Roll Call: What did you do "quilty" today?

Pat,

Would you buy me a lottery ticket I couldn't lose!

--
Denny in Fort Wayne
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Thanks Kate! My cousin got all the math genes in the family; she's an
electrical engineer! I'm good with history, writing, art, all the stuff I
think is fun! But happily, I have a good teacher and I think I may be
getting the hang of it. Just hope I continue to do so through the next few
semesters until I get my math requirement done, then I won't have to worry
about it anymore.
--
Debi

Chaos, panic and disorder ... my work here is done.

"Kate G." wrote in message
...
Good Luck on your exam! Long ago (in a previous lifetime) I did pretty
good with math... Not sure that part of my brain still functions....

I'm sure you'll do great!

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves

Well I did some applique while watching football with dh. He's always
complaining how I don't sit and watch a show with him. I can't handle any
type of violence or heavy drama (to much emotions for me). It's been a
while since I did something quilty. School has started!

--
Carole (who will now go sew a few rows or perhaps machine quilt a WIP)
Champlain, NY
http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea
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Treasure your Mind, Cherish your Reason, Hold to your Purpose
Epictetus (52 c.e - 135 c.e.)




"Kate G." wrote in message
...
I didn't get any sewing done... but did receive a special goody in the
mail! Nancy's Notions had
advertised a great deal on thread with a nice storage case AND a sewing
machine travel case. I
splurged. It came today. I am so excited!

I hope to get back to work on the DWR tomorrow.

Friday I bought fabric to be ready to jump right in on joining my guild
BOM's from last year (need
the top assembled by our November meeting). That will be a simple
sashing -- 3 narrow rows of
fabric (dark purple on the outside - white in the middle) with 9 patches
in the cornerstones. You
can see the EQ version in my webshots folder. All 24 blocks are finished.
It is just the sashing I
need to complete.

So hopefully by this time next week... the notorious DWR will be on its
way to the long arm quilter
in Minnesota... and the Purple/White BOM will be ready to go when I get
the DWR back!

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves

I went to a group community quilts day with some members of my guild. We
sandwiched some tops that had been donated, sewed on labels, machine quilted
a couple of quilts, and layed out some donated quilt blocks to make another
top.
Of course, there was lots of chatting, but no chocolate! :-(

--
Susan in Kingston ON
trying to get all the fall projects completed
before heading south for the winter....

http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston
"Kate G." wrote in message
...
I didn't get any sewing done... but did receive a special goody in the
mail! Nancy's Notions had
advertised a great deal on thread with a nice storage case AND a sewing
machine travel case. I
splurged. It came today. I am so excited!

I hope to get back to work on the DWR tomorrow.

Friday I bought fabric to be ready to jump right in on joining my guild
BOM's from last year (need
the top assembled by our November meeting). That will be a simple
sashing -- 3 narrow rows of
fabric (dark purple on the outside - white in the middle) with 9 patches
in the cornerstones. You
can see the EQ version in my webshots folder. All 24 blocks are finished.
It is just the sashing I
need to complete.

So hopefully by this time next week... the notorious DWR will be on its
way to the long arm quilter
in Minnesota... and the Purple/White BOM will be ready to go when I get
the DWR back!

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves

Yesterday (Sat, Oct. 14) was our big guild Fall Meeting. The chapter
that I belong to were hosts for the event. For the last few months we
have been busy making name tags, center pieces for the tables and so on.
Yesterday many of us were there at 7 AM to get stuff set up.
It was a great success. Every one had fun. We gave away lots of door
prizes, had a Hat contest (the theme was "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party"),
lunch was wonderful, as were the bagels and muffins and such at the
beginning.
Our speaker was Becky Goldsmith, of "Piece o' Cake Designs" and she was
great and funny too.

Finally got home about 4 and crashed big time. G

Pati, in Phx

Does working on my soon to be quilt room count? We are hoping to sell
one house and move back into the other. (any positive vibes in selling
would well be appreciated, btw) I spent yesterday working on the closet
shelving. I'm trying to make every bit of space work so it has sort of
been like a puzzle. My quilting stuff is scattered over 2 houses and
I am anxious to get back to whatever normal is. Hopefully it will
be before all my hair goes gray.
Fun topic Kate.
Taria

Kate G. wrote:

I didn't get any sewing done... but did receive a special goody in the mail! Nancy's Notions had
advertised a great deal on thread with a nice storage case AND a sewing machine travel case. I
splurged. It came today. I am so excited!

I hope to get back to work on the DWR tomorrow.

Friday I bought fabric to be ready to jump right in on joining my guild BOM's from last year (need
the top assembled by our November meeting). That will be a simple sashing -- 3 narrow rows of
fabric (dark purple on the outside - white in the middle) with 9 patches in the cornerstones. You
can see the EQ version in my webshots folder. All 24 blocks are finished. It is just the sashing I
need to complete.

So hopefully by this time next week... the notorious DWR will be on its way to the long arm quilter
in Minnesota... and the Purple/White BOM will be ready to go when I get the DWR back!

Kate in MI
http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves

Sandy - your star is gorgeous.


We had a class last year on DWR and I taught a combination
method using light weight vilene foundations for the rings
(left in the quilt after sewing), and templates (Shar's) for
the wedges and centres. We got about 6 KS DWRs and one
amazing WR variation finished in less than two months.
However, I am still waiting to see most of them quilted
:-((

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Cheryl & the Cats in OZ
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"Sandy Foster" wrote in message
...
: In article
,
: "Barbara Sherrill" wrote:
:
: I am doing something...lmao. I am testing a pattern
right now. I am doing
: a Christmas style table runner as my test pattern. The
book I am using I
: saw it on one of the PBS Quilt Shows last Spring.
"Rings That Bind" by
: Cheryl Phillips and Linda Pysto. It's suppose to be
simple to do and you do
: the backing as you go...... So... that is what I am
trying. I have the
: acrylic templates and that helps. The other patterns I
have here a
: Ominigrid: Double Wedding Ring by Sharlene Jorgenson and
then the other is
: in a book called Egg Money. I found that at my local
quilt shop.
:
: The wedding rings I want to do is one for my son and his
future wife. I am
: going to use green prints and large gold type flowers.
All from Hoffman
: fabrics. My local quilt shop helped me pick out the
fabrics for it.
:
: So right now I am in the learning process and using
material I won't cry
: over if I ruin it... lol
:
: Am I nuts or what? 3 different patterns and not sure
what I am doing!
:
: Barbara in Houston (Spring Branch)
:
:
: Barbara, I wish you the best of luck with this! G I did
something
: similar years ago. I really wanted to make a Lone Star
quilt, but I had
: no idea how to do it and no resources (no internet for me
at that time)
: locally. I bought several books and ended up with just
what I wanted!
: It's this one:
:
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1/lonestarquilts.html#Blazing.
It
: was a real adventure, though; first I had to decide --
like you -- which
: technique to use (I finally settled on the one by Eleanor
Burns, though
: I seem to recall modifying it a bit), and then I herniated
a disk in my
: back and the doctor wouldn't let me hand quilt for quite a
while. G
: But it's finished, and I still love it.
: --
: Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
: my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
: http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1
:
: AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

I have hated this quilt from the get go Pat. Truly, totally and completely
hated it. It sits there on the back of my chair waiting for me each time I
pass it and it is all I can do not to go for it with a pair of scissors!!!
Every so often out of guilt that it has taken so long, I do some quilting on
it but geeze it hurts. Hate, hate hate!!!

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes awhile to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but
quicker)
"Patti" wrote in message
...
Sharon, you rascal, not done yet?
I really think you should get it to him for Christmas g Poor man!
.
In message , Sharon Harper
writes
I read a few quilty magazines.....dreamed a few dreams......made plans for
my Hawaiian fabric.....and really thought I should finish quilting that
nightmare quilt.


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Best Regards
pat on the hill

In article , "Cats"
wrote:

Sandy - your star is gorgeous.

Thanks, Cheryl.


We had a class last year on DWR and I taught a combination
method using light weight vilene foundations for the rings
(left in the quilt after sewing), and templates (Shar's) for
the wedges and centres. We got about 6 KS DWRs and one
amazing WR variation finished in less than two months.
However, I am still waiting to see most of them quilted
:-((

Gosh, I'd love to see them quilted, too! I'm always looking for new
quilting ideas, and DWRs do lend themselves so well to wonderful
quilting.

--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

In article s0vYg.18239$vC3.17433@dukeread02,
Pat in Virginia wrote:

Kate, You asked the question on
Saturday, and today is Sunday. However,
I will report on what I did Friday! LOL

First, I went to the PPQG Day Chapter
meeting. I entered one Purple FQ into
the FQ Drawing. I won six, including one
of my own. So, I got five new purple
pieces! Also, someone set up a table of
stash from a deceased member. We were
invited to donate to the kitty to help
the family. I put in a nice donation,
and took a small piece of vintage
fabric. It is very pretty, and will
remind me of Ann.

I also entered my name in the Winter
Mystery Drawing and was the winner there
too. This prize is absolutely
FANTASTIC!! I won a two yard cut of
fabric a guild member recently bought in
Africa. The selvage says: Veritable
Auden Real Wax A043695. It is a dark
blue Stylized Leaf print on a light blue
ground; I think it was originally a
white ground. The design runs length of
the fabric. This will work VERY well
with the Indigo pieces I bought in
February. I only bought a few, so I
guess I will have to stock up at IQF in
Houston. G

The program at the meeting was a trunk
show given by a talented local couple.
After the meeting, I went up to Richmond
to the Richmond (Virginia) Quilt Guild
Show. Saw many pretty quilts. Bought
about three FQ.

A lovely, quilty day!! PAT

PS: Is anyone familiar with that Auden
Real Wax Fabric? To me it has some
resemblance to the Indonesian Batik.


Wow, Pat! What a great day! And that Auden Real Wax fabric sounds
gorgeous! Have I mentioned lately that I *love* blue?
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education