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Sewing machines recommended for quilting and doing general sewing???
What do you like about your machine and/or dislike? Which machines would you stay away from and why? Live in the USA and am not real mechanically minded!! Are those of you with electronic machines...
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Flower Garden Quilt is Done
Hello All, Just wanted to tell you all that my flower garden quilt top is finished . I put the inner and outer border on yesterday. Sorry no pictures to show. Each block had a different floral print...
 
Rich vs. poor
I have been rereading the book "Quilts/their story and how to make them" that I talked about in my recent post, or at least the history portion, as I find that part very interesting. One thing that it...
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Bye for now.
Well dear friends it looks as if I shall be losing you. My ISP have said they are dropping Usenet in 5 days time. I asked them if they were dropping the amount I pay since I am losing part of the...
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old vs new quilting books
I have 2 different quilting books on my Kindle e-reader, one called "Quilts/Their Story and how to make them" by Marie D Webster, published in 1916, that I got from The other called "Quilting...
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Quilting nightmare -- literally
A few nights ago, I dreamed that I had arrived at a quilting retreat at a location about 3 hours from where I live. After I got there, I realized that I had the patterns for the projects I wanted to...
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Garden Quilt Update
Hello Quilters I need to make a correction on the Garden quilt top. I was saying 12 h alf squares when I should of been saying flying geese in each block. I was thinking flying geese but saying...
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My ex-son-in-law bought a Sears Quilt frame #48382. No instructions nor pictures
Ok great guy. I have no idea what it looks like. Have searched the web and nothing. I also have the extension kit $48383. Ideas?? Please.
 
Businesses
Recently I posted about a youtube video about making a cell phone cover (). I then made a cover for my phone that is slightly smaller and a cover for my kindle that is slightly bigger than the pattern...
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It's our birthday
Following a discussion on Facebook, DH discovered the following Creation of (17th Aug 1993): So we're 21 this month!!! Janner France
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Finally the Flower Garden Quilt Top
This quilt top is from "The Quilter Magazine" year 2013. I have alre ady cut out the 30 sets of pieces that make up the quilt top. Yesterday I started sewing the blocks to gather. This is a challenge...
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Sunflower Wall Hanging
Hello friends, I finished hand quilting my sunflower wall hanging yesterday afternoon . So will display it for the month of August on the wall outside my apartme nt. I was worried that the bright...
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Nancy Rink
am MAD as Hell! Thieves broke into my studio over the weekend and stole virtually every quilt (see the album What the Thieves Stole). This is an oh so wonderful follow-up to the break in a week and a...
 
Long sashing strips query...
Will the Quilt Police issue a citation if I'm forced to piece all of my lon g sashing strips? Is this going to be an egregious error on my part? If n ot, will I just piece the strips on the diagonal,...
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World quilt show 2014
Mike Abram?@G1CZU12 hrs @AmericanQuilter . . Latest quilt on the way to . .Good luck to all members of the UK team http://www.quiltfest.com/activities.asp?id=18...