Thank You

I'd like to thank every one that has helped me (on purpose or
inadvertently) these past few years.

I'm sewing away on my SnW, enjoying the h*ll out of the way that its
turning out, and realize the lessons that I've learned from *this group*
and I'd like to point them (the lessons) out, maybe as a thank you, and
maybe to show newbies that as silly as it sounds its worth it.


1) Rotary cutting. The first quilt I made I cut with plain old scissors.
Rotary cutters, mats, rulers, and sharp blades were talked and raved about,
so I bought a little mat, a cutter, a ruler and a sharp blade. I now don't
understand how I got along without them, and am the (proud) owner of 2
mats, 1 cutter, several blades, and 4 rulers in different sizes.

2) Pins and pinning. OMG, the first quilt that I made, I didn't use pins.
The second, third, and fourth quilts I didn't use pins. I couldn't figure
out why they were wonky. I couldn't figure out howsacome the points never
matched. Then I started pinning. My points now match (most of the time),
my blocks aren't wonky, and pins are easy to find in the carpet if you
don't wear shoes.

3) A good SM for machine piecing. The first quilt I made, I pieced the
whole thing by hand, borrowed my moms Pfaff to MQ it, did the binding "my
way" (still do it "my way" for the most part), and the poor thing is
falling apart (part of that can be chalked up to a kid that goes bananas if
he leaves it at his dads house....that thing has seen the post office more
times than I care to admit). My first machine was a $40 jobber from Wally
World. Quit working halfway through quilt the second. Borrowed moms Pfaff
again, finished quilt #2 and some curtains before Santa was generous enough
to bring me a middle-of-the-road Brother. The difference that I saw was
like going from Yugo to Toyota Avalon (not quite Cadillac, but then again,
I really like mom's Pfaff).


4) Recently we visited a topic of steaming and fabric distortion. I am
admittedly, an ironer when it comes to my blocks. With this SnW, I decided
to try the "lift and press" instead of the "push and wiggle". Out of the 3
blocks that I've done tonight, only one is wonky and rather ugly. I'm
going to frog stitch it and try again with it tomorrow, as I think its more
of "operator error on the machine" than anything else.


I've learned a few lessons in the nearly 6 years that I've been quilting.
Maybe in another 6 years I'll be turning out quilts that are FFG instead of
mediocre.

Thanks for all the help!
Karlee in Kansas
Queen of Packrats

P.S. Pics of the SnW blocks coming soon!

Take a look!!! http://www.angelfire.com/ks3/karlee/index.html
~~
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind."
-Dr. Seuss

Well said Karlee
It's great to know that this group is so well rounded that there is always
someone here that knows the answer or can point you in the right direction.

Ann
http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky

"Karlee in Kansas" wrote in message
...
I'd like to thank every one that has helped me (on purpose or
inadvertently) these past few years.

I'm sewing away on my SnW, enjoying the h*ll out of the way that its
turning out, and realize the lessons that I've learned from *this group*
and I'd like to point them (the lessons) out, maybe as a thank you, and
maybe to show newbies that as silly as it sounds its worth it.


1) Rotary cutting. The first quilt I made I cut with plain old scissors.
Rotary cutters, mats, rulers, and sharp blades were talked and raved
about,
so I bought a little mat, a cutter, a ruler and a sharp blade. I now
don't
understand how I got along without them, and am the (proud) owner of 2
mats, 1 cutter, several blades, and 4 rulers in different sizes.

2) Pins and pinning. OMG, the first quilt that I made, I didn't use pins.
The second, third, and fourth quilts I didn't use pins. I couldn't figure
out why they were wonky. I couldn't figure out howsacome the points never
matched. Then I started pinning. My points now match (most of the time),
my blocks aren't wonky, and pins are easy to find in the carpet if you
don't wear shoes.

3) A good SM for machine piecing. The first quilt I made, I pieced the
whole thing by hand, borrowed my moms Pfaff to MQ it, did the binding "my
way" (still do it "my way" for the most part), and the poor thing is
falling apart (part of that can be chalked up to a kid that goes bananas
if
he leaves it at his dads house....that thing has seen the post office more
times than I care to admit). My first machine was a $40 jobber from Wally
World. Quit working halfway through quilt the second. Borrowed moms
Pfaff
again, finished quilt #2 and some curtains before Santa was generous
enough
to bring me a middle-of-the-road Brother. The difference that I saw was
like going from Yugo to Toyota Avalon (not quite Cadillac, but then again,
I really like mom's Pfaff).


4) Recently we visited a topic of steaming and fabric distortion. I am
admittedly, an ironer when it comes to my blocks. With this SnW, I
decided
to try the "lift and press" instead of the "push and wiggle". Out of the
3
blocks that I've done tonight, only one is wonky and rather ugly. I'm
going to frog stitch it and try again with it tomorrow, as I think its
more
of "operator error on the machine" than anything else.


I've learned a few lessons in the nearly 6 years that I've been quilting.
Maybe in another 6 years I'll be turning out quilts that are FFG instead
of
mediocre.

Thanks for all the help!
Karlee in Kansas
Queen of Packrats

P.S. Pics of the SnW blocks coming soon!

Take a look!!! http://www.angelfire.com/ks3/karlee/index.html
~~
"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind."
-Dr. Seuss

well rounded...is that a poke at my backside, hrmph.
snort
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Happy New Year best
buddys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox
jeanne
--
http://community.webshots.com/user/nzlstar
real reply is san-fran at ihug dot co dot nz

"Ann" wrote...
| Well said Karlee
| It's great to know that this group is so well rounded that there is always
| someone here that knows the answer or can point you in the right
direction.
|
| Ann
| http://community.webshots.com/user/mrs_ducky
|
| "Karlee in Kansas" wrote in message
| ...
| I'd like to thank every one that has helped me (on purpose or
| inadvertently) these past few years.
|
| I'm sewing away on my SnW, enjoying the h*ll out of the way that its
| turning out, and realize the lessons that I've learned from *this group*
| and I'd like to point them (the lessons) out, maybe as a thank you, and
| maybe to show newbies that as silly as it sounds its worth it.
|
|
| 1) Rotary cutting. The first quilt I made I cut with plain old
scissors.
| Rotary cutters, mats, rulers, and sharp blades were talked and raved
| about,
| so I bought a little mat, a cutter, a ruler and a sharp blade. I now
| don't
| understand how I got along without them, and am the (proud) owner of 2
| mats, 1 cutter, several blades, and 4 rulers in different sizes.
|
| 2) Pins and pinning. OMG, the first quilt that I made, I didn't use
pins.
| The second, third, and fourth quilts I didn't use pins. I couldn't
figure
| out why they were wonky. I couldn't figure out howsacome the points
never
| matched. Then I started pinning. My points now match (most of the
time),
| my blocks aren't wonky, and pins are easy to find in the carpet if you
| don't wear shoes.
|
| 3) A good SM for machine piecing. The first quilt I made, I pieced the
| whole thing by hand, borrowed my moms Pfaff to MQ it, did the binding
"my
| way" (still do it "my way" for the most part), and the poor thing is
| falling apart (part of that can be chalked up to a kid that goes bananas
| if
| he leaves it at his dads house....that thing has seen the post office
more
| times than I care to admit). My first machine was a $40 jobber from
Wally
| World. Quit working halfway through quilt the second. Borrowed moms
| Pfaff
| again, finished quilt #2 and some curtains before Santa was generous
| enough
| to bring me a middle-of-the-road Brother. The difference that I saw was
| like going from Yugo to Toyota Avalon (not quite Cadillac, but then
again,
| I really like mom's Pfaff).
|
|
| 4) Recently we visited a topic of steaming and fabric distortion. I am
| admittedly, an ironer when it comes to my blocks. With this SnW, I
| decided
| to try the "lift and press" instead of the "push and wiggle". Out of
the
| 3
| blocks that I've done tonight, only one is wonky and rather ugly. I'm
| going to frog stitch it and try again with it tomorrow, as I think its
| more
| of "operator error on the machine" than anything else.
|
|
| I've learned a few lessons in the nearly 6 years that I've been
quilting.
| Maybe in another 6 years I'll be turning out quilts that are FFG instead
| of
| mediocre.
|
| Thanks for all the help!
| Karlee in Kansas
| Queen of Packrats
|
| P.S. Pics of the SnW blocks coming soon!
|
| Take a look!!! http://www.angelfire.com/ks3/karlee/index.html
| ~~
| "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't
| matter and those who matter don't mind."
| -Dr. Seuss
|
|
|
|