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You're right, of course. And I mostly don't read anything marked OT, except
when all this German gets too overwhelming. Then it feels really good to surround myself with all the stories this group offers. So I'm grateful it's there, really. It feels like any other sewing circle, where we talk about every single thing in our experience. Roberta in D "Kris Bishop" schrieb im Newsbeitrag ... Hi All, I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about quilting here. There were just a few this morning to read. I'm like the next person and think is all right to post some off topic things, but it seems that there aren't too many on-topic threads to read anymore. Nearly everything is off-topic ( it has reversed itself and doesn't really feel like a quilting newsgroup anymore). Am I mis-interpreting this? If I am, I'm sorry. I've never left the newsgroup, but I seem to be deleting three fourths of the messages. There just isn't enough time in the day to read hundreds of messages about other topics. If I did that, I'd never get any quilting done and wouldn't be living my life away from the computer. grin As you all know from my postings ( and I've met a lot of you personally at meet-ups and quilt shows) over the years, I try to keep pretty busy and am in a lot of different quilting and stitching groups. Am I the only one feeling this way? Sorry if I'm wrong. Kris ( in rainy, northern Virginia, heading to the sewing room to finish putting the border on another quilt) |
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Butterfly/Therese,
Your maple leaf quilt sounds great. I've been setting fabrics aside for years to do a maple leaf quilt. I just can't decide if I want my background fabrics to be in blues ( for the sky) or black ( to make the bright colors pop out more). I hope you're feeling better soon . I never mind off-topic. I had just noticed that the off-topics were way more than the on-topics and wanted to know if it was just me seeing this. Kris ( in northern Virginia, who has a sinus headache today from the rain) Butterfly wrote: Waving madly! GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY (Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm yelling) But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting Bee whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this is MY Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic to the brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic-- a lil) It is a Maple Leaf KIT pattern that DS bought for us last April at a Quilt Show and I just finished--will be on this Sunday's table ; ) It's hanging on the Design Wall for pix taking. (I do have to get after DS to get the web site updated----been over a year now) I now know why I do NOT purchase kits!!!!! What a fiasco.....the directions left a lot to be desired ; ( But I followed them and finished..lots of extra ripping out as parts just did NOT fit--so do not look too closely when the pix is up please. Anyway, it's good to see you posting and knowing that you're reading us. I always look forward to your next art quilt--and am envious of your ability to do them, ; ) Hugs Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on here--was it Miz Sairey?) "Kris Bishop" wrote in message ... Hi All, I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about quilting here. There were just a few this morning to read. I'm like the next person and think is all right to post some off topic things, but it seems that there aren't too many on-topic threads to read anymore. Nearly everything is off-topic ( it has reversed itself and doesn't really feel like a quilting newsgroup anymore). Am I mis-interpreting this? If I am, I'm sorry. I've never left the newsgroup, but I seem to be deleting three fourths of the messages. There just isn't enough time in the day to read hundreds of messages about other topics. If I did that, I'd never get any quilting done and wouldn't be living my life away from the computer. grin As you all know from my postings ( and I've met a lot of you personally at meet-ups and quilt shows) over the years, I try to keep pretty busy and am in a lot of different quilting and stitching groups. Am I the only one feeling this way? Sorry if I'm wrong. Kris ( in rainy, northern Virginia, heading to the sewing room to finish putting the border on another quilt) |
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Howdy!
Kris, are you going to Houston? Are you taking a class on color? I only ask 'cause you have 2 yellow brick road quilts in progress or planning stages, and you say "all red fat quarters, with a red and forest green batik border. It will have forest green minke on the back. The other set of fat quarters were ocean blues and greens. I bought a great bluish green batik for that border and pale blue minke for the backing." Now, Kris, Kris, honey, Kris? *Yellow* brick road? About that color theory class... . VERY Big Grin (teasing Kris because she is a buddy from waaaaay back when) I've been watching the Journal Pages quilts on the quiltarts site. http://www.quiltart.com/ Lovely, lovely, cool, weird, what-was-she-thinking?!!?, and fabulous! I always look for the names of the Journalists who were or are RCTQers; hope to have the time to read all the journal entries, some day. Glad to see you, again. Next time we'll talk about the Baseball SWAP!!! Swap--got that, Kris? Swap? And Yellow? ;-D Hugs to Kris, Ragmop/Sandy--who notes that the Baseball Swap is open to those who show up just to Swap stories g ---p.s. most days it doesn't take long to read the ng .. . "Kris Bishop" wrote in message ... Pat, I really didn't buy much fabric at Ft. Washington ( some hand painted over hand dyed fabrics). I did buy a lot a few weekends ago, when I went back to Lancaster,Pa with my niece and her husband. I bought packets of fat quarters and border fabrics - to make two yellow brick road quilts. In one, it's all red fat quarters, with a red and forest green batik border. It will have forest green minke on the back. The other set of fat quarters were ocean blues and greens. I bought a great bluish green batik for that border and pale blue minke for the backing. I did buy some other pieces of batik for not-yet-planned projects. I have the red quilt top finished, but might applique some forest green minke pine trees on the front first ( in random places, to make it look like a forest) grin I just sent my "Journal Pages" quilts off to the Houston Quilt Show and my "Koi Pond" wall hanging is in a special exhibit ( QuiltArt @ 10 ) at the Houston show. Then they'll travel on to other places. My local art quilt group is having another upcoming exhibit in Leesburg, VA from Nov. 1st until Jan 1st , 2006. I turned in two pieces to go into that exhibit. I did have a quilt in the Quilting at the Crossroads show ( in Flint Michigan) & the World Quilt Exhibit in New Hampshire recently. Also, my local quilt guild is doing a fabric postcard swap with a Roanoke, Va, guild. So, I'm making seven fabric postcards for that swap. I've also been busy with the three quilt guilds and four other quilting/sewing groups that I belong to. I still try to get into the city ( Washington DC) and see some of the museum exhibits. I went in last Tuesday with a friend to be inspired. When will you be coming back up again??? We need to chat over coffee soon. Kris ( in northern Virginia, on my way to exercise and then get back home and try to finish some projects up) |
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Sandy/Ragmop,
Okay, quilt teasing me. This is the first time that I've done this. At least there was a lot of different textures and values to the red fabrics. grin I know that it sounds too red, but it's really coming out nice. ( oops, you mean that I should have included a sliver of "yellow" in it???????? I did finish some other challenges for the quiltart chat list and am working on a lot of other quilts. I sure wish that I didn't work on so many different things at the same time. Unfortunately, I can't get to Houston this year. I did get to the Lancaster,Pa Quilt big show, Williamsburg/Hampton, VA big show, the Ft. Washington/Philadelphia big show & all the smaller quilt guild shows in my area. I only live about 3 hours from Lancaster, PA and the wonderful quilt shops there, so I get up there often to buy fabrics. I was just there two weeks ago to enjoy shopping. The fabrics there cost a lot less than here in the Washington DC area. About that baseball swap, I've been enjoying the playoffs. Now, I think I'll cheer for the White Sox. ( since my Nationals didn't finish up too well). I am also using extra energy on the Washington Redskins and the Virginia Tech Hokies too. geez http://www.quiltartists.com/index.html Kris ( in rainy northern Virginia ) Ellison wrote: Howdy! Kris, are you going to Houston? Are you taking a class on color? I only ask 'cause you have 2 yellow brick road quilts in progress or planning stages, and you say "all red fat quarters, with a red and forest green batik border. It will have forest green minke on the back. The other set of fat quarters were ocean blues and greens. I bought a great bluish green batik for that border and pale blue minke for the backing." Now, Kris, Kris, honey, Kris? *Yellow* brick road? About that color theory class... . VERY Big Grin (teasing Kris because she is a buddy from waaaaay back when) I've been watching the Journal Pages quilts on the quiltarts site. http://www.quiltart.com/ Lovely, lovely, cool, weird, what-was-she-thinking?!!?, and fabulous! I always look for the names of the Journalists who were or are RCTQers; hope to have the time to read all the journal entries, some day. Glad to see you, again. Next time we'll talk about the Baseball SWAP!!! Swap--got that, Kris? Swap? And Yellow? ;-D Hugs to Kris, Ragmop/Sandy--who notes that the Baseball Swap is open to those who show up just to Swap stories g ---p.s. most days it doesn't take long to read the ng .. . "Kris Bishop" wrote in message ... Pat, I really didn't buy much fabric at Ft. Washington ( some hand painted over hand dyed fabrics). I did buy a lot a few weekends ago, when I went back to Lancaster,Pa with my niece and her husband. I bought packets of fat quarters and border fabrics - to make two yellow brick road quilts. In one, it's all red fat quarters, with a red and forest green batik border. It will have forest green minke on the back. The other set of fat quarters were ocean blues and greens. I bought a great bluish green batik for that border and pale blue minke for the backing. I did buy some other pieces of batik for not-yet-planned projects. I have the red quilt top finished, but might applique some forest green minke pine trees on the front first ( in random places, to make it look like a forest) grin I just sent my "Journal Pages" quilts off to the Houston Quilt Show and my "Koi Pond" wall hanging is in a special exhibit ( QuiltArt @ 10 ) at the Houston show. Then they'll travel on to other places. My local art quilt group is having another upcoming exhibit in Leesburg, VA from Nov. 1st until Jan 1st , 2006. I turned in two pieces to go into that exhibit. I did have a quilt in the Quilting at the Crossroads show ( in Flint Michigan) & the World Quilt Exhibit in New Hampshire recently. Also, my local quilt guild is doing a fabric postcard swap with a Roanoke, Va, guild. So, I'm making seven fabric postcards for that swap. I've also been busy with the three quilt guilds and four other quilting/sewing groups that I belong to. I still try to get into the city ( Washington DC) and see some of the museum exhibits. I went in last Tuesday with a friend to be inspired. When will you be coming back up again??? We need to chat over coffee soon. Kris ( in northern Virginia, on my way to exercise and then get back home and try to finish some projects up) |
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On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 07:26:46 -0400, Kris Bishop
wrote: Hi All, I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about quilting here. There were just a few this morning to read. I'm like the next person and think is all right to post some off topic things, but it seems that there aren't too many on-topic threads to read anymore. Nearly everything is off-topic ( it has reversed itself and doesn't really feel like a quilting newsgroup anymore). Am I mis-interpreting this? If I am, I'm sorry. I've never left the newsgroup, but I seem to be deleting three fourths of the messages. There just isn't enough time in the day to read hundreds of messages about other topics. If I did that, I'd never get any quilting done and wouldn't be living my life away from the computer. grin As you all know from my postings ( and I've met a lot of you personally at meet-ups and quilt shows) over the years, I try to keep pretty busy and am in a lot of different quilting and stitching groups. Am I the only one feeling this way? Sorry if I'm wrong. Kris ( in rainy, northern Virginia, heading to the sewing room to finish putting the border on another quilt) How about writing about your quilty doings? We'd love to read it. And you might inspire us, then our inspirations might inspire you. It'll make a lovely full circle in the end. Debra, happily in equally rainy southern VA. where the air smells so nice and the long summer drought is finally ending. |
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hmmm...maybe since they're all red [as in brick red?] it should be a brick
brick road. "Kris Bishop" wrote in message ... Sandy/Ragmop, Okay, quilt teasing me. This is the first time that I've done this. At least there was a lot of different textures and values to the red fabrics. grin I know that it sounds too red, but it's really coming out nice. ( oops, you mean that I should have included a sliver of "yellow" in it???????? I did finish some other challenges for the quiltart chat list and am working on a lot of other quilts. I sure wish that I didn't work on so many different things at the same time. Unfortunately, I can't get to Houston this year. I did get to the Lancaster,Pa Quilt big show, Williamsburg/Hampton, VA big show, the Ft. Washington/Philadelphia big show & all the smaller quilt guild shows in my area. I only live about 3 hours from Lancaster, PA and the wonderful quilt shops there, so I get up there often to buy fabrics. I was just there two weeks ago to enjoy shopping. The fabrics there cost a lot less than here in the Washington DC area. About that baseball swap, I've been enjoying the playoffs. Now, I think I'll cheer for the White Sox. ( since my Nationals didn't finish up too well). I am also using extra energy on the Washington Redskins and the Virginia Tech Hokies too. geez http://www.quiltartists.com/index.html Kris ( in rainy northern Virginia ) Ellison wrote: Howdy! Kris, are you going to Houston? Are you taking a class on color? I only ask 'cause you have 2 yellow brick road quilts in progress or planning stages, and you say "all red fat quarters, with a red and forest green batik border. It will have forest green minke on the back. The other set of fat quarters were ocean blues and greens. I bought a great bluish green batik for that border and pale blue minke for the backing." Now, Kris, Kris, honey, Kris? *Yellow* brick road? About that color theory class... . VERY Big Grin (teasing Kris because she is a buddy from waaaaay back when) I've been watching the Journal Pages quilts on the quiltarts site. http://www.quiltart.com/ Lovely, lovely, cool, weird, what-was-she-thinking?!!?, and fabulous! I always look for the names of the Journalists who were or are RCTQers; hope to have the time to read all the journal entries, some day. Glad to see you, again. Next time we'll talk about the Baseball SWAP!!! Swap--got that, Kris? Swap? And Yellow? ;-D Hugs to Kris, Ragmop/Sandy--who notes that the Baseball Swap is open to those who show up just to Swap stories g ---p.s. most days it doesn't take long to read the ng .. . "Kris Bishop" wrote in message ... Pat, I really didn't buy much fabric at Ft. Washington ( some hand painted over hand dyed fabrics). I did buy a lot a few weekends ago, when I went back to Lancaster,Pa with my niece and her husband. I bought packets of fat quarters and border fabrics - to make two yellow brick road quilts. In one, it's all red fat quarters, with a red and forest green batik border. It will have forest green minke on the back. The other set of fat quarters were ocean blues and greens. I bought a great bluish green batik for that border and pale blue minke for the backing. I did buy some other pieces of batik for not-yet-planned projects. I have the red quilt top finished, but might applique some forest green minke pine trees on the front first ( in random places, to make it look like a forest) grin I just sent my "Journal Pages" quilts off to the Houston Quilt Show and my "Koi Pond" wall hanging is in a special exhibit ( QuiltArt @ 10 ) at the Houston show. Then they'll travel on to other places. My local art quilt group is having another upcoming exhibit in Leesburg, VA from Nov. 1st until Jan 1st , 2006. I turned in two pieces to go into that exhibit. I did have a quilt in the Quilting at the Crossroads show ( in Flint Michigan) & the World Quilt Exhibit in New Hampshire recently. Also, my local quilt guild is doing a fabric postcard swap with a Roanoke, Va, guild. So, I'm making seven fabric postcards for that swap. I've also been busy with the three quilt guilds and four other quilting/sewing groups that I belong to. I still try to get into the city ( Washington DC) and see some of the museum exhibits. I went in last Tuesday with a friend to be inspired. When will you be coming back up again??? We need to chat over coffee soon. Kris ( in northern Virginia, on my way to exercise and then get back home and try to finish some projects up) |
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What's the url for the Baseball swap?
Gen " Ellison" wrote in message .. . . Next time we'll talk about the Baseball SWAP!!! Swap--got that, Kris? Swap? And Yellow? ;-D |
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I would go sit by Butterfly on this one except she would want to pass me
another doctor. The gators are just too busy to be bothered right now; there's a heap of insurance guys about that the gators simply must tend to. I am as guilty as Butterfly about wanting and needing to hear from you. Tell us about the new babies, floods, hurts, prayer needs, moving, or whatever life is handing you. You are a grand group of friends and I love that you share with us. Polly "Butterfly" wrote Waving madly! GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY (Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm yelling) But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting Bee whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this is MY Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic to the brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic-- a lil) Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on here--was it Miz Sairey?) |
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NO Dr this go round--how about the Vampire Lab that LOST the results between
the first lab that did the Vampiring and the lab that does the 'work'. Not even sure how many are involved in this one--I got room in the freezer until you need them sent gotta keep mah Gators well fed winter is comin Butterfly (least I got the Vampire guy that doesn't hurt : ) "Polly Esther" wrote in message ink.net... I would go sit by Butterfly on this one except she would want to pass me another doctor. The gators are just too busy to be bothered right now; there's a heap of insurance guys about that the gators simply must tend to. I am as guilty as Butterfly about wanting and needing to hear from you. Tell us about the new babies, floods, hurts, prayer needs, moving, or whatever life is handing you. You are a grand group of friends and I love that you share with us. Polly "Butterfly" wrote Waving madly! GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY (Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm yelling) But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting Bee whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this is MY Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic to the brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic-- a lil) Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on here--was it Miz Sairey?) |
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Howdy!
http://web.utk.edu/~carys/baseball2/homeplate.html This week we're mailing our swap squares to the Swap Mistresses who will chuck them into their appropriate bags and mail them back to us in 2 weeks. The Padres made it to the play-offs, then wasted no time giving way to the Cardinals. g Doesn't matter to me who wins it, really, because the Swap's the thing. ;-P Ragmop/Sandy-- check these colors in baseball quilts: http://web.utk.edu/~carys/baseball2/quilts.html "Don/Gen" wrote in message ... What's the url for the Baseball swap? Gen " Ellison" wrote in message .. . . Next time we'll talk about the Baseball SWAP!!! Swap--got that, Kris? Swap? And Yellow? ;-D |
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