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11-30-2016, 04:19 PM
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Beginner Project Suggestions
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I agree with Tartan -- Warm Wishes is a great way...
I agree with Tartan -- Warm Wishes is a great way to start.
My sister just took up quilting. She had done no sewing at all since a bad high school experience. She went on a retreat with me. ...
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07-23-2016, 02:26 PM
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Boston and New England Quilt Shops
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Cotton Weeds on Rte 1 just a mile or so south of...
Cotton Weeds on Rte 1 just a mile or so south of Freeport is an excellent shop.
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05-11-2016, 04:06 PM
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Help.. Sit down quilting machine, front or side quilting?
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I think that it is a matter of where you will...
I think that it is a matter of where you will place the machine and where you have room for extra tables.
When the machine is oriented facing you, the quilt is to your left and right.
When the...
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10-14-2015, 03:34 PM
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Beautiful Fall Quilt
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Thanks. i just ordered the pattern. I have been...
Thanks. i just ordered the pattern. I have been collecting fall batiks and this looks perfect for a fall quilt.
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10-05-2015, 05:41 PM
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Tracey's Tables
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They are a Mom and Pop organization. Tracey is...
They are a Mom and Pop organization. Tracey is the wife and she also has another job. Mike is on the road a lot doing deliveries. If you really need to talk to them call at various times and days....
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02-28-2015, 12:56 PM
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Ever trace a pantograph for use on DSM or mid-arm sit down?
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I trace paper pantographs onto Golden Threads...
I trace paper pantographs onto Golden Threads paper. I then needle punch the paper with a size 18 needle to create a stencil. I pin the paper to the quilt and pounce on the design one row at a...
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11-21-2014, 03:54 PM
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Do you take a hiatus from sewing at holiday time?
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My sewing room is also my guest room. My 90 yr...
My sewing room is also my guest room. My 90 yr old mother with dementia will be here overnight for Thanksgiving and Christmas. So I am racing to finish quilting my first king-sized quilt before I...
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11-12-2014, 04:53 AM
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I feel so frustrated...
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I had the thread shredding during FMQ problem a...
I had the thread shredding during FMQ problem a few months ago on my Janome 7700. IT was very frustrating.
I tried moving to larger topstitch needles, lowering top tension, and slowing down. ...
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11-05-2014, 04:07 PM
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Irons. Reliable Digital Velocity or Braun?
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I loved my Reliable Velocity for 15 months and...
I loved my Reliable Velocity for 15 months and then it failed. It was off with steam off but plugged in while I went to the kitchen to eat lunch. Upon returning it had pumped put all the water. ...
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08-24-2014, 12:35 PM
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First time using wool batting. Tips?
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I too am using wool batting for the first time,...
I too am using wool batting for the first time, Quilters Dream Wool. Here's what I've learned so far:
1. I can baste using 505 spray just as I do for cotton
2. Quilting by machine seems to be...
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08-11-2014, 02:20 PM
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Largest Quilt you have Quilted?
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I used my Janome 7700 to do all over feathers on...
I used my Janome 7700 to do all over feathers on a queen sized quilt. It was all a matter of weight management -- my Sew Ezi was pushed up against the dining room table and I put a folding table on...
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05-11-2014, 03:11 PM
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Do you wash your quilts in hot water
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Almost all of my quilts are charity baby quilts. ...
Almost all of my quilts are charity baby quilts. I want to be sure the teen mothers can treat them as roughly as needed to remove stains. I prewash all fabrics in hot and then wash the finished...
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04-16-2014, 03:04 PM
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I need the help of my quilting sisters in New Jersey and Pennsylvania
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Smilespinners in Marysville is not far from...
Smilespinners in Marysville is not far from Hershey. They have a broad and large selection and the friendliest most helpful service anywhere. I visit them whenever I am in the area.
If you go...
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03-25-2014, 04:36 AM
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Free motion quilting on Front or Back
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I almost always quilt from the back. I use...
I almost always quilt from the back. I use golden threads paper with a needle punched edge to edge design as a stencil and pounce it onto the quilt. It is easier to find a chalk color that shows on...
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02-22-2014, 03:54 PM
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blue pounce is not washing out - ugh!!
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Don't panic yet. This happened to me also. Do...
Don't panic yet. This happened to me also. Do an oxyclean soak and then wash again. Or put a little shout on the places it didn't come out and then wash again.
What I do now is brush as much...
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02-19-2014, 04:27 PM
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Placemats for Round Table?
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I used your proposed method and it worked well. ...
I used your proposed method and it worked well. This link is for a pattern that uses a ver simple freezer paper method of "birthing" the placemats. I have made nmerous placemats using this method...
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12-29-2013, 02:35 PM
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Charity Quilts
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I have become addicted to charity baby quilts. I...
I have become addicted to charity baby quilts. I have a practical bent and can only make quilts that someone wants or needs.
When I was trying to learn FMQ I read that charity quilts were a...
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12-20-2013, 03:47 PM
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Free motion quilting - thread is fraying
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I have had thread fraying issues when my upper...
I have had thread fraying issues when my upper tension was not high enough.
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12-19-2013, 04:37 PM
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Janome Horizon 7700 or 8200? Do you have one?
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I bought a 7700 18 months ago and I love it. I...
I bought a 7700 18 months ago and I love it. I had done no FMQ at all before that. Since then I have done numerous placemats and over 45 quilts. Most of those were baby-sized charity quilts, but...
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12-06-2013, 03:56 PM
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Have you used Golden Threads Quilting Paper?
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I love golden threads paper. I buy pantographs...
I love golden threads paper. I buy pantographs meant for longarmers. I trace a section of the pantograph onto golden threads paper. Next I needle punch the paper with a large jeans needle and no...
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09-11-2013, 04:01 PM
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Quilting from the back
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I mostly quilt from the back. I like to use edge...
I mostly quilt from the back. I like to use edge to edge designs. I get paper pantographs, trace a section onto golden threads paper, needle punch the design, and then use that as a stencil. I...
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09-08-2013, 04:24 PM
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California Dreaming
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California Dreaming
We are going on a two week wine vacation to California with my brother and sister-in-law. They know all the wineries from living there and have made all the arrangements. Quilt shops are definitely...
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08-21-2013, 04:05 PM
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New favorite quilting tool
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My back is much better after a few days of DH...
My back is much better after a few days of DH insisting that I can't make the bed, do dishes, or anything else resembling work.
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08-18-2013, 01:37 PM
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New favorite quilting tool
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Furball
New favorite quilting tool
I spray basted my first real quilt (queen sized) today. Based on doing baby quilts I thought this would be easy peasy if I could gang up tables big enough to get half of it on. Was I ever wrong.
...
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06-28-2013, 02:12 PM
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So very frustrated with free motion quilting
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Furball
The first time I tried a cone on my 7700 it...
The first time I tried a cone on my 7700 it failed miserably. I wrapped the thread around the top of the cone thread guide an extra time and all was good.
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