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03-29-2012, 03:33 AM
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Please Don't Use Dryer Sheets for String Quilting or Applique
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Something that no one has mentioned on using...
Something that no one has mentioned on using dryer sheets is using them IN your dryer. IF you do use dryer sheets, be sure and check your lent trap. If you have never washed it IN hot soapy water,...
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03-25-2012, 03:29 AM
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Volkswagen quilt
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Love it!!!!! Just the thing for my own ...
Love it!!!!! Just the thing for my own "Papmobile" CUTE CUTE CUTE.
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03-16-2012, 08:17 AM
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Courtney's fiesta quilt
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I just laid out my 5" squares in the pattern I...
I just laid out my 5" squares in the pattern I wanted; sewed them together; added the first border. Then followed the instructions that came with the LIL TWISTER instructions showing me to start at...
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03-15-2012, 03:51 AM
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Courtney's fiesta quilt
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I really just followed the directions with the 5"...
I really just followed the directions with the 5" twister directions that came with the tool, laying them out as I had sewn my squares together. The borders of it was do and undo until I got what I...
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03-14-2012, 03:37 AM
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Courtney's fiesta quilt
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Courtney's fiesta quilt
In wanting a new quilt to replace her old quillow I made her years ago, my 23-year old granddaughter told me last summer on a visit here from MN that she'd like for it to be bright colors like the...
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02-16-2012, 05:39 AM
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Be My Valentine Quilt ...
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What a BEAUTIFUL 'mistake'! It's gorgeous, even...
What a BEAUTIFUL 'mistake'! It's gorgeous, even if tho you didn't mean it to be this way. I'll bet others will choose to do similar 'on purpose'!!!! :-)
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02-16-2012, 05:26 AM
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Oh Lord, (or someone here) HELP! Pretty please
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I agree with the snip and tear. Then you'd also...
I agree with the snip and tear. Then you'd also have a good straight of the grain. And go from there, however you choose to do it. I like the tearing for large pieces esp.
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02-16-2012, 05:22 AM
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Does this seem reasonable?
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One suggestion would be to send a smaller quilt...
One suggestion would be to send a smaller quilt to her that isn't really important to you to see how she does; and how you like dealing with her. She ( or whomever you choose in this manner) might...
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02-16-2012, 05:04 AM
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I want a cutting table!!!
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I use 2 things. My 36" X 48" butcher block that...
I use 2 things. My 36" X 48" butcher block that is a great height with a lower shelf; and my late husband's 42" X 78" drafting table with the cop that will store vertically when not being used. I...
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02-12-2012, 04:54 AM
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Look At What My Mom Did In Four Years!
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Bless her heart!!! They are great!
Bless her heart!!! They are great!
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01-13-2012, 06:13 AM
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It made her cry !!!
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grammagayle
O Or you can just right click on the square...
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Or you can just right click on the square and often the instruction on the order of 'put picture into another frame' will come up. And sometimes if you just left click on the little icon where...
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11-20-2011, 03:37 PM
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Patterns for big prints
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I go with this lady who wondered what OBW is. ...
I go with this lady who wondered what OBW is. There are many times that initials are used that I don't know what they are and simply can't come up with it, even with all the DH and DSIL etc. There...
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11-05-2011, 03:33 AM
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Thoughts from Patrice
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I have to say that I understand what TNBecky is...
I have to say that I understand what TNBecky is saying. Maybe we should use the word, 'disagreeing' instead of 'complaining' and it would be better. We have the right to 'disagree' if it's done in...
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10-31-2011, 05:45 AM
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Fabric at Wal-mart
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I support the shops as much as I can, but I can...
I support the shops as much as I can, but I can not afford to spend $9-$16 a yard for fabric for a quilt and it seems to only be going up.[/quote]
I agree whole-heartedly on the ASA I can on the...
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10-31-2011, 04:14 AM
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Cleaning out storage bins
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How VERY SPECIAL. I envy you. I am SO...
How VERY SPECIAL. I envy you. I am SO sentiment; and love finding and having 'the past' (and not just my family's....I love thinking of that someone having used or created this 'something') as part...
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10-31-2011, 04:10 AM
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My first log cabin
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That's what makes it unique. We all have at least...
That's what makes it unique. We all have at least one of these!
I like it, but if it bothers you, applique a bluebird sitting on the "fence" -- it was always meant to be there!
It's a beautiful...
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10-31-2011, 03:52 AM
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Fabric at Wal-mart
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I agree....I just can't afford $9 yd to make...
I agree....I just can't afford $9 yd to make charity quilts. I also get the sale fabric from Connecting Threads, too. Thanks for link! :-D[/quote]
I can't afford $9 a yard for ANY quilt. So the...
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10-31-2011, 03:19 AM
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what can cause thread to break?
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Any time that my machine is not acting right in...
Any time that my machine is not acting right in any way, be it the tension, thread breaking, funny sounds, etc. I do FOUR things...... I redo the bobbin (taking it out and putting it back in), I...
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10-31-2011, 03:15 AM
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Iron Nearly Caused a Fire
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Same thing happened to my cousin with a Black and...
Same thing happened to my cousin with a Black and Decker coffee maker with the timer/clock. It burned and included their cabinets VERY QUICKLY. Made me never buy the timer/self starting ones...
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10-27-2011, 03:23 AM
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Corduroy - How do you use it?
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Unbelievably, I made a king-size bedspread that...
Unbelievably, I made a king-size bedspread that goes all the way to the floor out of 12" squares of all different patterns and colors of corduroy for my late husband, who loved corduroy. It wasn't...
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10-26-2011, 03:31 AM
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Sticker Shock
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I live in Southeast TN between Chattanooga and...
I live in Southeast TN between Chattanooga and Knoxville; and it's about the same distance for me to find a JoAnns also; and I'm in a reasonably civilized area. There just aren't near the fabric...
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10-23-2011, 04:05 AM
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Missouri Star Quilt Company
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[/quote] Ditto to these comments. I totally...
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Ditto to these comments. I totally agree. GREAT site and person
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10-23-2011, 04:00 AM
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Joy Rising
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I didn't watch Oprah; but I sure do get the same...
I didn't watch Oprah; but I sure do get the same joy out of this site as I was saying on yesterday's blog. Probably do much less quilting (and knitting) now that I've increased my reading from just...
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10-23-2011, 03:57 AM
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This is funny
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[quote=cabbagepatchkid]That reminds me of a TV...
[quote=cabbagepatchkid]That reminds me of a TV commercial, from a few years back, for quilted Charmin (I think) toilet paper. The commercial had cartoon ladies sitting around a huge piece of toilet...
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10-23-2011, 03:30 AM
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Simplicity Bias maker
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grammagayle
I understood what you meant Deborah!!!!! You...
I understood what you meant Deborah!!!!! You did ok!!!! :)
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