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Hey, another advocate for low pile carpet! Why does everyone hate carpet so
much? My commercial blue/grey is fabulous, and it's in a busy classroom. -- Cheryl ^;;^ ^;;^ ^;;^ http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced...... "Butterfly" wrote in message ... I have a high grade, low loft carpet with a GOOD padding underneath in the Butterfly Studio and I LOVE it. Pins 'rest' on top of the carpet. Got a dark green as the color choices were very limited in that grade : ( Shows threads and pins but is also EASY for my wheeled chair to slide across....and I slide it alot from SM to compie and back again. Carpet keeps my feet warm--I'm practically BAREFOOT year round : ) and I don't have to worry on 'breaking things' or things BOUNCING once they hit the floor....like I would if I had vinyl or tile (have had BOTH in previous homes). Tile chips when the rotary cutter/iron hits it just right and both tile and vinyl are HARD on your back if you stand for any length of time---no 'give' in it. I also found them to be cold for most of the year. With carpet, I can go barefoot : ) Tell my guys YOU step on a pin IN HERE---I don't wanna hear about it--my room --my feet. They are careful and already KNOW which side of the cutting table would have the 'pins' so they avoid that area....didn't take them long to figure that out : ) HTH Butterfly "Mystified One" wrote in message ... If I had a choice, I'd try and make a quilt design in the room. I know, I know, but it's still fun. You could do vynyl flooring but put small area rugs (even bathroom rugs) in key areas. Area rugs are cheap, and certainly not that ugly color. Keeps your feet warm and it's easy to shake out pins if need be for sweeping. "Mary in Washington" wrote in message ups.com... Once again, I am calling your expertise and experience concerning the floor for my sewing room. Without dishing the dirt on the previous owner, I do wish that his bellybutton pops out, his legs fall off and the house inspect have to carry him around. What we thought was going to be a simple update turned into a 3-year construction party. We have worked hard for 3 years to get this house up to standards. New carpet, paint, hardwood, tile, moldings, fixtures, so on and so forth has brought us to the outside paint which will happen next summer and the floor in my sewing room. This is the space that I have always coveted and have been thrilled with the set up. The carpet now is gold shag right out of the 70's and other then a good cleaning before I move in it has had nothing done to it. I am ashamed to say that I am even afraid to vacuum in there because when I am in a project it gets totally trashed. But I pick up and put everything back in order after each project...but I am sure I miss some pins. That being said, I am also a bare foot quilter. Can't stand shoes!!!! In winter I will compromise with socks but that is it and nice carpet would be nice. Do I put hard wood, tile, carpet, and if so what kind. Please tell me what you have and why you love, like or hate it. My gratitude in advance. Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/moondancewa IN THE COOKIES OF LIFE, FRIENDS ARE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS. |
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Carpet lovers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your cold
feet. -- Cheryl ^;;^ ^;;^ ^;;^ http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced...... "Allison" wrote in message ... I have carpet and like it a lot - it's fairly dense plush so needles that fall are easy to see. And it's comfortable for sitting on - I put my cutting mat on the floor to cut fabric.... I have a garbage pail right by the machine so most of the clippings/thread _don't_ hit the floor. And my ironing board is set up close to my machine so I only have to rotate my sewing chair to get to it ..... And since my sewing space is part of the basement living space it would be way too cold in the winter to have it any other way but carpeted. Allison Mary in Washington wrote: Once again, I am calling your expertise and experience concerning the floor for my sewing room. Without dishing the dirt on the previous owner, I do wish that his bellybutton pops out, his legs fall off and the house inspect have to carry him around. What we thought was going to be a simple update turned into a 3-year construction party. We have worked hard for 3 years to get this house up to standards. New carpet, paint, hardwood, tile, moldings, fixtures, so on and so forth has brought us to the outside paint which will happen next summer and the floor in my sewing room. This is the space that I have always coveted and have been thrilled with the set up. The carpet now is gold shag right out of the 70's and other then a good cleaning before I move in it has had nothing done to it. I am ashamed to say that I am even afraid to vacuum in there because when I am in a project it gets totally trashed. But I pick up and put everything back in order after each project...but I am sure I miss some pins. That being said, I am also a bare foot quilter. Can't stand shoes!!!! In winter I will compromise with socks but that is it and nice carpet would be nice. Do I put hard wood, tile, carpet, and if so what kind. Please tell me what you have and why you love, like or hate it. My gratitude in advance. Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/moondancewa IN THE COOKIES OF LIFE, FRIENDS ARE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS. |
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Carpet only zaps if it is all or mostly synthetic.
Same with threads clinging. -- Cheryl ^;;^ ^;;^ ^;;^ (all carpet lovers) http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest No trees were killed in the sending of this message. However, a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced...... "~KK in BC~" wrote in message news:kzJKe.216315$on1.114124@clgrps13... I live WAY north where winter is WINTER and I have a sewing "space" in the basement of our 3 level split. I am a barefoot quilter. Heck I am barefoot at all times and just cringe when it snows and I have to wear sox and shoes/boot instead of my sandals LOL. I have never been happier with just cheapo vinyl flooring on my floor in my sewing "space" not a room, not even big enough to call a room In my last place I had laminate flooring and it was a dream as well. I can roll from my machine to my ironing place made a pad on top of an old cabinet, no room for the whole board to my cutting place old tiny table with a mat and dropped pins are not hard to find and threads pick up in a dry duster mop thingy with ease. NEVER again will I do carpet in a sewing area. too vivid of memories of in one day, three of the 5 of us with pins in our feetIt is much easier to wipe blood spots off the vinyl than to scrub it out of carpets :-P JMO and YMMV but I think carpets are a pain. Another reason for my like of non carpet is the static factor. No more zapping myself on everything I touch when rolling around with my chair in the winter months and we have winter from Oct - April ~KK in BC~ who must just be tough to endure winter in bare feet? -- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- I haven't outgrown the need to play with blocks. http://community.webshots.com/user/koffeekupz "Mary in Washington" wrote in message ups.com... Once again, I am calling your expertise and experience concerning the floor for my sewing room. Without dishing the dirt on the previous owner, I do wish that his bellybutton pops out, his legs fall off and the house inspect have to carry him around. What we thought was going to be a simple update turned into a 3-year construction party. We have worked hard for 3 years to get this house up to standards. New carpet, paint, hardwood, tile, moldings, fixtures, so on and so forth has brought us to the outside paint which will happen next summer and the floor in my sewing room. This is the space that I have always coveted and have been thrilled with the set up. The carpet now is gold shag right out of the 70's and other then a good cleaning before I move in it has had nothing done to it. I am ashamed to say that I am even afraid to vacuum in there because when I am in a project it gets totally trashed. But I pick up and put everything back in order after each project...but I am sure I miss some pins. That being said, I am also a bare foot quilter. Can't stand shoes!!!! In winter I will compromise with socks but that is it and nice carpet would be nice. Do I put hard wood, tile, carpet, and if so what kind. Please tell me what you have and why you love, like or hate it. My gratitude in advance. Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/moondancewa IN THE COOKIES OF LIFE, FRIENDS ARE THE CHOCOLATE CHIPS. |
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http://uk.tickle.com/test/inkblot/start.html
-- -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- I haven't outgrown the need to play with blocks. http://community.webshots.com/user/koffeekupz "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Ahhh, the infamous Rorschach Spider test. Diana ~KK in BC~ wrote: uhhhhhhh........... kinda scared to ask......... what did it resemble in its flatness? ~KK in BC~ being a tad morbidly curious......... |
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Thank you Elizabeth. I don't understand how I would make the
conversion from a long address to a tiny one. But I'll give it a try. PAT Elizabeth Young wrote: For those of us who want to share the wonderful things we find on the web but don't want to mess with long addresses, try tiny.url.com Takes the iron caddy page address and turns it into http://tinyurl.com/cmgdj ta da! nayy, just happy! liz young in warm/hot california Pat in Virginia wrote: Polly, and others who have pressing issues (irons falling off board.) You might try the caddy or cage that Clotilde sells. NAYY!! It is designed so that human and other QI do not knock the iron to floor. Go to Clotilde.com & search for Iron caddy #285801. Would like to add the link but it was longer than the Gettysburg Address! |
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Don't worry about rolling around in the chair Mary. It is better
for you to get up and move now and then. I set up my Ironing station & my Cutting station so I would have to get up to go to either one. Quilting is primarily a sedentary activity, and too many quilters do not get enough exercise anyhow. JMO... PAT in VA/USA Mary in Washington wrote: Many thanks. Had DH read all of the post this morning and he thinks we need to go with a laminate with the heater under it. It would me redoing the sub floor, so more work.........frown..... but worth the extra work and money. I have concerns about rolling around in my chair but can always toss a rubber backed runner down on the path. I have a 10' table that holds my cutting mat, sewing machine and ironing pad and just sail back and forth. love it We too are shoes off. Once a month we have a poker party here and even our friends are comfortable enough to drop thier shoes at the door. I told them it was not nesessary but everyone just seems to be more comfortable. I keep a pair of flip flops at every door in the house. It gets alittle funny when I go to step outside and DH or DS have my shoes on with thier feet hanging over. Thanks again for all you advice. I knew that I could count of all of you and it was ALL taken into consideration and discussed. Mary |
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My first employer had a rather picturesque expression that I'm not sure is
okay to use in polite company, but it was "beat with buzzard guts and drug through Hell backwards". That pretty well describes what out carpet has been through including hairballs, chainsaws and creative toddlers. Our carpet is wool. It does not electrocute me in the winter, it is kind to every step, old cold feet, and it always looks nice. So, yes, Cheryl. When the carpet lovers of the world unite, come hold my hand. Polly "Cheryl" wrote in message ... Carpet lovers of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your cold feet. |
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Thanks, Diana. My thoughts, kind of, but I couldn't remember Rorschach.
Polly "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Ahhh, the infamous Rorschach Spider test. Diana ~KK in BC~ wrote: uhhhhhhh........... kinda scared to ask......... what did it resemble in its flatness? ~KK in BC~ being a tad morbidly curious......... |
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The folks on the tinyurl site have written some nifty sort of program (a
black box to me) that takes a looooooooong url and 'turn it into'* a small one. *The 'turns into' part is just, I think, a pointer to the original long url. Anyway - try it. It's fun! liz young in warmish california Pat in Virginia wrote: Thank you Elizabeth. I don't understand how I would make the conversion from a long address to a tiny one. But I'll give it a try. PAT Elizabeth Young wrote: For those of us who want to share the wonderful things we find on the web but don't want to mess with long addresses, try tiny.url.com Takes the iron caddy page address and turns it into http://tinyurl.com/cmgdj ta da! nayy, just happy! liz young in warm/hot california Pat in Virginia wrote: Polly, and others who have pressing issues (irons falling off board.) You might try the caddy or cage that Clotilde sells. NAYY!! It is designed so that human and other QI do not knock the iron to floor. Go to Clotilde.com & search for Iron caddy #285801. Would like to add the link but it was longer than the Gettysburg Address! |
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