After all, I am a quilter

My climbing plants always sport that extra bit of color since I tie them
to their trellis with selvedge edges.

My DH took down the Christmas lights to hang the Halloween lights. I
think I need more holidays that he wants to decorate for so as to have a
more even rotation.
He also lights the horribly big windows on the hallway landing and sets
up the putz there. His plans for the putz this year are so big I have to
wonder if we will be able to squeeze by to get up and down the stairs.

Uh, is putz a Pennsylvania-Dutch word? or in general use? The little
winter village that you set up for Christmas. Some people do Bethlehem
surrounding a creche, and others (like us) just do a nifty little town.

NightMist

On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:08:48 -0800, Ginger in CA wrote:

And when the strips weather, in the spring little birds will use the
threads for their nests, making colorful spots in the trees!

Ginger in CA
On Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:48:21 PM UTC-8, Polly Esther wrote:
*I* am a quilter, round two. Needed some brackets to support the weight
of a

30 foot heavy-duty extension cord for the lights. This would involve a
trip

down to the big shop for brackets, screws, the drill, the bits,
assorted

journeys to the hardware store, some planning, swearing, scratching and
a

few delays.

"Nonsense" says I.

I came inside, picked up a few yards of the selvedge edge from
Michael

Miller's Frost in gold (this is tough stuff) and simply stapled loops
up

inside the porch framing.

Do all men figure out the hard way to accomplish anything or am I
just a

lucky assistant?

I am a quilter.

Polly





"Roberta" wrote LOL! OK, we probably need a photo, just to check if
your

seams are

straight.

Roberta in D



On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 20:30:18 -0600, "Polly Esther"

wrote:



We had ten wonderful lights to install between 2 of the columns at
our

front

door. A space after column one, a light, another space and so on. I

simply

drew a 'quilt' diagram with _ for spaces and 0 for lights. Measured
out

to

need 10 and 1/3 inches for the spaces. Mr. Esther said, "We'll have
to

fudge that 1/3".

Now. Really. No problem. I am a quilter.

Polly





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I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower?

I think that's a Penn Dutch word, as 'putz' to me means 'silly child'

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:08:44 +0000 (UTC), NightMist
wrote:

My climbing plants always sport that extra bit of color since I tie them
to their trellis with selvedge edges.

My DH took down the Christmas lights to hang the Halloween lights. I
think I need more holidays that he wants to decorate for so as to have a
more even rotation.
He also lights the horribly big windows on the hallway landing and sets
up the putz there. His plans for the putz this year are so big I have to
wonder if we will be able to squeeze by to get up and down the stairs.

Uh, is putz a Pennsylvania-Dutch word? or in general use? The little
winter village that you set up for Christmas. Some people do Bethlehem
surrounding a creche, and others (like us) just do a nifty little town.

NightMist

On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:08:48 -0800, Ginger in CA wrote:

And when the strips weather, in the spring little birds will use the
threads for their nests, making colorful spots in the trees!

Ginger in CA
On Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:48:21 PM UTC-8, Polly Esther wrote:
*I* am a quilter, round two. Needed some brackets to support the weight
of a

30 foot heavy-duty extension cord for the lights. This would involve a
trip

down to the big shop for brackets, screws, the drill, the bits,
assorted

journeys to the hardware store, some planning, swearing, scratching and
a

few delays.

"Nonsense" says I.

I came inside, picked up a few yards of the selvedge edge from
Michael

Miller's Frost in gold (this is tough stuff) and simply stapled loops
up

inside the porch framing.

Do all men figure out the hard way to accomplish anything or am I
just a

lucky assistant?

I am a quilter.

Polly





"Roberta" wrote LOL! OK, we probably need a photo, just to check if
your

seams are

straight.

Roberta in D



On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 20:30:18 -0600, "Polly Esther"

wrote:



We had ten wonderful lights to install between 2 of the columns at
our

front

door. A space after column one, a light, another space and so on. I

simply

drew a 'quilt' diagram with _ for spaces and 0 for lights. Measured
out

to

need 10 and 1/3 inches for the spaces. Mr. Esther said, "We'll have
to

fudge that 1/3".

Now. Really. No problem. I am a quilter.

Polly

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 12:08:44 -0600, NightMist wrote
(in article ):

My climbing plants always sport that extra bit of color since I tie them
to their trellis with selvedge edges.

My DH took down the Christmas lights to hang the Halloween lights. I
think I need more holidays that he wants to decorate for so as to have a
more even rotation.
He also lights the horribly big windows on the hallway landing and sets
up the putz there. His plans for the putz this year are so big I have to
wonder if we will be able to squeeze by to get up and down the stairs.

Uh, is putz a Pennsylvania-Dutch word? or in general use? The little
winter village that you set up for Christmas. Some people do Bethlehem
surrounding a creche, and others (like us) just do a nifty little town.

NightMist



I've never heard the term putz before, but I like it. I finally bought a
creche after wanting one for forever. Just a stable and the holy family and
donkey. But next year I'm hoping to add some shepards and an angel or
something.

Maureen

"Putzen" is German and means cleaning, polishing etc. German
housewives of a certain age are rather terrifying about it.
Roberta in D

On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:04:07 -0500, Fran
wrote:

I think that's a Penn Dutch word, as 'putz' to me means 'silly child'

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:08:44 +0000 (UTC), NightMist
wrote:

My climbing plants always sport that extra bit of color since I tie them
to their trellis with selvedge edges.

My DH took down the Christmas lights to hang the Halloween lights. I
think I need more holidays that he wants to decorate for so as to have a
more even rotation.
He also lights the horribly big windows on the hallway landing and sets
up the putz there. His plans for the putz this year are so big I have to
wonder if we will be able to squeeze by to get up and down the stairs.

Uh, is putz a Pennsylvania-Dutch word? or in general use? The little
winter village that you set up for Christmas. Some people do Bethlehem
surrounding a creche, and others (like us) just do a nifty little town.

NightMist

On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:08:48 -0800, Ginger in CA wrote:

And when the strips weather, in the spring little birds will use the
threads for their nests, making colorful spots in the trees!

Ginger in CA
On Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:48:21 PM UTC-8, Polly Esther wrote:
*I* am a quilter, round two. Needed some brackets to support the weight
of a

30 foot heavy-duty extension cord for the lights. This would involve a
trip

down to the big shop for brackets, screws, the drill, the bits,
assorted

journeys to the hardware store, some planning, swearing, scratching and
a

few delays.

"Nonsense" says I.

I came inside, picked up a few yards of the selvedge edge from
Michael

Miller's Frost in gold (this is tough stuff) and simply stapled loops
up

inside the porch framing.

Do all men figure out the hard way to accomplish anything or am I
just a

lucky assistant?

I am a quilter.

Polly





"Roberta" wrote LOL! OK, we probably need a photo, just to check if
your

seams are

straight.

Roberta in D



On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 20:30:18 -0600, "Polly Esther"

wrote:



We had ten wonderful lights to install between 2 of the columns at
our

front

door. A space after column one, a light, another space and so on. I

simply

drew a 'quilt' diagram with _ for spaces and 0 for lights. Measured
out

to

need 10 and 1/3 inches for the spaces. Mr. Esther said, "We'll have
to

fudge that 1/3".

Now. Really. No problem. I am a quilter.

Polly

You made me google!

OK if you search for Christmas putz, you get quite a few hits.
It is indeed Pennsylvania-Dutch by way of the Moravians.
And hey, the term putz does derive from putzen. In the sense of
polishing and adorning according to one Moravian church.

Back when when DH figured out it was a Christmas thing I missed from
childhood, he started out buying ceramic buildings. Then he really
really got into it. We have carried on with the ceramics, but build
other bits of it, and people have started giving us bits to go in. The
gift bits are not always in scale, and this has led to the expansion of
the landscape. We have a quaint country village (with a quilt shop you
may recall DD1 giving me a few years back), with St Paul's cathedral off
in the distance. It was ridiculously small for the village, so we had to
put it in perspective. If this keeps up we will need a separate room for
it.

NightMist


On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:29:26 +0100, Roberta wrote:

"Putzen" is German and means cleaning, polishing etc. German housewives
of a certain age are rather terrifying about it. Roberta in D

On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:04:07 -0500, Fran
wrote:

I think that's a Penn Dutch word, as 'putz' to me means 'silly child'

On Mon, 3 Dec 2012 18:08:44 +0000 (UTC), NightMist
wrote:

My climbing plants always sport that extra bit of color since I tie
them to their trellis with selvedge edges.

My DH took down the Christmas lights to hang the Halloween lights. I
think I need more holidays that he wants to decorate for so as to have
a more even rotation.
He also lights the horribly big windows on the hallway landing and sets
up the putz there. His plans for the putz this year are so big I have
to wonder if we will be able to squeeze by to get up and down the
stairs.

Uh, is putz a Pennsylvania-Dutch word? or in general use? The little
winter village that you set up for Christmas. Some people do Bethlehem
surrounding a creche, and others (like us) just do a nifty little town.

NightMist

On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 20:08:48 -0800, Ginger in CA wrote:

And when the strips weather, in the spring little birds will use the
threads for their nests, making colorful spots in the trees!

Ginger in CA
On Sunday, December 2, 2012 7:48:21 PM UTC-8, Polly Esther wrote:
*I* am a quilter, round two. Needed some brackets to support the
weight of a

30 foot heavy-duty extension cord for the lights. This would
involve a trip

down to the big shop for brackets, screws, the drill, the bits,
assorted

journeys to the hardware store, some planning, swearing, scratching
and a

few delays.

"Nonsense" says I.

I came inside, picked up a few yards of the selvedge edge from
Michael

Miller's Frost in gold (this is tough stuff) and simply stapled
loops up

inside the porch framing.

Do all men figure out the hard way to accomplish anything or am
I just a

lucky assistant?

I am a quilter.

Polly





"Roberta" wrote LOL! OK, we probably need a photo, just to check
if your

seams are

straight.

Roberta in D



On Sat, 1 Dec 2012 20:30:18 -0600, "Polly Esther"

wrote:



We had ten wonderful lights to install between 2 of the columns at
our

front

door. A space after column one, a light, another space and so on.
I

simply

drew a 'quilt' diagram with _ for spaces and 0 for lights.
Measured out

to

need 10 and 1/3 inches for the spaces. Mr. Esther said, "We'll
have to

fudge that 1/3".

Now. Really. No problem. I am a quilter.

Polly





--
I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower?