Is everyone quilting?

In article 5ozcf.2266$ih5.679@dukeread11,
Pat in Virginia wrote:

It is so quiet here. I guess everyone is too busy quilting to
post. That is commendable, but I am shocked you haven't said a
peep for at least 13 hours! Wow.

I did some sewing today .... finally. I made a spool block. This
one was for a group BOM. I really have to work on the sewing
room. I walked into it today, and the UFOs attacked me!! If I
would get those under control (read resolved) the room would be
less cluttered. Not to say neat yet, but certainly less cluttered.

No time for that now. I am getting ready for a quilters' retreat.
This will be my first one. I am looking forward to it. NOTE: DH
and assistants will be on stash guard.


PAT in VA/USA


I don't know about everyone else, but you're right about me, at least.
I hadn't done any quilting at all for a couple of weeks -- first
because of Houston's busy schedule, and next because of Tuppence -- but
I spent part of yesterday making a quilted diamond. More important,
though, I spent a *lot* of yesterday playing around with ideas for the
memory quilt I'm going to make for Tuppence. It's coming along....
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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

Picked up the choccies today! I don't need anything else, right?

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Wendy
http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm
De-STUFF email address to reply
wrote in message
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Yes, I'm quilting....lots of UFO's, BOM's, and my DGS dragon WUH. Have
fun at your retreat, Pat and Wendy. Mine is in February and I'm hoping I
don't need a dogsled to attend. LOL Nancycog in MD

Boy it sounds like you have the important stuff covered.
Hope you guys have a swell time.
Taria

frood wrote:

Picked up the choccies today! I don't need anything else, right?

Jessamy wrote:
Look on the bright side... at least that gets done externally!

I hope it all gets a LOT less interesting soon! boring life has it's good
sides...

Jessamy (who gets to get a vaginal ultrasound on Monday .. wooo hooo just
what I always wanted! :$)

Make sure they warm up the ultrasound thingie. Some docs don't. (Have
you noticed that those are always the ones with cold hands?) :-O

--

the black rose
Research Associate in the Field of Child Development and Human
Relations
http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts
2005 BOMs: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blackrosequilts/my_photos

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On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 21:46:20 -0600, Pat in Virginia wrote
(in article 5ozcf.2266$ih5.679@dukeread11):

It is so quiet here. I guess everyone is too busy quilting to
post. That is commendable, but I am shocked you haven't said a
peep for at least 13 hours! Wow.

I did some sewing today .... finally. I made a spool block. This
one was for a group BOM. I really have to work on the sewing
room. I walked into it today, and the UFOs attacked me!! If I
would get those under control (read resolved) the room would be
less cluttered. Not to say neat yet, but certainly less cluttered.

No time for that now. I am getting ready for a quilters' retreat.
This will be my first one. I am looking forward to it. NOTE: DH
and assistants will be on stash guard.


PAT in VA/USA

I'm reading today when I take breaks from sewing. I'm piecing blocks for a
couple of block of the months I'm doing. Then I'm going to start working on
the top of my challenge quilt for the guild's quilt show in the spring.

Maureen

thanks for the reminder! last time was a nasty cold shock lol and yes he had
cold hands too

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Jessamy
In The Netherlands
Time to accept, time to grow, time to take things slow
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jess_ayad/my_photos

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"Make sure they warm up the ultrasound thingie. Some docs don't. (Have
you noticed that those are always the ones with cold hands?) :-O

--

the black rose
Research Associate in the Field of Child Development and Human
Relations
http://community.webshots.com/user/blackrosequilts
2005 BOMs: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/blackrosequilts/my_photos

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Howdy!
Testimony:
"Finger cots saved my life!" VBG

or something like that. I find I can pull the needle more,
push less w/ the thimble, and have less stress on my thimble finger.
I buy finger cots by the dozens.
Haven't bought this brand or from this place, but the cots I use
are like these:
http://www.dickblick.com/zz352/07/

Yes, I'm quilting, every day. And loving it!

This morning I started clearing my bedroom floor so I can
dig out all the stash, rearrange, redistribute, and compact it into
a more manageable configuration. Which will last thru' at least 6
more quilt projects and a year's worth of acquisition. g
Oh, the treasures to be (re)discovered!

Ragmop/Sandy -- handquilter, fabric stasher ;-D

"Denise in NH" wrote in message
...
I've been busy hand quilting a twin-sized quilt. I did stitch in the
ditch by machine on all of the straight lines, but it needed a little
more, hence the hand work. This is not my favorite pastime, as I have
not yet mastered the use of thimbles, rocking motion, etc. I hate my
thimble and was quite interested in the thread about the silicone
thimbles, My LQS sells them, and, as one of you already said, they look
and feel like gummy bears, but no one at the store had ever used one.

I wish that all quilt stores would have a small basket (maybe behind the
counter) that held samples of the thimbles they sell, a small sandwich
of fabric and a couple threaded needles for the customers to try out. I
don't want to buy a half dozen thimbles and not use them.

Right now I am more "pulling" the thread through the fabric than pushing
the needle. I was thinking of buying a package of those finger cots
(they look like mini condoms). Do any of you use them? I might also buy
some little dots for my pushing finger.

Friday is a S.E.X. day, and I will be scouting for thimble type
thingies. I'm also seriously considering a Handi=Quilter II. There is
a picture of one in a catalogue I have, but I'm confused a little. I
know it would use my own machine, Janome 6500, but how do you steer the
machine around? Do you put handles on your machine? Where? and are
they supplied?
I will check out their website, but I like first-hand experiences.

Denise