Hello, I'm new here...

On 26/06/2010 22:34, Sartorresartus wrote:
Welcome, Ursula.

Don't buy too much till you've tried what you already have. I have
EQ6, but you really don't need it until you are designing big style.
Paper and pencil and some crayons (optional) are all you need to
design for a while.

I love gadgets, but actually use very few of them regularly. My
advice though, would always to choose carefully and buy the best
quality you can afford at the time. It pays in the long run.

In truth all you need for P&Q are patience, a good specialist ruler,
one of those pizza cutters and a self-healing mat. The rest will
already be in your general sewing kit. Add stuff when you actually
need it. P&Q can get out of hand just as quickly as any other hobby.

But it is fun.

Nel
(Gadget Queen)


Ursula, meet Nel.

Nel is one of my oldest friends in Real Life as well as here. We were
at the same uni at the same time, doing the same course in diferent
colleges! She is the GMNT's Godmother.

Nel, this is Ursula, who dragged me protesting wildly (NOT! I loved
every minute of it) to Germany to make her dress! You remember me
telling you about the adventures with German security offers at
Dusseldorf on the way home?

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

Welcome Ursula! If you have a place to post photos, we'd love to see
them. Sounds like you're having fun!
I don't have EQ in any version (tried it once and decided I'd rather
fondle live fabric). Here's a trick for choosing coordinating colors:
Go to a good patchwork store and let yourself fall in love with a
printed fabric. The more colors the better. Along one selvedge, you
should find a row of dots in all the colors used in that design. Then
all you have to do is pick fabrics that more or less match the dots.
Make sure they aren't all the same value. You can do this by lining
them up on the table and taking a B&W photo. Value shows as shades of
grey, and you need a range from light to dark.
Roberta in D

On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 17:31:19 +0200, "Ursula Schrader"
wrote:

What can I say? Some of you may know me from alt.sewing, but I just got
addicted to patchwork and quilting. Kate XXXXXX (Hi Kate!wave
hello) recommended this group before, so now that I'm an official junkie I
thought I might join you.

What have I done so far? Currently I'm working on my first project which I
started during a workshop held by a nice lady where I bought some notions
for my wedding dress. She's got a marvelous choice of patchwork fabrics and
I got curious. I'm working on a little stool, 45 cm cubic, the pattern is
log cabin, two blacks, a grey and red for the center.

However, since I didn't have a proper ruler I went to another charming
little patchwork store in another town and found what I sought, plus, you
might have guessed, a little assorted stash of what you might call fat
quarters, for a bedspread for DD. I also asked the very helpful lady about a
really good book on quilting and she handed me something by Mary Clayton
which is more like an encyclopedia and holds all kinds of patterns and
techniques - highly addictive stuff. (BTW, if you got any suggestions
literaturewise, I'd be more than happy to hear them).

What really took my fancy is something Japanese, a thing you might translate
with 'two circle technique'. I think I'll make a bedspread/additional cover
for my mom's bed in that, and I already started planning measurements.
However, I hit a little snag when it came to chosing fabrics, and I
remembered having read something about EQ 7 here (been lurking for a while,
though not too attentively) and thought I might like something like that.
Any comments on that? I know that Kate has a programm from Wild Ginger for
making dresses and stuff, and it worked miracles for my wedding dress (or
was that just Kate? ;-)) Would you recommend some investment like that?

Well, I'm sure there'll be loads more questions I'll want to ask you as I
dive deeper into the zen-like world of quilting, but for now, this is it...
Have a nice weekend,

U.

Good to see you posting here!
Barbara in SC

On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:34:20 -0500, Sartorresartus wrote
(in article
):

Welcome, Ursula.

Don't buy too much till you've tried what you already have. I have
EQ6, but you really don't need it until you are designing big style.
Paper and pencil and some crayons (optional) are all you need to
design for a while.

I love gadgets, but actually use very few of them regularly. My
advice though, would always to choose carefully and buy the best
quality you can afford at the time. It pays in the long run.

In truth all you need for P&Q are patience, a good specialist ruler,
one of those pizza cutters and a self-healing mat. The rest will
already be in your general sewing kit. Add stuff when you actually
need it. P&Q can get out of hand just as quickly as any other hobby.

But it is fun.

Nel
(Gadget Queen)

Nel has given you great advice about gadgets. Boy are they fun to buy, but
most of the time I don't use them and just go back to my old standbys.

Maureen

On Jun 27, 9:34*am, Roberta Roberta@Home wrote:

Here's a trick for choosing coordinating colors:
Go to a good patchwork store and let yourself fall in love with a
printed fabric. The more colors the better. Along one selvedge, you
should find a row of dots in all the colors used in that design. Then
all you have to do is pick fabrics that more or less match the dots.
Make sure they aren't all the same value. You can do this by lining
them up on the table and taking a B&W photo. Value shows as shades of
grey, and you need a range from light to dark.

The same trick can be done on the spot with a piece of dark red
celuloid.
The red side of a pair of red/blue or red/green 3-D glasses will work.

Doc

Wow, what a warm welcome! Thanks to you all; I'll try to merit it. This
seems to be a rather lively group and there are times when I just don't have
the time or strength to sit down to my computer, so please have patience
with me if my replies seem come rather slowly. With a number of minor health
problems and one very active toddler, I'm doing my best to keep up. (Thank
heavens that DD is off to Kindergarten in August! They grow up so fast!
sighs a tearful sigh) I'll try to work off all replies in time.

U.

"Dr. Zachary Smith" wrote...
On Jun 27, 9:34 am, Roberta Roberta@Home wrote:

Here's a trick for choosing coordinating colors:
Go to a good patchwork store and let yourself fall in love with a
printed fabric. The more colors the better. Along one selvedge, you
should find a row of dots in all the colors used in that design. Then
all you have to do is pick fabrics that more or less match the dots.
Make sure they aren't all the same value. You can do this by lining
them up on the table and taking a B&W photo. Value shows as shades of
grey, and you need a range from light to dark.

The same trick can be done on the spot with a piece of
dark red celuloid. The red side of a pair of red/blue or
red/green 3-D glasses will work.

Doc

There's an even simpler way of fading colours to B/W: Squint your eyes until
they're almost closed, then the value shows, too. Learned that trick during
my time at Dusseldorf FH, trying and failing to become an interior designer
and architect. One course dealt with the basics of artwork, necessary to
lure clients to your projects (in the days before 3D computer animation). We
had an absolute nitpicker of a professor and - funny that I remember it
now - his student teaching assistant was a girl that was totally into
patchwork. At that time I was surprised to meet somebody that young and hip
with such an oldfashioned hobby. Now I know better. ;-)

U.

"Kate XXXXXX" wrote...
On 26/06/2010 16:31, Ursula Schrader wrote:
What can I say? Some of you may know me from alt.sewing, but I just got
addicted to patchwork and quilting. Kate XXXXXX (Hi Kate!wave
hello) recommended this group before, so now that I'm an official junkie
I
thought I might join you.

Hello darling! Nice to see you perking up a bit!

Yeah well, I'm on the mend, but you know how it is. I find it hard to talk
to people more than just 'hello' or some such everyday stuff. But I'll try
to get (and stay) in touch with the world again. ;-)

Welcome to the group. We feed incompetent medics to Polly's gaitors, I
cook the trolls, and we share the chocolate after Pat has tested it for
us.

Ah yes, would you like my GP for the gaitors? But that's another story. I
remember your delicious troll recipes from your website, but it seems to
work, there don't seem to be many around. ;-) And I'll do my best to fit in
here, chocoltewise, only today it's so hot that I can't stand even the
thought of it. Wait, there's some ice chocolate in the freezer... ;-)

It sounds like you are starting properly! How are the sewing machines
getting along? And the Demon Fairy?

Don't ask, still no machines around, but I brought up the sunshade thing
yesterday. I think I need something vertical to keep out the sun, too, but
that's another story. The lady in the shop hasn't rung so far nor has her
boss, so I'll call them again tomorrow. Dang, I WANT A SEWING MACHINE!!!!
Demon fairy is over the top with all the football, and alternates wearing a
'pretty wedding dress' (some washable sundress) with 'Blue and white' footy
shirts and her new bathing suits or nothing. Of course, large quantities of
sun protection are applied regularly. She looks good enough to eat with that
slight hue of tan on her face, her hair curling from drying naturally and
getting a bit lighter at the tips. Ah, what a lovely age. And she's talking
and singing all day long, making the most amazing remarks. I've heard
several people say that she's clever beyond her age. I hope they didn't say
it just to flatter me. ;-)

U.

"Kate XXXXXX" wrote...
On 26/06/2010 22:34, Sartorresartus wrote:
Welcome, Ursula.

Don't buy too much till you've tried what you already have. I have
EQ6, but you really don't need it until you are designing big style.
Paper and pencil and some crayons (optional) are all you need to
design for a while.

I love gadgets, but actually use very few of them regularly. My
advice though, would always to choose carefully and buy the best
quality you can afford at the time. It pays in the long run.

In truth all you need for P&Q are patience, a good specialist ruler,
one of those pizza cutters and a self-healing mat. The rest will
already be in your general sewing kit. Add stuff when you actually
need it. P&Q can get out of hand just as quickly as any other hobby.

But it is fun.

Nel
(Gadget Queen)


Ursula, meet Nel.

Nel is one of my oldest friends in Real Life as well as here. We were at
the same uni at the same time, doing the same course in diferent colleges!
She is the GMNT's Godmother.

Nel, this is Ursula, who dragged me protesting wildly (NOT! I loved every
minute of it) to Germany to make her dress! You remember me telling you
about the adventures with German security offers at Dusseldorf on the way
home?

Aw, the Glogal Village! It's always a pleasure to meet Kate's 'family'. She
seems to know only nice folks. ;-) I'll heed your advice though, oh Gadget
Queen, since I haven't won the lottery big time.

U.

Hi Ursula!
Any friend of Kate's is a friend of ours. Welcome to the Land of RCTQ.
We have fun
here, no moderator, no rules. The only thing you really need to know is that
it is very wise to have your chocolate vetted. Just send a pound or two to
the Office of the Official Chocolate Taster of RCTQ, which is in my Palace
here in Virginia. I will test and taste and report back via email. You don't
have to thank me ... this is my unselfish volunteer duty in RCTQ. A tough
job, but someone's gotta do it.

Pat In Virginia/USA




"Ursula Schrader" wrote in message
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What can I say? Some of you may know me from alt.sewing, but I just got
addicted to patchwork and quilting. Kate XXXXXX (Hi Kate!wave
hello) recommended this group before, so now that I'm an official junkie
I
thought I might join you.
CUT