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Posted by Sandy Foster on Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:02 PM    Post subject: Re: newbie



In article <zuGrg.4792$ye3.153@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net>, "Sharon & Jack"
<rottnkids@earthlink.net> wrote: [quote:f6803aa77b]Hi - my name is Sharon, and I've never made a quilt. My SIL
and I tried, several years ago - a BOM, with no sewing. Instead, you fused a "picture", then outlined
everything with a blanket stitch. Well, by the time we got the thing fused, I needed a hammer and pliers to get a
needle through the fused layers. That ended our attempt at quilting. I've acquired a several books on quilting over
the years, and always drool over the pictures, but never go any further, for several reasons, primarily health - I can't
do a lot of hand work. But, the other day I saw an article about making blocks and completing them individually - right
through the backing, and then assembling the quilt. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry or something, because I don't have
any idea where I saw it. Now the big question - does anyone recall seeing anything like this? Thanks (and I'm not
usually this ditzy, honest) Sharon [/quote:f6803aa77b] Welcome, Sharon! :) Once you start, you won't be able to stop,
as most of us have happily discovered. <G> As for the technique you describe, that's how I learned to quilt, too
(though I've branched out a bit since then <G>). I used Georgia Bonesteel's books (she has at least four or
five) on lap quilting to teach myself to quilt, and I loved it. :) See if you can find one of her earlier books, either
at the library or online or at a bookstore; they're very easy to understand. HTH. :) -- 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

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Posted by Anonymous on Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:59 PM    Post subject: Re: newbie

There are several methods of quilting as you go. Here are links that have descriptions of several methods. Please note
that while I reseached this a while back, I have not tried all of them, nor do I have any of these books on the subject.
* With this method, individual blocks or sections of a quilt can be done. It does require some hand work on the back.
Georgia Bonesteel's series of books, already mentiioned by Patti. http://www.secretsof.com/content/624
http://www.acornhillquilts.com/quiltasyougo.pdf * A method that requires no hand sewing. The batting in one section is
separate from the batting in another section. In the shown example, the quilting was done across strips of blocks that
were sewn together. http://community.webshots.com/album/547387259nozWsW * There is a variation on the previous one, but
for some reason I cannot find the link for it this morning. First the blocks are sewn together in strips (width or
length of the quilt). A single section is quilted, but not to the edges. The batting for the next section is sewn to
the batting in the already quilted section. The top strip for the next section is sewn to the top of the already
quilted section. The backing strip for the next section is sewn to the bottom of the already quilted section. The next
section is smoothed, basted and quilted (if it is not the outer edge of the quilt, do not quilt to the edges). Repeat
as needed. * A sashing on the back covers the seams. This sashing is machine sewn and shows on the front.
http://www.treadleon.net/quiltshop/joiningblocks/joining.html * Betty Cotton developed a different method, as shown on
her web site. The result is a reversible quilt, that has some three dimensional ridges. Betty appeared on "Sewing
with Nancy". I think there were three episodes on her "Pinetree" quilt. http://www.quiltyard.com/ *
Julie Olson has a method that uses Steam-a-Seam 2 and a bias tape maker that is described in her book.
http://tinyurl.com/ecw6p I'm sure there are others, as quilters tend to be so innovative. Bev in TX Sharon & Jack
wrote: [quote:6fdb41d172]Hi - my name is Sharon, and I've never made a quilt. My SIL and I tried, several years ago - a
BOM, with no sewing. Instead, you fused a "picture", then outlined everything with a blanket stitch. Well,
by the time we got the thing fused, I needed a hammer and pliers to get a needle through the fused layers. That ended
our attempt at quilting. I've acquired a several books on quilting over the years, and always drool over the pictures,
but never go any further, for several reasons, primarily health - I can't do a lot of hand work. But, the other day I
saw an article about making blocks and completing them individually - right through the backing, and then assembling the
quilt. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry or something, because I don't have any idea where I saw it. Now the big
question - does anyone recall seeing anything like this? Thanks (and I'm not usually this ditzy, honest)
Sharon[/quote:6fdb41d172]

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Posted by gyrlcentric on Sat Jul 08, 2006 8:34 AM    Post subject: Re: newbie

one of the quilting magazines i have, has an article about creating a reversible, block by block, complete as you go
type of quilt. my DH is asleep so i cannot search for it now but i can in the morning and send you copies if you'd
like. Sharon & Jack wrote: [quote:e98d6c5182]Hi - my name is Sharon, and I've never made a quilt. My SIL and I
tried, several years ago - a BOM, with no sewing. Instead, you fused a "picture", then outlined everything
with a blanket stitch. Well, by the time we got the thing fused, I needed a hammer and pliers to get a needle through
the fused layers. That ended our attempt at quilting. I've acquired a several books on quilting over the years, and
always drool over the pictures, but never go any further, for several reasons, primarily health - I can't do a lot of
hand work. But, the other day I saw an article about making blocks and completing them individually - right through the
backing, and then assembling the quilt. Unfortunately, I was in a hurry or something, because I don't have any idea
where I saw it. Now the big question - does anyone recall seeing anything like this? Thanks (and I'm not usually this
ditzy, honest) Sharon[/quote:e98d6c5182]

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Posted by Memere Neets on Tue Sep 19, 2006 12:41 AM    Post subject: Re: Hello

There is a different kind of shop in the Barn now... dont know where she took her business.. guess I will have to search
around! AliceW wrote: [quote:03a417c7a5]I had a feeling the Red Barn wasn't going to last too much longer. I think
they will probably have enough business doing the long arm quilting though! I think I can take the car for a while. I
won't take mom though, she doesn't do too well if she has to walk. She moves a bit slower each time I visit so we keep
her travels limited to going to my son's and perhaps grocery shopping which generally takes a long time because she
loves to "look" which she doesn't get a chance to do when her caregiver takes her. So, I let her look as long
as she wants. I'm looking forward to seeing the Hobby Lobby! -- Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/ "Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a
grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack "Memere Neets" <mneets@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1158504512.696242.104720@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... : Hello again.. The Red Barn closed.... but we have a
Hobby Lobby that : has nice fabrics... and other stuff. Tomorrow's Treasures is on 200 : near Peggy's so its an easy
jaunt. will you have a car to travel : around in? I havent been to the one in Deland yet either. Wow we : will have
fun.. would love to meet your mom too.. if possible. hugs : Memere Neets : AliceW wrote: : > Wow - my son used to
work at Bo's so I know that area. Will have to put : > that on my agenda. There is also the Red Barn in Belleview
on 301. Are : > they still open? Another sweet shop I like is the one in Deland. When we : > take the Autotrain
down, I make that my first stop. It's too far to drive : > to if we go any other way. My DH is real good about
stopping at quilt shops : > as long as I don't bust the budget or take way too much time. No one else : > in my
family quilts although my mom did lots of crocheting until her eyes : > and hands couldn't take it anymore.
Sometimes I take my mom to : > Whippoorwill or CottonBelle since I know they both have a place for her to : > sit
when I shop. She chats with the store personnel or shoppers or anyone : > she can grab :>) but she leaves me to
shop. I try to show her my fabrics : > just to keep her involved. But I have gone by myself as well. All depends :
> on what's going on at that time. : : > From your description of the shops, it sounds like I have been to Peggy's
: > but not to Tomorrow's Treasures. I'll have to add that to the list too. We : > have our train tickets, and I
think I found a hotel that will work, so now : > all I have to do is tell my mom. I don't like to do that too far in
advance : > since she doesn't do too well with dates these days and she'll think I'm : > coming down next weekend
and then get disappointed when I don't. So, it's : > best to tell her shortly before we leave. Looking forward to
meeting you : > too!!!! : > -- : > Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian : > http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/ : >
"Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a : > grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack
: : : : > "Memere Neets" <mneets@comcast.net> wrote in message : >
news:1158183047.057978.211110@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... : > : Brick City Crosstitch is moving this week to
further down on 40 near : > : Blockbuster... Tomorrow's Treasures has the Bernina's and WHipporwill : > : stands
alone on 27 in Belleview. Peggy's is in the strip mall as you : > : thought.. next door to a nice little yummy
eating place. Hobby Lobby : > : is on 200 near Taco Bell , and not far from BoWilliams as you go down : > : 464.
Almost across from Golden Corral!! I love to eat...lol! : > : I cant wait to meet you.. are any members of your
family into quilting? : > : or do you go shopping alone when you are here? HHHHMMMMM.. I already : > : reserved
that week end for you.. .lol. I used up two of my strips of : > : fabric today.. lol.. a quilting friend showed me
the "secret : > : pillowcase" Took about 15 minuts.. lol.. pretty with pansy fabric and : > : my purple
accent. : > : then tonite I think I will figure out how to put together a heart quilt : > : I did with a round
robin group. It will be small, but for me!!.... : > : Dont know if I want floral fabric or a Fossil Fern or what I
want for : > : it. Some are strips, some are squares on point.. so I thought I would : > : put the strips
together, then then use the onpoint blocks in a vertical : > : border.... need to set it out and think on it. : >
: hugs Memere Neets : > : AliceW wrote: : > : > I think I have been to Peggy's Heirlooms on 200 if that's the
one in a : > : > little strip mall or was that Tomorrow's Treasures? Had lots of : > Bernina's. : > : >
I really liked the Whipporwill's former shop location since I combined : > it : > : > with a trip to the cross
stitch shop (Brickchurch?), but still make the : > trip : > : > to the new one near the Villages. I will have
to find the Hobby Lobby : > : > though! The CottonBelle is certainly worth the trip! : > : : > : : > :
: > : > " : > : :[/quote:03a417c7a5]

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Posted by AliceW on Mon Sep 18, 2006 12:33 AM    Post subject: Re: Hello

I had a feeling the Red Barn wasn't going to last too much longer. I think they will probably have enough business
doing the long arm quilting though! I think I can take the car for a while. I won't take mom though, she doesn't do
too well if she has to walk. She moves a bit slower each time I visit so we keep her travels limited to going to my
son's and perhaps grocery shopping which generally takes a long time because she loves to "look" which she
doesn't get a chance to do when her caregiver takes her. So, I let her look as long as she wants. I'm looking forward
to seeing the Hobby Lobby! -- Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/ "Just about the time a
woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack "Memere Neets"
<mneets@comcast.net> wrote in message news:1158504512.696242.104720@h48g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... : Hello
again.. The Red Barn closed.... but we have a Hobby Lobby that : has nice fabrics... and other stuff. Tomorrow's
Treasures is on 200 : near Peggy's so its an easy jaunt. will you have a car to travel : around in? I havent been to
the one in Deland yet either. Wow we : will have fun.. would love to meet your mom too.. if possible. hugs : Memere
Neets : AliceW wrote: : > Wow - my son used to work at Bo's so I know that area. Will have to put : > that on my
agenda. There is also the Red Barn in Belleview on 301. Are : > they still open? Another sweet shop I like is the
one in Deland. When we : > take the Autotrain down, I make that my first stop. It's too far to drive : > to
if we go any other way. My DH is real good about stopping at quilt shops : > as long as I don't bust the budget or
take way too much time. No one else : > in my family quilts although my mom did lots of crocheting until her eyes
: > and hands couldn't take it anymore. Sometimes I take my mom to : > Whippoorwill or CottonBelle since I know
they both have a place for her to : > sit when I shop. She chats with the store personnel or shoppers or anyone :
> she can grab :>) but she leaves me to shop. I try to show her my fabrics : > just to keep her involved.
But I have gone by myself as well. All depends : > on what's going on at that time. : > : > From your
description of the shops, it sounds like I have been to Peggy's : > but not to Tomorrow's Treasures. I'll have to
add that to the list too. We : > have our train tickets, and I think I found a hotel that will work, so now : >
all I have to do is tell my mom. I don't like to do that too far in advance : > since she doesn't do too well with
dates these days and she'll think I'm : > coming down next weekend and then get disappointed when I don't. So, it's
: > best to tell her shortly before we leave. Looking forward to meeting you : > too!!!! : > -- : > Alice
in NJ, Royal Cybrarian : > http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/ : > "Just about the time a woman thinks her work is
done, she becomes a : > grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack : > : > : > : > "Memere Neets"
<mneets@comcast.net> wrote in message : > news:1158183047.057978.211110@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... : >
: Brick City Crosstitch is moving this week to further down on 40 near : > : Blockbuster... Tomorrow's Treasures has
the Bernina's and WHipporwill : > : stands alone on 27 in Belleview. Peggy's is in the strip mall as you : > :
thought.. next door to a nice little yummy eating place. Hobby Lobby : > : is on 200 near Taco Bell , and not far
from BoWilliams as you go down : > : 464. Almost across from Golden Corral!! I love to eat...lol! : > : I cant
wait to meet you.. are any members of your family into quilting? : > : or do you go shopping alone when you are
here? HHHHMMMMM.. I already : > : reserved that week end for you.. .lol. I used up two of my strips of : > :
fabric today.. lol.. a quilting friend showed me the "secret : > : pillowcase" Took about 15 minuts..
lol.. pretty with pansy fabric and : > : my purple accent. : > : then tonite I think I will figure out how to put
together a heart quilt : > : I did with a round robin group. It will be small, but for me!!.... : > : Dont know
if I want floral fabric or a Fossil Fern or what I want for : > : it. Some are strips, some are squares on point..
so I thought I would : > : put the strips together, then then use the onpoint blocks in a vertical : > :
border.... need to set it out and think on it. : > : hugs Memere Neets : > : AliceW wrote: : > : > I think I
have been to Peggy's Heirlooms on 200 if that's the one in a : > : > little strip mall or was that Tomorrow's
Treasures? Had lots of : > Bernina's. : > : > I really liked the Whipporwill's former shop location since I
combined : > it : > : > with a trip to the cross stitch shop (Brickchurch?), but still make the : > trip :
> : > to the new one near the Villages. I will have to find the Hobby Lobby : > : > though! The
CottonBelle is certainly worth the trip! : > : > : > : > > : > : > : > : > " : > : :

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Posted by Memere Neets on Sun Sep 17, 2006 3:48 PM    Post subject: Re: Hello

Hello again.. The Red Barn closed.... but we have a Hobby Lobby that has nice fabrics... and other stuff. Tomorrow's
Treasures is on 200 near Peggy's so its an easy jaunt. will you have a car to travel around in? I havent been to the
one in Deland yet either. Wow we will have fun.. would love to meet your mom too.. if possible. hugs Memere Neets
AliceW wrote: [quote:fa302a21ab]Wow - my son used to work at Bo's so I know that area. Will have to put that on my
agenda. There is also the Red Barn in Belleview on 301. Are they still open? Another sweet shop I like is the one in
Deland. When we take the Autotrain down, I make that my first stop. It's too far to drive to if we go any other way.
My DH is real good about stopping at quilt shops as long as I don't bust the budget or take way too much time. No one
else in my family quilts although my mom did lots of crocheting until her eyes and hands couldn't take it anymore.
Sometimes I take my mom to Whippoorwill or CottonBelle since I know they both have a place for her to sit when I shop.
She chats with the store personnel or shoppers or anyone she can grab :>) but she leaves me to shop. I try to show
her my fabrics just to keep her involved. But I have gone by myself as well. All depends on what's going on at that
time. From your description of the shops, it sounds like I have been to Peggy's but not to Tomorrow's Treasures. I'll
have to add that to the list too. We have our train tickets, and I think I found a hotel that will work, so now all I
have to do is tell my mom. I don't like to do that too far in advance since she doesn't do too well with dates these
days and she'll think I'm coming down next weekend and then get disappointed when I don't. So, it's best to tell her
shortly before we leave. Looking forward to meeting you too!!!! -- Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian
http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/ "Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a
grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack "Memere Neets" <mneets@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1158183047.057978.211110@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... : Brick City Crosstitch is moving this week to further
down on 40 near : Blockbuster... Tomorrow's Treasures has the Bernina's and WHipporwill : stands alone on 27 in
Belleview. Peggy's is in the strip mall as you : thought.. next door to a nice little yummy eating place. Hobby Lobby
: is on 200 near Taco Bell , and not far from BoWilliams as you go down : 464. Almost across from Golden Corral!! I
love to eat...lol! : I cant wait to meet you.. are any members of your family into quilting? : or do you go shopping
alone when you are here? HHHHMMMMM.. I already : reserved that week end for you.. .lol. I used up two of my strips of :
fabric today.. lol.. a quilting friend showed me the "secret : pillowcase" Took about 15 minuts.. lol..
pretty with pansy fabric and : my purple accent. : then tonite I think I will figure out how to put together a heart
quilt : I did with a round robin group. It will be small, but for me!!.... : Dont know if I want floral fabric or a
Fossil Fern or what I want for : it. Some are strips, some are squares on point.. so I thought I would : put the strips
together, then then use the onpoint blocks in a vertical : border.... need to set it out and think on it. : hugs Memere
Neets : AliceW wrote: : > I think I have been to Peggy's Heirlooms on 200 if that's the one in a : > little strip
mall or was that Tomorrow's Treasures? Had lots of Bernina's. : > I really liked the Whipporwill's former shop
location since I combined it : > with a trip to the cross stitch shop (Brickchurch?), but still make the trip : >
to the new one near the Villages. I will have to find the Hobby Lobby : > though! The CottonBelle is certainly
worth the trip! : : : : > " :[/quote:fa302a21ab]

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Posted by Donna in NE La. on Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:55 PM    Post subject: Re: Hello

Hi, Alice, I used to live in Deltona (just down the road from DeLand) and I took my first quilting class at Judy's shop
in DeLand! I agree it is a sweet shop and the folks there are great. Please tell them Donna said "Hello"!
-- Donna in NE La. "AliceW" <alice-wurpel@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:5KGdnYy6xLmnLZXYnZ2dnUVZ_tudnZ2d@comcast.com... [quote:e78b684156]Wow - my son used to work at Bo's so I know that
area. Will have to put that on my agenda. There is also the Red Barn in Belleview on 301. Are they still open?
Another sweet shop I like is the one in Deland. When we take the Autotrain down, I make that my first stop. It's too
far to drive to if we go any other way. My DH is real good about stopping at quilt shops as long as I don't bust the
budget or take way too much time. No one else in my family quilts although my mom did lots of crocheting until her
eyes and hands couldn't take it anymore. Sometimes I take my mom to Whippoorwill or CottonBelle since I know they both
have a place for her to sit when I shop. She chats with the store personnel or shoppers or anyone she can grab :>)
but she leaves me to shop. I try to show her my fabrics just to keep her involved. But I have gone by myself as well.
All depends on what's going on at that time. From your description of the shops, it sounds like I have been to Peggy's
but not to Tomorrow's Treasures. I'll have to add that to the list too. We have our train tickets, and I think I found
a hotel that will work, so now all I have to do is tell my mom. I don't like to do that too far in advance since she
doesn't do too well with dates these days and she'll think I'm coming down next weekend and then get disappointed when I
don't. So, it's best to tell her shortly before we leave. Looking forward to meeting you too!!!! -- Alice in NJ, Royal
Cybrarian http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/ "Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a
grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack "Memere Neets" <mneets@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1158183047.057978.211110@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... : Brick City Crosstitch is moving this week to further
down on 40 near : Blockbuster... Tomorrow's Treasures has the Bernina's and WHipporwill : stands alone on 27 in
Belleview. Peggy's is in the strip mall as you : thought.. next door to a nice little yummy eating place. Hobby Lobby
: is on 200 near Taco Bell , and not far from BoWilliams as you go down : 464. Almost across from Golden Corral!! I
love to eat...lol! : I cant wait to meet you.. are any members of your family into quilting? : or do you go shopping
alone when you are here? HHHHMMMMM.. I already : reserved that week end for you.. .lol. I used up two of my strips of :
fabric today.. lol.. a quilting friend showed me the "secret : pillowcase" Took about 15 minuts.. lol..
pretty with pansy fabric and : my purple accent. : then tonite I think I will figure out how to put together a heart
quilt : I did with a round robin group. It will be small, but for me!!.... : Dont know if I want floral fabric or a
Fossil Fern or what I want for : it. Some are strips, some are squares on point.. so I thought I would : put the strips
together, then then use the onpoint blocks in a vertical : border.... need to set it out and think on it. : hugs Memere
Neets : AliceW wrote: : > I think I have been to Peggy's Heirlooms on 200 if that's the one in a : > little strip
mall or was that Tomorrow's Treasures? Had lots of Bernina's. : > I really liked the Whipporwill's former shop
location since I combined it : > with a trip to the cross stitch shop (Brickchurch?), but still make the trip : >
to the new one near the Villages. I will have to find the Hobby Lobby : > though! The CottonBelle is certainly
worth the trip! : : : : > " : [/quote:e78b684156]

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Posted by AliceW on Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:28 AM    Post subject: Re: Hello

Wow - my son used to work at Bo's so I know that area. Will have to put that on my agenda. There is also the Red Barn
in Belleview on 301. Are they still open? Another sweet shop I like is the one in Deland. When we take the
Autotrain down, I make that my first stop. It's too far to drive to if we go any other way. My DH is real good about
stopping at quilt shops as long as I don't bust the budget or take way too much time. No one else in my family
quilts although my mom did lots of crocheting until her eyes and hands couldn't take it anymore. Sometimes I take my
mom to Whippoorwill or CottonBelle since I know they both have a place for her to sit when I shop. She chats with the
store personnel or shoppers or anyone she can grab :>) but she leaves me to shop. I try to show her my fabrics
just to keep her involved. But I have gone by myself as well. All depends on what's going on at that time. From your
description of the shops, it sounds like I have been to Peggy's but not to Tomorrow's Treasures. I'll have to add that
to the list too. We have our train tickets, and I think I found a hotel that will work, so now all I have to do is
tell my mom. I don't like to do that too far in advance since she doesn't do too well with dates these days and she'll
think I'm coming down next weekend and then get disappointed when I don't. So, it's best to tell her shortly before
we leave. Looking forward to meeting you too!!!! -- Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/
"Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack
"Memere Neets" <mneets@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:1158183047.057978.211110@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... : Brick City Crosstitch is moving this week to further
down on 40 near : Blockbuster... Tomorrow's Treasures has the Bernina's and WHipporwill : stands alone on 27 in
Belleview. Peggy's is in the strip mall as you : thought.. next door to a nice little yummy eating place. Hobby Lobby
: is on 200 near Taco Bell , and not far from BoWilliams as you go down : 464. Almost across from Golden Corral!! I
love to eat...lol! : I cant wait to meet you.. are any members of your family into quilting? : or do you go shopping
alone when you are here? HHHHMMMMM.. I already : reserved that week end for you.. .lol. I used up two of my strips of :
fabric today.. lol.. a quilting friend showed me the "secret : pillowcase" Took about 15 minuts.. lol..
pretty with pansy fabric and : my purple accent. : then tonite I think I will figure out how to put together a heart
quilt : I did with a round robin group. It will be small, but for me!!.... : Dont know if I want floral fabric or a
Fossil Fern or what I want for : it. Some are strips, some are squares on point.. so I thought I would : put the strips
together, then then use the onpoint blocks in a vertical : border.... need to set it out and think on it. : hugs Memere
Neets : AliceW wrote: : > I think I have been to Peggy's Heirlooms on 200 if that's the one in a : > little strip
mall or was that Tomorrow's Treasures? Had lots of Bernina's. : > I really liked the Whipporwill's former shop
location since I combined it : > with a trip to the cross stitch shop (Brickchurch?), but still make the trip :
> to the new one near the Villages. I will have to find the Hobby Lobby : > though! The CottonBelle is
certainly worth the trip! : > : > > : > : > " :

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Posted by Memere Neets on Wed Sep 13, 2006 10:30 PM    Post subject: Re: Hello

Brick City Crosstitch is moving this week to further down on 40 near Blockbuster... Tomorrow's Treasures has the
Bernina's and WHipporwill stands alone on 27 in Belleview. Peggy's is in the strip mall as you thought.. next door to a
nice little yummy eating place. Hobby Lobby is on 200 near Taco Bell , and not far from BoWilliams as you go down 464.
Almost across from Golden Corral!! I love to eat...lol! I cant wait to meet you.. are any members of your family into
quilting? or do you go shopping alone when you are here? HHHHMMMMM.. I already reserved that week end for you.. .lol. I
used up two of my strips of fabric today.. lol.. a quilting friend showed me the "secret pillowcase" Took
about 15 minuts.. lol.. pretty with pansy fabric and my purple accent. then tonite I think I will figure out how to put
together a heart quilt I did with a round robin group. It will be small, but for me!!.... Dont know if I want floral
fabric or a Fossil Fern or what I want for it. Some are strips, some are squares on point.. so I thought I would put
the strips together, then then use the onpoint blocks in a vertical border.... need to set it out and think on it. hugs
Memere Neets AliceW wrote: [quote:27c38fb4cc]I think I have been to Peggy's Heirlooms on 200 if that's the one in a
little strip mall or was that Tomorrow's Treasures? Had lots of Bernina's. I really liked the Whipporwill's former shop
location since I combined it with a trip to the cross stitch shop (Brickchurch?), but still make the trip to the new one
near the Villages. I will have to find the Hobby Lobby though! The CottonBelle is certainly worth the trip!
"[/quote:27c38fb4cc]

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View entire thread: surgery is suppose to be Friday
Posted by Cats on Wed Nov 08, 2006 12:15 PM    Post subject: Re: surgery is suppose to be Friday

Good luck for ALL the medical stuff coming Jacqueline For the Alzheimer's quilt, check out Sandy's post with a link
to the article. -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( >
Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau <Jacqueline from KY> wrote in message
news:5tr2l2lb90ban7e29ummork7c6rvoldd20@4ax.com... : Folks, I love you all, some of you have sent me packages of
fabric, I : can't wait to use, but for now, as most of you know, everything is on : hold until after this surgery. : :
Yesterday, I went for my pre-op and low and behold when they did the : EKG it showed that I have had a heart attack.
It had to be mild : because I can't recall any really bad pains, but minor chest pain has : not been uncommon for me
the last year and a half. Tomorrow I am : taking the EKG to my family doctor because to me it looks just like : the
one that I had a year and a half ago that sent me to a : cardiologist, that did a heart cath and said I had a 40%
blockage in : one artery, nothing to worry about they said. So if I get the OK from : my family doctor I am having my
knee surgery on Friday. They gave me : a set of crutches to practice using at home and said I would be : non-weight
bearing for two weeks and must use these crutches. Well, I : am over weight and I do not have the strength in my upper
body to lift : my lower body with my hands like they say you are suppose to do. I : will take the crutches with me to
the hospital but when I get home I : plan to use my mother's walker that she had. I just cannot walk on : the
crutches. : : Right now I am still cooking and cleaning trying to get ready for the : "adventure" I lack two
more rooms having the house completely done : and will do those tomorrow and also do the laundry all up tomorrow. :
Now this is after I get back from my doctor's appointment. I may run : into Thursday before I get everything finished
and I may not get it : all done. I have over 50 meals now cooked and frozen and all that has : to be done is unthawed
and thrown into a dish or pan to cook. Yippee : for me. I pray that my dad will be able to follow the directions
that : I have written on each item. If not I will only be a few steps, hops : or whatever away. : : I also have my
laptop ready to go so I can at least keep in touch with : you all, or at least I hope I feel like it. : : Please if you
are a praying person, pray for me. I admit I am scared : and almost backed out and still do not know that it will be
a sure : thing until after I see doctor tomorrow. Stress is killing me for : sure. Today my sister's took my dad and
went to vote, I was gone when : they did and dad was suppose to wait for me to get back and go vote : with me. I
passed my sisters in town but they were headed out of town : which is the way I thought they were going. I got home,
door was not : locked, walked in and Dad's computer was on, the light was on in the : kitchen and it looked like he was
here. He was not. I walked all our : property looking for him, went up and down the stairs searching for : him. I
walked over to the neighbors and no one knew where he was. So : I sat down on our back porch, picked up Sugar, my pup,
and cried, I : had no idea where he was, couldn't find him, the truck was home so I : knew he was not in it. I was so
sick that I started throwing up, : about an hour later my two sisters and dad pulled up in one sister's : car. I was
ready to kill them and was so stressed out. I asked them : why they didn't leave me a note, they said they didn't
think of it, : yet they want me to leave them a note if I leave the house before they : are up or before they come over
and tell them if he has or hasn't had : his medications. You know these are the sisters that have said, I : best have
enough meals cooked because they do not have time to help : me, and I should go to a nursing home to recover. I just
cannot : believe they would leave the house with dad and not tell me. They : have yet to ask me how my doctor's
appointment went yesterday and they : won't ask me about tomorrow's either, I am sure. : : Well, I needed to vent, I am
sorry for bothering you all, but I also : wanted to say I may or may not be around for a few days and also ask : for
the prayer. : : Lots of Love to all, : : Jacqueline in KY

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View entire thread: Photo transfers
Posted by Cats on Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:41 PM    Post subject: Re: Photo transfers

As well as labels I print a lot of photos on fabric for memory quilts made in the classes. We finished one tonight -
the photos set in a ladder-like setting of black fabric with a stip of B&W horizontal stripe fabric (cut to look
like squares) and another of black, so it looks like a roll of film right across the back of the quilt. Because of the
number we do I buy the 50sheet packs from Electric Quilt. Even with air mail postage to Australia it works out
cheaper than buying a few sheets at a time. If you are part of a group you could propose buying a larger qty and
sharing the cost. There are considerable savings to be had that way. -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o
o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Patti"
<Patti@quik.clara.co.uk> wrote in message news:zc1clgHuWyTFJA4t@quik.clara.co.uk... :I use the prepared fabric
sheets, Sarah; those already treated and stuck : to a paper backing. I have tried several, and have to try my latest.
: It is best to read about them, as there are so many. Or, could I : recommend that you have a word with 'Lawrence' -
the Man from Rio, at : Riodesigns (I don't know the proper address but Googling on that will : find him. He had a
stand at Malvern last year that was almost entirely : devoted to photo-transfer and all the methods. If you are
planning to : do a lot, then getting the special liquid (Bubble Jet) and pre-treating : your own fabric would be the
most economic way to go; but I'm afraid I : have never tried it. Like Cheryl, so far I have used mine mostly for :
labels. : . : In message <454f045c$0$8751$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>, Sarah : Dixon
<sarah@ddixon.force9.co.uk> writes : >I would like to do some photo transfers, how would you recommend I do :
>them? There seem to be so many different products available, I don't : >want the photos to have a rubbery
surface. : > : >Thank you : >Sarah : : -- : Best Regards : pat on the hill

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View entire thread: Off My Diet
Posted by Carolyn McCarty on Mon Nov 06, 2006 1:10 PM    Post subject: Re: Off My Diet

I can only admire and respect your self-restraint! -- Carolyn in The Old Pueblo If it ain't broke, you're not trying.
--Red Green If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools.
--Red Green If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty "Witchy Stitcher"
<noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:622tk2p11vkvf0nneh0viagh46qn04ru7p@4ax.com... [quote:2abc132bb4]Went to
visit my daughter in LaPlata, MD this weekend. She wanted to sleep late, so I took a short trip (walking distance from
her house) to Material Girls with the intention of buying only patterns - after all patterns burn fabric calories. I
picked up some nice ones as well as some goodies for the SS, when I was hit with some must have black-and-white prints
for a project I have in the planning stages. But, it was only 2 yards, so not a very big deal. Then back to DD's house,
get her awake and she she says, "Hey, Mom, I found another quilt shop in Waldorf." So off we go. Now this
one has a close out on some great high quality fabrics (even found a Hoffman print I've been looking for for a quilt
binding) on closeout. They were pre-cut yards - 10 pieces for $25. I did hold myself to 10. In the old days, I probably
would have bought 40! Linda PATCHogue, NY[/quote:2abc132bb4]

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View entire thread: Off My Diet
Posted by Sunny on Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:37 AM    Post subject: Re: Off My Diet

Linda, I think as we approach the holidays, we must understand that it's not smart as mature people to torture ourselves
in the "goody rich" environment. LOL. I think you did well. And you shared one of those trips with your
daughter. What fun. Sunny Holding off on buying the Japanese fabric cuz my local quilt show is this weekend and some
neet vendors will probably be there. Witchy Stitcher wrote: [quote:818642c8ad]Went to visit my daughter in LaPlata, MD
this weekend. She wanted to sleep late, so I took a short trip (walking distance from her house) to Material Girls with
the intention of buying only patterns - after all patterns burn fabric calories. I picked up some nice ones as well as
some goodies for the SS, when I was hit with some must have black-and-white prints for a project I have in the planning
stages. But, it was only 2 yards, so not a very big deal. Then back to DD's house, get her awake and she she says,
"Hey, Mom, I found another quilt shop in Waldorf." So off we go. Now this one has a close out on some great
high quality fabrics (even found a Hoffman print I've been looking for for a quilt binding) on closeout. They were pre-
cut yards - 10 pieces for $25. I did hold myself to 10. In the old days, I probably would have bought 40! Linda
PATCHogue, NY[/quote:818642c8ad]

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View entire thread: Buttons....even quilty buttons
Posted by Sally Swindells on Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:06 AM    Post subject: Re: Buttons....even quilty buttons

~KK in BC~ wrote: [quote:9d3f8b8c26]:I love buttons. I have never ordered from this place, but in the : interest of
protecting my fellow quilters I am using myself as a guinea : pig. <G>. http://www.generalbaileyfarm.com/ There
are all sorts of : buttons, including four that are quilt blocks -- in pewter. And fibers. : I love that stuff. I still
fancy that some day I will go back to : spinning. It was such a calming, serene kind of thing to do. : : Sunny : Hello.
My name is KoffeeKupz (aka: ~KK in BC~) and I am a button-OH-holic. This post has helped me to fall back off the wagon
and into a HUGE PILE OF LOVELY WONDERFUL YUMMY BUTTONS!!!!!Ooooohhh Lookit LOOKit LOOKIT!! BUTTONS!! Thank you for
sharing :-) Check these out <EG> My drool causing pages I peruse. http://www.dill-buttons.com/button_catalog.pdf
http://www.buttonmad.com/Site/Catalogue/Catalogue_Start_Page.htm
http://www.blumenthallansing.com/categorydetails.asp?categoryID=82 ~KK in BC~ [/quote:9d3f8b8c26] DSinL is Treasurer
of the British Button Society http://www.britishbuttonsociety.org/index.html If you click on the button piccies you get
enlargments and descriptions with some. They are all antique buttons and some are quite valuable. There are lots of US
Button Societies if you Google 'Button Society', and unlike the British group they have a lot of competitions. Jenny
comes over once a year for one of them (which is when I give her my shopping list for quilty things!) -- Sally at the
Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk) http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

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View entire thread: Buttons....even quilty buttons
Posted by ~KK in BC~ on Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:17 PM    Post subject: Re: Buttons....even quilty buttons

:I love buttons. I have never ordered from this place, but in the : interest of protecting my fellow quilters I am using
myself as a guinea : pig. <G>. http://www.generalbaileyfarm.com/ There are all sorts of : buttons, including four
that are quilt blocks -- in pewter. And fibers. : I love that stuff. I still fancy that some day I will go back to :
spinning. It was such a calming, serene kind of thing to do. : : Anyway, I'm ordering just a couple cheap buttons (most
of cost will be : postage) to see what happens. I will let you know. : : Sunny : Hello. My name is KoffeeKupz (aka: ~KK
in BC~) and I am a button-OH-holic. This post has helped me to fall back off the wagon and into a HUGE PILE OF LOVELY
WONDERFUL YUMMY BUTTONS!!!!!Ooooohhh Lookit LOOKit LOOKIT!! BUTTONS!! Thank you for sharing :-) Check these out
<EG> My drool causing pages I peruse. http://www.dill-buttons.com/button_catalog.pdf
http://www.buttonmad.com/Site/Catalogue/Catalogue_Start_Page.htm
http://www.blumenthallansing.com/categorydetails.asp?categoryID=82 ~KK in BC~

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View entire thread: Buttons....even quilty buttons
Posted by Debi Matlack on Sat Nov 04, 2006 3:33 AM    Post subject: Re: Buttons....even quilty buttons

They have a moose button..... cool... -- Debi (Likes moosesususues, for some reason....) Chaos, panic and disorder ...
my work here is done. "Sunny" <shemphill@genext.net> wrote in message
news:1162596449.971240.12030@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... [quote:ce064d4293]I love buttons. I have never ordered from
this place, but in the interest of protecting my fellow quilters I am using myself as a guinea pig. <G>.
http://www.generalbaileyfarm.com/ There are all sorts of buttons, including four that are quilt blocks -- in pewter. And
fibers. I love that stuff. I still fancy that some day I will go back to spinning. It was such a calming, serene kind of
thing to do. Anyway, I'm ordering just a couple cheap buttons (most of cost will be postage) to see what happens. I
will let you know. Sunny [/quote:ce064d4293]

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View entire thread: Buttons....even quilty buttons
Posted by Cats on Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:41 AM    Post subject: Re: Buttons....even quilty buttons

Sunny - if you keep this up I will (ever so regretfully!) have to block your posts. That loud crash was me falling
off the fabric diet wagon at the Fabric Depot sale, and now you post about a button site. Help - someone restrain me.
lol -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < )
( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Sunny" <shemphill@genext.net> wrote in message
news:1162596449.971240.12030@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... :I love buttons. I have never ordered from this place, but
in the : interest of protecting my fellow quilters I am using myself as a guinea : pig. <G>.
http://www.generalbaileyfarm.com/ There are all sorts of : buttons, including four that are quilt blocks -- in pewter.
And fibers. : I love that stuff. I still fancy that some day I will go back to : spinning. It was such a calming,
serene kind of thing to do. : : Anyway, I'm ordering just a couple cheap buttons (most of cost will be : postage) to
see what happens. I will let you know. : : Sunny :

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View entire thread: Buttons....even quilty buttons
Posted by Sunny on Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:27 AM    Post subject: Buttons....even quilty buttons

I love buttons. I have never ordered from this place, but in the interest of protecting my fellow quilters I am using
myself as a guinea pig. <G>. http://www.generalbaileyfarm.com/ There are all sorts of buttons, including four that
are quilt blocks -- in pewter. And fibers. I love that stuff. I still fancy that some day I will go back to spinning. It
was such a calming, serene kind of thing to do. Anyway, I'm ordering just a couple cheap buttons (most of cost will be
postage) to see what happens. I will let you know. Sunny

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View entire thread: november
Posted by Vikki In WA State on Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:09 AM    Post subject: Re: november

not sure how I sent this. sorry -- Vikki in WA State "Vikki In WA State" <palnpartneratsawdotnet>
wrote in message news:juadnUxed9wsY9rYnZ2dnUVZ_oCdnZ2d@scnresearch.com... [quote:91e2c7e721] From: "Dannielle"
<dbeitzell@yahoo.com Subject: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:32 AM Happy
Halloween! *BOO!* I'm heading off on vacation in the morning, so I thought I'd better get these posted before I leave!
Maybe when I get back I'll get photos of mine and get them to Teri to post! Enjoy! Dannielle How this BOM works is I
will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced.
It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month.
You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a
quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will
then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the
previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper
pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is
available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how
the schedule breaks down: =============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007:
Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt
(quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates
the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the
number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are
challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would
be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some
of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a
very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. November 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquaresBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BlazingStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt126/ *Please remember
to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the
same size. [/quote:91e2c7e721]

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Posted by Vikki In WA State on Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:01 AM    Post subject: november

From: "Dannielle" <dbeitzell@yahoo.com> Subject: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November Date: Tuesday, October
31, 2006 5:32 AM Happy Halloween! *BOO!* I'm heading off on vacation in the morning, so I thought I'd better get
these posted before I leave! Maybe when I get back I'll get photos of mine and get them to Teri to post! Enjoy!
Dannielle How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced,
one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own
pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will
have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need
to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block
patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the
blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be
whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006
through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down: ===============================================================
April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007:
Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site
(www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and
they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our
difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and
these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have
three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at
http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the
gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper
Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. November 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquaresBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BlazingStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt126/ *Please remember
to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the
same size.

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View entire thread: SWAP coming..... It's for the BIRDS!!
Posted by Kate G. on Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:41 AM    Post subject: Re: SWAP coming..... It's for the BIRDS!!

Yep -- I had talked about this before... but seeing that this morning... .spurred me into action! :-) And I agree --
the patterns look easy enough for a novice paper piecer!!! Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves --
"Boca Jan" <poo_de_doo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:i56dnR72t9wvO9rYnZ2dnUVZ_r2dnZ2d@adelphia.com... [quote:e2def0af28]Kate, I saw that Simply Quilts program this
morning, and it was so cute! the pp looked easy enough even for beginners. Thanks for taking on this big project of
being Queen of the bird swap. -- Boca Jan Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/poo_de_doo/myphotos "Kate G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in
message news:zfSdnfScOYSSy9rYnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@comcast.com... A while back I mentioned that I will be hosting a swap for
bird seed/bird house fabrics after the first of the year. We will be swapping twenty 8" x 10" squares of 2
fabrics per swapper: 1) something that looks like bird seed (pretty small scaled) 2) something that looks like a
bird house (like wood, peeling paint) something for the "walls" of the bird house. (We'll provide our own
roofing materials.) I will provide one or two basic paper-pieced patterns for the bird-feeder and bird house blocks.
Get some ideas here: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_quilting_blocks/article/0,1789,HGTV_3299_1391568,00.html Since these
are fabrics that aren't necessarily right on your LQS shop shelves-- I thought I would announce it now so you would have
a couple of months to be "on the lookout for" these types of fabrics as you shop. You will need at the most 1
yard of each. That allows for 20 swappers INCLUDING yourself -- I will cut it off at that point so you won't run
short. What I will ask is that as you find your fabrics -- if you can send me a digital pic (or email me with the
manufacturer and fabric name -- I can probably find a pic on the web) I will post it like I did for the candy swap so we
can work to eliminate duplicate fabrics. I think in that swap we only had one dupe -- but it even had a different
background color -- so the way it will play on your quilt is quite different. I will post the official entry for the
swap early January. I will accept the first 20 (including anyone who emails me pictures between now and then -- you
will already be "in" -- so your fabric won't go to waste ... like it would! LOL). So if you think you'll be
interested ... start watching for fabrics.... If you find them and know for certain you want to participate... please
let me know (and let me "see" the fabrics you've found) so I can post them so others won't duplicate the
fabrics. Please feel free to email me with questions. In January I will post all of the additional details of the swap
-- mailing deadlines, addresses, etc. If you have any questions... please let me know. If you would like to TENTATIVELY
sign up -- go ahead and email me privately now at grovesfam at comcast dot net and please put SWAP FOR THE BIRDS in the
subject line (that way it will be certain NOT to end up in my spam folder). Guess that's it for now. If you have
questions, please post them here. I will repost this again in about 2 weeks. Then as Thanksgiving/December Holidays
approach I won't post anything until the official swap post in January. Keep an eye out for those seed and house
fabrics!!! Kate in MI -- http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves [/quote:e2def0af28]

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View entire thread: SWAP coming..... It's for the BIRDS!!
Posted by Boca Jan on Tue Oct 31, 2006 8:40 PM    Post subject: Re: SWAP coming..... It's for the BIRDS!!

Kate, I saw that Simply Quilts program this morning, and it was so cute! the pp looked easy enough even for beginners.
Thanks for taking on this big project of being Queen of the bird swap. -- Boca Jan Florida - Land of the Hurricanes
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/poo_de_doo/myphotos "Kate G." <grovesfam@NOcomcastSPAM.net> wrote in
message news:zfSdnfScOYSSy9rYnZ2dnUVZ_qCdnZ2d@comcast.com... [quote:2e4576befb]A while back I mentioned that I will be
hosting a swap for bird seed/bird house fabrics after the first of the year. We will be swapping twenty 8" x
10" squares of 2 fabrics per swapper: 1) something that looks like bird seed (pretty small scaled) 2) something
that looks like a bird house (like wood, peeling paint) something for the "walls" of the bird house. (We'll
provide our own roofing materials.) I will provide one or two basic paper-pieced patterns for the bird-feeder and bird
house blocks. Get some ideas here: http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_quilting_blocks/article/0,1789,HGTV_3299_1391568,00.html
Since these are fabrics that aren't necessarily right on your LQS shop shelves-- I thought I would announce it now so
you would have a couple of months to be "on the lookout for" these types of fabrics as you shop. You will
need at the most 1 yard of each. That allows for 20 swappers INCLUDING yourself -- I will cut it off at that point so
you won't run short. What I will ask is that as you find your fabrics -- if you can send me a digital pic (or email me
with the manufacturer and fabric name -- I can probably find a pic on the web) I will post it like I did for the candy
swap so we can work to eliminate duplicate fabrics. I think in that swap we only had one dupe -- but it even had a
different background color -- so the way it will play on your quilt is quite different. I will post the official entry
for the swap early January. I will accept the first 20 (including anyone who emails me pictures between now and then --
you will already be "in" -- so your fabric won't go to waste ... like it would! LOL). So if you think you'll
be interested ... start watching for fabrics.... If you find them and know for certain you want to participate...
please let me know (and let me "see" the fabrics you've found) so I can post them so others won't duplicate
the fabrics. Please feel free to email me with questions. In January I will post all of the additional details of the
swap -- mailing deadlines, addresses, etc. If you have any questions... please let me know. If you would like to
TENTATIVELY sign up -- go ahead and email me privately now at grovesfam at comcast dot net and please put SWAP FOR THE
BIRDS in the subject line (that way it will be certain NOT to end up in my spam folder). Guess that's it for now. If
you have questions, please post them here. I will repost this again in about 2 weeks. Then as Thanksgiving/December
Holidays approach I won't post anything until the official swap post in January. Keep an eye out for those seed and
house fabrics!!! Kate in MI -- http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves [/quote:2e4576befb]

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View entire thread: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November
Posted by Roberta Zollner on Tue Oct 31, 2006 3:16 PM    Post subject: Re: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November

Thanks! Have a good trip! Roberta in D "Dannielle" <dbeitzell@yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:1162301539.230352.55410@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... Happy Halloween! *BOO!* I'm heading off on vacation in
the morning, so I thought I'd better get these posted before I leave! Maybe when I get back I'll get photos of mine and
get them to Teri to post! Enjoy! Dannielle How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the
beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you
would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail
them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not
mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ
BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will also include the previous months' as well so if you decide
to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size
whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you
so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007. This is how the schedule breaks down:
=============================================================== April 2006 - March 2007: Monthly blocks April 2007:
Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt (quilting, binding, labeling, etc.)
- Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates the level of difficulty of her
block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the number of pins increase. I
will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are challenged, but not overwhelmed! I
also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would be willing to try (well, maybe not
the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some of them may have four. Finished
blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a very large THANK YOU! to Teri
for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are
doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced
Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. November 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquaresBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BlazingStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt126/ *Please remember
to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the
same size.

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Posted by Dannielle on Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:32 PM    Post subject: 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM for November

Happy Halloween! *BOO!* I'm heading off on vacation in the morning, so I thought I'd better get these posted before I
leave! Maybe when I get back I'll get photos of mine and get them to Teri to post! Enjoy! Dannielle How this BOM
works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One is pieced, one appliqué and one
paper pieced. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at your own pace over the course
of each month. You keep your blocks. You do not mail them to me. At the end of the year you will have twelve blocks
to set into a quilt. You keep the quilt. You do not mail it to me (unless you really feel the need to give me this
gift!). You will then have your very own 2006-2007 RCTQ BOM quilt. When I announce a month's block patterns, I will
also include the previous months' as well so if you decide to join along the way you will have all the blocks. Pieced
blocks and paper pieced blocks will be 12" in size whenever possible and appliqué blocks will be whatever I can
find that is available. Feel free to size up/down if you so chose. This BOM will run from April 2006 through May 2007.
This is how the schedule breaks down: ==============================================================April 2006 - March
2007: Monthly blocks April 2007: Completing the Top (setting, sashing, borders, etc.) May 2007: Completing the Quilt
(quilting, binding, labeling, etc.) - Done! Marcia Hohn has a pin rating on her site (www.quilterscache.com) that rates
the level of difficulty of her block patterns. One pin blocks are fairly simple and they increase in difficulty as the
number of pins increase. I will start with one pin blocks and increase our difficulty as we go so that we are
challenged, but not overwhelmed! I also consider myself a fairly novice quilter, and these will all be blocks I would
be willing to try (well, maybe not the appliqué). Most of the blocks with only have three colors to them; however, some
of them may have four. Finished blocks can be seen at http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-2006-2007-BOM I must give a
very large THANK YOU! to Teri for maintaining the gallery! Dannielle April 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarflowerBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DoubleWindmill2Block.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt189/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size. May 2006: Pieced Block: http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CardBasketBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/EightPointedStarVariation2Block.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/DogwoodBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. June 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/Mosaic2Block.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BeaconLightsBlock.html (this can be paper pieced or use regular templates!) Appliqué:
http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt171/ *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if
you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. July 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/D_F/FoldedStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/NightandDayBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CarolinaLilyBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size
accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. August 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/M_O/MarthaWashingtonStarBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/StarsandDiamondsBlock.html Appliqué:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SunflowerBlock.html *Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly
if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will be the same size. September 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/CoronationBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/A_C/BirdofParadiseBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt65/
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. October 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S_U/SpinningFourPatchBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/G_I/HuntersStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://www.quilt-design.com/BOM/patnov983.htm
*Please remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all
patterns will be the same size. November 2006: Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/S/SquareswithinSquaresBlock.html Paper Pieced Block:
http://www.quilterscache.com/B/BlazingStarBlock.html Appliqué: http://quiltmaker.com/patterns/patt126/ *Please
remember to choose your block size and re-size accordingly if you are doing the appliqué blocks. Not all patterns will
be the same size.

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View entire thread: OT - Bragging Mummy - Read on if you dare..
Posted by Sharon Harper on Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:16 PM    Post subject: Re: OT - Bragging Mummy - Read on if you dare..

I've always got time for a coffee! I'll pop that in the diary - say 10am? I may even bring the nightmare quilt so you
can have a peek .....someone may do me a favour and nick it!! LOL -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down
Under) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes awhile to load)
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos (same as website but quicker) "Bronnie"
<bf@australiamail.com> wrote in message news:1162196569.233436.144710@f16g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
[quote:36c2b3432e] Sharon Harper wrote: Hullo everyone! After six weeks out of the drivers' seats my two girls came
back with a vengeance at the monthly go-kart club day this past sunday finishing second and third (out of six). [snip]
Well done Shaz and big hugs to the girls (hope they haven't forgotten me). Have you got time for a coffee at Southland
Sat a.m. 18th Nov? I still struggle to see those girls in motorsport - but I fully expect they are going to give
Formula One a shake in 15 years or less time! --- Hugs to you, Bron [/quote:36c2b3432e]

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View entire thread: New Webshots Photos
Posted by Sunny on Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:23 AM    Post subject: Re: New Webshots Photos

Great dress. Lucky little girl indeed. And the pup -- cute as a bug. I think she's got some Shar-pei in her. That's
based on those strong, stocky back legs and the coat. My sis has a dog that's half shar-pei and the body is really
similar. Ears and nose might be shepherd, but also might be cattle dog (also known as heelers). There are a lot of those
running around, LOL. I swear, if everybody would get their "traveling guy" dogs neutered it would be for the
best. Sunny maryd wrote: [quote:424fac6d7f]-- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "Tia Mary"
<CatWom7711@aol.com> wrote in message news:4ql7cuFnp7ilU1@individual.net... : Hi Guys, : OK -- I got the
picture of that hockey jersey quilt top loaded. : It's the last one in the Quilting Album at Webshots. I also loaded a
: few pics of the new Christmas dress I made for the SMDGD. I had talked : about it in an earlier post -- the one about
clothes for kids that need : to be dry cleaned. Anyway, someone had said they wanted to see the : dress so it's there.
: Most importantly, there are several photos of Aspen, the new : GranDOGhter. I hope some of you -- especially the
canine experts -- go : take a look at her. It's obvious that she is part German Shepherd but : we aren't sure what
other type of doggie DNA she might have. Actually : she looks like a Shepherd - Basset mix -- or at least some low
built, : stocky type of dog. She's got the Shepherd facial coloring but not the : coat. Fur is **really** short, her
tail is only medium long and is : heavy. Legs are also short but not heavy and her body is rather boxy. : She's soooo
sweet but she does look like she was put together from a box : of mis-matched doggie parts -- LOLOL! She & the
SMDGD are in trouble : every day for "running laps" throughout the house :-)! CiaoMeow >^;;^ : : PAX, Tia
Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) : Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about :
their whiskers! : Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary[/quote:424fac6d7f]

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View entire thread: Hockey Jersey Quilt
Posted by steve on Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:10 AM    Post subject: Re: Hockey Jersey Quilt

Hi I did a T-shirt quilt once for a friend and I found a darkish blue fabric with pin-point, very pin-point dots, of
all colors, in it. It went very well with all of the color shirts. Maybe something like that would work for this for
a border of some sort. IMHO I think it would look fine with a border and would give a little more structure to the
quilt. I think the decorative stitch idea would be good over each seam to help stabilize it all. They really are
neat to have, but I don't envy you working with this kind of fabric. Stretchy t-shirt material is bad enough. Steve
Alaska "Tia Mary" <CatWom7711@aol.com> wrote in message news:4ql4igFnp7dsU1@individual.net... Hi Guys,
Fool that I am, I agreed to make a quilt out of our nephew's youngest sons hockey jerseys. BAD IDEA!!! OY, the pain --
LOL! When I agreed, I was thinking along the lines of a t-shirt quilt, several of which I have made in the past.
WRONG! I had forgotten that sports jerseys are made of nylon -- slippery, slithery, ultra stretchy nylon. VBS -- I just
got the top together and am extremely happy to be done with that part of the job. Fortunately, there were only 16 of
the jerseys -- fifteen of which make up the front of the quilt -- three across and five down. That last one will go on
the back -- maybe :-)! Also fortunately, all but one of the logos on the jersey fronts would fit inside a 14.5"
square block. The other one had to be cut 16.5 x 14.5 so I cut down two of the smaller logo front shirts to 13.5 x 14.5
and put that row in the center. It looks OK that way -- with the odd row in the center. This also meant that I only
had two seams on two rows that had to matched! I started off as you would with regular t-shirts by ironing fusible
interfacing to the back side of the logo area and then cutting all the fronts to size. Good thing the iron interfacing
doesn't require much heat to melt the glue or I would have been in deep doo-doo!! Anyway, this extravaganza is gonna be
a lap quilt because it is already so heavy it's liable to cost me a small fortune to mail it to the kid. Speaking of
the kid, he's from Minnesota and a whale of a good hockey player -- so good he has an all expense paid hockey
scholarship to pretty much the University of his choice. Right now he's playing AAA hockey in New Mexico, hoping to get
some heavy experience and put a few pounds on himself. He's a slender, smallish young man and needs to bulk up before
he can play competitive hockey at the University level. So, back to the quilt -- it's 43" x 72" right now
and I'm not sure if I want to add a border or not. I'm also pretty sure I will use some poly batting I already have on
hand. Since the shirts are all nylon or poly and *really* heavy -- some with huge team appliqués on the front -- I
think the lighter batt will be better. Also, many of the shirts had different color fabric strips, etc. sewn along the
edges where I cut them up so I decided to press the seams open to reduce the bulk. I will do some sort of decorative
top stitch over the seams in both directions and then probably just bar tack the blocks in strategic places. With the
heavy appliqués and the rubbery logo printing, etc. there is no way this top could be quilted or even hand tied! I
just had DH take a pic of the top and I will post it to the QUILTS album at Webshots. If anyone is interested, go take
a look in an hour or so. Then, if you have any comments or suggestions I would be happy to hear them. I have a yard of
hockey theme fabric and I'm not sure if I want to use it for anything. I might use it to go behind my label which will
probably be muslin (as will the backing) in the shape of a kitty's head. I also have 4 or 5 patches I took off the
sleeves of the shirts and I might sew them to the front or back -- haven't decided just yet. So, in closing, let me
urge ALL of you NOT to undertake making a quilt out of nylon sports jerseys -- especially the ones with the little holes
knit into them! T-shirt quilts are good and a total walk in the park compared to this slithery, stretchy stuff --
LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^< PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on
earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at
http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

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View entire thread: Hockey Jersey Quilt
Posted by Tia Mary on Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:58 AM    Post subject: Hockey Jersey Quilt

Hi Guys, Fool that I am, I agreed to make a quilt out of our nephew's youngest sons hockey jerseys. BAD IDEA!!!
OY, the pain -- LOL! When I agreed, I was thinking along the lines of a t-shirt quilt, several of which I have made
in the past. WRONG! I had forgotten that sports jerseys are made of nylon -- slippery, slithery, ultra stretchy
nylon. VBS -- I just got the top together and am extremely happy to be done with that part of the job.
Fortunately, there were only 16 of the jerseys -- fifteen of which make up the front of the quilt -- three across and
five down. That last one will go on the back -- maybe :-)! Also fortunately, all but one of the logos on the jersey
fronts would fit inside a 14.5" square block. The other one had to be cut 16.5 x 14.5 so I cut down two of the
smaller logo front shirts to 13.5 x 14.5 and put that row in the center. It looks OK that way -- with the odd row in
the center. This also meant that I only had two seams on two rows that had to matched! I started off as you would
with regular t-shirts by ironing fusible interfacing to the back side of the logo area and then cutting all the fronts
to size. Good thing the iron interfacing doesn't require much heat to melt the glue or I would have been in deep doo-
doo!! Anyway, this extravaganza is gonna be a lap quilt because it is already so heavy it's liable to cost me a small
fortune to mail it to the kid. Speaking of the kid, he's from Minnesota and a whale of a good hockey player -- so
good he has an all expense paid hockey scholarship to pretty much the University of his choice. Right now he's playing
AAA hockey in New Mexico, hoping to get some heavy experience and put a few pounds on himself. He's a slender,
smallish young man and needs to bulk up before he can play competitive hockey at the University level. So, back to
the quilt -- it's 43" x 72" right now and I'm not sure if I want to add a border or not. I'm also pretty
sure I will use some poly batting I already have on hand. Since the shirts are all nylon or poly and *really* heavy
-- some with huge team appliqués on the front -- I think the lighter batt will be better. Also, many of the shirts had
different color fabric strips, etc. sewn along the edges where I cut them up so I decided to press the seams open to
reduce the bulk. I will do some sort of decorative top stitch over the seams in both directions and then probably
just bar tack the blocks in strategic places. With the heavy appliqués and the rubbery logo printing, etc. there is no
way this top could be quilted or even hand tied! I just had DH take a pic of the top and I will post it to the
QUILTS album at Webshots. If anyone is interested, go take a look in an hour or so. Then, if you have any comments
or suggestions I would be happy to hear them. I have a yard of hockey theme fabric and I'm not sure if I want to use
it for anything. I might use it to go behind my label which will probably be muslin (as will the backing) in the shape
of a kitty's head. I also have 4 or 5 patches I took off the sleeves of the shirts and I might sew them to the front
or back -- haven't decided just yet. So, in closing, let me urge ALL of you NOT to undertake making a quilt out of
nylon sports jerseys -- especially the ones with the little holes knit into them! T-shirt quilts are good and a total
walk in the park compared to this slithery, stretchy stuff -- LOLOL! CiaoMeow >^;;^< PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^<
(RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my
Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary

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View entire thread: fabric shops in Austin. TX
Posted by KJ on Fri Oct 27, 2006 9:48 PM    Post subject: Re: fabric shops in Austin. TX

Oh gosh Sandy....now I don't want to work at the convention...I want to go shopping! Darn. KJ "Sandy
Ellison" <eltex@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:C167D8A9.D498%eltex@sbcglobal.net...
[quote:cf3df83c55]Howdy! Almost everybody has b-b-que in Austin, most of it is delicious. <g
http://www.10best.com/Austin/Restaurants/Barbecue/index.html We always stay at the Driskill overnight in Austin, as
downtown as downtown can be. http://www.driskillhotel.com/ No fabric shops right around there, but plenty of city buses,
and pedicabs for evening traffic between the night spots. Thursday nights are THE party night of the week in Austin, w/
crowds of (mostly young) people doing the pub crawl, beer joints, blues bars, comedy shows, more booze & parties. I
can put him (via you) in touch w/ some 20-somethings there who can give the ins & outs of life in downtown Austin
(my older son lives there). One of the must-do's on my list is tramping thru' the shops on S.Congress. Funky, junky,
antique-y, weird and fun. They all offer something different. I like the ones that sell cheapie accessories from
Mexico (I stock up on carved, wooden cats). Digging around the shelves turns up many an odd piece of vintage fabric and
worn quilt. Getting there by bus is easy, w/ plenty of sidewalk space for browsing.
http://www.wcities.com/en/record/,75893/36/record.html It doesn't sparkle but it's real. Another gotta' eat there place
is Kerby Lane on South Lamar (also accessible by bus): Kerbey Lane Café 2700 S Lamar Blvd Absolutely the best pancakes
I've ever tasted, esp. the gingerbread ones (I have a recipe for these and it's always a hit w/ family and guests).
It's not fancy, but it's delish. Local memorabilia? Well, we got the tur..er.. what's his name out of the state,
mostly (he's not from here anyway) so there's very little furor for or against his royal pain-in-the-buttness in Austin.
But there are still plenty of yahoos near the Capitol, maybe we can send the current piker aka Governor Good Hair
(thanks, Molly Ivins) to your part of the world; for good/ever. <g Right now it's pretty much campaign buttons and
the Texas Flag everywhere. Don't know about the vampire types but there's the every night Flight of the Bats on Congress
Ave: http://www.austincityguide.com/content/congress-bridge-bats-austin.asp again, right there in downtown, accessible
via the city bus or by walking. Happy Trails/Travels to Marion's son. Ragmop/Sandy--north of Austin in n.Tx. ;-) On
10/27/06 11:33 AM, in article Txq0h.254755$1i1.3062@attbi_s72, "KJ" KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote: I'm
going to save this message too. I'm going to be in Austin for a percussion convention the week after next. BBQ...yum!
KJ "Tia Mary" <CatWom7711@aol.com> wrote in message news:4qenosFmuqllU1@individual.net... Jack Campin -
bogus address wrote: Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good* fabric shop somewhere in
the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use of a car. I'm talking
to DSis right now and she looked in the Yellow Pages but couldn't find any fab shops in the downtown area that he could
walk to. The "music" part of town is on 6th St. and she says it should be walking distance from a downtown. He
MUST try Texas barbecue and DSis says he could walk to Whole Foods, INL HQ which is a humongous market with a restaurant
inside that sells good BBQ. It is also walking distance from downtown on 6th & LaMarr. Another downtown restaurant
that serves fairly good BBQ is Pokey Joes. She says none of the places in the music district have good BBQ -- other
types f good food, just not BBQ. Jack wrote: Marion's son is going to be in Austin, Texas next week. Is there a *good*
fabric shop somewhere in the town centre? Has to be easy to get to by public transport or walking, he won't have the use
of a car. And is there anything local to Texas he could get? (Thinking of something with a repeat of Bush dynasty
portraits that could be embroidered with pistol-range target patterns or luminous vampire teeth...). ==============
j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland
| tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish
music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 [/quote:cf3df83c55]

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View entire thread: OT--Wolf Pics!!!
Posted by Pat in Virginia on Mon Oct 23, 2006 12:57 PM    Post subject: Re: OT--Wolf Pics!!!

Toni: If you ever come to the Historic Triangle in Virginia, be sure to visit Busch Gardens in Williamsburg. It has a
small pack of wolves, which I like to observe as I go from one ride to another. I check out the lovely Bald Eagles
too. AFAIK, these are rescued (impaired or injured) animals that cannot survive out in their natural territory. But I
really go there for the RIDES! Wheeeeeeeee! PAT in VA/US Toni Schneidt wrote: [quote:cc695bb12d]I finally got DH to
scan some of my wolf pics. They are here- http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/555043283CrHEvP Enjoy!! Toni, who is still
working on the quilt for this day [/quote:cc695bb12d]

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View entire thread: Great find at the quilt show!
Posted by Patti on Sun Oct 22, 2006 12:00 PM    Post subject: Re: Great find at the quilt show!

As usual! I would most definitely do a little practice experiment with this. I know you would know to avoid the seam
allowances when putting on your embellishments, but, if they are in any way 'fat', they might interfere with the
outside of the foot (mine are wide) - or even the top of the machine bed? Just have a go and see what you can get away
with. You could, of course, sew them together by hand afterwards. .. In message <V4x_g.502$uF.245@dukeread12>,
teleflora <teleflora@hotmail.com> writes [quote:3de645b20f]I bought a grab bag for $20. Got it home and I have
about 30 crazy quilt blocks! No really fancy fabric, just cotton, but I really like them. They are well made and will
work terrific as I learn to embellish. They are about 12 inches long and about 5 1/2 inches wide. My friend, who has
never crazy quilted in her life informs me that I have to sew all the blocks together and then start embellishing. I
want to be able to take these blocks with me when I'm riding in the car and waiting at appointments and work on them.
They are the perfect portability size. I also thought that it would be neat to have a workshop and hand these blocks
out to participants so we could all learn embellishing together. Maybe do a donation, fund raising type quilt with them.
What do you think? Can I just start embellishing and THEN sew them together? Cindy [/quote:3de645b20f] -- Best
Regards pat on the hill

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View entire thread: Need name tag suggestions
Posted by KJ on Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:52 PM    Post subject: Halloween. costume was Re: Need name tag suggestions

Well it just happened. The official email from DD asking what she could wear as a costume to a Halloween swing dance.
I'm putting it out to you all.....some of the most creative people I know! KJ "KJ"
<KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote in message news:sq4_g.246070$1i1.51323@attbi_s72... [quote:2d1f5bfb32]Ahhhh gee
thanks Pat! Maybe there was some alien inhabiting my body when I wrote those. I'm usually stuck for ideas. That might
be one of the reasons I don't get "into" Halloween. Part of me just froze when the kids would say, "I
need a Halloween costume". DD just did that the other day....she's 23 and in her first teaching job. I'll let her
figure it out. <g Kathyl "Pat in Virginia" <pat.quilts@cox.net> wrote in message
news:JJ3_g.19343$vC3.17221@dukeread02... Kathyl, How can you say you are not creative?? The house with picture is a
wonderful idea! The burned credit card is absolutely fantastic. YOU go girl! PAT KJ wrote: Any paper pieced blocks you
like? Can you put your name on part of a block....like a signature block. Or do a house block with your name on the
door and your picture in a window? Do you have an embroidery machine? Maybe you could make a mock up of a credit card
with your name on it and burn the edges as if you had burned it up in a quilt shop or show! I'm not very clever at this
sort of thing. I usually forget to wear my name tag. In fact I haven't seen it around here for a while. Good luck! KJ
[/quote:2d1f5bfb32]

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View entire thread: Need name tag suggestions
Posted by KJ on Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:46 PM    Post subject: Re: Need name tag suggestions

Ahhhh gee thanks Pat! Maybe there was some alien inhabiting my body when I wrote those. I'm usually stuck for ideas.
That might be one of the reasons I don't get "into" Halloween. Part of me just froze when the kids would
say, "I need a Halloween costume". DD just did that the other day....she's 23 and in her first teaching job.
I'll let her figure it out. <g> Kathyl "Pat in Virginia" <pat.quilts@cox.net> wrote in message
news:JJ3_g.19343$vC3.17221@dukeread02... [quote:3cfcab52a0]Kathyl, How can you say you are not creative?? The house with
picture is a wonderful idea! The burned credit card is absolutely fantastic. YOU go girl! PAT KJ wrote: Any paper
pieced blocks you like? Can you put your name on part of a block....like a signature block. Or do a house block with
your name on the door and your picture in a window? Do you have an embroidery machine? Maybe you could make a mock up
of a credit card with your name on it and burn the edges as if you had burned it up in a quilt shop or show! I'm not
very clever at this sort of thing. I usually forget to wear my name tag. In fact I haven't seen it around here for a
while. Good luck! KJ[/quote:3cfcab52a0]

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View entire thread: Need name tag suggestions
Posted by Pat in Virginia on Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:58 PM    Post subject: Re: Need name tag suggestions

Kathyl, How can you say you are not creative?? The house with picture is a wonderful idea! The burned credit card is
absolutely fantastic. YOU go girl! PAT KJ wrote: [quote:68e9c04cab]Any paper pieced blocks you like? Can you put your
name on part of a block....like a signature block. Or do a house block with your name on the door and your picture in a
window? Do you have an embroidery machine? Maybe you could make a mock up of a credit card with your name on it and
burn the edges as if you had burned it up in a quilt shop or show! I'm not very clever at this sort of thing. I
usually forget to wear my name tag. In fact I haven't seen it around here for a while. Good luck! KJ[/quote:68e9c04cab]

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View entire thread: I have it !!! I have it !!!
Posted by Jessamy on Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:53 PM    Post subject: Re: I have it !!! I have it !!!

WOOO HOOO :-D I found that out too from a different source: a friend of mine saw them at the quilt show today! so I can
go peek tomorrow at the quilt show :-D If all is well I should be sent a complimentary one by the publisher but who
knows how long that will take LOL -- Jessamy Queen of Chocolate Squishies (and Occasional Liquorice Ones) In The
Netherlands Take out: _I love the colour_ to reply. www.geocities.com/jessamy_thompson
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jessamy_thompson/my_photos ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The magazine
with Jessamy's pattern. After a quick look through it , I found 2 patterns by Jessamy, both beautiful, will study the
magazine later :-) And now I know why I didn't find it. It was announced as Lena and now it's called Lea ( there are
magazines with both name out there ). And to make the confusion greater on its back the next issue is called Lena again.
I wish they'd decide how to name their magazine :-). Jessamy, do you want me to send you one ? Heidi from Germany
http://home.vrweb.de/~hbquilts/ mail: please remove quilt from address

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View entire thread: Going forward...
Posted by Sharon Harper on Thu Oct 19, 2006 12:37 AM    Post subject: Re: Going forward...

I can totally understand Jo. Don't part with the quilt. I still have my very first one I made which was chewed on by
ol' Tassie Jim (the binding is falling to bits but I haven't repaired it) and then loved to death by Merlot. I've
washed it but bits of his fur (he would insist on sharing so much of his fur!) have stuck to it, and I think that's a
sign that he's still around. The kids snuggle with it sometimes to remember. I also have the quilts that I made for
my nan and pop and gave them before they passed. When I snuggle I remember how happy they were and that they enjoyed
the quilts too. Quilts retain memories and have an ever expanding ability to hold more. They are special.
{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}} -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under)
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html (takes awhile to load) http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos
(same as website but quicker) "Johanna Gibson" <jgibson@NOSPAMtesco.net> wrote in message
news:2bccj2l62rk6tvj5hh3djbbnat3s3fntbv@4ax.com... [quote:1cab262d43]Thank you everyone, for your hugs, advice and good
thoughts. You have no idea how much it has helped me, and continues to help me... It's very quiet here. The only way I
could get through such a silent flat was to put everything Sasha-related into the spare/sewing room and shut the door
for a while. It's getting a bit better now. I can go in there and sew, and I'm slowly putting her things away, or
giving things away. One thing I can't part with is the last quilt Sasha helped me with... I'm making a different one
for the baby (who will never know). Once again, thank you group. I'm so glad we're here for each other. -- Jo in
Scotland[/quote:1cab262d43]

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View entire thread: Going forward...
Posted by Cats on Wed Oct 18, 2006 10:29 PM    Post subject: Re: Going forward...

((HUGS)) Jo After a time I put a picture of my Tuppy on my PC as a screen background. She is still there, watching
over everything I do. I do hope that one day you will find a new furry companion - not to replace Sasha but to enrich
your life. They are all so special in their own ways. -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o
o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Johanna Gibson"
<jgibson@NOSPAMtesco.net> wrote in message news:2bccj2l62rk6tvj5hh3djbbnat3s3fntbv@4ax.com... : Thank you
everyone, for your hugs, advice and good thoughts. You : have no idea how much it has helped me, and continues to
help me... : It's very quiet here. The only way I could get through such a : silent flat was to put everything Sasha-
related into the spare/sewing : room and shut the door for a while. It's getting a bit better now. I : can go in
there and sew, and I'm slowly putting her things away, or : giving things away. One thing I can't part with is the
last quilt : Sasha helped me with... I'm making a different one for the baby (who : will never know). : Once again,
thank you group. I'm so glad we're here for each other. : : : : : -- Jo in Scotland

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View entire thread: AQS Online Quilt Contest - who's entered?
Posted by Pat in Virginia on Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:46 PM    Post subject: Re: AQS Online Quilt Contest - who's entered?

Your quilt is quite lovely, Bronnie, so good luck!! Maybe you will win ... if you do you will most likely get some
nice prizes. The games of chance rules apply only to those who are entering VOTES, not the quilter competition. You
just need to go to > http://www.americanquilter.com/contest/ Click on VOTER rules and/or WEEKLY DRAWING rules (now
finished) and you will see the restrictions involve VOTERS. I hope this link clears up confusion and reaches those
who might otherwise have a sour attitude to AQS, due to wrong info. Good luck! PAT Bronnie wrote:
[quote:b11e5753ce]Has anyone entered a quilt online in this contest? It seemed like a great idea - particularly for non
US residents - to show our work without paying huge freight charges etc. I entered my "Dancing Lights in Indigo
Night" quilt, paid my US$10, it was accepted, is displayed online and now I am aware that non US residents are
ineligible to vote and win voter prizes. (The VOTING Rules say this is due to various laws governing 'games of chance'
around the world.) The CONTEST rules for entering quilts does NOT say non-US residents are ineligible for the grand
prizes. Afterall, my entry was accepted. I do not know if my entry can win a prize. Under Internet Rules, #2 it says
'Quilt Contest void where prohibited or restricted by law.' I know where I live a competition such as this is not
prohibited. Does anyone here have any comments on this? Are Canadians would be miffed as we are? To say I am annoyed
is putting it mildly. -- Bronnie Australia [/quote:b11e5753ce]

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View entire thread: AQS Online Quilt Contest - who's entered?
Posted by jennellh on Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:37 AM    Post subject: Re: AQS Online Quilt Contest - who's entered?

As a Canadian - there are many other contests and promotions that are not cross'border friendly but there are just as
many others that are US or Canada eligible. In Canada, contest winners are required to answer a 'skill-testing
question' in order to claim their winnings. In Canada, Quebec is always "prohibited by law" in joining in
other contests by provincial law just as in the States, some States prohibit by law contests from other States.
jennellh(change the mail to news) http://community.webshots.com/user/barnyowl Cats wrote: [quote:d28e51545e]I will not
even consider entering competitions like this for the reasons you cited. The devil is always in the fine print, and
usually not delivered until it's too late. In the past I have found AQS things absolutely aimed/restricted to US
entrants/competitiors which is fine. It is, afterall, the American QS. But if that is the case I wish they would not go
out of their way to solicit "foreign" members/entries/competitors/input. When I asked about this the answer I
got left me with the definite impression that "foreigners" are second class members in AQS. Their magazine is
interesting but not worth the membership cost so I will not be renewing mine when it expires this time. Nothing against
the AQS itself, just wish they would be a little more up front about who their target audience really is. I cannot
even vote for your quilt Bronnie (and I would have!) but I would not have thought that any competition that is
determined by vote was classified as a "game of chance". -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o
o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut
http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "Bronnie"
<bf@australiamail.com> wrote in message news:1160952617.664380.260980@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... : Has anyone
entered a quilt online in this contest? : It seemed like a great idea - particularly for non US residents - to : show
our work without paying huge freight charges etc. : I entered my "Dancing Lights in Indigo Night" quilt, paid
my US$10, : it was accepted, is displayed online and now I am aware that non US : residents are ineligible to vote and
win voter prizes. (The VOTING : Rules say this is due to various laws governing 'games of chance' : around the world.) :
The CONTEST rules for entering quilts does NOT say non-US residents : are ineligible for the grand prizes. Afterall, my
entry was accepted. I : do not know if my entry can win a prize. : Under Internet Rules, #2 it says 'Quilt Contest void
where prohibited : or restricted by law.' I know where I live a competition such as this : is not prohibited. : Does
anyone here have any comments on this? Are Canadians would be : miffed as we are? : To say I am annoyed is putting it
mildly. : : -- : : Bronnie : Australia :[/quote:d28e51545e]

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View entire thread: AQS Online Quilt Contest - who's entered?
Posted by jennellh on Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:27 AM    Post subject: Re: AQS Online Quilt Contest - who's entered?

You CAN vote for Bronnie's quilt but You can't win a 'voters' prize in the drawing. jennellh (change the mail to news)
Cats wrote: [quote:dc6dd41509]I will not even consider entering competitions like this for the reasons you cited. The
devil is always in the fine print, and usually not delivered until it's too late. In the past I have found AQS things
absolutely aimed/restricted to US entrants/competitiors which is fine. It is, afterall, the American QS. But if that is
the case I wish they would not go out of their way to solicit "foreign" members/entries/competitors/input.
When I asked about this the answer I got left me with the definite impression that "foreigners" are second
class members in AQS. Their magazine is interesting but not worth the membership cost so I will not be renewing mine
when it expires this time. Nothing against the AQS itself, just wish they would be a little more up front about who
their target audience really is. I cannot even vote for your quilt Bronnie (and I would have!) but I would not have
thought that any competition that is determined by vote was classified as a "game of chance". -- Cheryl
& the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( > Y < ) ( > Y < )
Enness Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau
"Bronnie" <bf@australiamail.com> wrote in message
news:1160952617.664380.260980@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... : Has anyone entered a quilt online in this contest? : It
seemed like a great idea - particularly for non US residents - to : show our work without paying huge freight charges
etc. : I entered my "Dancing Lights in Indigo Night" quilt, paid my US$10, : it was accepted, is displayed
online and now I am aware that non US : residents are ineligible to vote and win voter prizes. (The VOTING : Rules say
this is due to various laws governing 'games of chance' : around the world.) : The CONTEST rules for entering quilts
does NOT say non-US residents : are ineligible for the grand prizes. Afterall, my entry was accepted. I : do not know if
my entry can win a prize. : Under Internet Rules, #2 it says 'Quilt Contest void where prohibited : or restricted by
law.' I know where I live a competition such as this : is not prohibited. : Does anyone here have any comments on this?
Are Canadians would be : miffed as we are? : To say I am annoyed is putting it mildly. : : -- : : Bronnie : Australia
:[/quote:dc6dd41509]

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View entire thread: AQS Online Quilt Contest - who's entered?
Posted by Bronnie on Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:05 AM    Post subject: Re: AQS Online Quilt Contest - who's entered?

Cats wrote: [quote:37616e5d10]I will not even consider entering competitions like this for the reasons you cited. The
devil is always in the fine print, and usually not delivered until it's too late. In the past I have found AQS things
absolutely aimed/restricted to US entrants/competitiors which is fine. It is, afte