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I guess I'm getting too many peculiar offers in the spam trash I'm letting
through and not suggesting that you get a university degree by mail or send the balance in your savings account to some prince in Ballawongabanga. What I'm wanting you to do in our Happy New Year is DO something you've always wanted to do or at least try. No bungee jumping. No spelunking ( is that the word for diving in a cave?) No resolutions to lose 500 pounds, quit chewing your toenails or love your sister-in-law. Have you ever yearned to create a Baltimore Album? do curves? conquer paper-piecing or abandon squares/triangles and go 'artsy/crazy' just once? I think I'll do a miniature. Always wanted to give it a try. ( Pat on her Green will faint dead-away.) What have you always wanted to do but put it off? If you want to ride a mule down into the Grand Canyon or have a shot at a fine Lone Star in colors 'you' love, let's go for it. Happy New Year. Let's just wallow in the opportunities. Polly .... off to find my lighted magnifying glass |
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I'm going to do some charity quilts, and actually work on my courtroom
series [little pieces no bigger than 14"x14"] for the tabletop quilt stand. Ginger in CA On Dec 31, 8:38*pm, "Polly Esther" wrote: I guess I'm getting too many *peculiar offers in the spam trash I'm letting through and not suggesting that you get a university degree by mail or send the balance in your savings account to some prince in Ballawongabanga. *What I'm wanting you to do in our Happy New Year is DO something you've always wanted to do or at least try. * * No bungee jumping. *No spelunking ( is that the word for diving in a cave?) * * No resolutions to lose 500 pounds, quit chewing your toenails or love your sister-in-law. * * Have you ever yearned to create a Baltimore Album? *do curves? *conquer paper-piecing or abandon squares/triangles and go 'artsy/crazy' just once? * * I think I'll do a miniature. *Always wanted to give it a try. *( Pat on her Green will faint dead-away.) * * What have you always wanted to do but put it off? *If you want to ride a mule down into the Grand Canyon or have a shot at a fine Lone Star in colors 'you' love, let's go for it. *Happy New Year. *Let's just wallow in the opportunities. *Polly .... off to find my lighted magnifying glass |
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"Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I guess I'm getting too many peculiar offers in the spam trash I'm letting through and not suggesting that you get a university degree by mail or send the balance in your savings account to some prince in Ballawongabanga. What I'm wanting you to do in our Happy New Year is DO something you've always wanted to do or at least try. snip This is going to be a great thread! I'm going to beat down my fear of ruining a quilt and finally try free motion quilting. HAPPY 2011! ~*~ Jeri |
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Polly, I was at the Grand Canyon a few years ago and decided to ride the
mules to the bottom and found out our party of 4 had to have made reservations 2 years in advance. So THAT is one of the more difficult things to do! Barbara in FL |
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Do something small first, Jeri.
The worst thing about free-motioning a quilt for the first time is probably the hassle trying to get it through and back and through again under the harp, rather than the actual stitching. Even with a larger harp it is difficult, though not as bad. In fact, with no turning (well, not much) you might find it easier. May I suggest that as well as trying a practice sandwich, made with two pieces of fabric and batting, that you try something pieced, so that you have the experience of going over and around seams.. I foresee a few placemats and table-runners in your future! .. In message , Jeri writes This is going to be a great thread! I'm going to beat down my fear of ruining a quilt and finally try free motion quilting. HAPPY 2011! ~*~ Jeri -- Best Regards Pat on the Green |
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For me, Polly, that will entail actually doing some sewing. I have had
a year with practically no quilt-making sewing at all: curtains etc, yes! So, the sooner I get my table clear; brush out the fluff from sundries, and get a couple of designs on the board, the happier I will be. I hope 'new' after a year (or more) does count. .. In message , Polly Esther writes I guess I'm getting too many peculiar offers in the spam trash I'm letting through and not suggesting that you get a university degree by mail or send the balance in your savings account to some prince in Ballawongabanga. What I'm wanting you to do in our Happy New Year is DO something you've always wanted to do or at least try. No bungee jumping. No spelunking ( is that the word for diving in a cave?) No resolutions to lose 500 pounds, quit chewing your toenails or love your sister-in-law. Have you ever yearned to create a Baltimore Album? do curves? conquer paper-piecing or abandon squares/triangles and go 'artsy/crazy' just once? I think I'll do a miniature. Always wanted to give it a try. ( Pat on her Green will faint dead-away.) What have you always wanted to do but put it off? If you want to ride a mule down into the Grand Canyon or have a shot at a fine Lone Star in colors 'you' love, let's go for it. Happy New Year. Let's just wallow in the opportunities. Polly .... off to find my lighted magnifying glass -- Best Regards Pat on the Green |
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On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 22:38:52 -0600, Polly Esther wrote
(in article ): I guess I'm getting too many peculiar offers in the spam trash I'm letting through and not suggesting that you get a university degree by mail or send the balance in your savings account to some prince in Ballawongabanga. What I'm wanting you to do in our Happy New Year is DO something you've always wanted to do or at least try. No bungee jumping. No spelunking ( is that the word for diving in a cave?) No resolutions to lose 500 pounds, quit chewing your toenails or love your sister-in-law. Have you ever yearned to create a Baltimore Album? do curves? conquer paper-piecing or abandon squares/triangles and go 'artsy/crazy' just once? I think I'll do a miniature. Always wanted to give it a try. ( Pat on her Green will faint dead-away.) What have you always wanted to do but put it off? If you want to ride a mule down into the Grand Canyon or have a shot at a fine Lone Star in colors 'you' love, let's go for it. Happy New Year. Let's just wallow in the opportunities. Polly .... off to find my lighted magnifying glass What a great idea Polly. Maybe I'll try a paper pieced miniature. Maueen |
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On Dec 31 2010, 9:38*pm, "Polly Esther" wrote:
I guess I'm getting too many *peculiar offers in the spam trash I'm letting through and not suggesting that you get a university degree by mail or send the balance in your savings account to some prince in Ballawongabanga. *What I'm wanting you to do in our Happy New Year is DO something you've always wanted to do or at least try. * * No bungee jumping. *No spelunking ( is that the word for diving in a cave?) * * No resolutions to lose 500 pounds, quit chewing your toenails or love your sister-in-law. * * Have you ever yearned to create a Baltimore Album? *do curves? *conquer paper-piecing or abandon squares/triangles and go 'artsy/crazy' just once? * * I think I'll do a miniature. *Always wanted to give it a try. *( Pat on her Green will faint dead-away.) * * What have you always wanted to do but put it off? *If you want to ride a mule down into the Grand Canyon or have a shot at a fine Lone Star in colors 'you' love, let's go for it. *Happy New Year. *Let's just wallow in the opportunities. *Polly .... off to find my lighted magnifying glass I want to do something using my selvedges I've been collecting, do an X-block quilt and learn to use my serger. I got the serger for Christmas last year and have yet to try it. I practiced my free-motion quilting on charity quilts. I'm still not good by any means, but I will keep trying when I have a project that I'm not too picky about. |
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Good Morning Polly
You got me to thinking about a couple UFO's I've had hanging around for a while. I started a TATW and never finished it because I was using the quilt as you go method. Got so frustrated and tossed it in the UFO box. Starting today I am going to unstitch it all and start over. I started an Ohio Star (king size), got the top finished and started hand quilting. After all these years its still not finished. Think I'll take it apart and start over. Its big enough to redo it as two twin quilts. Think I will donate them to the Jacob's Well rehab center. And my Hunters Star in lavender, pink and white. It laying in its plastic box waiting for me to finish putting it together. This shoud keep me busy this year. And if I get all this finished before the year ends, think I'll try trapunto. Kate T. South Mississippi |
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Thanks for giving us something to think about! After seeing Sandy's
miniature Storm at Sea, I'm tempted to buy the kit and make one myself. That'd be two new things: a miniature and a kit! I also plan to make a Quilt of Valor - I've been quilting them for others to donate, but haven't made one myself. And last, I want to overcome my fear of Judy Niemeyer patterns and make a table runner. Joan in NE showed us one several years ago that she had made for display in the LQS, and I fell in love with it. I bought the pattern, and it went into hiding shortly after that. I have promised myself I'll meet the challenge of buying the fabric and creating at least one runner from it this year! Louise in Iowa http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa nieland1390 at mchsi dot com On 12/31/2010 10:38 PM, Polly Esther wrote: I guess I'm getting too many peculiar offers in the spam trash I'm letting through and not suggesting that you get a university degree by mail or send the balance in your savings account to some prince in Ballawongabanga. What I'm wanting you to do in our Happy New Year is DO something you've always wanted to do or at least try. No bungee jumping. No spelunking ( is that the word for diving in a cave?) No resolutions to lose 500 pounds, quit chewing your toenails or love your sister-in-law. Have you ever yearned to create a Baltimore Album? do curves? conquer paper-piecing or abandon squares/triangles and go 'artsy/crazy' just once? I think I'll do a miniature. Always wanted to give it a try. ( Pat on her Green will faint dead-away.) What have you always wanted to do but put it off? If you want to ride a mule down into the Grand Canyon or have a shot at a fine Lone Star in colors 'you' love, let's go for it. Happy New Year. Let's just wallow in the opportunities. Polly .... off to find my lighted magnifying glass |
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