View entire thread: OT finishing the week on a high note
Posted by Sandy Foster on Fri Oct 06, 2006 7:23 PM Post subject: Re: OT finishing the week on a high note
In article <45267bbc_4@news.chariot.net.au>, "Cats" <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> wrote:
[quote:326a678f80]Wedding?? -- Cheryl & the Cats o o o o o o ( > Y < ) ( >
Y < ) ( > Y < ) Enness Boofhead Donut http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest
catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau [/quote:326a678f80] Each year the Today Show sponsors a wedding -- gown, tuxes,
bridesmaids' dresses, cake, reception, honeymoon, etc. -- that is held on-air. An engaged couple is selected from all
applicant couples, and the viewers vote on each aspect of the wedding. This year's wedding was a bit strange, since
the couples all had to compete in stupid contests to see who would finally be "the" couple. It's as close to
a "reality" show as I will watch, but I do love weddings. <G> BTW, I've been browsing your photos
again, Cheryl, and I see that you've made several of the same sort of golf-tee pin cushions as I made to take to my
DT's little quilt group. Fun, aren't they? <G> [quote:326a678f80] "Sandy Foster"
<invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:invalid-5E25C1.07491706102006@news.west.earthlink.net... : In
article <4525fb8f$1_2@news.chariot.net.au>, : "Cats" <CATS@NO.SPAM.com> wrote: : : >
http://tinyurl.com/of7gy : : : How lovely, Cheryl! The week does seem to be ending on a high note for : you. <G>
Now I'm off to watch the Today Show wedding. ;) : -- : 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
[/quote:326a678f80] -- 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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View entire thread: OT and on track questions
Posted by polly esther on Fri Oct 27, 2006 8:14 PM Post subject: Re: OT and on track questions
One of the many projects going on here is binding fleece blankets with satin ribbon. I'm taking heed to Donna's
warning and forcing the fleece up inside the binding all the way to the fold. Donna says leaving an empty space there
will make the binding weaker. I pin in/out in/out about every 3" or less with long daisyhead pins. The only
trick is to allow no sneaky slipping or stretching. Stitch slowly and poke anything that wants to stretch back in
place before a ripple or pleat forms. Mmmmm, they feel heavenly. As to sharpening diaper pins, what about those
emery-filled strawberry-looking things that come attached to the tomato pin cushions? Have you tried wriggling the
point of the pin in one of those? Might work. You'd want to clean the pins before using by slipping them through a
clean scrap of cloth. Polly "Judie in Penfield NY" <nospam@nospam.org> wrote in message
news:8Fq0h.9800$484.8203@twister.nyroc.rr.com... > I'm going off to google nappy nippas right now!
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View entire thread: OT: Are You Moving?
Posted by joan8904 in Bellevue Nebr on Mon Oct 23, 2006 1:13 PM Post subject: Re: OT: Are You Moving?
All moved in, now trying to get settled. New house is 6 blocks from old house. New house is wonderful; old house is
being rehabbed for (hopefully quick) sale. At least for the next few months (probably forever), I'm setting up my
quilting in the formal diningroom. It's a small room, so fabric and excess supplies will be on shelves in the
unfinished basement. It still feels odd and I've not been struck by the muse as yet. I did start handquilting my
greenwork quilt yesterday, so that's a start. Being on the main level for the first time, I'm having to consider the
puppy before putting things on the shelves in the sewing room. Happy (that's the puppy) is more than happy to
investigate and carry interesting things around the house in her mouth. Okay for socks and underwear, not okay for pin
cushions. I've ordered several items at the store to help outfitting the new room--Daylight light, wooden ruler rack
and pressing surface/cutting board to sit beside my sewing machine. So between moving, working more than I want and
Mom's death, it's been an exhausting (in every way) past month. After this week, things should settle down a bit. If
anyone sees an unattached wandering quilting muse, please send him/her my way! joan On Oct 22, 12:02 pm,
"Butterflywings" <Butterfly_dash_wi...@cox.net> wrote: [quote:a40965e6f4]Wonder how many of us are in
the moving process right now besides you and I? I know one gal just moved and another is planning on it---but I'm too
tired to remember names and where they are heeded---another town, state, or just down that street and over a couple....
Butterfly[/quote:a40965e6f4]
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View entire thread: Want to join a BOM
Posted by Taria on Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:43 AM Post subject: Re: OT: Chickens, again! was Egg Money Quilts Book
When I was ogling the chicks at the feed store the guy tried to convince me chickens were legal in the city. They
aren't. One of the reasons we live in town is so I don't get tied down to a mess of animals. Kitties and dog enough.
I used to tease my sister with the chickens about how expensive those eggs were. We don't much eat eggs anymore anyway.
Dog might have fun chasing them, naw, bad idea. I found a couple of cute pooches at the animal shelter today. I was
smart enough not to bring one home ; ) Taria Sandy Ellison wrote: [quote:999642c72f]Howdy! Somehow the posts got
clipped and snipped. I don't live in an apartment. I wouldn't go against city codes that outlaw livestock in suburban
homes <g and I don't want chickens 'cuz I don't need something else to clean up and look after. <VBG Having grown
up around chickens & other livestock, and visited my grandma who worked in an "egg factory", there's no
way I'd want to keep chickens in a human home. Just doesn't seem fair, to the chicken(s), other animals or me. However,
chicken fabric, now that I can live with; I have chicken quilts and chicken pin cushions, roosters in metal and resin
& a rooster rug in the master bath, which suffice my need to have chickens in my life. ;-D Cheers!
Ragmop/Sandy-- after visiting the "egg farm" I couldn't even look at an egg for years [/quote:999642c72f]
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View entire thread: Want to join a BOM
Posted by Sandy Ellison on Wed Sep 27, 2006 4:18 AM Post subject: Re: OT: Chickens, again! was Egg Money Quilts Book
Howdy! Somehow the posts got clipped and snipped. I don't live in an apartment. I wouldn't go against city codes that
outlaw livestock in suburban homes <g> and I don't want chickens 'cuz I don't need something else to clean up and
look after. <VBG> Having grown up around chickens & other livestock, and visited my grandma who worked in
an "egg factory", there's no way I'd want to keep chickens in a human home. Just doesn't seem fair, to the
chicken(s), other animals or me. However, chicken fabric, now that I can live with; I have chicken quilts and chicken
pin cushions, roosters in metal and resin & a rooster rug in the master bath, which suffice my need to have
chickens in my life. ;-D Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy-- after visiting the "egg farm" I couldn't even look at an
egg for years On 9/26/06 1:07 PM, in article j%dSg.2814$o71.2648@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net, "Batik
Freak" <lpskeen@NOSPAMliving-tree.net> wrote: [quote:b02fd355f1]Actually, Sandy, if your apartment allows
pets, then you can have a chicken. Check into a breed called Bantam Cochin. They are tiny - like baby Yorkshire Terrier
small - and can live in a nice large parrot cage. I read an article about these birds being kept as pets in NYC. Most
any bantam-size chicken will do for this purpose. Chickens are smarter than you'd think, and can be spoiled rotten. If
you get a female, there'll be no crowing to enrage the neighbors, and you'll get an egg a day from about 6 months of
age. Our first rooster was a "mutt" bantam, all red and beautiful with a green tail. One day he was unable
to use one of his feet, and just stood in the chicken yard holding up one foot. We brought him in the house so he would
not be killed by the others. He had a "nest" of an old comforter on the floor, prolly 15 feet or so from our
recliners where we watch television. One day I was sitting in the recliner watching TV and Peepie decided he was not
going to stay in that nest any more. He stood up on his one leg, jumped and flew across the room into my lap, where he
sat and watched television with me. That bird loved television - must have been the flashing lights and colors. He
would sit in my lap as long as I would stay there, and only occasionally poop. I kept an old towel in the lap for that
purpose. ;) Unfortunately, Peepie started having seizures and we had to take him to the vet to be put to sleep, but
until then, he was a great lap pet. :) L I live in an apartment, so definately NO CHICKENS ALLOWED! ;o)
[/quote:b02fd355f1] This part is mine: [quote:b02fd355f1]Cheers! Ragmop/Sandy [/quote:b02fd355f1]
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View entire thread: Camp projects
Posted by Sandy Foster on Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:38 PM Post subject: Re: Camp projects
In article <Tr5yg.1102600$xm3.178471@attbi_s21>, "KJ" <KJoger@NOSPAMmchsi.com> wrote:
[quote:9d9397224d]Getting that hummingbird project finished would be wonderful. It really is a beauty when done.
Promise yourself something "funner" to do upon finishing it. You will get lots of wonderful feedback when you
finish. Especially from people who aren't quilters and are fascinated by the three dimentional parts. Thank you for the
compliment. It's done...the best part. I could go on and on about what I don't like about it...but it's done. Yea. KJ
[/quote:9d9397224d] Okay, you're right. I do have to finish making some little pin cushions for my DT's quilt group
(I'm taking them as little gifts when I visit in September), and I really want to get a little paper-piecing
"kit" made before Houston, but those shouldn't take too long. The hummingbird will be right up there with
those projects. <G> "Finished" would be a relief. ;) -- 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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View entire thread: guild show and tll tiqutt
Posted by teleflora on Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:59 PM Post subject: Re: guild show and tll tiqutt
We had a woman show an IRON that she got cheap on Ebay! I thought that was odd, but now I see lots of members carrying
this little iron to workshops. Cindy "Marcella Peek" <marcella@extra.peek.org> wrote in message news:
marcella-1F1418.11173515072006@comcast.dca.giganews.com... [quote:9f75e1ea03]In article
<4hsl5gF13q2dU1@individual.net>, DrQuilter <mvignali@dogu.washington.edu> wrote: is it OK to show a top in
your guild's show and tell or do you guys limit yourselves to completed quilts? I am not too shy, but I haven't gathered
the courage to do SNT yet... maybe now that I was voted evening secretary (though of course they misspronounced my last
name!) I will finally dare - but should I wait until I have really finished a project or do you guys think I can show a
top? We have everything shown.. Wearables (often worn that night by the maker) Tote bags, pin cushions and other
little things Tops Partially quilted quilts Quilted but not bound quilts (often these three fall into the category of
"I'm sending this to my new grandchild and it will be gone by the next meeting") Finished quilts Quilts from
thrift stores/rummage sales/auctions (look at what I found!) Featherweights (I saw this while on a walk through my
neighborhood sitting by a trash can, etc) Show a top! marcella show and tell is my favorite part of guild
meeting[/quote:9f75e1ea03]
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View entire thread: guild show and tll tiqutt
Posted by Marcella Peek on Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:17 PM Post subject: Re: guild show and tll tiqutt
In article <4hsl5gF13q2dU1@individual.net>, DrQuilter <mvignali@dogu.washington.edu> wrote:
[quote:14ba28af91]is it OK to show a top in your guild's show and tell or do you guys limit yourselves to completed
quilts? I am not too shy, but I haven't gathered the courage to do SNT yet... maybe now that I was voted evening
secretary (though of course they misspronounced my last name!) I will finally dare - but should I wait until I have
really finished a project or do you guys think I can show a top? [/quote:14ba28af91] We have everything shown..
Wearables (often worn that night by the maker) Tote bags, pin cushions and other little things Tops Partially quilted
quilts Quilted but not bound quilts (often these three fall into the category of "I'm sending this to my new
grandchild and it will be gone by the next meeting") Finished quilts Quilts from thrift stores/rummage
sales/auctions (look at what I found!) Featherweights (I saw this while on a walk through my neighborhood sitting by a
trash can, etc) Show a top! marcella show and tell is my favorite part of guild meeting
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View entire thread: OT: Getting to know people in the guild
Posted by Marcella Peek on Fri Sep 01, 2006 10:28 PM Post subject: Re: Getting to know people in the guild
In article <1157135237.426589.155670@p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>, "Tricia"
<cricket527@e-garfield.com> wrote: [quote:704af63590]Well, I have stuff I'm working on more now (last thing I
took with me was that WUH I was initially attempting to hand quilt and wound up frog stitching and MQ'ing instead) but
it is machine work. Nothing done enough to consider HQ'ing again with the hoop I now have -- it's all block piecing for
Swaps or Hugs.... What else could I use as a show -n tell or something else to spark conversation???
[/quote:704af63590] People in our guild bring wearables (and generally wear them for show and tell) tote bags, pillows,
table runners, place mats, pin cushions, etc. Not just quilts. Sometimes someone brings a family heirloom quilt or an
old quilt they purchased at a rummage sale/second hand shop and they either "brag" about their great bargain
or ask about the pattern or age of the quilt. A few times we've even had featherweights found in dumpsters/by the side
of the road and such shown. marcella
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