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Forum: Main
07-20-2021, 05:08 AM
Replies: 1,315
Views: 153,020
Posted By Lalla

Amazingly impressive. I’m so likely, too, to...

Amazingly impressive. I’m so likely, too, to bite off more than I can chew (anyone know that wonderful piece of literary criticism about Henry James - I can’t remember who said it but it’s wonderful...
Forum: Main
06-11-2021, 11:26 PM
Replies: 1,315
Views: 153,020
Posted By Lalla

Nothing really helpful to suggest, other than I...

Nothing really helpful to suggest, other than I imagine it will be tricky and that some kind of fray-stop would be pretty important? Dupioni varies in stiffness doesn’t it, and softening it as much...
Forum: Main
04-27-2021, 08:44 PM
Replies: 1,315
Views: 153,020
Posted By Lalla

Might some silicon paper between the appliqué and...

Might some silicon paper between the appliqué and the iron work? I read somewhere here, too, that those ‘magic’ sponges work well to clean irons - they certainly do on mine, and it saves having to...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-27-2021, 05:10 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,306
Posted By Lalla

So agree with JanieW and others who have said the...

So agree with JanieW and others who have said the same thing: we have control over how technology impacts our lives. Mostly...(a bit less so where I live). I keep thinking how utterly grim the 1918...
Forum: Main
04-27-2021, 04:58 PM
Replies: 1,315
Views: 153,020
Posted By Lalla

Such a good idea to use a water brush - and...

Such a good idea to use a water brush - and agreed re Niagara which, happily, I can buy in Hong Kong!
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-25-2021, 06:44 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

I’m so sorry about your Zoey, linnie. ...

I’m so sorry about your Zoey, linnie.

Thank you all, so much; your support has helped me through this awful time; it’s two weeks today - I can’t believe I’ve managed to get through two weeks...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-22-2021, 05:28 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

You are so right, Chasing Hawk. I'm so new here...

You are so right, Chasing Hawk. I'm so new here but already feel a sense of family - the kindness of you all has made a horrible time more bearable. I have to go to the vet hospital here in Hong...
Forum: Main
04-18-2021, 08:57 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 6,398
Posted By Lalla

Angela Walters is a very good teacher; I didn’t...

Angela Walters is a very good teacher; I didn’t know she said that, but am very glad I’ve (so to speak) echoed it from the mouth of an expert! Carrying on as I have been today with my echoing, I’ve...
Forum: Main
04-17-2021, 10:28 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 6,398
Posted By Lalla

I’ve spent this morning working on something that...

I’ve spent this morning working on something that I decided needed rather a lot of echo quilting. And, thinking of you sewingsuz, as I worked, I thought that actually echo quilting is a really good...
Forum: Main
04-17-2021, 08:19 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 6,398
Posted By Lalla

Never mind quilting, I need one for those for me!

Never mind quilting, I need one for those for me!
Forum: Main
04-17-2021, 07:30 PM
Replies: 1,315
Views: 153,020
Posted By Lalla

I haven’t read more than a few pages of the many,...

I haven’t read more than a few pages of the many, many interesting posts here, so not sure if I’m asking an already-answered question - has anyone used Mod Podge for appliqué? It seems interesting to...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-17-2021, 07:16 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

Yes, letting go is horribly painful and hard. I...

Yes, letting go is horribly painful and hard. I guess it just takes time. Tycho is being cremated tomorrow - they asked us if we wanted to be there, I can’t really imagine anything much worse, but...
Forum: Main
04-17-2021, 07:12 PM
Replies: 55
Views: 6,398
Posted By Lalla

I may well be in a minority of one but I’ve given...

I may well be in a minority of one but I’ve given up on super sliders; I think I move my fabric around too much, and find that the slider unsticks itself and gets caught up by my needle if I don’t...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-16-2021, 02:16 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

I’ve just put a photo of Tycho on my Profile...

I’ve just put a photo of Tycho on my Profile Page, in an Album. Don’t know how to download one into a thread, but thought that would do.
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-16-2021, 02:08 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

Thank you so very much for all the kind, kind...

Thank you so very much for all the kind, kind thoughts from you all. Cuba’s “Dog Blog” went out today, and I am getting emails from our students, they are so sweet and concerned and sorry. Tychy is...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-14-2021, 06:11 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

The time difference between the US and Hong Kong...

The time difference between the US and Hong Kong means my replies/contributions often come belatedly. I’ve opened my computer this morning to such kindness and so many hugs.

I have a friend who...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-13-2021, 05:49 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

I am so grateful for all the support - I am so...

I am so grateful for all the support - I am so new here, and you have all been so overwhelmingly kind. It’s morning here in Hong Kong, still sunny before the rainy season descends upon us, and the...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-13-2021, 06:29 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

Thank you so much, juliasb.

Thank you so much, juliasb.
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-13-2021, 05:49 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

Cuba is 8 (she’s a ‘she’ actually). They were...

Cuba is 8 (she’s a ‘she’ actually). They were once described to me, before I got one, by a trainer friend, as ‘brilliant little dogs’. They are, aren’t they. So are Cotons de Tulear. I had another...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-13-2021, 04:46 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

Thank you so very much, Rob.

Thank you so very much, Rob.
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-13-2021, 03:55 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

Everyone is so kind, it makes such a difference. ...

Everyone is so kind, it makes such a difference. The students here in the college at the Chinese University of Hong Kong where I live have been so sweet - our two dogs, and the Alaskan Malamute who...
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-12-2021, 08:25 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

Thank you so much, sewbizgirl. How supportive...

Thank you so much, sewbizgirl. How supportive and kind the quiltingboarders are on so many levels.
Lalla
Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
04-12-2021, 06:31 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 2,667
Posted By Lalla

Farewell, my beloved small dog

Yesterday was a truly hard day; my Coton de Tulear, Tycho, who was fourteen, suddenly deteriorated very swiftly and we had to take him to the vets here in Hong Kong. His bloods came back with...
Forum: Main
04-10-2021, 11:37 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 3,031
Posted By Lalla

Goodness, some of the descriptions of sewing...

Goodness, some of the descriptions of sewing machines make them sound like frontal-lobe-challenged teenagers! I find that, whenever I think my machine is to blame it’s often me all along; the...
Forum: Main
04-10-2021, 11:26 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,697
Posted By Lalla

I guess I’m a contrarian at heart - I love doing...

I guess I’m a contrarian at heart - I love doing swirly quilting on geometric patterns and vice versa - sometimes the juxtaposition brings out the best in both styles. And I love echo quilting...
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