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Forum: Main
01-11-2011, 12:58 PM
Replies: 267
Views: 23,288
Posted By dallison532

I have read several responses to your quest for...

I have read several responses to your quest for suggestions on how to work the border of your lovely quilt top. Your choice should answer one of two questions regarding how you want the viewers to...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
12-15-2010, 06:32 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,035
Posted By dallison532

A good idea. You'll never know who will blow in...

A good idea. You'll never know who will blow in next!

Occassionally we get hurricanes here in New England. Back in 1938 I had just arrived home from school when the down pour, and very high...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
12-14-2010, 11:45 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,035
Posted By dallison532

My last child was due in April, but the doctor...

My last child was due in April, but the doctor told me that she would arrive before then. A huge storm was promised for the end of the week the second weekend of March. The doctor told me that...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
12-13-2010, 08:17 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,035
Posted By dallison532

my home is in far northern Maine. I really get a...

my home is in far northern Maine. I really get a kick out of what you southerners consider cold. January is usually our coldest month where chill factors of -60F are known. When the weather...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
12-13-2010, 05:24 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 2,079
Posted By dallison532

It us disturbing to see news reports about all...

It us disturbing to see news reports about all the snow which has fallen, and is falling in this country's mid-section. We here in the top of Maine have had snow taken away by rain twice already. ...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
12-13-2010, 04:57 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 2,035
Posted By dallison532

Are you in the same atmospheric upside down...

Are you in the same atmospheric upside down weather pattern that we here in New England are facing? Snow has come, but not as much as we usually get at this time of the year, and twice, rain has...
Forum: Main
12-06-2010, 04:35 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 7,614
Posted By dallison532

You are so fortunate to have a spouce who has an...

You are so fortunate to have a spouce who has an interest to carry him in to the very adult world. Back in the '50s and '60s when I was working in various Boston concerns, many of the older women...
Forum: Main
12-05-2010, 01:50 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 7,614
Posted By dallison532

Even then, I doubt if you will dispose of your...

Even then, I doubt if you will dispose of your old faithful. I have my mother's 1929 Singer, the one I learned to sew on. I made many outfits for myself, including my wedding dress back in 1962. ...
Forum: Main
12-05-2010, 01:18 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 7,614
Posted By dallison532

Grand. Each respects the other. There is a tool...

Grand. Each respects the other. There is a tool for every job.
Forum: Main
12-05-2010, 10:17 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 7,614
Posted By dallison532

Keeping old sewing machines is a historical...

Keeping old sewing machines is a historical activity. I have the 1920's treadle owned by my aunt, my mother's 1929 Singer, plus old machines picked up here and there over the years. A few years...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
12-01-2010, 04:24 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 7,373
Posted By dallison532

Which part of Texas do you llve in? My late...

Which part of Texas do you llve in? My late husband was from East Texas where it is very humid, summer or winter Your mother probably is not accustomed to high humidity as, at any temperature, the...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
11-30-2010, 08:36 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 7,373
Posted By dallison532

A few years ago I visited my daughter who was in...

A few years ago I visited my daughter who was in a fellowship program in Seattle. It was March, a very gloomy time, no snow, no sand on the roads, or salt residue on those roads, no pick-ups with...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
11-30-2010, 08:00 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 7,373
Posted By dallison532

I recall from my early school days being told in...

I recall from my early school days being told in geography class that The British Isles were warmed by the Gulf Stream. This was a very difficult concept for a youngster to comprend. Seeing...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
11-30-2010, 07:38 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 7,373
Posted By dallison532

Those pictures are beautiful. Were the sun...

Those pictures are beautiful. Were the sun shining when they were taken the beauty would have been more spectacular. The sun light, even light reflected by street lights, when caught by the ice...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
11-29-2010, 10:46 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 7,373
Posted By dallison532

Once the cold sets in we dress accordingly. ...

Once the cold sets in we dress accordingly. Being outside to ski, skate, walk, shovel snow keeps one warmed up in good shape. Snow covered fields with not a foot print in sight are so very pretty. ...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
11-28-2010, 01:41 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 7,373
Posted By dallison532

It has not been cold here in Northern Maine, thus...

It has not been cold here in Northern Maine, thus far. Temperatures down enough so that the snow which fell over Thanksgiving did not melt. I spent one winter down in Tennessee, and vowed never...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
11-28-2010, 09:49 AM
Replies: 139
Views: 7,373
Posted By dallison532

Am I the only northerner to reply? How about you...

Am I the only northerner to reply? How about you people out in ND and SD where during this passed week the temperature read somewhere around forty foot below the thermometer? A Paul Bunyon quote! ...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
11-25-2010, 06:27 PM
Replies: 139
Views: 7,373
Posted By dallison532

You people who think that temperatures in the...

You people who think that temperatures in the freezing or zero range are too cold and uncivilized need to spend some time in the far northern part of his country where -6oF is nsot unusual. We dress...
Forum: Main
11-16-2010, 11:39 PM
Replies: 270
Views: 25,070
Posted By dallison532

Being new to this mode of communication, I see...

Being new to this mode of communication, I see that my response is late. However, more quilts are to be made. My question is, "how do you wish it to look?"

Do you want it to look as a pressed...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-13-2010, 08:10 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 1,552
Posted By dallison532

Howdy do: I am an "expatriot" from Vermont. ...

Howdy do:

I am an "expatriot" from Vermont. Some of my ancestors were the first settlers of Vermont, having settled in North Shrewsbury, North Clarendon, and Rutland before 1750. I grew up in...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-10-2010, 10:48 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,646
Posted By dallison532

I was in Germany in 1952. One of the most...

I was in Germany in 1952. One of the most beautiful scenes I have ever experienced was on a train ride down the Rhein River at early evening time. The sunset reflected off those massive rock...
Forum: Main
11-09-2010, 04:51 PM
Replies: 86
Views: 9,679
Posted By dallison532

Give it a rest. Once the symptoms have...

Give it a rest. Once the symptoms have dissipated, still favor the sore part for a time. Then, don't repeat the action which brought it about. Do something else which will not trigger resumption...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-08-2010, 04:43 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,646
Posted By dallison532

P. S. Usually I do not venture far from home...

P. S. Usually I do not venture far from home during the winter for fear of the house freezing up should the heating plant go awry during my absence. I grew up in Vermont where the winters are...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-08-2010, 04:35 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,646
Posted By dallison532

Here in Maine we have several quilting shows...

Here in Maine we have several quilting shows throughout the state during the summer, fall, and early winter. They are put on, mostly, by local quilting clubs, or church societies, or some other...
Forum: Introduce Yourself
11-07-2010, 06:15 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,646
Posted By dallison532

Oh, yes, I know Nashua, have been there from time...

Oh, yes, I know Nashua, have been there from time to time. Any time I need to fly I go to my daughter's home, a 350 mile trek, one way from my home in the top of Maine, and have her drive me to...
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