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    Forum: QuiltingBoard Challenges & Contests
    Yesterday, 04:58 AM
    Replies: 141
    Views: 19,640
    Posted By Snooze2978

    Lena1952, there are scrappy and then there's...

    Lena1952, there are scrappy and then there's controlled scrappy. Here's 2 versions of the same quilt pattern by Bonnie Hunter and then you tell me what you think about scrappy versus controlled...
    Forum: QuiltingBoard Challenges & Contests
    03-29-2026, 04:16 PM
    Replies: 141
    Views: 19,640
    Posted By Snooze2978

    Lena1952, when I first started making quilts, I...

    Lena1952, when I first started making quilts, I never wanted to make a scrappy quilt as I thought it couldn't come out looking any good but just disorganized, just a bunch of fabric thrown together...
    Forum: Main
    03-29-2026, 03:50 AM
    Replies: 7
    Views: 404
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I still have a little over 2 yards of my ombre...

    I still have a little over 2 yards of my ombre fabric so this might be something to use it on, thanks
    Forum: Pictures
    03-28-2026, 04:49 AM
    Replies: 5
    Views: 649
    Posted By Snooze2978

    As I'm in the mood to try my had at ruler work,...

    As I'm in the mood to try my had at ruler work, I'll have to go on youtube and watch all the videos I can on it. I've had the ruler base and foot since I bought my system but never tried my hand at...
    Forum: QuiltingBoard Challenges & Contests
    03-27-2026, 04:44 AM
    Replies: 141
    Views: 19,640
    Posted By Snooze2978

    AprilM, I used an Iowa Shop Hop fabric for the...

    AprilM, I used an Iowa Shop Hop fabric for the background and batiks of all colors for the colored blocks. Don't think I used 1 fabric twice either.
    Forum: Main
    03-27-2026, 04:42 AM
    Replies: 9
    Views: 526
    Posted By Snooze2978

    Onebyone, that's good to know as I've looked high...

    Onebyone, that's good to know as I've looked high and low for Vodka made with potatoes thinking it's because of the starch. I used to add Vodka to my starch mixture but didn't see much difference...
    Forum: QuiltingBoard Challenges & Contests
    03-26-2026, 09:56 AM
    Replies: 141
    Views: 19,640
    Posted By Snooze2978

    2nd Quilt for March Finished

    Well, after a lot of issues with my robotic motor wheels but only because I decided to mess with them, then the threads kept breaking, I finally got this quilt done and in time to give to our local...
    Forum: Main
    03-26-2026, 09:46 AM
    Replies: 9
    Views: 526
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I starch all my fabrics before I cut into them. ...

    I starch all my fabrics before I cut into them. I use a dishpan using Sta-Flo liquid starch and water. I soak each piece starting with the lightest fabric that might not bleed and end with those I...
    Forum: QB Help Center
    03-26-2026, 04:57 AM
    Replies: 6
    Views: 298
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I don't know if you can send them from your cell...

    I don't know if you can send them from your cell phone but what I do is send them to my gmail from my phone and then open the email on my computer so I can tweak them if necessary plus resize them to...
    Forum: Main
    03-26-2026, 04:53 AM
    Replies: 3
    Views: 579
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I didn't realize it until I had put the sashings...

    I didn't realize it until I had put the sashings and border on that I switched the 2 left ones around but I'm not about to rip it all out just to get them switched. It's my bed quilt and I can live...
    Forum: Main
    03-25-2026, 04:49 AM
    Replies: 3
    Views: 579
    Posted By Snooze2978

    French Braid next on the frame

    Just about done with my Rick Rack quilt for the quilt auction coming up early next month. Had a week of no quilting due to fiddling with the motor wheels on the robotics and screwing it up royally. ...
    Forum: Main
    03-20-2026, 04:35 AM
    Replies: 17
    Views: 1,445
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I searched all over the web for quilting needles...

    I searched all over the web for quilting needles as I was breaking a lot of them all of a sudden. But found them on Ebay as I wanted a 100 Groz-Beckert 100/16. I bought 100 embroidery/regular...
    Forum: General Chit-Chat (non-quilting talk)
    03-20-2026, 04:29 AM
    Replies: 12
    Views: 1,001
    Posted By Snooze2978

    Sorry it happened to you. So far it hasn't...

    Sorry it happened to you. So far it hasn't happened to me. But if it ever does, that is just telling me that my quilt must be good enough for someone to say it's theirs. Still it's not right to...
    Forum: Main
    03-17-2026, 05:10 AM
    Replies: 10
    Views: 1,186
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I used to stay on the internet all morning long...

    I used to stay on the internet all morning long and never got much done as by noon time, I didn't want to get started on anything then, telling myself it's too late to start something. So I limit...
    Forum: Main
    03-13-2026, 05:27 AM
    Replies: 43
    Views: 6,197
    Posted By Snooze2978

    well, my quilt machine is down this week and may...

    well, my quilt machine is down this week and may be down for another week or more so at this rate, I probably won't get my March quilt done and it was supposed to head for the quilt auction next...
    Forum: Pictures
    03-13-2026, 05:26 AM
    Replies: 19
    Views: 1,601
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I think your binding is just fine and frames the...

    I think your binding is just fine and frames the quilt nicely. That looks like a lot of work but it came out great. Nice job using scraps too.
    Forum: Main
    03-12-2026, 04:48 AM
    Replies: 18
    Views: 1,659
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I find Elizabeth Hartman's pattern call for too...

    I find Elizabeth Hartman's pattern call for too much fabric, normally a fat quarter for each figure but I found a way to use up some of those extra pieces by adding them to the sides as an extra...
    Forum: Main
    03-11-2026, 04:41 AM
    Replies: 7
    Views: 1,154
    Posted By Snooze2978

    Funny I had never noticed that bulge you...

    Funny I had never noticed that bulge you mentioned so I went back to check one of my pillowcases and sure enough, there's a bit of a bulge. I tend to use the french seam method so no raw edges on...
    Forum: Pictures
    03-11-2026, 04:37 AM
    Replies: 4
    Views: 767
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I've been intrigued by this pattern but thought...

    I've been intrigued by this pattern but thought you would waste a lot of fabric doing it so never have made one. I like the fact that you made circular as well as square blocks but as you said this...
    Forum: Main
    03-09-2026, 04:45 AM
    Replies: 14
    Views: 1,217
    Posted By Snooze2978

    One thing you should consider depending on how...

    One thing you should consider depending on how old the granddaught is, would she try to remove the eye and put it into her mouth as she might choke on it. Either embroidering it or using those pigma...
    Forum: Main
    03-09-2026, 04:43 AM
    Replies: 6
    Views: 613
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I can tell you for embroidery machines, it's...

    I can tell you for embroidery machines, it's usually 40wt on top and 60wt in the bobbin but I've used both 40wt top and bottom also and never saw an issue with tension. I've also used the 60wt in...
    Forum: Main
    03-05-2026, 05:47 AM
    Replies: 15
    Views: 1,603
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I have found reasonable priced backings at...

    I have found reasonable priced backings at Quilted Twins, Marshalls Fabrics, both online and I think their backings are great. My machine loves them and you can't beat the prices especially if you...
    Forum: Main
    03-04-2026, 05:37 AM
    Replies: 6
    Views: 993
    Posted By Snooze2978

    To make it into a placemat, just add some fabrics...

    To make it into a placemat, just add some fabrics that would go with it as sashings and/or borders to make it the size you need, use matching binding as whatever fabric you used.
    Forum: Main
    03-04-2026, 05:35 AM
    Replies: 8
    Views: 861
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I also don't wash my fabrics beforehand, none of...

    I also don't wash my fabrics beforehand, none of them but I do dunk them in a tub of starch, wring them thru a home-made wringer to save my hands and hang to dry. Then mist them with vinegar and...
    Forum: Main
    03-03-2026, 05:37 AM
    Replies: 20
    Views: 1,715
    Posted By Snooze2978

    I tend to add borders even if it doesn't call for...

    I tend to add borders even if it doesn't call for them. Since you don't have enough of just one fabric, how about strip piecing what you have, then cut them down to what ever width border you want? ...
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