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Old January 31st 17, 03:34 PM posted to rec.crafts.textiles.quilting
Julia in MN[_5_]
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Default Sailboat Quilt and More

On 1/29/2017 11:14 AM, Nann wrote:
I find that that the RCTQ FB group is easier to access and much
chattier. It allows for photos, too. I only come to this site when
Google Groups lets me know there is a new post.

Nann

On Saturday, January 28, 2017 at 11:06:53 AM UTC-6,
wrote:
Where has everyone gone as my Christmas greeting was the last
post?? Just finished a sailboat quilt for a boys bed. Think the
pattern came from McCall's quilting. It had 4-half squares for the
sails. A rectangle with another 2 half squares on each end for the
boat. Found some material that worked well as ripply water and blue
sky. For the border I used material with sailboats and light
houses. My sewing machines have both been in the shop for
servicing. First time I used one broke two needles while trying to
do embroidery work, so started on the second machine and discovered
the tension was way off leaving birds nests instead of stitches
under side. I could not get the upper and lower tensions right so I
took both machines back and now they are both fine. Guy did not
charge me for the 2nd trip. I already had $160 invest in servicing
fees. Since there was nothing to sew I cut out enough for three
quilts, 2 of these being American Indian style and the third is a
15 inch block that I have no pattern for now because it got thrown
away. So all I could do is graph it out as I remembered. Let me
know what you "all" are working on. Sandy$


I do miss this. I haven't found the FB group as useful as this was. I
have no trouble accessing this group. I have it set up so I can access
it through Thunderbird, which is what I use to do email on my computer.

Julia in MN
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