esther

We had the same thing going on here in Oklahoma all weekend. The reporters sure do seem to love this stuff! They seemed absolutely gleeful every time they showed another crash. The news reports were on all weekend reporting the bad weather, dangerous driving conditions, power outages, and closed businesses. On a brighter note, I was able to go to the Oklahoma City Winter Quilt show on Thursday, where I won a bundle of 10 FQ's :-) The show closed down early on Friday and didn't open up again on Saturday. I guess everyone else will have to wait until next year for the next show. We never lost electricity here at our house so I was able to quilt thru the storm :-) The pasture is a sheet of ice right now, but the horses are being very sensible, not running around acting silly, slipping on the ice. The horses are pretty heavy, but I guess the ice must be pretty thick because it isn't even cracking under their weight.

Karen

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Karen Garza

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