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    Forum: Main
    12-21-2025, 04:37 AM
    Replies: 29
    Views: 17,077
    Posted By mcadwell

    I've been looking for one myself without much...

    I've been looking for one myself without much luck.
    I'm presuming they stopped making them because too many of them loosened or were accidentally pushed off the ironing boards with use, then hot...
    Forum: Main
    01-11-2024, 07:52 PM
    Replies: 28
    Views: 14,466
    Posted By mcadwell

    This is good to know. I tried Connecting Threads...

    This is good to know. I tried Connecting Threads several years ago and wasn't too impressed by it but it may have improved since then.
    Forum: Main
    01-11-2024, 03:00 PM
    Replies: 28
    Views: 14,466
    Posted By mcadwell

    I wouldn't call it fretting...I would call it a...

    I wouldn't call it fretting...I would call it a case of "don't know what could happen since it's owned by an investment firm (and investment firms are known to sell companies) so we don't know what...
    Forum: Main
    01-11-2024, 05:00 AM
    Replies: 28
    Views: 14,466
    Posted By mcadwell

    I received an email from Superior Threads and...

    I received an email from Superior Threads and listed Connecting Threads at the bottom so I started doing research and came across this it being talked about here.

    Well, this is sad. I LOVE...
    Forum: Pictures
    09-14-2023, 04:10 AM
    Replies: 21
    Views: 4,829
    Posted By mcadwell

    I enjoy applique a lot as well and suppose doing...

    I enjoy applique a lot as well and suppose doing it that way could work too.
    Forum: Pictures
    09-14-2023, 02:43 AM
    Replies: 24
    Views: 4,291
    Posted By mcadwell

    It was quick, about 3 hours from start to finish...

    It was quick, about 3 hours from start to finish (with a couple of rheumatoid arthritis breaks during the making of it).
    Forum: Pictures
    09-13-2023, 03:17 AM
    Replies: 24
    Views: 4,291
    Posted By mcadwell

    You cut them out...individually? (squeak!) That...

    You cut them out...individually? (squeak!) That would be VERY time consuming - I could not imagine doing it that way. Wow!
    09-12-2023, 02:57 PM
    Replies: 22
    Views: 9,145
    Posted By mcadwell

    I thought the same thing, yet they're close at...

    I thought the same thing, yet they're close at hand but still off the table. And you can easily purchase more "S" hooks to add to them if you need to.
    09-12-2023, 01:39 PM
    Replies: 22
    Views: 9,145
    Posted By mcadwell

    Here's the picture of how I hang my rulers.

    Here's the picture of how I hang my rulers.
    Forum: Pictures
    09-12-2023, 01:29 PM
    Replies: 24
    Views: 4,291
    Posted By mcadwell

    You're right, it won't be the last, lol

    You're right, it won't be the last, lol
    Forum: Pictures
    09-12-2023, 03:05 AM
    Replies: 24
    Views: 4,291
    Posted By mcadwell

    You're not seeing the error makes me feel better...

    You're not seeing the error makes me feel better - thank you!
    Forum: Pictures
    09-12-2023, 02:56 AM
    Replies: 21
    Views: 4,829
    Posted By mcadwell

    I found the pattern: ...

    I found the pattern:
    https://www.petraprinsamsterdam.com/a-72790846/patronen-patterns/sweet-surrender-by-sue-cody/#description
    Forum: Pictures
    09-12-2023, 02:53 AM
    Replies: 26
    Views: 4,169
    Posted By mcadwell

    That is FANTASTICALLY gorgeous!!! This is...

    That is FANTASTICALLY gorgeous!!!

    This is the kind of quilt I aspire to! Thank you for letting us virtually drool over it.
    Forum: Pictures
    09-12-2023, 02:50 AM
    Replies: 24
    Views: 4,291
    Posted By mcadwell

    First Stack n' Whack I made

    This is my first stack n' whack and, even though I made an error on one of the blocks, I'm a fan. It's quick and fun.
    09-12-2023, 02:42 AM
    Replies: 22
    Views: 9,145
    Posted By mcadwell

    I hang mine from a curtain rod attached...

    I hang mine from a curtain rod attached underneath a wooden shelf
    09-12-2023, 02:34 AM
    Replies: 26
    Views: 10,239
    Posted By mcadwell

    I don't have wall space so got a portable photo...

    I don't have wall space so got a portable photo backdrop frame and hung a dollar store fuzzy-backed tablecloth from it. I like how I can move it around - even into my driveway if needed - for a...
    Forum: Main
    02-07-2022, 04:11 PM
    Replies: 73
    Views: 16,597
    Posted By mcadwell

    I know this is an older thread but is this like...

    I know this is an older thread but is this like what you were looking for? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTAT9EKutWI
    Forum: Pictures
    01-03-2022, 06:23 PM
    Replies: 8
    Views: 2,738
    Posted By mcadwell

    I've not seen this method anywhere else so I've...

    I've not seen this method anywhere else so I've dubbed it 'Sketch Quilting'. I take a panel with something already on it, a sketch is one I start with, and do a ton of shallow and medium depth hand...
    Forum: Pictures
    01-03-2022, 10:44 AM
    Replies: 8
    Views: 2,738
    Posted By mcadwell

    Leonardo de Vinci quilt

    I finished my 3rd sketch quilt. I was so excited to finally have it done. The chalk marks show where I had to sew it for it to look the way I wanted.

    I handsewed with 2 layers of stitching...
    11-06-2021, 04:34 AM
    Replies: 29
    Views: 3,207
    Posted By mcadwell

    I never thought of it as playing dress up. I...

    I never thought of it as playing dress up. I suppose you're right. Well, guess that means I'm tall for my age... LOL
    11-05-2021, 03:30 PM
    Replies: 29
    Views: 3,207
    Posted By mcadwell

    Thank you, everyone, I really mean it.

    Thank you, everyone, I really mean it.
    11-04-2021, 03:02 PM
    Replies: 29
    Views: 3,207
    Posted By mcadwell

    Thanks for the compliments! You've made my day. ...

    Thanks for the compliments! You've made my day.

    Just to let you know though, I'm not a member of a reinactment group.

    Long story short - about 10 years ago I was invited to go to the...
    11-04-2021, 04:16 AM
    Replies: 29
    Views: 3,207
    Posted By mcadwell

    Thank you and, yes, I do have a closet full of...

    Thank you and, yes, I do have a closet full of historically accurate garments ranging (so far) from the viking era to the Victorian era. Each year I try to make a new one. My next one will probably...
    11-04-2021, 03:42 AM
    Replies: 29
    Views: 3,207
    Posted By mcadwell

    Halloween Costume

    I finished this Thursday night before I went to work in it on Friday. lol I normally give myself a year to work on a costume but other things got in the way this year so I only had 2 months this...
    Forum: Pictures
    08-21-2021, 08:01 AM
    Replies: 11
    Views: 2,772
    Posted By mcadwell

    It's what keeps me going in sewing - the more I...

    It's what keeps me going in sewing - the more I learn the more I realize how much more there is to learn...and do...and try. lol
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