Forum: Quilting
May 16th 08, 03:09 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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OTOT fashion whine
I do give lessons. VBG Love to teach and help folks learn how to have
fun with fabric, needle and thread. VBG
While making clothes can take time away from quilting it really isn't
any more time...
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Forum: Quilting
May 16th 08, 02:43 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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OTOT fashion whine
If we can ever manage a big RCTQ retreat I will volunteer to help anyone
who needs the help with how to do pattern alteration for you. If you can
get a good basic well fitting bodice pattern, you...
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Forum: Quilting
May 16th 08, 02:16 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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OTOT fashion whine
This is being a wonderful thread in general. VBG
I learned to sew in junior high Home Ec. class. Then took one year of
High School Home Ec. Started making my own clothes then, and have ever...
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Forum: Quilting
May 16th 08, 02:07 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 65
Views: 4,496
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Forum: Quilting
May 14th 08, 05:03 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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OT Cameras
We now have 2 digital cameras. G the first is the HP which is okay.
Not anything fancy, easy to use and such. The one we most recently
bought is a Canon. It has more somethings and can take more...
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Forum: Quilting
May 14th 08, 04:54 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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English paper piecing.
That is one of many reasons I love Inklingo. Have one of those on my
"list" and have started printing and cutting half hexes for it. G
With Inklingo, no papers, no basting, no whipstitching. VBG...
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Forum: Quilting
August 4th 07, 05:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 29
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Very narrow border.
Yep, finished and mailed off. And yes I did dot in color in the
background. Pics in the Hoffman album. BG (Still not sure it is
really what I had intended, but it has been sent...
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Forum: Quilting
August 4th 07, 09:40 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 14
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new pics
Well, last week I did finish my Hoffman Challenge quilt and got it off
in the mail. I am not sure the quilt came out the way I wanted it to, it
was a big change in style for me. BG All hand...
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Forum: Quilting
August 4th 07, 09:35 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Views: 757
Scallopped edges Wavy Edge Quilt
The instructions are a bit scary, but the results are well worth it.
That is the method I will use when I finish quilting my Dear Jane quilt.
G
I am also planning to do another smaller quilt to...
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Forum: Quilting
August 4th 07, 05:27 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 11
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Scallopped edges Wavy Edge Quilt
I know!! I know!! (waving hand wildly in the air......)
For your edges, take a piece of adding machine paper tape the length of
your edge. fold to find the middle, the quarters, etc. Then fan...
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Forum: Quilting
August 4th 07, 05:09 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Forum: Quilting
August 4th 07, 04:54 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,735
I'm an outcast -- was, I'm back!!!!
Let me in on Aioe.... sigh. I am getting even more disenchanted with
earthlink news service and it turns out that covad discontinued their
news server last month. sigh.
Pati, in Phx...
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Forum: Quilting
August 3rd 07, 08:47 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Very narrow border.
I also have that book. G Am getting ready to do one of the quilts to
teach here in the valley. BG Looks like fun, but the technique is
actually applique, not piecing. I am also preparing to do...
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Forum: Quilting
August 3rd 07, 07:20 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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A new machine
A seraglio. G
Pati, in Phx
http://community.webshots.com/user/PatiCooks
Patti wrote:
He-he!
What do they call 'it' this way round?
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Forum: Quilting
August 3rd 07, 07:07 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 29
Views: 1,299
Very narrow border.
I was thinking the same thing. Do every time I do one of these
"inserts". G But I usually cut my strips at 1" so that the little
flap, at a quarter of an inch, isn't as "flappy". It often gives...
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Forum: Quilting
August 3rd 07, 07:01 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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OT cooking stoves and hand vacs
Reading this thread has been a treat. G
Stoves-- I am fond of electric stoves/ovens because of bad experiences
with gas ones. So was delighted when we moved into this house to find
electric built...
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Forum: Quilting
August 2nd 07, 06:28 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Forum: Quilting
August 1st 07, 10:07 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Simple projects
Since there has been a request, or more on occasion for some simple
projects here is one.
Needlebook
(Pics of one can be found at my webshots, album: Sewing accessories.
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Forum: Quilting
August 1st 07, 09:37 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 15
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Need help with ideas for a quilting class- YIKES!
Leslie, with both hand and machine seamsters it will be difficult to do
anything cohesive, since so many things are somewhat different for the
two groups.
Most things that would take a hand sewist...
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Forum: Quilting
August 1st 07, 07:46 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 24
Views: 1,481
Moon over the mountain question
If you use pinking shears to trim your circles, they are pre-notched for
you. G And be sure not to clip too close to the stitching, not only to
insure not clipping the thread but also because...
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Forum: Quilting
July 31st 07, 11:22 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 57
Views: 2,222
Electric Quilt 6? Worth it??
EQ has the capability to do most,if not all, of what you want. G
I know that there are all sorts of ways to divide circles, and
relatively easy ways to draw them. G
You can always snap to a...
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Forum: Quilting
July 31st 07, 11:14 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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banana pudding
Not Polly, but my DH loves banana pudding. G I never had a "recipe",
just layer pudding, Vanilla wafers and sliced bananas in a bowl.
Polly, I too, stand up wafers around the edge of the bowl....
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Forum: Quilting
July 31st 07, 10:40 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Totally OT-Tea
You might ask at the restaurant what tea they are serving. I have had
several different ones at different places. G A common tea served is
Jasmine tea. The blossoms add a hint of a flowery...
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Forum: Quilting
July 31st 07, 02:32 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 12
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Redwork embroidery blocks
Jerry, I hadn't yet replied to your original message G But do have
some comments.
The one redwork quilt I have finished I did with red floss on unbleached
muslin. I set it with fabric that is...
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Forum: Quilting
July 30th 07, 11:22 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 46
Views: 4,823
Sharon Schamber's new site. Free stuff.
I am in west Phoenix, just a half mile from the Glendale city limits. G
Sharon has actually dropped in on one of my groups' "camps" up in
Payson, at Camp Lomona. (I wasn't able to attend that...
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