Technologically challenged here: have tried to post picture. Reporting UFO finish for April 80" square vintage log cabin quilt. Finally finished handstitching the binding. On to the next one.

QuiltMom2. Try this. I have posted it on several of the BQ Threads and it has worked for others besides me. The learning curve sneaks up on us sometimes. Glad you asked. .How to upload a photo to the Quilting Board.

Ok, I will try to do the photo directions.

1. Write message
2. Click "Go Advanced"
3. In the box labeled Additional Options click "Manage Attachments"
4. Click "Browse" and locate your photo where ever you saved it on your computer.
5. Find the photo you wish to post click save and then upload.***
This seems to be where folks stumble. The little box with the "Browse" button needs to be expanded so you can see the "Upload" button. It is on the far right and hidden until you expand the box.
6. Preview Post and make changes if you wish or add an additional photo.
7. Click "Submit Reply".

**** I save my photos in a quilt photos file by year, but I also keep a second copy in a file where the photos have been resized to "medium". It this format will allow you to post to the QB. It seems there are multiple ways to do this and it all depends on your computer and software preferences. I

Hope this helps. It took me way too long to figure this out when the QB made changes but now it seems to work well for me. Hope it will work for you too.

Thanks again WMUTeach, for once again printing out those instruction. I do well until I expand the screen and see the upload button and then I can't remember how to get back to 'submit reply.'

The Cousin LA, just brought me back the purple Hunter Star and to me it's gorgeous. It will gift well, it's not a UFO so I will have to create a thread for it in the 'Picture' forum.

Stay safe everyone

cherryb

Oh, I have gotten stuck there also. Trying to recall what I do. I will pull a random photo and post so I can give your accurate directions.

Oh it was easy. When you browse and locate your photo, hit the upload button then close the window, click on the X in the upper right corner and Ta-Da! you can preview your post or hit Submit Reply.

If you look under the tan bar the says "Additional Options", you will see your attachment in the box labeled Attach Files. Give it a try with any photo just to practice. No one will care. We are all learning new technology tricks these days.

Murohy’s law applied to face masks
 

I asked some friends if they would like a fabric mask for public. Of course they did. So did their family members. Started on Monday. Became lost in pattern variations and made some tests. Made a fitted mask, but I am 100% out of elastic and it didn’t work well with fabric ties, so....on to another different type of mask that was almost like origami. It was fun to make, and DH is using it, but it also needs to be individually fitted...so on to pleated surgical masks. Yay! Had a telemedicine visit with my endocrinologist and decided to change insulin pumps, which also meant changing my continuous glucose monitor.

Spent much of Tuesday on hold with either the glucose monitor company or the new pump company. Filled out beaucoup forms to fax, but the fax failed (I think, the printer is out of ink so the fax report is a blank sheet of paper). Scanned and emailed them instead. Cut out 25 pleated surgical masks. Easy cutting—four pieces per mask vs the 6-8 for fitted masks. And the ties became 1 1/2 in x WOF, double folded. Got ambitious and decided to finish the ends of the ties. Took the previously cut fabric for those fitted masks and threw it in the scrap bin. Went grocery shopping with my new face mask on. There were more Instantcart shoppers than customers. Came home and went to bed.

Today, sat down and organized chain piecing. My primary care physician called to change my appointment on the 23rd to video. My bridge partner called and wanted to know if I could play online Friday. DH wanted me finish a mask quick so he could take it to his golf buddy, so of course it took three times as long. Now it’s noon and no sewing done yet.

Sit down at my big machine and start. Top tension is too high. Turn the dial lower and it turns, but the tension mechanism doesn’t move. Put that machine in time out until repair guy is available.

Switch over to my Sparrow, which I simply adore. Quickly chain piece the 25 mask pieces, turn and press. The phone rings again. One of the people I am making a mask for wants to specify manly colors for her DH and DS and would I want to see if the ”stretchy kind of rubber stuff” she has will work for ear loops. Holding a towel to my mouth to absorb the blood from my bitten tongue, I say yes to masculinity, no to stretchy rubber-like stuff. This call takes almost an hour, My niece calls and says the tension is off on her machine, and which dial should she turn. Then she says never mind, she found the manual. The adorable child in my avatar insists on talking to Aunt Kris. Another hour flies by.

Meanwhile, back in the sewing room, the thread and the Sparrow decide they don’t like each other. The thread snaps with almost no effort. Take it off the machine and put it in the freezer. Maybe tomorrow. Take my last spool of white (out of natural, out of light gray,) and put it on the machine. The needle breaks. One if the screws on the face plate won’t move a mm. Thst machine will also now go to the hospital later to be sure there’s nothing bad inside, but can’t stop now. Look everywhere for 15x1 needles. I have 100 DBx5, 200 HLx5 , 20 DPx5, but a simple 15x1–nary a one in sight. Go to Walmart. Buy thread and needles. Come back and sew one mask. 3 down, 22 to go, Declare victory. Going to bed now.

Covid-19 phrase for today: Elastic is the new toilet paper.

I don't know if to laugh or cry with you krisb. Some days are like that, they really are...hope tomorrow goes better.

Krisb, I second that:

This morning I have been to my usual haberdashery supplier. This happens to be a wholesale store and they were sold out of elastic and almost sold out of bands that could work as straps. I managed to get enough for 25 masks though. I have places an order for the elastic. I was wondering if other parts of the world have the problem, too, and apparently so :/

Krisb: Frustrating times indeed! As I read through your post, I thought at least I am only dealing with making masks for my son and that is an adventure by itself. Lol! I still think I should just give him my other machine and some fabric and say ‘Go for it’. If it weren’t for social distancing, I would go to his house tomorrow and cuddle baby Jack while he plays with the machine. Oh well, life goes on.

Sorry about all the Murphy moments, Kris.

But truthfully, the people who have ti wear to wear a mask all day in the hospital (non-clinicians who don’t go into patients’ rooms) say the elastic is not comfortable. It makes the ears raw, and not all fit well.

i have been using only fabric . My friend who works at Hopkins in admin has been my liaison. I have made 27 so far, some with cotton ties, some woth the old t-shirt knit which are stretchy and comfy. She texted me today and said she got others from her church and everyone likes mine better. The church folks used elastic.

So , use up that stash, friends! I cut strips 1.5x WOF, subcut to 14-18” and sew into corners of masks before turning mask inside out. It takes a little longer than elastic, but it’s more comfort and more economical considering most of us have stash galore. Just be sure to iron and sew the raw edges under so they don’t fray. I forgot to do that my first batch of 13. What a mess! Lesson learned.

First March Fiish
 

March Finish! At last I got one done and done. This is an exchange block quilt from my guild members from last year. Not all 50 member choose to participate. Because of the odd number of blocks I made the center squared bull's eye block with scraps from the sashing and turquoise frames. The backing, batting, frames and sashing all from my stash!

zozee: Good information to know about the comfort of the masks with straps.

WMUTeach: Very nice and a creative way to do the center.

WMUteach, I like your center block solution. Good job on adding to the tally & using your stash!

WMUTeach, a very nice finish!

Here is finish #2 for April. I am just calling it Red, White & Blue. Lots of scrappy half square triangles, but a fun project to complete one block at a time. The pattern is from Quilt Police: Block of the Week. https://thequiltpolice.com/block-of-the-week/https://thequiltpolice.com/block-of-the-week/

great quilt WMU

Neat quilt WMUteach- congratulations on finishing another UFO!

Rob

Awesome sampler quilt, WMU! You are on a roll with those big ones...

You are really knocking those UFOs out, WMUTeach!! I really like your red, white and blue HST sampler!

Happy Easter, everyone! Hopefully you are all finding way to celebrate, even though this year is different. I probably way overdid my Easter baking. I wish we could have guests over so I could load them up with leftovers! We still did our Easter egg hunt with the girls in the backyard. They enjoyed it so much, they wanted DH to hide the eggs four times over! It warmed my heart to see them so happy!

Happy Easter! My first holiday as husband and wife, do obviously I was very ambicious when it comes to cooking and baking. But everything turned out good.

A lovely Easter, online church and then a wonderful Easter discussion with my brother and sister-in-law. Later Skype with one part of my family and Zoom with my children. We were separate in location but all together in spirit.

Back to quilting later in the week. Thank you for the complements. It feels so good to check them off my list. I did lay out a UFO from 2011 as my next project. Maybe finish by the end of the month, fingers crossed.

WMUTeach: A very stunning sampler. Congratulations on another finish.

I watched 2 online church services put out by the church I attend; sewed some; took a 2 hour nap; texted extended family; and even changed a light bulb. My son used the air fryer and made a steak/mushroom/bacon mixture. Yum! Yum!

We also got at least 5.5” of snow. The driveway and streets were warm enough so the snow melted in them which we are thankful for today.

I pulled out a UFO yesterday...shouldn't take long to finish...then back mask making.

Once again, no sewing for me. I worked at my house, like I've done the past several weeks. The daughter I'm currently living with & I went to my other daughter's for family dinner. Now we're ending the day with a movie favorite, Raiders of the Lost Ark. I do have some fabric ordered, so I'll get to sew when it arrives.

I had to check to see where you lived with all that snow. I am a near neighbor, the mitten state and our UP got lots of snow yesterday. In my part of the mitten, it was only rain and to day it was very windy, 15 - 25 MPH.

WMUTeach: It was super windy earlier today and then we had snow showers off and on this afternoon. Some places got more snow than we did. Quite a bit melted even though it was in the 30s today.

We had a terrible storm yesterday. Lines of tornadoes decimated many homes and killed 6 people, statewide. We are thankful everything is ok here at our place, but only half an hour away people are without homes tonight.

Goodness, Sewbizgirl, that is terrifying! I heard of the tornados on Easter and was praying for everyone in the paths and thinking of you and your family. I have a huge fear of tornados.

I was wondering how you were faring..glad you are safe, but so sorry for your "neighbors ". And we had snow here.

I'm glad to hear you are okay, sewbizgirl!

Thank you, everyone... we are among the lucky ones.

Yikes, Sewbiz! I'm glad you're okay!

Rob

Not completely finished, but got a queen sized UFO flimsy finished today. Ready to start another. A nice break from mask making.

sewbizgirl: Happy you are safe but definitely sad about all of the people that lost homes and/or lives. It was heartbreaking to see the damage.

Way to go oksewglad!

Prayers were lifted for you, Sewbiz, as I watched your state get hammered...My mother and sisters are in the South (Georgia) so we were up most the night texting and watching weather channel. Pretty scary stuff. So glad all ok with you and my heart breaks for those less fortunate.

Oksewglad...go girl!

Thank you everyone. Your prayers were heard!

Tldr: making progress on pieced back and I get philosophical about fabric.

I had to UFO this quilt for a week. I finished the front and am working on a pieced back which a YouTuber I enjoy calls The AfterQuilt. The idea is a pure improv exercise that you use up your scraps. I got a few blocks created and was then getting frustrated with how to put these crazy sized blocks together. I knew it needed a time out and my brain needed a break so I put it away for a week or so. Took it out again last night and was surprised that the solution was right there in front of me. Bing-bing-Bing. And its almost done. Just need to add the rest of the large pieces to bring it to size.

It just goes to show me, sometimes you a break from that project. Your brain is tired. Let it sit over here for a bit and you will see the answers to your questions....later.

The second thing that has surprised me with this project is how much fabric there was in the scrap pile once I sewed it all together! Its almost 2\3 of the top itself. I'm not one of those crazy crumb quilters so this is not tiny pieces. Some strips from this project and others from scrap bin in the same color family. Loose ends. Loose blocks. Some unused fabric.

Not just about the.money because it took time to sew it all together and we all know time is money. But each piece was an opportunity. I chose what to make of each opportunity. Food for thought. Hopefully this will finish this soon. All of this.

(Tldr means "too long didn't read")

Rff1010, 'Tldr' is a new one on me (but your post definitely wasn't that). Your quilt on the right looks like an abstract farm landscape to me. Thanks for sharing your observations and congratulations on finishing up your tops!

Well, have a working machine again. It’s the Eversewn, so it isn’t getting a good cleaning until sewing machine guy is available to get the face plate screw unstuck. 200 masks are done and my scrap bin has been cut into usable pieces and put away. It is time to semi-finish a UFO. First up is the fractured sapphire star. Only one corner to figure out, then sew the borders, layer and quilt, and sew the binding to the wrong side. Will be leaving the binding to hand sew while the machines are in the shop. Then finish quilting MoonGlow and sew the binding to the back. Then finish the hexies borders on Split Rock Lighthouse Ombre, quilt it and sew the binding to the back. And then, layer and quilt Amazon Star. Those four should certainly keep me busy until the sewing machines are back, if not longer.

Rff1010: Very pretty. I follow that Youtuber also so I knew what you were talking about. :)

Krisb: Sounds like you have a great plan to get things accomplished while your machines are getting some mechanical love. Congratulations on 200 masks.