Brandy

Would love to join. I can do international.

Elisabrat

Glad to see your healing. Maybe the right is just a bit overworked since its not your dominant hand?

OH OH I kept at and and TADA! finished my block tonight and wanted to dance. You will laugh when you see how simple it is but it was a newbie stumper for me. I am glad I didn't trash it.

Quilting with coffee? I JUST started drinking it after giving it up several years ago. I am just too tired these days to work without some. Up to two short cups a day. I can only have 1.5 liters of water a day per the doc so its hard to not do it all with coffee but some water is a must too. I think on these hot days I could down a tall glass on ice in 2.5 seconds then.. be thirsty all over a minute later. I sure hope they ease up on the old water police stuff. That coffee makesthose 4 a.m. quilting episodes well worth it. And the midnite posts to the QB easier also. I sure love quilting.

jillnjo

I decided I can't miss this month. I have the fabrics and the neatest book on Amish quilts which I have never used. And to top it off, they are miniatures! Off to decide which one I'll make.

Elisabrat

ok team vote here: I do not have any more black or tone on tone black to make a back for this now. After my many mishaps in the cutting job (no comments) I simply don't. Nor do I have enough of the other colors also for the back except for yellow which in my book goes a seriously long way in small quantities. If I use it on the back it will look like well.. a bee which truly sucks. I think I have yet to see a bold yellow backed Amish quilt. I have enough black and white tiny tiny pattern fabric and enough black and white tiny tiny dots. Can I break the rules for the back or is that enough to get me tossed on my rear? We do not have stores up here. I can always order some but its never the SAME black. I gave 99 percent of my fabrics along with my sewing machine away last winter when I was physically doing not very good at all. Figured it would ease the burden on my family. Now lucky (I mean this) me I am BACK and in the game and starting from scratch using all the donations I am given. I guess its not the most popular non color out there are I have other solids. I would love to stitch the binding on Tuesday if I can. What would you use? and should you be the lucky owner would you mind the slight pattern on the back? Inquiring minds would love to know.

jillnjo

First of all, there are no unbreakable rules in the swap! Just curious-what are the solid colors that you already have in the quilt? Sometimes a totally different color of binding looks fine. And you can make a bigger label in a solid color that might make it look less like a "bee"!! Go for it!!

amalia64

I want to join the Aug DQ swap. I will try to PM u. I can do international

marytoddliz

Hey, Bee's are cool!

Seriously I think what ever you do will be nice. I live in the Mtns also, but I am lucky we have fabric at our local mercantile and we have a Quilt shop a few miles away. But I get my best fabric deals online.

goldsberry921

I'm in for this month, sent a PM.

Lv2sew2011

Hey Krystyna, I've tried to leave feed back for every swap there's been but when they last updated the site I don't have the link to do that, and I've tried what others suggestions and it still didn't work, don't know why they need to fix something that don't need fixin.
Donna

Update: I finally figured it out! :-)

urgodschild2

Marytoddliz Is the DQ you are mailing to Nana Val for July or is it already for Aug?????? I love where you live. It is one of my favorite places to go for a drive and then over to Lake Arrowhead.

Ok I am sort of cheating here. I do not have a lot of solid color material. So I am using small print on solid. I think that is what they call it. The material does look like solids but if you look closely it has a print. It turned out very nice and I am very happy with it.
I was surprised when I googled the amish quilts on line that some of them were white. That was surprising. I was also very shocked at the prices of the quilts that they were selling. And that was the mini quilts which went from doll size up to crib size.