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Forum: Quilting August 1st 20, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 2
Views: 4,425
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Need thread opinions

On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 10:04:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
You want a shiny metallic thread for for hand embellishment, what would you choose?

I am dithering...
Forum: Quilting July 14th 20, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 2
Views: 4,358
Posted By Kay Lancaster
soften heat n bond?

The best masks tested in a study from the fluids engineering
group at Florida Atlantic University were a simple two layer
"quilting cotton" mask, which dropped almost everything from a
simulated...
Forum: Sewing August 20th 18, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
Replies: 1
Views: 4,426
Posted By Kay Lancaster
SMOCKING

https://www.smocking.org/ if you're in the US


On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 14:42:29 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
And its 2018 and I still haven't found any...
Forum: Quilting March 28th 18, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 2
Views: 1,455
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Sewing Scissors

On Mon, 19 Mar 2018 03:41:21 -0700, Brian Christiansen wrote:

I suppose a bit of rust on the outside isn't any big deal, but some rust
is showing up on the...
Forum: Quilting September 15th 17, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 4
Views: 1,450
Posted By Kay Lancaster
OT, but not totally: another Amazon gift certificate for givingblood.

On Thu, 14 Sep 2017 23:31:16 -0700, Brian Christiansen wrote:
Recently, I got another Amazon gift certificate for giving blood, and I
am pondering what to do with...
Forum: Needlework July 11th 16, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 2
Views: 1,829
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Twisted thread

On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 20:58:30 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
Hi. I'm a newbie. When I make a stitch it looks good as its being pulled
down thru the...
Forum: Needlework March 27th 15, 10:41 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 10
Views: 84,726
Posted By Kay Lancaster
question for those who've done Tribute to Old Masters

On Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:01:28 -0700 (PDT), wrote:
I've just purchased the chart for Tribute to the Old Masters by Nouveau Encore Designs. The finished size on...
Forum: Needlework January 28th 15, 04:00 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 10
Views: 282,853
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Eyes -- an update

On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:23:08 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jan 2015 11:32:55 -0800 (PST), Danny Breidenbach
wrote:

On Monday,...
Forum: Needlework November 21st 14, 11:41 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 2
Views: 1,946
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Graph paper program

On Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:57:52 -0800 (PST), virginia grace wrote:
I once had a very small program to make graph paper of any size...all you had to tell it was how many...
Forum: Needlework July 30th 14, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 5
Views: 1,046
Posted By Kay Lancaster
THE EASIEST NEEDLEWORK TO LEARN

On Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:46:38 -0700, Karen C wrote:
Joan Erickson wrote:

My problem with tatting is...what do you do with the stuff you tat?

One of the elderly ladies at...
Forum: Needlework June 28th 14, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 3
Views: 1,332
Posted By Kay Lancaster
THE EASIEST NEEDLEWORK TO LEARN

On Fri, 27 Jun 2014 03:24:32 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

I'm not trying to teach but considering trying to learn.

Basic cross stitch is going to be the cheapest to...
Forum: Needlework June 25th 14, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.needlework
Replies: 34
Views: 798,549
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Time for "What are you stitching?"

On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 06:16:36 -0700 (PDT), Ruth wrote:

I went and bought a Ergo a couple of years ago and never could get it to work right. It's too low for the...
Forum: Quilting June 22nd 13, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 17
Views: 1,753
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Sewing Summer Clothes

On Fri, 21 Jun 2013 22:06:16 -0800, Steven Cook wrote:

Steven, on the offchance you get some guys in the class, I often use some of
the projects in Nancy Restuccia's book, "Hold...
Forum: Quilting April 10th 13, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 8
Views: 1,107
Posted By Kay Lancaster
OT -- Dog Door Info

Another choice might be a "facial recognition" door, operated by an ancient
computer. See:...
Forum: Sewing April 8th 13, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
Replies: 24
Views: 13,992
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Has anyone ever MacGyvered way to have regular sewing machinehold thread cone?

On Mon, 8 Apr 2013 13:42:51 +0000 (UTC), David Scheidt wrote:
Assuming your talking about spun poly thread, and not something like
'wooly nylon', serger thread is just...
Forum: Quilting March 11th 13, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 10
Views: 3,040
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Ari hook, was Finding an old style toolri

On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 16:51:28 +0000 (UTC), NightMist wrote:

Or maybe a zardosi needle?
http://www.aiacaonline.org/pdf/zardozi-embroidery-extended-
...
Forum: Quilting March 8th 13, 11:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 10
Views: 3,040
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Finding an old style tool

On Fri, 8 Mar 2013 07:54:53 -0600, Polly Esther wrote:
I had to leave Lacis and walk away very quickly. Fine, special tools really
call to me. Polly

You think the...
Forum: Quilting March 8th 13, 11:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 10
Views: 3,040
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Finding an old style tool

On Thu, 7 Mar 2013 22:45:40 +0000 (UTC), NightMist wrote:

So I have this old bodkin that I have been using for sequins and beading
and the like.
Now that I have a...
Forum: Quilting February 23rd 13, 11:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 11
Views: 1,039
Posted By Kay Lancaster
An $80 investment?

On Sat, 23 Feb 2013 01:27:54 +0000 (UTC), NightMist wrote:
Stop that!
People still pay me to sew on buttons and hem things.
You keep on like that and you'll spoil the...
Forum: Quilting February 22nd 13, 11:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 11
Views: 1,039
Posted By Kay Lancaster
An $80 investment?

On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 19:15:29 -0800, Taria wrote:
When once of the gals in the family mentioned she took a pair of shorts to
the cleaners to have a button sewn back on...
Forum: Quilting December 13th 12, 04:01 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 19
Views: 1,594
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Jeans

On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 07:54:07 -0500, Bobbie Sews More wrote:
Next time you feel the need to buy jeans you might want to try on the Lee
Stretch Jeans and see if you can...
Forum: Sewing September 27th 12, 03:01 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.sewing
Replies: 4
Views: 2,535
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Parachute 'silk'

On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:42:57 -0400, Belinda Alene wrote:
I am seeking a source for very inexpensive parachute 'silk'. I am not real
particular as to color,...
Forum: Quilting September 9th 12, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 11
Views: 1,368
Posted By Kay Lancaster
WH (gulp) sleeve

On Sat, 8 Sep 2012 23:57:53 -0500, Polly Esther wrote:
My FIRST WH is finished. It is important. It is beautiful. It needs a
hanging sleeve. NOT just something to...
Forum: Quilting July 31st 12, 10:42 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 11
Views: 1,240
Posted By Kay Lancaster
Gingher utility scissors?

The fingerholes on the DH3005 are about 1.5x3". Big enough for most guys hands. But my DH has really large hands, which is why we have the COB180s.

(Kershaw knives, which is a division of Kai, is...
Forum: Quilting July 30th 12, 10:42 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Replies: 15
Views: 1,240
Posted By Kay Lancaster
BEST rotary blades?

Polly, have you tried Kai blades? They're sold as Dritz in Joanns, and
I really prefer them. You can also buy them as Kai. http://www.kaiscissors.com/category.php?category_id=51...
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