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pencil marks on quilt tops by
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The "Fons & Porter Mechanical Pencil" IS wonderful!! You can get regular or white lead. It has an eraser, on it. I've had mine for years & love it. However; still trying to figure out WHY I grabbed a "Regular Pencil" not even a #2 type,the other day & now have ironed in, very dark, markings on my...
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The quilt I am repairing by
Brian Christiansen
I have talked several times about a quilt I am repairing, and just
thought I would say some stuff about the progress of it.
It is kinda going slowly, but that is because I sew on a replacement
square, then let it sit for a while (sometimes a few days, sometimes as
much as a few weeks), but I...
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Hot Pads by
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Hello All,
Well after making 2 more butterfly quilt tops, each being smaller than the previous one because I made a mistake while cutting them out. Instead of cutting out 5 1/2 inch squares, I instead cut some 5 inch squares and it was only after I had cut 15 sets of these discovered my...
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More about the wonderclips by
Brian Christiansen
I finished the pants, sort of. I decided to go with the elastic in the
pants, but I cannot actually do that until I buy the elastic, but I did
sew the crotch seam and make a casing for the elastic.
I looked at the seams, and what I originally did was the suggestion made
that I make it into a...
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Lavender Love Quilt (renamed Blue Gold Love) by
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Hello All,
Well I finished all my hot pads, think there were 17 hot pads made. I was going through some of my stash fabrics and found two fabrics that were the same design but just different background colors and got the idea of making another Lavender Love quilt which I made a few months...
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OT The Pink Toenails of Shame by
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oooh, he is probably mad he has had to turn in his "man-cat card" with new pink toenails.
Hoping the house effort continues moving forward!
Ginger in CA
On Sunday, July 9, 2017 at 2:08:53 PM UTC-7, Night Mist wrote:
So the bank needed to copy some more papers, thus I was poking about in my...
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Tin Lizzie 18 by
Trixie
Does anyone have experience (good or bad) with a Tin Lizzie 18? I have a
Handi-Quilter frame with a Juki 98 and am considering trading up. Any
reviews will be greatly appreciated.
Trixie
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On The Range Quilt Top by
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Hello All,
This is the next quilt that I have already started. It is a western theme of boots, saddles, horses, ropes and etc. Here is the address:
www.loveofquilting.com/march-april-2017-pattern-on.the.range Now scroll down to "On The Range".
Sometimes my computer does not...
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All those 2 1/2 inch Squares by
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Well I did finish "Home on the Range" quilt top and it came out great. I did have a little trouble with the flying geese.
I got out my box of 2 1/2 inch squares because I wanted to make 9 patch's for a quilt. I did make 21 of these 9 patches, using 2 colors, one was a contrast color. Now...
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Two and 1/2 inch Squares by
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I have a lot of 2 1/2 inch squares that I have been saving. This is from left over material that has been made into quilts. What kind of block or quilt can I make with 4 sq's, 6 sq's, 8 sq's or 12 sq's. I can use some ideas if anyone has can help.
Sandy$
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from the past by
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hi all, i just rediscovered this group, can't believe it still exists. is anyone still on here that helped with the james byrd jr. quilt?
i found this video with horrible sound, but our quilt:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uW1JAddFygM
would love to hear what you've been up to the last decade or...
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Celestial Quilt and more by
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I finished my Disappearing Pinwheel mans quilt and it turned out really good, where you start out with a huge pinwheel and the re-cut it, then rearrange pieces before you assembly it. I also finished my 24-2 1/2 inch and 9 patch block quilt tops. Now I am off to a new one.
Go to...
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Nancy Zieman by
Jack Campin[_2_]
I've never seen one of her shows, but it seems she was one of
the good people.
http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/quilting-2/a-personal-note-from-nancy/
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OT, but not totally: another Amazon gift certificate for givingblood. by
Brian Christiansen
Recently, I got another Amazon gift certificate for giving blood, and I
am pondering what to do with it.
I recently have looked at several videos on YouTube and elsewhere about
machine quilting with a singer Featherweight.
The videos and blogs that I looked at said 4 basic things: since the...
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String Quilt by
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Hope you all have made a string quilt before. I love to use up my left over pieces of material from previous quilts. This helps to get rid of a lot of material. You do have to sew these strips on a foundation and mine were 10 1/2 inches, after pressing and squaring up these blocks are now 10...
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The new Featherweight by
Brian Christiansen
The Singer company has apparently revived the featherweight:
http://www.singerco.com/products/2856/c240-featherweight. Actually,
this machine appears to be a quite new model, introduced within the past
year as near as I can determine, but whether or not they revived the
name just recently, or...
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Taking a Break From Quilting by
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Hello All,
I am taking a break from quilting as I just finished a 3 1/2 inch squares sewn in rows quilt top. Think I had thirty rows of these and these are really colorful quilts because of all the pretty fabrics left over from making other quilts. Got rid of a lot of fabric this way. I took...
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Conway Arkansas stores by
Karin Joye
My daughter is going to grad school in Conway. I’m going to visit her next week. Are there any quilt stores in or very near Conway? Thanks, Karin
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