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Can't be that bad
I wanted to show you the quilt block I'm using and went over to quilters
cache to see what its name was. There was really no need to be quite so insulting but the name is Simple Star. Okay. It is about as simple as they get but something mysterious or historical would have at least sounded better. Anyhow. I'm procrastinating because it is time Now to clear the rubble from doing lots of Simple Stars. While there, I went to MamaBear's letter for July 11th. Please go look. No matter how wild and crazy your sewing room has become, this one will make you feel all neat and tidy. Somebody please pass me the oxygen. http://www.quilterscache.com/Letters.html Guaranteed to make you smile. Polly |
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Can't be that bad
ROFL! But you know, that mess isn't the worst -you can still see litle
areas of bare floor in her "before" photo! I do like a tidy work space, though, and the "after" photos are MUCH improved. IMO anything called simple is very often false advertising. Roberta in D On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:41:36 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: I wanted to show you the quilt block I'm using and went over to quilters cache to see what its name was. There was really no need to be quite so insulting but the name is Simple Star. Okay. It is about as simple as they get but something mysterious or historical would have at least sounded better. Anyhow. I'm procrastinating because it is time Now to clear the rubble from doing lots of Simple Stars. While there, I went to MamaBear's letter for July 11th. Please go look. No matter how wild and crazy your sewing room has become, this one will make you feel all neat and tidy. Somebody please pass me the oxygen. http://www.quilterscache.com/Letters.html Guaranteed to make you smile. Polly |
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Can't be that bad
I use that star often. I think it should be favorite star rather than
simple star. There are some really messy sewing spaces. I suppose that is what helps create a productive workplace for some but not so much for me. I have spent a lot of time looking at sewing room pictures online. I am amazed that people have such slapdash work spaces that they spend a lot of time in. People will spend thousands of dollars on machines and fabrics and sew on a $30 folding banquet table with stacks of junk surrounding them. I have yet to see decent affordable sewing furniture. Much of it now is cheap looking (not price though) weird laminate kind of stuff. Looks like the little tykes kitchen the kids here had when they were 4 and 5. A discussion last week with the guy that sells unfinished furniture here in town netted the info that there just isn't anything available to them. They are the last hope for affordable real wood stuff I can find. I think I will tidy the sewing room after seeing those photos! Taria "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I wanted to show you the quilt block I'm using and went over to quilters cache to see what its name was. There was really no need to be quite so insulting but the name is Simple Star. Okay. It is about as simple as they get but something mysterious or historical would have at least sounded better. Anyhow. I'm procrastinating because it is time Now to clear the rubble from doing lots of Simple Stars. While there, I went to MamaBear's letter for July 11th. Please go look. No matter how wild and crazy your sewing room has become, this one will make you feel all neat and tidy. Somebody please pass me the oxygen. http://www.quilterscache.com/Letters.html Guaranteed to make you smile. Polly |
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Can't be that bad
Thanks for the link!!! I have been trying to find someplace like this
for my new place. (or asking John....but shipping would be horrendous!!!--LOL!) I vote that John has the best sewing stuff! |
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Can't be that bad
Well, as you say, people spend several thousand on a machine. My very
wonderful flat-bed table with air lift and loads of storage cost a lot less than a machine. (German-made, Rauschenberg, NAYY) There's no reason we should expect quality specialized sewing furniture at Ikea prices, any more than we expect quality machines at Walmart prices. Of course, geniuses like our John can build their own at far less cost for materials, but they don't need to factor in the labor. At one point, I did ask a local cabinet maker what he would charge to build me a table, and it came to a lot more than the ready-made Rauschenberg price even without the airlift! Roberta in D On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:59:08 -0700, "Taria" wrote: I use that star often. I think it should be favorite star rather than simple star. There are some really messy sewing spaces. I suppose that is what helps create a productive workplace for some but not so much for me. I have spent a lot of time looking at sewing room pictures online. I am amazed that people have such slapdash work spaces that they spend a lot of time in. People will spend thousands of dollars on machines and fabrics and sew on a $30 folding banquet table with stacks of junk surrounding them. I have yet to see decent affordable sewing furniture. Much of it now is cheap looking (not price though) weird laminate kind of stuff. Looks like the little tykes kitchen the kids here had when they were 4 and 5. A discussion last week with the guy that sells unfinished furniture here in town netted the info that there just isn't anything available to them. They are the last hope for affordable real wood stuff I can find. I think I will tidy the sewing room after seeing those photos! Taria "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I wanted to show you the quilt block I'm using and went over to quilters cache to see what its name was. There was really no need to be quite so insulting but the name is Simple Star. Okay. It is about as simple as they get but something mysterious or historical would have at least sounded better. Anyhow. I'm procrastinating because it is time Now to clear the rubble from doing lots of Simple Stars. While there, I went to MamaBear's letter for July 11th. Please go look. No matter how wild and crazy your sewing room has become, this one will make you feel all neat and tidy. Somebody please pass me the oxygen. http://www.quilterscache.com/Letters.html Guaranteed to make you smile. Polly |
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sewing spaces & furniture Can't be that bad
Howdy!
I looked at the pics & had to scroll back to read the tags, couldn't tell much difference between "before" & "after". g Okay, so I tend to spread stuff, let it clutter, then clear it up to start fresh. Works for me. Dirt doesn't work, trash doesn't work, but a bit of "organized clutter" is my style. ;-D Monday, younger son came over & helped clear out my Stuff Room, aka The Green Room (dark green walls, great big window facing south). We moved furniture, piles & baskets of stuff, he built metal shelves, I stocked them, and there's a good path thru' that room, w/ everything up off the floor except large baskets & cabinets. Wonderful. I don't need more rooms, I can find things, & the extra furniture (cabinets) went into my bedroom to be filled w/ Extras: books, baskets, notebooks, keepsakes, gifts I don't know what to do with; more books on the custom-made book shelves, quilts folded & stored nearby - what a sigh of relief for the entire upstairs of the house! There's a really good nekkid furniture store in Ft.Worth. I've visited several times, got 3 of their pantry cabinets, painted them a '30s era milky green (light green mixed w/ avocado green), some dressers, a night stand... and I'm about ready to go for more. http://www.nayfasfurniture.com/index.html I put green glass knobs on all the cabinets; they are gorgeous, pine, sturdy, deep shelves. Meanwhile, downstairs in the dining room, my favorite place to sew on the Janome, I'm working on a scrappy version of this Lincoln's Platform: http://tinyurl.com/6xnrcpc pattern he http://tinyurl.com/67m3lgu I shopped The Stash & pulled lots of white-on-whites, rootled the Baseball Squares & found lots of bigger pieces to play with; this is FUN! Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy- sizzling in north Texas... might as well quilt ;-D On 7/14/11 12:59 PM, in article , "Taria" wrote: I use that star often. I think it should be favorite star rather than simple star. There are some really messy sewing spaces. I suppose that is what helps create a productive workplace for some but not so much for me. I have spent a lot of time looking at sewing room pictures online. I am amazed that people have such slapdash work spaces that they spend a lot of time in. People will spend thousands of dollars on machines and fabrics and sew on a $30 folding banquet table with stacks of junk surrounding them. I have yet to see decent affordable sewing furniture. Much of it now is cheap looking (not price though) weird laminate kind of stuff. Looks like the little tykes kitchen the kids here had when they were 4 and 5. A discussion last week with the guy that sells unfinished furniture here in town netted the info that there just isn't anything available to them. They are the last hope for affordable real wood stuff I can find. I think I will tidy the sewing room after seeing those photos! Taria "Polly Esther" wrote in message ... I wanted to show you the quilt block I'm using and went over to quilters cache to see what its name was. There was really no need to be quite so insulting but the name is Simple Star. Okay. It is about as simple as they get but something mysterious or historical would have at least sounded better. Anyhow. I'm procrastinating because it is time Now to clear the rubble from doing lots of Simple Stars. While there, I went to MamaBear's letter for July 11th. Please go look. No matter how wild and crazy your sewing room has become, this one will make you feel all neat and tidy. Somebody please pass me the oxygen. http://www.quilterscache.com/Letters.html Guaranteed to make you smile. Polly |
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Can't be that bad
On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:41:36 -0500, "Polly Esther"
wrote: I wanted to show you the quilt block I'm using and went over to quilters cache to see what its name was. There was really no need to be quite so insulting but the name is Simple Star. Okay. It is about as simple as they get but something mysterious or historical would have at least sounded better. Anyhow. I'm procrastinating because it is time Now to clear the rubble from doing lots of Simple Stars. While there, I went to MamaBear's letter for July 11th. Please go look. No matter how wild and crazy your sewing room has become, this one will make you feel all neat and tidy. Somebody please pass me the oxygen. http://www.quilterscache.com/Letters.html Guaranteed to make you smile. Polly You're right, Polly! I definately feel better about the mess in mine now -Irene |
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Can't be that bad
And revenge is sweet. We have to be vigilant ( borderline violent) about
never dropping anything on the floor: no pins/needles, no scraps, no dangling iron cords and no shipping packing, staples, paper clips or wire twists. We have a Yorkie who thinks the whole world is big fun and everything exists for his amusement. They've never complained but I'm pretty sure my visiting quilting friends have thought my 'keep the floor clean' mania was a bit of a pain. Finally. One of them has a precious gorgeous baby Yorkie who thinks the whole world is big fun and will try a taste of everything including pins/needles, scraps . . . well. You know. Now she has a very clean floor too. Life is good. Polly "IMS" wrote in message news On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 07:41:36 -0500, "Polly Esther" wrote: I wanted to show you the quilt block I'm using and went over to quilters cache to see what its name was. There was really no need to be quite so insulting but the name is Simple Star. Okay. It is about as simple as they get but something mysterious or historical would have at least sounded better. Anyhow. I'm procrastinating because it is time Now to clear the rubble from doing lots of Simple Stars. While there, I went to MamaBear's letter for July 11th. Please go look. No matter how wild and crazy your sewing room has become, this one will make you feel all neat and tidy. Somebody please pass me the oxygen. http://www.quilterscache.com/Letters.html Guaranteed to make you smile. Polly You're right, Polly! I definately feel better about the mess in mine now -Irene |
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Can't be that bad
My best friend is not a quilter but keeps a really clean house.
Always tidy and very clean. She got a puppy a year or so ago I happily observed the floor had a more 'normal' look to it than it used to. I feel good about that. Ginger has a tendency to steal stuff (ginger the golden retriever not our Ginger the quilter over on the coast) She doesn't usually eat stuff though thankfully. The iron scares me a bit with cats around though. I am still learning the trouble cats can find. Keep those yorkies safe! Taria |
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Can't be that bad
And there also seems to be [nearby]
http://www.calif.aaa.com/en-ca/explo...iew-event.aspx On Jul 16, 1:55*pm, Sandy wrote: In article , *Ginger in CA wrote: Aaaaccckkkk! I have gone each year to this show [it's a real stretch given my energy issues] This year I have to go to Glendale for training for work on Sat 7/30. There is a very outside chance I can get off from work on Fri 7/29, but they won't let me know until a couple of days before - maybe even the day before. Wahhh! this is me sniffling because I won't get a chance for a meet- up! What classes are you taking, Sandy? Are you aware there is some pretty cool stuff happening that weekend right there by the Convention Center - pirate days for one!? Ginger in CA Wow! No, I didn't realize any cool stuff was happening! Thanks for the heads-up, Ginger, and I'm really sorry you probably won't be able to be there. I'm taking two classes from Charlotte Warr Andersen: One Line at a Time Encore and Whirly Twirly Quilting Designs. |
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