This board has got me quilting in my sleep. Seriously! I've dreamt about quilting every night for the last week!

I go to bed thinking about what i got done that day quilting wise and what I need to do next. The only problem is what i plan while going to sleep I quite freguently forget in the light of day!!!
I use a rider to mow and when I mow I plan what I am going to do in my quilting. It is a good time to think.

How much is this a problem for everyone? I smoke too but not in my sewing room? And everything will be washed right?

I would only think it's a problem if the smell won't come out! You, as a smoker, would not be able to tell. Why don't you whip me up a quilt, mail it to me, and I'll let you know. I'm a former smoker, so I can sniff out any problems!

By the way, you should quit. Your children are toooooo precious and my dad died from lung cancer when I was 12. My mom died when I was 7, and they never said it was directly related to smoking, but I think it was. That was enough for me to quit when I got pregnant. Okay, lecture is done for the day...I'm saying this with lots of love - not trying to be judgmental!! Okay?

I'm a slow to be reformed smoker.
I have asked people who recieve my fabric if they can smell any sort of smoke on it and they all have said no. There is a no smoking policy in the house. I wear a shirt when I am near hubby who smokes ALOT and when I "think" I need one. I also wash my hands before I handle any of the fabric, doesn't matter what I've been doing, my hands are always washed before I go into my sewing room.
And yes, I'm one of those that does sniff fabric that comes from others. A few have been smokers and I have not been able to smell anything on the fabric.

If you only knew the half of it! My billable hours have gone down by 60% since I joined this board...he he. For those of you lucky enough to not have experienced billable hours, it means my hourly pay!!! I don't bill, I don't get paid, plain and simple!!

I didn't smell any smoke in the mini you sent me K and I am not a smoker so I always notice it if there is any.

Maybe you need another line of work? lol
I'm telling ya....once hubby retires, you might have me as a client lmao

re smoking - I quit 41 years ago - which is longer than a lot of you have been around! LOL DH took a picture of me and my MIL from HE** :evil: with cigarettes dangling out of our mouths :cry: with our kids in the background. That did the trick LOL

She didn't quit - died of lung cancer. There was always a big bowl with packs of camels near her front door. I spent part of one of DH's
cruises with her and FIL (whom I LOVED) and got adicted to those damn cancer sticks - and I was PREGNANT! DD and DS turned out ok, thank goodness.

Now, the smell of cig smoke brings on a migraine. So I hope fabric doesn't pick it up.

Thanks for that Rhonda! :D

I know I should quit. We don't smoke round the kids and I gave up the whole time I was pregnant and breastfeeding - I just started again as soon as the last one was weaned - STOOOPID!.

I know I should quit for my own health, I know the nagging is motivated by caring so no problem, I can take it! :D

Maybe I should ask my Mum to sniff everything before I send it? She's never smoked! :D

From what Terri said - and from what you just said, it sounds like you don't smoke around your fabrics, so it probably isn't a problem. A 'sniff test' - that's cute :lol:

i get headaches from smoke too. one its in the fabric you can never get the smell out.

I will admit....I SNORT ALL FABRIC THAT IS SENT TO ME!
There, I admit it! I'm a fabric snorter!
I have had MANY, MANY people send to me and haven't smelled smoke on any of it and some were smokers.
K, you sent me stuff and there was no smell on that. Just the loverly fabric smell...yes, I SNORTED IT!!!

i think if you have a no smoking rule in the house the smell never gets in anything.

if you smoke in the house everything smells.

my parents smoked and i couldn't even be in their house for an hour without having a violent headache.

Good show, Butterflywing <g> ... marked it in my favorites.
Hope no one minds if I just sit here and watch ... for awhile, anyway.
<racking my brain to try to remember where I put my Dear Jane book AND the templates, that I bought BEFORE I bought the book, and am just now finding out what I actually purchased!>

Since the fabric is going to be pre-washed, anyway, couldn't STAR just tea dye her stark white fabric?

We do not smoke in our house, nor in the car that I pack my fabric into on trips.
My kids, thanks to school, came home and started lecturing on quitting. Hubby said: When you are as old as I am and have never smoked, then I will believe you have something to teach me.
End of lectures ... three out of four have never smoked. And, I am so proud of them for that.
But, the one that really got me was the day they came home saying that I had cost them intelligence/brain damage because I smoked while I was pregnant with them!
My mouth hit the floor, and I finally said: You straight A, barely have to look at a book children are just as intelligent as you will ever NEED to be!
If you were any more intelligent, the world would be a truly dangerous place to live! LOL
One of them read Gone with the Wind in THREE DAYS ... in the second grade ... I was suspicious, but she had even done an analysis of each of the characters and explained why Scarlett was wrong for blaming Rhett over Bonnie's death ... how much more intelligent would anyone want a kid to be???? <g>
sorry - - didn't mean to add to the distraction or to hijack the thread.
Now, everyone <g> back to your Dear Jane blocks! :roll:

Just an idea, can we also make a note of which block we made on the slip of paper?

What is the Dear Jane Sew Along in Jan. of 2010? A friend and I are doing the DJ quilt and have 33 triangle blocks left and 3 inner blocks left. I am curious about the sew along.

I think that's an excellent idea - but this isn't my project - so -

I'm so excited! I just started on my blocks! Figured I better start early so if I need to redo (and redo and redo) I have plenty of time!

What is the DJ sew along in Jan. of 2010? A friend and I are doing the DJ quilt. We have 33 triangle and 3 square blocks left. I'm curious about the sew along.

Klue I have a question. K3 has a small border around it to make it fit I suppose. Do I need to use the small border or can I make the pieced part the 5" as opposed to making the center 4 3/4" and adding the border strips?

yes she could always do that

certainly

a bunch of the people on this forum will be making Dear Jane Quilts starting Jan 2010.

there will be a weekly thread that details the blocks/triangle/corners we should work on that week along with tips and guildelines on how to make them.

we will also post pics of our completed blocks.

everyone will use whatever fabric they wish and they keep all their work.

its really just a way to stay motivated and supported thru the process of making a jane - the journey to a completely finished jane is long and its nice to share the road with friends.

thats fine by me. when i finally pick my blocks i might have to redraft them - its common that people redraft some of the jane blocks.

this is a "fun" jane swap not a "purest" jane swap.

if people want to make a "purest" jane they should join the "sew along" in jan when we'll be making the entire jane quilt.

I just returned from buying the fabric for my blocks. Hope you all like what I picked out.

don't be a tease post the pics here so we can all drool

I think I will go out to the shop for awhile .... this is getting TOO tempting!
I am seeing a lot of my buddies in here, and I KNOW I cannot possibly.... :|
They do not have a little smiley that says: Thinking, thinking, THINKING!
<wave>

Klue - I've used Febreeze to get other smells out of fabrics - I wonder if it would get rid of smoke smell, too.

I'll post a pic tonight, I ran out at lunch time. No camera at work, sorry

I'll take B-13 also. :)
Still looking, I'll probably pick another block after I get some of these made or unless I really see one I have to make!
I'll also take rotary cutting instructions please!
Thanks

Thanx for the suggestion but I have no idea about dying fabric I have several I am choosing from so i will just pick another, they are all in my stash :oops:
:?:
So about the 5" size of the block , the template says that it will measure a 4.5"block. so I need to add another .5"? :?:

the templates i've been sending out say the "finished" size of the block on it, which is 4.5 inches.

the blocks you'll be sending in are 5 inches unfinished.

the templates, rotary cutting, foundation patterns i've been emailing everyone has already taken the seam allowance into account. if you print the pattern onto paper and cut and paste it together you'll see its really 5 inches.

will do.

this is the list so far



A6 = Colletta
B1 = mamaskeeto
B3 = Esqmommy
B13 = Crkathleen
C12 = Kgoodhand
D6 = Star
D13 = JoanneS
E1 = JRSAY
F3 = Bearpaw
H6 = Rhonda
H13 = Norbanaquilts
I2 = MNquilter
J4 = Star
K2 = Bettia
K3 = Rhonda
K12 = Norbanaquilts
M10 = sharonb
M12 = crkathleen

ok, so I just sewed my first nine patch for my DJ block and lets just say that it will not be included in the swap! :oops: Good thing I gave myself LOTS of time to redo it. My seams aren't matching and it won't lay flat! GRRRRRRR :evil:

here it is by name - if i've made a mistake please let me know


1. Colletta = A6
2. Norbanaquilts = H13 and K12
3. MNQuilter = I2
4. Star = D6 & J4
5. JoanneS = D13
6. Sharon B = M10
7. Rhonda = H6 and K3
8. Esqmommy = B3
9. Crkathleen = B13 & M12
10. Mamaskeeto = B1
11. Bettia = K2
12. Jrsay = E1
13. Bearpaw = F3
14. kgoodhand = C12

I am in I have to look at the blocks on my software tonight and I will post my choice later on Cher