What is your current project?

Cindy Schmidt wrote:
Not a quilting one but I'm currently making 64 yes that's 64 flags for my
DD's high school marching band.

Largest is a 7 foot x 9 foot.

I'M TIRED OF FLAGS........
'

Cindy,
I AM SO WITH YOU!!!

We finished the first flag (24- 5'x8'), still have 48 more to go (3
different designs).

Quilty stuff on the board: 2 table runners (fall one side/Halloween
other side). 1 baby quilt that needs to be layered and quilted. Fabric
for 2 more baby quilts.

On top of that, I would really like to matte and frame some quilt blocks
made by my great-grandmother to give the sibs and cousins for Christmas.
I'll be putting info about Nana on the back of each frame.

NO MORE BAND FLAGS!

Laurie in Oregon

Have a bake sale and then have the director order them from a catalogue with
the proceeds! ;-)

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Cindy Schmidt wrote:
Not a quilting one but I'm currently making 64 yes that's 64 flags for my
DD's high school marching band.

Largest is a 7 foot x 9 foot.

I'M TIRED OF FLAGS........
'

Cindy,
I AM SO WITH YOU!!!

We finished the first flag (24- 5'x8'), still have 48 more to go (3
different designs).

Quilty stuff on the board: 2 table runners (fall one side/Halloween other
side). 1 baby quilt that needs to be layered and quilted. Fabric for 2
more baby quilts.

On top of that, I would really like to matte and frame some quilt blocks
made by my great-grandmother to give the sibs and cousins for Christmas.
I'll be putting info about Nana on the back of each frame.

NO MORE BAND FLAGS!

Laurie in Oregon

Nice try......we have the most laziest parents on the face of the earth.
They think the band program is a free babysitting service and they don't
have to do a dang thing. I am soooooooooooooooooo glad this is my last
year. I will miss "some" of the parents but for the most part - good
riddence.

I personally have 90 1/2 hours into these flags. There were many
days/nights that I worked by myself because no one signs up to do anything.

It's very frustrating.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
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Have a bake sale and then have the director order them from a catalogue
with the proceeds! ;-)

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Cindy Schmidt wrote:
Not a quilting one but I'm currently making 64 yes that's 64 flags for
my DD's high school marching band.

Largest is a 7 foot x 9 foot.

I'M TIRED OF FLAGS........
'

Cindy,
I AM SO WITH YOU!!!

We finished the first flag (24- 5'x8'), still have 48 more to go (3
different designs).

Quilty stuff on the board: 2 table runners (fall one side/Halloween other
side). 1 baby quilt that needs to be layered and quilted. Fabric for 2
more baby quilts.

On top of that, I would really like to matte and frame some quilt blocks
made by my great-grandmother to give the sibs and cousins for Christmas.
I'll be putting info about Nana on the back of each frame.

NO MORE BAND FLAGS!

Laurie in Oregon

Bless you for doing this! Band parents are some of the hardest working
volunteers around. I should say "active band parents"....just because you
have a kid in band......you aren't a band parent!!!! I did my share of
chaperoning, pants hemming, you name it.....and I'm still occasionally
helping DD who is a high school band director! She started out relying on
me quite a bit (old habits die hard) but then she got to know her oen band
parents and realized they were a hard working bunch. So I've been
benched.....for the most part.

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"Cindy Schmidt" wrote in message
...
Nice try......we have the most laziest parents on the face of the earth.
They think the band program is a free babysitting service and they don't
have to do a dang thing. I am soooooooooooooooooo glad this is my last
year. I will miss "some" of the parents but for the most part - good
riddence.

I personally have 90 1/2 hours into these flags. There were many
days/nights that I worked by myself because no one signs up to do
anything.

It's very frustrating.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
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Have a bake sale and then have the director order them from a catalogue
with the proceeds! ;-)

--
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Cindy Schmidt wrote:
Not a quilting one but I'm currently making 64 yes that's 64 flags for
my DD's high school marching band.

Largest is a 7 foot x 9 foot.

I'M TIRED OF FLAGS........
'

Cindy,
I AM SO WITH YOU!!!

We finished the first flag (24- 5'x8'), still have 48 more to go (3
different designs).

Quilty stuff on the board: 2 table runners (fall one side/Halloween
other side). 1 baby quilt that needs to be layered and quilted. Fabric
for 2 more baby quilts.

On top of that, I would really like to matte and frame some quilt blocks
made by my great-grandmother to give the sibs and cousins for Christmas.
I'll be putting info about Nana on the back of each frame.

NO MORE BAND FLAGS!

Laurie in Oregon

Well seeing the upcoming band parents for the next couple of years, I have a
funny feeling that I will be called upon again to do the flags.

I honestly don't mind doing them EXCEPT when there is a deadline. They
ordered the fabric way too late for my liking. If they could have gotten it
to me in the summer when camp started, then it would have been easy, peasy
and I could have done them all myself and not had to worry about anyone else
showing up OR burning them.

Yes, I did have a mom burn one the other night. I about DIED ON THE SPOT.
She didn't check the temp of the iron while working on a seam and it just
melted it away. So, one of the largest flags will be about 4" shorted than
everyone elses. lol

Just glad they are done and we can look forward to a good competition this
weekend with a complete show now.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
news:4QSCk.304371$TT4.165401@attbi_s22...
Bless you for doing this! Band parents are some of the hardest working
volunteers around. I should say "active band parents"....just because you
have a kid in band......you aren't a band parent!!!! I did my share of
chaperoning, pants hemming, you name it.....and I'm still occasionally
helping DD who is a high school band director! She started out relying on
me quite a bit (old habits die hard) but then she got to know her oen band
parents and realized they were a hard working bunch. So I've been
benched.....for the most part.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Cindy Schmidt" wrote in message
...
Nice try......we have the most laziest parents on the face of the earth.
They think the band program is a free babysitting service and they don't
have to do a dang thing. I am soooooooooooooooooo glad this is my last
year. I will miss "some" of the parents but for the most part - good
riddence.

I personally have 90 1/2 hours into these flags. There were many
days/nights that I worked by myself because no one signs up to do
anything.

It's very frustrating.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
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Have a bake sale and then have the director order them from a catalogue
with the proceeds! ;-)

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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Cindy Schmidt wrote:
Not a quilting one but I'm currently making 64 yes that's 64 flags for
my DD's high school marching band.

Largest is a 7 foot x 9 foot.

I'M TIRED OF FLAGS........
'

Cindy,
I AM SO WITH YOU!!!

We finished the first flag (24- 5'x8'), still have 48 more to go (3
different designs).

Quilty stuff on the board: 2 table runners (fall one side/Halloween
other side). 1 baby quilt that needs to be layered and quilted. Fabric
for 2 more baby quilts.

On top of that, I would really like to matte and frame some quilt
blocks made by my great-grandmother to give the sibs and cousins for
Christmas. I'll be putting info about Nana on the back of each frame.

NO MORE BAND FLAGS!

Laurie in Oregon

DD's band should have their whole show on the field Friday. It's been a
really wet few weeks...so the outdoor marching has been quite limited.
It's funny....she's been so sure that her career would be high school band
director, but now that she's getting married and looking at the time it
takes to go to football games, basketball games, marching competitions, all
state try out, honor band days.....she might be rethinking it down the road.
That's a lot of time away from home, husband and eventually...children. For
not a big paycheck around here....or most places I imagine.

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"Cindy Schmidt" wrote in message
...
Well seeing the upcoming band parents for the next couple of years, I have
a funny feeling that I will be called upon again to do the flags.

I honestly don't mind doing them EXCEPT when there is a deadline. They
ordered the fabric way too late for my liking. If they could have gotten
it to me in the summer when camp started, then it would have been easy,
peasy and I could have done them all myself and not had to worry about
anyone else showing up OR burning them.

Yes, I did have a mom burn one the other night. I about DIED ON THE SPOT.
She didn't check the temp of the iron while working on a seam and it just
melted it away. So, one of the largest flags will be about 4" shorted
than everyone elses. lol

Just glad they are done and we can look forward to a good competition this
weekend with a complete show now.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
news:4QSCk.304371$TT4.165401@attbi_s22...
Bless you for doing this! Band parents are some of the hardest working
volunteers around. I should say "active band parents"....just because
you have a kid in band......you aren't a band parent!!!! I did my share
of chaperoning, pants hemming, you name it.....and I'm still occasionally
helping DD who is a high school band director! She started out relying
on me quite a bit (old habits die hard) but then she got to know her oen
band parents and realized they were a hard working bunch. So I've been
benched.....for the most part.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz
"Cindy Schmidt" wrote in message
...
Nice try......we have the most laziest parents on the face of the earth.
They think the band program is a free babysitting service and they don't
have to do a dang thing. I am soooooooooooooooooo glad this is my last
year. I will miss "some" of the parents but for the most part - good
riddence.

I personally have 90 1/2 hours into these flags. There were many
days/nights that I worked by myself because no one signs up to do
anything.

It's very frustrating.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
news:ABSCk.304356$TT4.138412@attbi_s22...
Have a bake sale and then have the director order them from a catalogue
with the proceeds! ;-)

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"queenb" wrote in message
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Cindy Schmidt wrote:
Not a quilting one but I'm currently making 64 yes that's 64 flags
for my DD's high school marching band.

Largest is a 7 foot x 9 foot.

I'M TIRED OF FLAGS........
'

Cindy,
I AM SO WITH YOU!!!

We finished the first flag (24- 5'x8'), still have 48 more to go (3
different designs).

Quilty stuff on the board: 2 table runners (fall one side/Halloween
other side). 1 baby quilt that needs to be layered and quilted. Fabric
for 2 more baby quilts.

On top of that, I would really like to matte and frame some quilt
blocks made by my great-grandmother to give the sibs and cousins for
Christmas. I'll be putting info about Nana on the back of each frame.

NO MORE BAND FLAGS!

Laurie in Oregon

I am trying to finish a quilt top that is made of my bil's shirts.
It took awhile for sil to go through the shirts and get them to me.
He passed almost 2 years ago but she is still grieving with a heavy
heart. Anyway I almost have the top finished and hope to get quilting
on it soon. It is hourglass type blocks. Boy has it been a tough
project for me. I know she will appreciate it.
Taria


Pat in Virginia wrote:
I just read Nana's comment where she said it is time to get back to
quilting. Good idea! So, I'd like a roll call of sorts to find out what
everyone's current project is.

My current work in progress is a quick and easy wall hanging featuring a
panel. I bought it, along with some of the coordinating pieces, at MAQF in
February. Here is what I read on the selvedge:
Happily Ever After by Jacqueline P ______ by _______ster Fabrics. (Some of
the cuts chopped up the info.) What is *your* project?

PAT in Virginia

Cindy, is there any chance on teaching some other parents to make flags?
Surely some of them could cut or sew straight seams or press or something to
get an assembly line going. What about the members of the band- can any of
them be taught to help with making the flags? Teaching young folks the art
of sewing would be a gift in so many ways! There must be *someone* that
could take some of the load off you?

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Cindy Schmidt" wrote in message
...
Well seeing the upcoming band parents for the next couple of years, I have
a funny feeling that I will be called upon again to do the flags.

I honestly don't mind doing them EXCEPT when there is a deadline. They
ordered the fabric way too late for my liking. If they could have gotten
it to me in the summer when camp started, then it would have been easy,
peasy and I could have done them all myself and not had to worry about
anyone else showing up OR burning them.

Yes, I did have a mom burn one the other night. I about DIED ON THE SPOT.
She didn't check the temp of the iron while working on a seam and it just
melted it away. So, one of the largest flags will be about 4" shorted
than everyone elses. lol

Just glad they are done and we can look forward to a good competition this
weekend with a complete show now.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
news:4QSCk.304371$TT4.165401@attbi_s22...
Bless you for doing this! Band parents are some of the hardest working
volunteers around. I should say "active band parents"....just because
you have a kid in band......you aren't a band parent!!!! I did my share
of chaperoning, pants hemming, you name it.....and I'm still occasionally
helping DD who is a high school band director! She started out relying
on me quite a bit (old habits die hard) but then she got to know her oen
band parents and realized they were a hard working bunch. So I've been
benched.....for the most part.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Cindy Schmidt" wrote in message
...
Nice try......we have the most laziest parents on the face of the earth.
They think the band program is a free babysitting service and they don't
have to do a dang thing. I am soooooooooooooooooo glad this is my last
year. I will miss "some" of the parents but for the most part - good
riddence.

I personally have 90 1/2 hours into these flags. There were many
days/nights that I worked by myself because no one signs up to do
anything.

It's very frustrating.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
news:ABSCk.304356$TT4.138412@attbi_s22...
Have a bake sale and then have the director order them from a catalogue
with the proceeds! ;-)

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"queenb" wrote in message
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Cindy Schmidt wrote:
Not a quilting one but I'm currently making 64 yes that's 64 flags
for my DD's high school marching band.

Largest is a 7 foot x 9 foot.

I'M TIRED OF FLAGS........
'

Cindy,
I AM SO WITH YOU!!!

We finished the first flag (24- 5'x8'), still have 48 more to go (3
different designs).

Quilty stuff on the board: 2 table runners (fall one side/Halloween
other side). 1 baby quilt that needs to be layered and quilted. Fabric
for 2 more baby quilts.

On top of that, I would really like to matte and frame some quilt
blocks made by my great-grandmother to give the sibs and cousins for
Christmas. I'll be putting info about Nana on the back of each frame.

NO MORE BAND FLAGS!

Laurie in Oregon

That's another good thought Leslie but we've already been down that road.
We have a band website and there is a BIG note on there the days that I
would be at school working on the flags. We even told these people that
they didn't need to sew. They could cut, iron or pin. Leave the sewing to
me which I prefer anyway. These people want something for nothing. They
just drop their kids off and then they leave. They don't come to any of the
meetings, most don't pay their band fees (which is changing this year)
thankfully and they don't care. Like I said earlier, they think it is a
babysitting service which is more or less FREE........

A couple of years ago, we had a couple of the girls "try" to sew and it
ended up being a disaster. She has been taking a clothing class her first 2
years of high school and could not sew a straight seam so needless to say,
we had to rip all of those out. Didn't ask the kids again. We have new
instructors this year and I told them from the beginning that the kids
should be helping at least with the ironing and the pinning and at the time,
they both agreed but the farther we got along they said they couldn't pull
the kids from a rehearsal. I understand that but why can't they come back
up to school in the evening after dinner and homework. The one instructor
told me that she is already fielding calls from parents who think they
practice too much anyway and there was no way they could come back up to
help. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr - it's just frustrating. They only practice
2:45 - 5:00 M-F. My DD goes to practice, then dance twice a week until 9:30
(directly from practice and then works 3 days a week plus Sundays. She is
the only kid who helped me at all during this but somehow she managed.


Cindy from MO



"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message
...
Cindy, is there any chance on teaching some other parents to make flags?
Surely some of them could cut or sew straight seams or press or something
to get an assembly line going. What about the members of the band- can
any of them be taught to help with making the flags? Teaching young folks
the art of sewing would be a gift in so many ways! There must be
*someone* that could take some of the load off you?

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Cindy Schmidt" wrote in message
...
Well seeing the upcoming band parents for the next couple of years, I
have a funny feeling that I will be called upon again to do the flags.

I honestly don't mind doing them EXCEPT when there is a deadline. They
ordered the fabric way too late for my liking. If they could have gotten
it to me in the summer when camp started, then it would have been easy,
peasy and I could have done them all myself and not had to worry about
anyone else showing up OR burning them.

Yes, I did have a mom burn one the other night. I about DIED ON THE
SPOT. She didn't check the temp of the iron while working on a seam and
it just melted it away. So, one of the largest flags will be about 4"
shorted than everyone elses. lol

Just glad they are done and we can look forward to a good competition
this weekend with a complete show now.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
news:4QSCk.304371$TT4.165401@attbi_s22...
Bless you for doing this! Band parents are some of the hardest working
volunteers around. I should say "active band parents"....just because
you have a kid in band......you aren't a band parent!!!! I did my share
of chaperoning, pants hemming, you name it.....and I'm still
occasionally helping DD who is a high school band director! She started
out relying on me quite a bit (old habits die hard) but then she got to
know her oen band parents and realized they were a hard working bunch.
So I've been benched.....for the most part.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"Cindy Schmidt" wrote in message
...
Nice try......we have the most laziest parents on the face of the
earth. They think the band program is a free babysitting service and
they don't have to do a dang thing. I am soooooooooooooooooo glad this
is my last year. I will miss "some" of the parents but for the most
part - good riddence.

I personally have 90 1/2 hours into these flags. There were many
days/nights that I worked by myself because no one signs up to do
anything.

It's very frustrating.

--
Cindy from MO


"KJ" wrote in message
news:ABSCk.304356$TT4.138412@attbi_s22...
Have a bake sale and then have the director order them from a
catalogue with the proceeds! ;-)

--
Kathyl (KJ)
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"queenb" wrote in message
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Cindy Schmidt wrote:
Not a quilting one but I'm currently making 64 yes that's 64 flags
for my DD's high school marching band.

Largest is a 7 foot x 9 foot.

I'M TIRED OF FLAGS........
'

Cindy,
I AM SO WITH YOU!!!

We finished the first flag (24- 5'x8'), still have 48 more to go (3
different designs).

Quilty stuff on the board: 2 table runners (fall one side/Halloween
other side). 1 baby quilt that needs to be layered and quilted.
Fabric for 2 more baby quilts.

On top of that, I would really like to matte and frame some quilt
blocks made by my great-grandmother to give the sibs and cousins for
Christmas. I'll be putting info about Nana on the back of each frame.

NO MORE BAND FLAGS!

Laurie in Oregon

Pat, please give us a heads up when the magazine with this tiny (for
some us) work of art hits the newsagents, as I would like to get a copy.
Thanks Lizzy. I'll make a note to do so. It will be Patchwork and
Quilting - probably next summer now g

Sounds like that issue will be worth getting for the free magnifying
glass they'll have to include.

You have GOT to find a kitten to pose on it.

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