Whats Everyone Working On?

This is one of those techniques I will have to do for myself, reading step
by step and doing as I read before I'll be able to see what you are doing
exactly, but it sounds interesting. Thank you. Ill save this post for later.
Diana

--
Heart and soul can make up for technical lacking in any form of art, but let
the heart be lacking and all the perfection means nothing.

"Tia Mary-remove nekoluvr to reply " wrote in
message ...
From: "Diana Curtis"

What is a loop start? .......

This is an embroidery technique that is used when working with an even
number of strands of fiber -- 2 or 4 or 6, etc. You don't need to knoth
or
anchor your fiber before you begin stitching and this helps to reduce
bulk.
Take a length of fiber TWICE as long as you are normally comfortable
working
with. Fold the length of fiber in half and thread the two ends through
your
needle. Make sure that the fold -- or loop -- hangs lower than the two
loose
ends. Take your first stitch, going down through the fabric and then back
up
again, pulling the fiber through the fabric until the loop end is close to
the
surface of the fabric -- DO NOT pull the loop through the fabric, make
sure it
is about an inch or so above the fabric.
Next, put your needle through the loop and pull the fiber to tighten
the
loop down close to the fabric but leave a bit of slack. BEFORE you have
the
loop pulled tight, put your needle (with the fiber threaded through it)
back
DOWN through the hole it came up in and pull the needle and fiber
completely
through to the back of the fabric. When you snug the fiber down against
the
fabric it will automatically pull the loop end to the back of the fabric.
You
can now continue stitching in which ever manner you are using. It's a
GREAT
way to start a length of fiber and I use it all the time :-)! CiaoMeow
^;;^
.


PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ Queen of Kitties
Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about
their
WHISKERS!!
Nothing is complete without a few cat hairs!
Online Photos at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

Aside from my daily chaos management and occasional piratical duties, I've
been working on several projects.

- I Spy quilts - one each for Spike and Giles. These are twin size (of
course!), similar in design and layout (which I'm making up as I go along)
but Spike's has pink fabric borders, and Giles' is purple. (also, Giles' has
a block with Paddington Bear holding the letter G, and Spike's has
Paddington holding an A, just so DH doesn't have to remember who is purple,
and who is pink ;-P ) I'm about 1/2 finished with assembling the tops. I
work on them alternately, one stage at a time.

- FFF3 is basted, and ready to start quilting. The other 2 FFFs are done.

- I finished embroidering around the edges of the elephants for Miss Fussy
Rose's quilt, Pink Elephants on Parade
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/WIPs.htm

This is all I'm currently working on, however, I will soon start working on
a plaid quilt for my mom, and I'm sure I'll work in a few Halloween
projects. Oh, I'm also busy packing for the Pennsylvania National Quilt
Extravaganza (what's a vaganza, and how do you get an extra one?) this week
in Ft. Washington, PA. I'll be flying up Thursday evening, and going to the
show Friday and Saturday.

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
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"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
news
Well? ;-)
What sort of things does everyone have going at the moment in the quilt
family? Dragging out PIGS or finishing up UFOs and WIPS or have new quilts
started appearing?

On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:19:07 -0500, "Diana Curtis"
wrote:

Well? ;-)
What sort of things does everyone have going at the moment in the quilt
family? Dragging out PIGS or finishing up UFOs and WIPS or have new quilts
started appearing?
I'm still working on the queen size LC borders, getting ready to MQ the
siggy quilt, plotting the next borders on DDs quilt, and playing with
layouts for Mike's 'Things go better with Coke" quilt. Sometime in the
middle of those I need to design and make two quilted Christmas stockings.
Lets hear your list!
Diana

I'm still working on the tropical fish scene WH for the bathroom. I'm
hand quilting some clouds in the sky at the moment. I could be done
by now if I wasn't also still working on re-modeling two rooms.

Debra in VA

I'm taking a Fabric Portraits class with Marilyn Belford through QU.
It's great fun! I think I could get hooked on using fusible web. I'm
doing a portrait of my grandma.

I'm also working on a long twin quilt for my niece, have about half
the blocks and 3/4 of the pieced border. It's stars in many different
bright colors set on-point with that neat RJR confetti fabric as the
alternating on-point blocks. THe border is just 3" blocks of the
fabrics stiched into a long multicolor strip.

Also need to get back to a quilt for my DH, it's stars too, this time
in black, ivory and brown and including musical fabric. That one is a
wall hanging, about 44" square.

--Sonya


"Diana Curtis" wrote in message ...
Well? ;-)
What sort of things does everyone have going at the moment in the quilt
family? Dragging out PIGS or finishing up UFOs and WIPS or have new quilts
started appearing?
I'm still working on the queen size LC borders, getting ready to MQ the
siggy quilt, plotting the next borders on DDs quilt, and playing with
layouts for Mike's 'Things go better with Coke" quilt. Sometime in the
middle of those I need to design and make two quilted Christmas stockings.
Lets hear your list!
Diana

Well.... I'm working on keeping sane! We are in the middle of a funding
round and you should see the way grown hoomins act. Makes me wonder how
anybody likes anybody else....ever!

Quilt wise, I have nearly finished piecing the blocks for my reef quilts
and am awaiting some lovery hand-dyes to start of the world critters quilt.
I have a quilt that is waiting to be quilted but it won't tell me how, so it
is sitting there until it does and then there is the plaid kitty quilt that
I am in the middle of blanket stitching....hmmm, must grab that for the trip
to Queenstown.

Shona off to Queenstown ("adventure capitol" of NZ) for a week in NZ
byeeeee

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
news
Well? ;-)
What sort of things does everyone have going at the moment in the quilt
family? Dragging out PIGS or finishing up UFOs and WIPS or have new quilts
started appearing?
I'm still working on the queen size LC borders, getting ready to MQ the
siggy quilt, plotting the next borders on DDs quilt, and playing with
layouts for Mike's 'Things go better with Coke" quilt. Sometime in the
middle of those I need to design and make two quilted Christmas stockings.
Lets hear your list!
Diana
--
Heart and soul can make up for technical lacking in any form of art, but
let
the heart be lacking and all the perfection means nothing.

Lemme see. I still have the Nightmare...er...whirligig quilt which because
I'm up to row 5 DH says I'm nearly half way there (gotta join 13 then add
some extra bits). I've got the centrepieces (2 PP stars) for the DD's
quilts. And I really really wanna start some kids quilts. That's me!

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia (thanking the angels that the christmas
stockings from last year will do for this year too!)
Queen of Down Under
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html
**********************
"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
news
Well? ;-)
What sort of things does everyone have going at the moment in the quilt
family? Dragging out PIGS or finishing up UFOs and WIPS or have new quilts
started appearing?
I'm still working on the queen size LC borders, getting ready to MQ the
siggy quilt, plotting the next borders on DDs quilt, and playing with
layouts for Mike's 'Things go better with Coke" quilt. Sometime in the
middle of those I need to design and make two quilted Christmas stockings.
Lets hear your list!
Diana
--
Heart and soul can make up for technical lacking in any form of art, but
let
the heart be lacking and all the perfection means nothing.

the black rose wrote:
Diana Curtis wrote:

Well? ;-)


Occasionally slogging on mariner's compass quilt for DS3.
Doing the month's block for a Civil War BOM I signed up for in January.

That's pretty well it for right now. I'm in a quilting lull. Rather be
out cycling. :-D

Which is what I should be doing right now, actually. Lovely day out there.

Just to append to that -- did go out cycling.

Note to self: never ride by the high school at 2:45 pm on a school day.
There were at least 6 or 7 city buses lined up in front of the school
at every which angle and cars all over the place trying to get past
them. I nearly got clocked.

In spite of getting caught in heavy downtown traffic, I increased my
average speed by 3/10 mph. Woot!

--
Only cowards fight kids -- unidentified Moscow protester
the black rose
proud to be owned by a yorkie
http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts

Let's see......
First up is finishing the Seminole sampler larger quilt, so I can get a pic done
and paperwork in for guild traveling teacher status.
Then finishing on Christmas tree wall hanging and making a second.
Making an 18" block carrier sample.
Prepping for a "Care and feeding of your rotary cutter class" tomorrow morning.
Making bunch of HST units for a class sample, using Triangles on a Roll. (and
putting them together in blocks and top)
Then I can work on WIPs and UFOs.

Pati, in Phx....... why am I on the computer???

Diana Curtis wrote:

Well? ;-)
What sort of things does everyone have going at the moment in the quilt
family? Dragging out PIGS or finishing up UFOs and WIPS or have new quilts
started appearing?
I'm still working on the queen size LC borders, getting ready to MQ the
siggy quilt, plotting the next borders on DDs quilt, and playing with
layouts for Mike's 'Things go better with Coke" quilt. Sometime in the
middle of those I need to design and make two quilted Christmas stockings.
Lets hear your list!
Diana
--
Heart and soul can make up for technical lacking in any form of art, but let
the heart be lacking and all the perfection means nothing.

That's an impressive week of quilting! Reminds me of that poem, Ode to
My Wife the Quilter, reprinted he

Ode to my Wife, the Quilter

She learned to quilt on Monday.
Her stitches were very fine.
She forgot to thaw out dinner,
So we went out to dine.

She quilted miniatures Tuesday.
She says they are a must.
They really were quite lovely,
But she forgot to dust.

On Wednesday, it was a sampler.
She says the stiplin's fun.
What highlights! Oh what shadows!
But the laundry wasn't done.

Her charm quilt was on Thursday,
Green patches, blue and red.
I guess she really was engrossed;
She never made the bed.

It was wallhangings on Friday,
In colors she adores,
But she never seemed to notice
The crumbs on all the floors.

I found a maid on Saturday!
My week is now complete.
My wife can quilt the hours away;
The house will still be neat.

Well, it's already Sunday.
I think I'm about to wilt.
I cursed, I raved, I ranted--
The MAID has learned to QUILT!!


Cheers Bronwyn




"Laurie G." wrote in message . com...
Well, my dh has been out of town since Tuesday last so here is my rundown:

Tuesday - finished a mystery quilt top by adding the borders, finished
piecing a top called Simple Traditions that was a Linda Ballard class (I
still have the final border to add)

Wednesday - finished another quilt from a Linda Ballard class
(www.letsquilt.com) called Nosegay for Doreen (I still have the final border
to add)

Thursday - set up my house for a quilting open house with my
quilting/stitching friends for Friday

Friday - Open House for quilting. Worked on marking pieces of a lily block
with 1/4 " marks, helped my dd with her Pointless Wonder quilt (she is a new
quilter!) and helped with the other ladies and their UFO's/WIP's and problem
tops.

Saturday/Sunday - made 36 -5" lily blocks (with set in Y seams) for my
Northern Lily Southern Rose quilt. Now I need to put 3 each into a 12" block
with a stem unit for the corner blocks of the quilt.

And that leaves today. I will probably work on making covers for my dh's
bench tools. I did promise, after all! He comes back home Thursday night so
I still have a few more "power quilting" days left!

Anyhoo, that's what I have been up to this week! I will need to layer and
quilt some tops pretty soon or my stack will never decrease! I promise
pictures as soon as I can snag a digital camera from someone!

Laurie G.

Well.... that would explain why Frood posts have been as scarce as hen's
teeth lately. How soon before the FFF's get presented, and will we get to
see pictures?
Diana

--
Heart and soul can make up for technical lacking in any form of art, but let
the heart be lacking and all the perfection means nothing.
"frood" wrote in message
m...
Aside from my daily chaos management and occasional piratical duties, I've
been working on several projects.

- I Spy quilts - one each for Spike and Giles. These are twin size (of
course!), similar in design and layout (which I'm making up as I go along)
but Spike's has pink fabric borders, and Giles' is purple. (also, Giles'
has
a block with Paddington Bear holding the letter G, and Spike's has
Paddington holding an A, just so DH doesn't have to remember who is
purple,
and who is pink ;-P ) I'm about 1/2 finished with assembling the tops. I
work on them alternately, one stage at a time.

- FFF3 is basted, and ready to start quilting. The other 2 FFFs are done.

- I finished embroidering around the edges of the elephants for Miss Fussy
Rose's quilt, Pink Elephants on Parade
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/WIPs.htm

This is all I'm currently working on, however, I will soon start working
on
a plaid quilt for my mom, and I'm sure I'll work in a few Halloween
projects. Oh, I'm also busy packing for the Pennsylvania National Quilt
Extravaganza (what's a vaganza, and how do you get an extra one?) this
week
in Ft. Washington, PA. I'll be flying up Thursday evening, and going to
the
show Friday and Saturday.

--
Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
de-fang email address to reply


"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
news
Well? ;-)
What sort of things does everyone have going at the moment in the quilt
family? Dragging out PIGS or finishing up UFOs and WIPS or have new
quilts
started appearing?