Forum: Quilting
January 13th 18, 01:55 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,846
Directory updating!!
Hi Amy,
I'm just barely a Facebook user. Is there an easy way to find Karen to
send a friend request? I've sent requests over the years to join the
rctq group but they've fallen by the wayside,...
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Forum: Quilting
December 1st 17, 10:20 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,533
OT Finally Closing!
YEEHAW!!
Congratulations and felicitations.
Liz
On 12/1/2017 5:06 PM, Night Mist wrote:
WABOOO!!!
Success!
The only glitch was the realtor's office not calling our agent to tell him the...
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Forum: Quilting
June 27th 16, 02:47 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,061
OT still sewing
Don't go too crazy with cording. 10 oz duck will be plenty strong with
the handle around the bottom. I'm still using two shopping bags I made
years ago from a friend's stash of curtain fabric. ...
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Forum: Quilting
May 9th 14, 01:38 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 54
Views: 148,367
is anyone left here?
I check every few days too, but never did post much. Only sewing I've
done recently is alterations to dance costumes.
Liz
On 5/8/2014 10:51 AM, Taria wrote:
Just wondering. Give a check in if...
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Forum: Quilting
December 14th 13, 01:35 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 13
Views: 1,987
Read it and shudder...
I've used a rotary cutter to cut wallpaper.
Hey, it's a tool, right?
Liz
On 12/14/2013 4:04 AM, Ursula Schrader wrote:
or not. ;-) Yesterday, I was baking crackers; and since they are to make
a...
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Forum: Quilting
November 10th 13, 10:10 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,211
At last!
On 11/10/2013 1:37 PM, Patricia Storey wrote:
Yesterday, at last, the table in my sewing became covered in fabric and
block patterns - and one block was made.
After a long, desert from P&Q...
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Forum: Quilting
October 7th 12, 08:43 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,298
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Forum: Quilting
May 29th 12, 10:11 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 8
Views: 699
OT shipping a live plant
Somebody has to say it....
Polly's Packing a Peck of the Perfect Pepper Plants!
On 5/29/2012 12:18 AM, Polly Esther wrote:
Okay, you "know everything" quilters including the lurkers who just...
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Forum: Quilting
April 8th 12, 08:20 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 1
Views: 354
test
On 4/8/2012 11:43 AM, amy in SoCal wrote:
On Apr 2, 12:46 pm, Maureen wrote:
On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 11:16:41 -0500, Taria wrote
(in...
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Forum: Quilting
January 29th 12, 02:07 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 3
Views: 919
Another UFO bites the dust.
I think it's elegant. Well done!
(did any of your family do anything with theirs?)
Liz
On 1/28/2012 2:07 PM, Rose in CA wrote:
I started this one in 2006. I bought a couple of yards of the...
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Forum: Quilting
January 25th 12, 10:32 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 3
Views: 629
Complete OT - Anne McCaffrey
Yes, her worlds gave me great joy.
The dragon below came from the following:
https://n-1.cc/pg/bookmarks/read/974283/anne-mccaffrey-19262011
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Forum: Quilting
December 7th 11, 03:06 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 7
Views: 825
OT Bwa-Ha-Ha! Getting the Holiday Baking done
The lebkuchen recipe I use would definitely be too much strain.
The first Thanksgiving DH and I spent with my parents, he was asked to
help mix the lebkuchen. He was warned that people have broken...
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Forum: Quilting
November 13th 11, 08:14 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 32
Views: 3,325
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Forum: Quilting
June 11th 11, 01:43 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 5
Views: 630
OT Need help from the metric savy
Yes, there are 25.4 mm per inch, so an eighth of a inch is about right,
maybe a scant bit thicker.
On 6/10/2011 7:01 PM, NightMist wrote:
I'll probably be able to sort this on my own when my...
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Forum: Quilting
January 1st 11, 10:18 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 69
Views: 3,236
Do SOMETHING new
I started by doing something old. I finished recovering my dining room
chairs. It's been in progress for about ten years, but this weekend I
did the last three chairs. Now to think about...
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Forum: Quilting
December 3rd 10, 01:00 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 32
Views: 2,392
Polly's Hunter Star Quilt photos
They're what I used for mine. It's at the quilter's now. HSTs and larger
squares.
Liz
amy in SoCal wrote:
ok, anyone think it could be done with Thangles? I don't usually use
them, but they are...
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Forum: Quilting
October 28th 10, 02:29 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 26
Views: 2,009
Smooth chain-piecing
Double Yesssss. I used Thangles for the HSTs.
Liz
Polly Esther wrote:
Yeessss, Bev. That's what the Hunter's Star blocks eventually look
like. But, if you squinch your eyes, you'll realize...
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Forum: Quilting
October 21st 10, 12:26 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 19
Views: 1,889
HELP!! Dead mouse odor
Hi Sunny,
Dead mouse smells nasty, until it dries up, which takes a few days. Most
things will just air out, if the critter didn't actually leave body
fluids on them.
I get at least one per season...
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Forum: Quilting
August 17th 10, 02:49 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 25
Views: 2,961
OT The Blonde Efficiency Expert sez-
I've had to research that very issue years ago. Onyx ate a container of
cocoa mix. It is mostly sugar, and she was fine.
Liz
Dr. Zachary Smith wrote:
Whoah! Careful there, Donna - chocolate is...
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Forum: Quilting
July 23rd 10, 04:29 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,591
DSisILs impending visit to MA
Sally Swindells wrote:
DSisIL who is about to descend on a button convention in Manchester, MA
has contected Lowell quilting museum for quilt shops and they have sent
her:
...
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Forum: Quilting
July 1st 10, 01:43 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 39
Views: 2,742
OT (Dry chemical) fire extinguishers
You very likely have a dry chemical extinguisher, the same one that's
been stashed wherever for years. You might even have checked to see if
the pressure is still in the green zone.
They need one...
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Forum: Quilting
May 22nd 10, 12:54 AM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,538
Thread
Polly, that is a Gross Violation of the Too-Easy Rule!
Polly Esther wrote:
Water works. You can smooth the thread end in place on the spool or
bobbin and swipe it down with a barely moistened...
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Forum: Quilting
November 22nd 09, 12:37 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 23
Views: 1,060
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Forum: Quilting
November 14th 09, 01:38 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 50
Views: 2,630
More M&Ms New to Group and Glad I Found You
There was a time in elementary school when my mom would give my brother
and me each a small package of M&Ms for dessert after supper. We'd pour
them out on the table, arrange them by color, and...
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Forum: Quilting
November 5th 09, 01:12 PM Posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
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Replies: 20
Views: 1,133
Problem with Machine Applique
That's perfect! Besides, doesn't the spider silk come out of its hind
end? Anatomical correctness, y'know...
Liz
Bev in TX wrote:
Thanks for all of the suggestions :-).
I looked under very...
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