Forum: Quilting
December 22nd 08, 03:46 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,984
OT help with child eating
Joanna wrote:
I have a just 5 yr old that refuses to eat what she doesn't think she
will like.
If she is generally healthy, don't worry about
it. So she misses dinner 5 nights out of 7,
big...
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Forum: Quilting
November 17th 08, 02:23 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 9
Views: 459
OT - gift card etiquette question
Thanks all... I will just tell him how I feel.
If he rejects the card, that's fine. He has
shared with me being unemployed, money difficulties,
etc.
-- Anita --
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Forum: Quilting
November 17th 08, 05:09 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 9
Views: 459
OT - gift card etiquette question
maryd wrote:
could you mail it anonymously?
no... my name is on the card... I'd like
to just explain to that cast member that I'm
uncomfortable with the gift and I'd like him
to use it...
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Forum: Quilting
November 17th 08, 04:58 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,399
OT v-e-r-y, to the piano players
Anne Rogers wrote:
[...] a good tuner knows how to get
the best out of it and also leave it such that it won't go out of tune
ridiculously fast.
Just for random information, the speed at...
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Forum: Quilting
November 17th 08, 04:54 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,399
OT v-e-r-y, to the piano players
Anne Rogers wrote:
Polly Esther wrote:
Well, you see, Anita, I'm not confident that this is certain -
Anita wrote If one person doesn't do a great job, your piano
will not...
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Forum: Quilting
November 17th 08, 04:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 9
Views: 459
OT - gift card etiquette question
I got a gift card as a cast gift (I'm on staff).
Staff gets a stipend, cast does not. Cast tends
to be young, unemployed, generally not as well off
as us older people on staff.
I would like to give...
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Forum: Quilting
November 16th 08, 10:14 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,399
OT v-e-r-y, to the piano players
Polly Esther wrote:
We have a very fine old piano. It's a Steinway. [...]
How do I go about choosing a tuner?
Get a recommendation from a friend. I called
a very reputable dealer here...
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Forum: Quilting
June 15th 08, 10:44 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 7
Views: 714
cloth napkins
Trixie wrote:
I would make the napkins out of a whole piece of fabric, hemmed under. Then
I would use my patchwork, batting, and quilting to make matching placemats.
Thanks for all the ideas. ...
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Forum: Quilting
June 15th 08, 06:13 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 7
Views: 714
cloth napkins
As part of my move to more eco-conservation, my
next step is cloth napkins. I've made a couple
of double-sided patchwork napkins and learned
that a four-square produces four corners meeting
and that...
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Forum: Quilting
June 13th 08, 07:16 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 21
Views: 887
OT Bells Palsy
Dee in Oz wrote:
Has anyone had this ?
If you watch "Law & Order: CI", the police chief
was wearing an eye patch for a couple of seasons
because he (the actor) had Bell's Palsy. The...
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Forum: Quilting
May 11th 08, 01:29 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 8
Views: 806
OT Mother's Day
Sunny wrote:
I'm going to make a stunning confession for a 50 year-old woman who
was in college through the mid 1970s: I never took the pill. [...]
I never liked the idea of chemically...
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Forum: Quilting
May 10th 08, 04:29 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,016
nearly perfect portable quilt case
I have the nearly perfect portable quilt case
It's from Akro Mills and designed for scrapbooking,
but it works great for quilting.
http://www.akro-mils.com/image_library/images/craft-storage.pdf
I...
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Forum: Quilting
March 21st 08, 03:31 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,691
experience question
Karen, Queen of Squishies wrote:
Is Steam-A-Seam 2 really good enough for fusible applique on a wall-hanging,
with no stitching of the edges of the pieces?
I used SaS2 to put an applique...
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Forum: Quilting
March 17th 08, 05:18 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 40
Views: 1,365
Your favorite trick?
Polly Esther wrote:
My Bernina does not take kindly to stitching over pins so I hauled out
my favorite old Indian trick. I weaved a fine needle through the stitching
for about 3/8" of...
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Forum: Quilting
March 5th 08, 08:10 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,284
cutting mat on plywood (SQ episode 2/28/2008)
Pati C. wrote:
There is a nifty little lap desk, called SmartLap, that I got at Office
Max. It was recommended by Linda Franz as a handwork travel desk. The
legs fold in and there is a...
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Forum: Quilting
March 5th 08, 08:09 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,284
cutting mat on plywood (SQ episode 2/28/2008)
Pat in Virginia wrote:
Anita:
A quilting friend uses a clip board that has a storage area. It is not
bulky, but some sewing supplies and materials fit nicely. You might try
cutting a mat...
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Forum: Quilting
March 4th 08, 06:48 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,284
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Forum: Quilting
March 1st 08, 03:21 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,062
The great cutting mat caper.
John wrote:
Just in from a secret laboratory, where arcane and possibly suspect
skills are used, we have the results of the great Rotary Cutting Mat
stabilization project. Listed below is a...
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Forum: Quilting
February 29th 08, 03:02 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,284
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Forum: Quilting
February 29th 08, 05:32 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 25
Views: 1,284
cutting mat on plywood (SQ episode 2/28/2008)
On Simply Quilts today (2/28/2008), Alex was
talking about pasting a cutting mat onto
plywood with rubber cement. Has anyone done
this?
I've been looking for a portable "workstation"
for my car or...
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Forum: Quilting
February 15th 08, 05:19 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 31
Views: 1,919
OT Frustration!
NightMist wrote:
Ash needs a haircut.
Videos have worked in the past, but not
right now... Pillbug's hair is irritating
me; it will be a haircutting weekend!
(I, too, gave up on outside...
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Forum: Quilting
February 11th 08, 02:50 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 33
Views: 1,378
Backstitching
Marie Dodge wrote:
Do you backstitch when piece quilting? Do you ever find threads coming
loose when you don't?
Every inch. But I've never had threads
coming loose when I don't.
-- Anita --
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Forum: Quilting
January 29th 08, 05:39 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 171
Views: 16,004
Time for another Roll Call?
Married 7 years, two children: Pillbug (4.5yo,
autistic), and Rocky (2.5yo, speech delayed but
sharp as a whip). I do a lot of hand sewing
while waiting for the kids in various therapies.
I've...
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Forum: Quilting
January 13th 08, 01:13 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 5
Views: 443
update on my manager
I don't know if anyone remembers, but over a year
ago, I had posted about my manager who was diagnosed
with breast cancer and I was wondering about a quilt
I could make for her.
I did make a simple...
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Forum: Quilting
November 26th 07, 02:58 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 11
Views: 913
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