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Wash before or after binding?
I have always sewn on both sides of the binding and then washed my quilts to get some puckering. A couple of my quilting friends are washing their quilts before they attach the binding at all. (My...
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Re: Jean Wells
Yes Jean is responsible for the Sister's Quilt show. She started it over 25 years ago. The problem is it is TODAY!!! so you've missed it, but that's okay you can plan for next year. It's in the high...
 
posted pics of 2 quilt tops
I posted pics of 2 quilt tops I finished in the last few months. One is the 3D fan quilt I have been working on for my grandson. The fabric I bought for the border and back is bright colored frogs on...
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On the spree today!
I went shopping today! :) Got 200 sewing machine needles for a friend - 100 80's and 100 90's. Got the August issue of British Patchwork & Quilting and Sewing World Got two half metres of fabric -...
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Re: Coming to Seattle
hey, you say it is right in the middle of downtown Seattle, for me it is almost in the suburbs! halfway between work (at the University of Washington) and home.... :o) TerriLee
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don't eat the escolar!
On the 4th I went to a nice restaurant here in Seattle, and ordered the escolar with greens. Turns out it is also called the ExLax fish, and boy is that name right! Within an hour of eating it I...
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Fabric Organizer
Hi all: Came across this site,similar to motivated Moms, this one has a free print out to keep track of your fabrics, thought maybe some of you, (a little, ok ok, a lot) more organized than me might...
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Skipped Stitches
The subject line says it all. I have tried all of the fixes I can remember: cleaning the lint out of the bobbin casing and surrounds, replacing the bobbin, re-threading the machine. What am I missing?...
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Book review needed - Patchwork Quilts Made Easy
Hi: I asked this question under the subject "Jean Wells" but I didn't get any replies, so I'm asking it under a new subject line. Does anyone have this book by Jean Wells? If so, do you think it is...
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OT: A Shameless Bid for Sympathy (long)
I am so terribly *dismayed* (DH is angry), that I must vent here. First, the background. It isn't completely necessary, but helps you see the perspective for our tsuris. If you want to, you can skip...
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High priced Quilt Books
Can someone explain to me by some quilting book are going for over 200.00? One example is "papercuts and Plenty by Elly Sienkiewicz. I though it might be a mistake but there are several sites that are...
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Thanks!
Carla here again! Thanks to you all, who wrote and commiserated with me. I had to laugh at some, and it really helped. Some of the smallest things help so much; the idea of winding more than one...
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CP/OT brief hello
ARGH! It's not even 7am yet!! Guests got here at 4:22am and I'm the only adult still awake...along with my DS and their DS. Fortunatley, they both like Veggie Tales videos Hope you all are doing well...
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Book Reviews
A little while ago, someone was asking if there were any Book Reviews which gave honest opinions about the books. At the time I did answer with the thought that it might be on the Quilt University...
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OT- how strange
i have no idea how much if any of this is true but sure is strange. j* The next time you are washing your hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it, think about how...
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