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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Recommended Stores Listings
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 1993 16:50:24 -0500


Gentle Readers,

This news group has a listing of quilt supplies stores and fabric stores,
recommended by ourselves, located all over the USA and around the world.
Attached is a list of which regions (countries, states, or parts of states)
contain recommendations, and which towns or cities within each region contain
recommended stores.

If you would like to get a listing, please email me requesting the *region*
you want from the list below (e.g., Oregon or Sweden).  I will email you the
listings for that region.

If you would like to recommend a store, please email me as much of the fol-
lowing information as you can:

Store Name:
Specialty:
Address:
Phone Number:
Hours:
Comments:

Please feel free to send updated information or additional comments on stores
already in the listings.  PLEASE DO NOT TELL ME ABOUT ALL THE STORES IN YOUR
AREA!  This is NOT supposed to replace the local Yellow Pages.  This is for
stores that you feel are extra-special, that you would take a visitor to if
she had time to go to only one or two shops during her stay.

Please email requests, information, or questions to [e-mail].
Please put your email address in the body or signature of your request, as
your mail router, my mail router, and the network may mangle the Reply To
email address into garbage.

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244   ------------------------------+
|   "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then there will be   |
|   peace."                                     -- Anon.                      |
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Changes from last notice:
  add 3 mail order, 1 PA, 1 D.C., 1 VA.

        REGION                  TOWNS/CITIES THEREIN

Arizona:                Flagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott, Tempe

Austria:                Marburg, Vienna

California (Northern):  Albany, Berkeley, Clovis, Cupertino, Davis, Hayward,
                        Lafayette, Mountain View, Oakland, Petaluma, Pleasan-
                        ton, San Carlos, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, Watson-
                        ville, Woodland

California (Southern):  Anaheim, Cerritos, Costa Mesa, Gardena, Manhattan
                        Beach, Poway, Redondo Beach, Sta. Clarita, Sta.
                        Monica, Torrance, Woodland Hills

Canada:                 Montreal, Victoria

Colorado:               Boulder, Denver

Connecticut:            Middlebury, Monroe

Delaware:               Hockessin

England:                London, York

Florida:                College Park, Orlando, Winter Park

Georgia:                Atlanta, Marietta, Scottdale, Stone Mountain, Tucker

Illinois:               Arlington Heights, Barrington, Effingham, Elmhurst,
                        Evanston, Lake Bluff, Morton Grove, Naperville,
                        Springfield

Indiana:                Anderson, Carmel, Crawfordsville, Indianapolis,
                        Lafayette, Liberty, Monticello, Shipshewana, Wabash

Iowa:                   Kalona, Traer

Kansas:                 Overbrook

Louisiana:              New Orleans

Mail Order:             (13 companies)

Maryland:               Annapolis, Catonsville, Ellicott City, Frederick,
                        Rockville

Massachusetts:          Acton, Boston, Brighton, Cambridge, Chelmsford,
                        Framingham, Lowell, South Hadley, Tyngsboro, Westford,
                        Woburn

Michigan:               Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Grayling

Minnesota:              Champlin, Eagan, Genola, Minneapolis, St. Paul,
                        Wayzata

Missouri:               St. Charles

New Hampshire:          Centre Harbor, Clairmont, Derry, Nashua, Seabrook

New Jersey:             Fairhaven

New York (Except NYC):  Farmingdale, Liverpool, Mahopac, Mt. Kisco, Somers

New York City:          3rd Ave near E77th, W 57th, Amsterdam near W 81st

North Carolina:         Winston-Salem

Ohio:                   Berlin, Charm, Columbus, Dublin, Upper Arlinton,
                        Westerville

Oregon:                 Beaverton, Corvallis, Eugene, Jacksonville, Portland

Pennsylvania:           Bridgeville, Chalfont, Columbia Cross Roads, Denver,
                        Intercourse, Philadelphia, Scottdale

Spain:                  Barcelona, Madrid

Sweden:                 Stockholm

Texas:                  Austin, Colleyville, Dallas/Richardson, Houston

Virginia:               Alexandria, Dayton, Fairfax, Williamsburg

Washington, D.C.:       Alexandria, Fairfax, VA; Rockville, MD

Washington (state):     Camas, Puyallup, Seattle, Washougal

Wisconsin:              Madison, Salem
=================
end of listings
=================

Reply-To: PacBell.COM!csufresno.edu!beverly_karau (Beverly Karau)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!csufresno.edu!beverly_karau (Beverly Karau)
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Re: challenge quilts
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 12:25:33 -0400

Lisa:

     My Intermountain Quilters (IQ) group organizes a challenge every
year and so far it's worked pretty well.  We have a committee pick out
five different fabrics and buy enough to make up packets for everyone
who is interested.  Each packet contains 2/3 of a yard of each
fabric, along with instructions.  We divide the total fabric bill by
the number of packets and charge each participant accordingly.  Our
rules are that the piece must be no smaller than 24" square and no
larger than 48" square.  The participant must use at least three of
the five fabrics and may add his/her own fabric--75% of the piece must
be of the challenge fabric.  We tried to insist that all the challenge
pieces be quilted by the deadline, but that didn't quite work for us.
We get pieces in every stage of completion.  I personally like to have
a firm deadline so I'll be sure and get the thing DONE.  I think the
challenge for our group is simply to be forced to use fabrics that you
wouldn't necessarily pick for yourself and to design something
accordingly.  We've had some absolutely gorgeous wallhangings come out
of these challenges.

     Hope this helps.  If I haven't answered everything, let me know.

P.S.  We give our challengers about 9 months to complete their project
and have a big Christmas party to show off our pieces.  FUN!

[e-mail]
>
> My guild is looking into doing a challenge quilt and we need some help.
> It is a fairly new guild and we have never done a challenge quilt so
> could those of you that have participated in such a contest send me
> the specifics.
>
> Thanks!
>
>                       ---lisa
>
>
>
>



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!mcs.capital.edu!ppost (Phyllis Post)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!mcs.capital.edu!ppost (Phyllis Post)
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Challenges
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 14:11:09 -0400

Lisa (and everyone),

        Our group in Columbus, OH (Quintessential Quilters) has been
doing a challenge every year for at least 6 years.  The challenge has
been different from year to year and has produced some neat results!
Generally, we go for wall hanging-sized pieces or wearables.  One year
we were each given a packet of 6 shades of hand-dyed grey fabrics and
told we could add up to 3 more fabrics.  A couple of times we were
given several pretty far out fabrics to stretch us into using colors we
ordinarily might shy away from.  Two yearss ago we had to do something
with a striped fabric.  Last year's was fun and really different.  It was
called "fruit and fiber".  The rules were that at least one fabric had
to depict a fruit and that at least 3 different _natural_ fibers be
used (exclusive of thread).  I used cotton, silk and wool.

        Our group recently had a long discussion about challenges and
timetables.  Be sure you give everyone plenty of time.  Sometimes it can
take a couple of months just to come up with the right idea.  Don't
schedule the due date for busy times of year like September or December.
And let the group decide whether it has to be quilted and bound or not.
For our fruit and fiber challenge we only had to have the tops done-- and
that was important since design was really the key to this challenge.

        I hope you have fun with your chanllenge.  I look forward to ours
and I've learned alot about what I can do!

                                        Phyllis.


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: name contest
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 1993 21:14:28 -0400

Gentle Readers,

The well has gone dry, so we're on phase two of choosing a name for ourselves.
Below is a list of all the names suggested for us.  Please pick out the five
that you like best, and list them numbered from 1 (you like it best of the 5)
to 5 (you like it least of the 5).  Then email your list to me before the
end of April, okay?  I will do the highly complex math (;o)) and announce the
winner then.

If my instructions above are too vague, please see the example below the list.

The suggested names are:

        Batt
        Compu-Net Quilters
        Compuquilt
        Compuquilters
        e-quilters
        Electric Eclectic Quilters
        Electronic Quilt Forum
        Electronic Quilters Group
        Fabric Bits
        High IQ (Internet Quilters)
        International Quiltlisters
        Internet Quilt List
        InterQuilt
        Net-Patch Quilters
        NetQuilt
        Oh, Good! Interesting Mail!
        Piece Patch
        QUIC (Quilters Using Interconnected Computers)
        Quilt At Cornell
        Quilt Bits
        Quilting Bits
        Quilters Across the World
        Quilters' Network
        Quiltline
        Quiltlist
        Threads and Needles
        Threads and Patches

A few years ago I was in charge of my church choir's carolling group, and we
chose a bunch of carols this way.  This is an example of someone's vote for
Christmas carols.  The instructions above, I hope, will produce similar votes
for the names above.

Example:

vote:
5       Cherry Tree Carol
1       O Come All Ye Faithful
2       Silent Night
4       The Holly and the Ivy
3       We Three Kings

If you have any questions, please email me!

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244
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|   "Age and treachery will always conquer youth and skill."  - Anon.        |
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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Two questions
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 14:45:13 -0400

Hi all,
  I have two questions that I hope someone on the list can answer.  The
first concerns a piece of historical trivia I heard yesterday.  It was
reported that sometimes certain types of quilts were displayed in homes
that were safe-houses for run-away slaves on the underground railroad.
Does anyone know anything about this?
  Second, my mother is looking for replacements for some very old sewing
tools that have been lost or destroyed by Houston humidity.  The first
is a long needle.  She says it is about 10 inches long and slightly
bigger around than a tooth pick.  She uses it to gather long seams.  The
other was lost years ago.  It is a special pair of scissors used to cut
button holes.  She told me they had a dial on the handle to alter the
size of the button hole they would cut.  The blades had a gap so you
could cut the button hole without cutting the edge of the fabric.  If
anyone knows where I might find either of these, let me know.  I'd love
to surprise her with them.
   Betsy
--
Brian Perry
[e-mail]
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
School of Management
[phone]


Reply-To: MaryShepherd <PacBell.COM!mcc.com!mary>
From: MaryShepherd <boo!PacBell.COM!mcc.com!mary>
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Two questions
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 16:15:08 -0400

Betsy,

The buttonhole scissors are available through the Clotilde catalog.
They appear on page 26 of the Spring '93 catalog and cost $26.40 each.

Mary
[e-mail]


Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Re: Two questions
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1993 17:04:55 -0400

        Reply to:   RE>Two questions
Betsy,
It's my understanding that a log cabin quilt displayed with the center square
made of black fabric indicated a station for the Underground Railroad.  Bless
those brave quilters!!!!!

--------------------------------------
Date: 4/8/93 12:24 PM
To: Gail Jahn
From: bperry
Hi all,
  I have two questions that I hope someone on the list can answer.  The
first concerns a piece of historical trivia I heard yesterday.  It was
reported that sometimes certain types of quilts were displayed in homes
that were safe-houses for run-away slaves on the underground railroad.
Does anyone know anything about this?
  Second, my mother is looking for replacements for some very old sewing
tools that have been lost or destroyed by Houston humidity.  The first
is a long needle.  She says it is about 10 inches long and slightly
bigger around than a tooth pick.  She uses it to gather long seams.  The
other was lost years ago.  It is a special pair of scissors used to cut
button holes.  She told me they had a dial on the handle to alter the
size of the button hole they would cut.  The blades had a gap so you
could cut the button hole without cutting the edge of the fabric.  If
anyone knows where I might find either of these, let me know.  I'd love
to surprise her with them.
   Betsy
--
Brian Perry
[e-mail]
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
School of Management
[phone]


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Reply-To: Curt Danielson <PacBell.COM!cie.uoregon.edu!cdan>
From: Curt Danielson <boo!PacBell.COM!cie.uoregon.edu!cdan>
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Re: Two questions
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 00:23:11 -0400

Betsy, I have a needle like you describe.  Mine is 8 inches long, about
the size of a toothpick.  I bought it a store that specializes in
upholstery and drapery fabrics, findings, etc.  It is used to tuft
cushions.  I also have two needles that are about 6 inches long and
smaller in diameter.  These I found with doll and soft sculpture supplies.
 I can't remember if I bought them in a store or through a catalog.  I
know I've seen them in doll and toy catalogs.  If you can't find a needle,
let me know and I will gladly make a trip to Econosales (the upholstery
store) as it is one of my very favorite places.
Sharon Danielson




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!Corp.Sun.COM!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!Corp.Sun.COM!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Re: QUILT digest 275
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 12:12:41 -0400



>could cut the button hole without cutting the edge of the fabric.  If
>anyone knows where I might find either of these, let me know.

I'm pretty sure that the latest Clothilde catalog has the buttonhole
scissors, and it probably has a long needle like you described, too.
Call 800-761-8655 to get a free catalog.

--marina


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Baseball stitching
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 13:52:04 -0400


Thanks to everyone who reminded me that baseball stitching is a type of
insertion stitch, or fagoting stitch.  With that info, I was able to
find some references.

Therese de Dilmont's _Encyclopedia of Needlework_ calls baseball stitching
the "antique seam", which I find kinda charming.
  /       /      (fabric)
-/-------/-------------------------------
/   \   /   \    (space in the middle)
-----\-------\---------------------------
      \       \  (fabric)

McCall's _Golden Hands Encyclopedia of Needlework_ shows the feather type
of baseball stitch as the "cretan stitch" insertion or fagoting stitch.
 / /   (fabric)
/-/-------------------------------
\/\    (space in the middle)
-\-\---------------------------
  \ \  (fabric)
like the feather stitch in embroidery where you loop behind the previous
stitch to start the next one.

McCall's GHEoN calls the half-feather type of baseball stitch the
"half-cretan stitch",
 /    /   (fabric)
/----/-------------------------------
\   /\    (space in the middle)
-\----\---------------------------
  \    \  (fabric)
like the feather stitch in embroidery where you loop behind the previous
stitch to start the next one, but only on one side.

So can we deduce that plain old baseball stitching is the
"non-cretan stitch"?  :)

Happy Good Friday, ejp
--------
Elizabeth Poole                                      [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!it.bu.edu!botteron (Carol Botteron)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!it.bu.edu!botteron (Carol Botteron)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Boston area (Arlington) Quilt Show May 7-8
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 17:03:00 -0400


Lisa Vawter asked:

> I have fragmentary information on a quilt festival to be held in
> Arlington on 7-8 May at the 1st Parish Unitarian Church on Mass. Av.
> Does anyone know the contact number for this festival?  Can anyone
> give me more information about it?

Lisa's information is correct.  The church is the white modern-looking
one on Mass. Ave just north of Arlington Center, next to the library.
There will be a small charge for admission (I don't have the amount handy).

Schedule:
May 6 (Thursday) - members' opening and reception
May 7 (Friday)  -  open to public 10 AM - 9 PM
May 8 (Saturday) - open to public 10 AM - 4 PM

Past shows have had a large number and wide variety of quilts, from
classic to very modern.

A quilt will be raffled off at 3:45 PM Saturday.  It's a queen size
quilt named "Radiant Nine Patch" and is made in blues, greens, and
red/pink, with rich jewel tones at two opposite corners and pastels in
the middle.  (I have a photo of it.)
   Tickets are 3 for $1 or 50 cents each.  I have tickets available;
if you're interested please send email.

Carol Botteron    [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!lunch.wpd.sgi.com!close (Diane Barlow Close)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!lunch.wpd.sgi.com!close (Diane Barlow Close)
To: Multiple recipients of list <CORNELL.EDU!quilt>
Subject: Who publishes _Family Keepsake Quilts_?
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 17:36:40 -0400

Who publishes _Family Keepsake Quilts_ by Vivian Ritter?  If you know
please e-mail me.  (I went to look it up at my local quilting place
and their copy was gone.)
--
Diane Barlow Close
        [e-mail]
        I'm at lunch today.  :-)




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!lunch.wpd.sgi.com!close (Diane Barlow Close)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!lunch.wpd.sgi.com!close (Diane Barlow Close)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Family Keepsake Quilting -- got a response already!
Date: Fri, 9 Apr 1993 17:50:21 -0400

Re:  Who publishes _Family Keepsake Quilting_

I got a response already.  The answer is Leman Publications, for
anyone else who wonders too.  Too bad I can't "cancel" old mail
messages, but I can save others some work!  Thanks Lisa!

--
Diane Barlow Close
        [e-mail]
        I'm at lunch today.  :-)




From: <boo!PacBell.COM!cornell.edu!quilt>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Folk Art magazine
Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 1993 02:19:10 -0400

Folk Art magazine's current issue is devoted to quilts. It has an
article on the upcoming Great American Quilt Festival too. There's an
excellent article on the history behind a Balt. Album Quilt. Quite a
bit of work went into researching the quilters - from a book on two
of the quilter's town history to looking up gravestone inscriptions.
Wow !

Cathy Fabiszak
[e-mail]



From: <boo!PacBell.COM!cornell.edu!quilt>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:
Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 1993 12:01:20 -0400

Subject: A slightly different request
I have a request for information I hope to get from either
a) a well-read quilter, or b) a kind Southern quilter.
I started to re-write a story I wrote in a fiction class, and I found
I needed some real facts instead of the ones I made up.
Now, what I'd like to know is if there is a quilt or fiber arts
museum within say one hour's  drive of the coast in either
North Carolina, South Caolina, or Georgia.
I am hoping someone can point me at an available directory so
I can do my own work, but I wouldn't mind if someone came up
with some info such a place.
Thanks in advance!



From: <boo!PacBell.COM!cornell.edu!quilt>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:
Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 1993 12:36:35 -0400

One place to check, if there is not a quilt museum in the
area, is the public library.  The reference desk is an
amazing source of information.  In most cities, the major
public library (i.e. downtown San Jose, NY on 42nd Street,
the Boston Public Library, downtown Seattle, etc.) is
fantastic!

Pam


From: <boo!PacBell.COM!cornell.edu!quilt>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re:  Folk Art magazine
Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 1993 15:26:53 -0400

> Folk Art magazine's current issue is devoted to quilts.

I would like to find out more about this magazine.  Can anyone tell me
the name of the publisher, an 800 number if possible, and something more
about the magazine, including how good you think it is?

Thanks,

Jill
([e-mail])


From: <boo!PacBell.COM!cornell.edu!quilt>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Two questions
Date:   Tue, 13 Apr 1993 09:19:41 -0400

Betsy,
        While I do not know any of the historical facts behind quilts used
in safe houses, I do know that slaves used songs, stories, and probably
quilts to convey information.  Especially information about the
underground railroad.  As one who works with children I know of a
wonderful book that describes the making of a quilt that contained a map
to freedom via the underground railroad.  The book is called 'Sweet Clara
and the Freedom Quilt'.  I have not read it for a while, but it might
contain the answers you are looking for.

                        Colleen
                <  [e-mail]  >

p.s.  I sent this to the list in case others are interested in quilt
stories.  I do know of some other ones, just e-mail me if interested.



Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!MS.LAAFB.AF.MIL!RubS>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!MS.LAAFB.AF.MIL!RubS>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Using laser printer to print on fabric
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 12:39:33 -0400



Does anyone know of the long term effects of the ink in laser printers on
fabric?  My friend Susan is using her laser printer to print the grid for
half square triangles directly onto her fabric for sewing.    She tapes the
fabric to paper and feeds it through.  She drew the grid with sewing and
cutting lines using AutoCad.  She says it is so much faster than having to
draw all the lines herself.  But she was wondering about whether the toner
or ink would affect the fabric after a while.  Does anyone have any
experience with this?  Please respond to me directly or to the quiltlist if
you think more might be interested.  Thanks for your help!

Sharon Rub
[e-mail] OR [e-mail]



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Folk Art magazine
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1993 13:35:38 -0400


> Folk Art magazine's current issue is devoted to quilts.

*I would like to find out more about this magazine.  Can anyone tell me
*the name of the publisher, an 800 number if possible, and something more
*about the magazine, including how good you think it is?
*
*Thanks,
*
*Jill
*([e-mail])

My copy is at home, so I'm going to wing it. I believe this is a
publication of the Museum of Folk Art (or Museum of American Folk Art?)
in New York City. To subscribe, you become a member of the museum
and get the magazine as one of the benefits. It might be about $35
a year for membership, but I'll have to check. I purchased this one
issue on the newstand because it focuses on quilts, but most of the
issues don't. I bought my issue at Printers Inc in downtown Mountain
View (CA), check out some of the better newstands in your area and chances
are they will have it. I'll post membership info tomorrow if there is
interest. (and I'm pretty sure you can buy just this one issue by mail,
too, which is probably what most quilters will prefer to do. :-)

--marina


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: My 15 minutes of fame, serger guide
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 12:26:14 -0400

My new issue of Sewnews arrived last night and Judy's
dress/coat ensemble is gorgeous! The other clothes
pictured are also beautiful. And this issue gives full
details of the new serger shopping guides they have
updated this year, in case you are in the market for one.

There are actually two documents, the "Serger Update:
What to Buy and Why--A Generic Guide to Buying or Upgrading"
and the "1993 Serger Comparison Guide". To get them both,
send $5 (US funds) and a business-sized, self addressed
envelope with 58 cents postage to: PJS Publications,
Sew News Serger Package, Box 1790, Peoria IL 61656

(The new sewing machine guide will be coming out in July.)

--marina


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Folk Art Magazine
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 12:37:35 -0400

You can order a single issue of Folk Art magazine
(the quilt issue is Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 1993)
for $5 from The Museum of American Folk Art, 61 West 62nd Street,
New York, NY 10023-7015.

You can join the Museum (and receive an annual subscription
to the magazine, plus other membership privileges) for $35
a year ($25 students/seniors). Send to: Museum of American
Folk Art, Membership Office, same address as above.

--marina


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!hal.hahnemann.edu!donovan
From: boo!PacBell.COM!hal.hahnemann.edu!donovan
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: jasmine jacket
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 14:57:28 -0400

>

> I know there was some discussion in the past about this, but I don't know
> when.  I am interested in comments on the following patterns (both listed
> in International Fabric Collection:
>       Jasmine Jacket
>       Nichiki Shortcoat
> Thanks.
>
Mary,

It was I who had posted some advice about the Jasmine.  It falls into
the category of "quilter's pattern" and should be approached with caution.

I have made a muslin of this pattern and it was ill-fitting and bunchy
looking on me (I'm a size 7).  I figured that if it looked bunchy in
plain muslin it would look like I got lost in a laundry bag if I did it
in quilted fabric and batting, so I abandoned the project.

I have seen people wearing this jacket, people of all body types, and it
DOES look attractive.  The trick with it is to make a muslin and get it
to fit YOU the way you like it, then use the muslin as the foundation for
the patchwork.  The key to getting this jacket to hang right is getting
the shoulder seams to line up with YOUR shoulders--so that they don't hang
in front of or in back of your real shoulders--AND to make sure the length
of the jacket hits your body in the most flattering place.  For some folks
that point is the waist, for others it's below the hips.

Basically what I'm saying is, if you are willing to take a little time
to make a muslin and possibly a few adjustments, you will have a jacket
that will be very nice.  The alterations I've described are not hard
to do, but if you are terrified of changing patterns perhaps you ought to
look for a similar shaped jacket in a commercial pattern and do the
same technique (patchwork squares) on that.

The second pattern you mentioned I've only seen pictures of, but I can
tell by the shape that it will PROBABLY look fine on most people.  It's
based on a japanese hippari jacket design, which is a good ethnic
shape for most folks, male and female.

Fashion Blueprints makes a similar pattern called Tsumugi Hippari and
I've personally made dozens of them for men and women and they are
VERY flattering and easy to make.  I posted the address for Fashion
Blueprints in my original note about GOOD PATTERNS.  If you need it again,
I'll dig it up in my files!

Judy Donovan
[e-mail]


Reply-To: Linn Compton <PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
From: Linn Compton <boo!PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: charm squares and other
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 15:25:23 -0400

For the benefit of us neophytes, could someone please describe what a
charm square is?

And on another subject...Last week my company had a big division
meeting at a hotel in downtown Seattle. While waiting for the meeting
to start, I was sightseeing in some of the other buildings in the
vicinity. Several of the big office buildings in downtown Seattle are
connected by an underground shopping plaza. I went through a tunnel and
came up in (I think) the Two Union Square building. I went up a long
escalator and found myself in the entrance lobby. Right at the top of
the escalator was an absolutely beautiful log cabin quilt displayed
against deep mahogany paneling. The dark halves of the blocks were done
in a combination of rich maroon/red Persian-looking fabrics, and the
light halves were done in light beige prints. The border used one of
the maroon prints. The whole thing was just breathtaking, especially
displayed as it was so that it was gradually revealed as you came up
the escalator.

It turns out that this was an art exhibit of "Folk Art," and this same
lobby also displayed another quilt (small), a gorgeous woven silk
shawl, a Samurai-style vest made of handmade paper, and a huge
cross-stitch as well as a couple of intricate wood carvings. What a
great way to while away some time! I was so inspired by this quilt that
I decided that my next project will be a log cabin. (That is, AFTER I
finish my beginning weaving class...!!)


Reply-To: Patricia Michelle Wilson <PacBell.COM!engin.umich.edu!triciaw>
From: Patricia Michelle Wilson <boo!PacBell.COM!engin.umich.edu!triciaw>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: charm exchange
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1993 17:20:19 -0400

Well, someone asked what a charm square was... it is a square used for a
charm quilt...a quilt that has every piece in it a different fabric. They
can be quite beautiful!

I joined this group after the last charm exhchange...what were the rules for
that one?? I would be interested in one myself...maybe even fool enough
to organize it.
:)
Tricia
[e-mail]


Reply-To: Sheri Bacon <PacBell.COM!psc.lsa.umich.edu!sherib>
From: Sheri Bacon <boo!PacBell.COM!psc.lsa.umich.edu!sherib>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Two questions
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 11:02:10 -0400

Hi!  Read your message about quilt stories.  I have just read one, it was
called Nell's Quilt (I found it in the Young Adult section of the
library).  Boy was it morbid!  It left a depressing feeling in the pit of
my stomach!  It was about this girl that was sort of forced into an
engagement with someone she didn't like (it was one of those things that
if you didn't do it your parents would _really_ be disappointed) so she
picked up her grandmother's scraps and started piecing a crazy quilt (which
she had always hated before).  This was to discipline herself to be a good
wife.  She also became anorexic (sp!) to discipline herself.

So after I've read this morbid story...do you know of any happy stories?
The book you mentioned sounds good!
Sheri :)

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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!kong.gsfc.nasa.gov!uehling (Dana Uehling - Code 522)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!kong.gsfc.nasa.gov!uehling (Dana Uehling - Code 522)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Finished Baby Quilt!!
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 11:01:26 -0400

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to share my excitement that I finished a quilt
for my baby and it isn't even born yet!!  It came out great!  It has 9
aplliqued animal blocks with solid red blocks separating them and a bright
blue border.  I found a Hoffman animal print for the backing and the binding.
Donna Martin helped me come up with the idea and made some of the animal
blocks for me.  THANKS DONNA!  I am due in less than 4 weeks and am starting
to dialate (though that doesn't always mean anything), so I am not sure
how much longer I'll be reading this group. :(  I've asked my sister (Corinne
Hardy) to post the announcement when the baby arrives.  She's not part of the
group, but I've given her the email address.  I'm taking 6 months off of
work, but I plan to return to the list when I return to work in November.
Thanks for all the great information and inspiration you all provide!

Dana
[e-mail]


Reply-To:       KEE_PAMELA_L/HP0000_84////////HPMEXT1/PAMELA#b#LAU#b#KEE#o#HP0000#o#84@
From:   KEE_PAMELA_L/HP0000_84////////HPMEXT1/PAMELA#b#LAU#b#KEE#o#HP0000#o#84@
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!cornell.edu!quilt>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Two questions
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 12:08:36 -0400

Did anyone read the article posted in the San Francisco
Chronicle yesterday about Land's End trying to promote
handquilting as a cottage industry in the United States?

I just skimmed it.  If there is interest, I can summarize
and post it.

Pam
([e-mail])


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ihlpf.att.com!dmd
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ihlpf.att.com!dmd
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Better late than never?
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 12:48:45 -0400

>WorldPiece?

THAT'S IT for me.

Debra
att!ihlpf!dmd


Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: WorldPiece
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 12:44:04 -0400

Subject:                                                      Time:9:37 AM
WorldPiece                                                    Date:4/15/93
Sorry Caroline, I want to change my vote too. I think this name is wonderful!!!
It really does embody the spirit of this group.

Gail




Reply-To: Michele F Ernst <PacBell.COM!VEGA.SELU.EDU!TMIS1899>
From: Michele F Ernst <boo!PacBell.COM!VEGA.SELU.EDU!TMIS1899>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Two questions
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 13:43:20 -0400

>Did anyone read the article posted in the San Francisco
>Chronicle yesterday about Land's End trying to promote
>handquilting as a cottage industry in the United States?
>
>I just skimmed it.  If there is interest, I can summarize
>and post it.
>
Pam,
I'm definitely interested.  I read that they were one of the
companies having quilts made overseas and selling them inexpensively.


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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!unlinfo.unl.edu!mlf (mary flaglelee)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!unlinfo.unl.edu!mlf (mary flaglelee)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: "handmade" quilts from overseas
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 14:18:28 -0400

>
> >Did anyone read the article posted in the San Francisco
> >Chronicle yesterday about Land's End trying to promote
> >handquilting as a cottage industry in the United States?
> >
> >I just skimmed it.  If there is interest, I can summarize
> >and post it.
> >
> Pam,
>        I'm definitely interested.  I read that they were one of the
> companies having quilts made overseas and selling them inexpensively.
>
>
> @=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=@
> Michele F. Ernst      [e-mail]  | Peace is seeing a sunrise or
> Computing Services                       | sunset and knowing whom to thank.
> @=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=@
>
>
>
Speaking of "handmade" quilts from overseas:
I was looking for a comforter with my couzin. We went to Target,
Kmart, etc. and I kept seeing these rather inexpensive, supposedly
"handmade" quilts.  I was furious!!!!!!!! I kept talking about the low
wages those people were probably being paid by the big US corporations
who were buying them up cause that's what everyone wants!!!  Then I
started thinking about poor us (us quilters) who spend sometimes
months on a beautiful piece of art only to be blown over by some cheap
store bought "handmade" quilt. I was burning!!!!!!!!

Then I began looking 8-| at them.  Every one I looked at was falling
apart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I
concluded that anyone gullible enough to buy one deserved the
worthless thing!!!!!!!!!  Then I went home and worked on my REAL
handmade quilt!!!!!!!!!!!11

Sorry.  Had to let go of some steam.

Mary Flagle-Lee
[e-mail]


Reply-To: Mary Folster <PacBell.COM!macc.wisc.edu!FOLSTER>
From: Mary Folster <boo!PacBell.COM!macc.wisc.edu!FOLSTER>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: name of list
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 14:29:34 -0400

>I still see nothing wrong with:
>  [e-mail]
>pronounced "quilt at cornell dot ee dee you".  :)


I think that I missed the point somewhere along the way.  Perhaps someone
can help clarify this issue for me.  Is the discussion about changing
the "quilt" part of the mail address to something else?  If so, see comment
(1) below.  Is the discussion about changing the entire address
"[e-mail]"?  If so, see comment (2).  Is the discussion about what
we call ourselves (this group) in the literature (ex: AQS articles, etc.)?

(1) Changing the listserv name:
Although some of the names (ex: WorldPiece, my personal favorite)
evoke a warm sense of who we are and what we do, it is imparctical
from the point of view of new subscribers.  When I was a new network
user, and as I help new users, I look at the List of all LISTERV lists
to determine list appropriate to my/their discipline/area of interest.
This list is often available alphabatized by listname.  The list
is searchable, and searching on the word "quilt" might turn
something up if it is the title field of one of the files.  However,
many new users do not know how to perform those searches and just
scan lists of LISTSERV list names.  Our listname "quilt" is just
about as descriptive as you can be.

(2) Changing the entire address "[e-mail]"
This is not a list name but and adress, right?  Even if we
changed the list name "quilt" to something else, the address
would remain the same, right?

(3) Naming it something else for discussion in print:
Problem here is that someone reading about the list in print would
have to read/know/remember the list name and address.  If the word
quilt is not in the list name or title, it would be hard to find in
the List of Lists.

PS:
The other "best name" for a list that I am on is "GARDENS" - bet you
can guess the nature of those discussions.
My "worst name" list name is CORRYFEE.  Bet you all guessed that
that is a list for Economists!!  I wonder how many economists have found this
list by scanning the list of lists?!?

As we move toward the Electronic Highway, we might want this list to be a
welcome respite along the way for those weary travellers who might want to
stop awhile and chat. If we don't have an intuitive and easily remembered
name, folks just might speed right by and miss us altogether.

Therefore, if we are looking at changing the list name part of the address,
I second the vote for keeping [e-mail].


Now, I will quietly step off my soapbox and get back to work.    :)


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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ux1.cts.eiu.edu!csjan (Jan B. Faires)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ux1.cts.eiu.edu!csjan (Jan B. Faires)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1993 14:40:12 -0400

We have to keep the [e-mail] address, because that's
where it IS, right?  So that's not open to change.  What if we
call ourselves "quilt.net?"  That's inclusive: Bitnet, Internet,
Volleyballnet, whatever.  And it says what we do.  And it's
short.

My $.02 worth!
Jan the Pieceful
--
Jan Faires, EIU, Charleston, IL 61920          [e-mail]

Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from
happening all at once.  Lately it doesn't seem to be working.


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Names
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 07:41:58 -0400

I agree with the name "Quiltnet". As far as changing the address of the
list, even it if were possible, my vote would be to leave well enough
alone. "[e-mail]" has been circulated all over creation as the
address for this group. Why change horses midstream?

---
[e-mail] (Judy Smith)
Access <=> Internet BBS, a public access internet site
Sytex Communications, Arlington VA, 1-703-358-9022
Internet Access for the rest of us...


Reply-To: Linn Compton <PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
From: Linn Compton <boo!PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: group name
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 11:41:29 -0400

>>group name,  I vote for WorldPiece Quilters.
>>
>>The first word says a lot about the group philosophy, and the 2nd identifies
>>our interest to those who would not otherwise know.

I've not said anything about this so far, but my discomfort level has
risen to the point where I think I have to express my opinion. I feel
really uncomfortable about all the names that are take-offs on the word
"peace." As far as I know, there is no official "group philosophy."
Having such a name implies to outsiders that the group takes some
philosophical or political stance, which I don't think is the case.

One of the really nice things about this maillist is that it is devoted
solely to quilting/needlework. I think someone who was scanning a list
and came across one of those names would think that there is some
agenda here other than quilting.

Please don't flame me; I am as much in favor of peace as the next
person. I suspect that in a group as large as this one, there are
people who represent all points of view on the issue of how to achieve
peace, from the strong left to the strong right. I feel that there's a
very subtle implication of a certain political philosophy in the
"piece" names. All I am saying is that I prefer to leave political
philosophy out of the name--the traffic on this group doesn't include
political discussions (thank goodness!). I strongly feel that the name
should reflect the fact that the content of the messages in this group
is quilting, period, and leave the political statements to other
groups.


Reply-To: "Carolyn Ybarra" <PacBell.COM!forsythe.stanford.edu!Carolyn.Ybarra>
From: "Carolyn Ybarra" <boo!PacBell.COM!forsythe.stanford.edu!Carolyn.Ybarra>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Lands' End
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 11:58:35 -0400

Pam Kee mentioned that Lands' End is supporting American quilters.
Some people wrote that they thought Lands' End bought cheap quilts
made abroad.  Both are true.

I'm a BIG Lands' End fan and was very disappointed when they, like
Spiegel and lots of Dept. stores started importing these cheaply
made (in both senses of the word) quilts.  Unlike the Smithsonian
and Spiegel (who also carry the Smithsonian cheap copies of
historical quilts that were liscensed abroad) - Lands' End responded
to customer complaints and tried harder to find american made
quilts.  They had tried before to find american sources.  They hired
three cooperatives (one was a group of American Indians, one in
Virginia, I think, and I forget the other, maybe some
African-American women if I recall correctly) to design and make
some special edition quilts.  They continue to carry the cheap
asian-made quilts, but also offer more expensive quilts made by
these cooperatives (which cooperatives participate has changed since
the first quilt).

For more on this, see some recent issues of QNM.  Also, Lands' End
has included info on this in their catalogues. There was an article
about a year ago about this in the San Jose Mercury News (in which
they incorrectly identified the traditional names of the quilts
pictured, but oh well).

I'm not sure I think Lands' End has done enough, but its a heck of a
lot more than anyone else has done.

I keep hoping this phase of cheap quilt distribution will pass, but
I think its going to surprise me and hold on like ninja turtles.

In the most recent QNM there was also a note on a woman who is
researching and collecting photos and descriptions of all the
imported quilts she can find, so that in future no one confuses them
with authentic antiques (frankly, given the poor quality, there's
little danger of that...)

-Carolyn Y

To:  [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.unify.com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.unify.com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: group name
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 12:26:43 -0400


From: Linn Compton <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 11:41:13 -0400
>>> ... I vote for WorldPiece Quilters....
>
> I've not said anything about this so far, but my discomfort level has risen
> to the point where I think I have to express my opinion. I feel really un-
> comfortable about all the names that are take-offs on the word "peace."...
> someone who was scanning a list and came across one of those names would
> think that there is some agenda here other than quilting.... I prefer to
> leave political philosophy out of the name ... the name should reflect the
> fact that the content of the messages in this group is quilting, period,
> and leave the political statements to other groups.

I would also like to point out that although the pun piece-peace is very
appealing in English, it doesn't exist at all in Dutch, German, or Russian.
This causes a name like "WorldPiece" to *claim* to be international but
*actually* imply that non-English-speakers are less than fully welcome.

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244
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Reply-To: Carol Castaldi <PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
From: Carol Castaldi <boo!PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: name
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 12:29:19 -0400


I'll second Linn Compton's very well stated position on _not_ having a
name for this group that implies another agenda besides quilting.
QuiltList says it all, I think, and nothing more and my vote remains with
that name or with something similarly concise and descriptive.

Carol Castaldi ([e-mail])


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!cup.portal.com!ctopp
From: boo!PacBell.COM!cup.portal.com!ctopp
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: name
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 13:16:41 -0400

I strongly agree with Linn Compton's view that political and
philosophical statements shouldn't be a part of our name. With
very few exceptions, everyone is "for world peace". With few
exceptions, everyone is "for motherhood", but that has no connection
with this group either. From the list discussions it looks like
a number of people are active in making charity quilts, often for
children, but that isn't a project that is organized by this list.

I have been in marketing and have had to come up with trademark
names for products. In my experience, it's almost impossible to do
by committee. I don't think we need to.

We already refer to ourselves as the "quilt maillist" when someone
posts a question on alt.sewing or rec.crafts.textiles. I think we
have been defined already. For those people who are not familiar
with Internet and the possibilities with E-mail, I refer to us as
the "electronic quilt maillist" If the answer or statement generates
any more interest, I give a 30 second explanation of Internet.

I don't see names that don't connect to what the group fundamentally is
as being helpful. In a store, you ask about a fabric someone mentioned.
The sales clerk asks where you heard about it. You say on "worldpiece"
(blank look) an electronic quilt maillist that I am a member of. The
only other name that could get the essence of the group across quickly
would be to call ourselves a guild. "International electronic quilter's
Guild" would serve the purpose, but I still think the response
to a inquiry on a news group would still be quilt mail list. I'm still
too intimidated to join a local guild.

In summary - let's keep our creativity at work in our quilting and
naming our quilts and keep our name as fuctional as our thimbles.

Carol       [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!xylogics.com!geiser
From: boo!PacBell.COM!xylogics.com!geiser
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Group Name
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 13:24:36 -0400

I, too, have remained quiet with respect to the discussions on the
name of this group.  I had been troubled by the name "WorldPiece", too
but was not able to put my finger on it.  Thanks to Linn Compton and
Carol Castaldi for helping me to pin down my feelings.

I think the name should be descriptive of what we are without further
explanation.  If I say "I belong to WorldPiece", I then have to add another
line or two to explain what that means.  If I say "I beling to the
Internet Quilt List" (which is what I've been calling it on my own),
that name is concise and conveys the main gist of the group - a group of
quilters who communicate electronically over the Internet.  I may have
to explain more fully what the Internet is to some of my non-computer literate
friends, but it the name has meaning in verbal and written form without
ambiguity.

Maryann Geiser
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: group name; homoyms
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 13:44:44 -0400


If the address of the list ever changes to [e-mail], then IBM will
have changed *much* more than the quilt list.  :)

Besides, you can all guess what I'd call it then, right?  Nothing says
the name 300 people pick today will last any longer than the one a
handful of people picked 3ish years ago ("quilt@<addr>"), especially if
there are 700 people next year.  These bits are *not* cast in concrete.  :)

I like keeping the "cornell.edu" in there because Cornell gives free
computer resource, and people at Cornell give free time, to keep the
thing going.  I like giving them credit, not to mention a round of
applause, and even think they *deserve* that credit.

And it's really not a problem to explain to the fabric clerks:
"I'm doing this for someone on quilt@cornell (.edu optional)."
"Huh?"
"For someone on the Internet quilt mailing list."
"Huh?"
"It's like the quilt lists on Compuserve and Prodigy, but it's free."
"Huh?"
"It's a bunch of computers linked together, where people can get mail and
news on their computer screen just like they get mail and news in their
mailboxes.  It's in computer files instead of paper, that's all."

None of this explanation is dodged by any other name, either, is it?  You
can say chatty things like the above if you want to talk about the
electronics, and you can say "I'm doing this for a quilt penpal in France"
if you want to skip the electronics.

--- begin bizarre personal opinion ---
I, too, want to express discomfort with WorldPiece.  I could never say
I was quilting for WorldPiece unless the results were going to be raffled
and the money sent to a relief fund.  If I did that, the name would
be splendid.  But I, personally, can't call my hobby something that laden
with other overtones.  WorldPiece is a good name for a worthy cause,
but most of what I do here is for personal pleasure, and I don't want to
sound like I'm doing something charitable when I'm not.
--- end bizarre personal opinion ---

On the other hand, it doesn't really matter what gets picked.  Whatever
it ends up being, I'll use somewhere in between the second and third
"Huh?"s, above.
--------
Elizabeth Poole                                      [e-mail]


Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!media.mit.edu!lad>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!media.mit.edu!lad>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: a question re: quilting! :-)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 16:01:50 -0400


re: mitering corners


how do I miter corners by hand?  I have a copy of Quilts,Q,Q, but the
directions there are for machine sewing.  Is there any trick to know
about for doing it by hand?  I feel confident enough to try to wing
it from the machine sewing directions, but if there is a trick I'd
love to know about it!

So far I have two borders on (well, okay, these borders are on a single
quilt BLOCK, not the whole darn quilt yet, I can't help but be ambitious
even though I am STILL on my first quilt!!!) opposite sides of the block,
and the Q3 directions say to sew on all borders, leaving the seam allowance
at the corners.  Each border strip is much longer than necessary to
give mitering room.

Any tips welcome!

fyi, in case you are interested, I'm mitering the border because it's a
stripe!  It will look SUPER, if I do say so myself.

-Lena

[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!mcc.com!patricia
From: boo!PacBell.COM!mcc.com!patricia
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: a question re: quilting! :-)
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 16:36:11 -0400

>  re: mitering corners
>
>
>  how do I miter corners by hand?  I have a copy of Quilts,Q,Q, but the
>  directions there are for machine sewing.  Is there any trick to know
>  about for doing it by hand?  I feel confident enough to try to wing
>  it from the machine sewing directions, but if there is a trick I'd
>  love to know about it!
>
>  So far I have two borders on (well, okay, these borders are on a single
>  quilt BLOCK, not the whole darn quilt yet, I can't help but be ambitious
>  even though I am STILL on my first quilt!!!) opposite sides of the block,
>  and the Q3 directions say to sew on all borders, leaving the seam allowance
>  at the corners.  Each border strip is much longer than necessary to
>  give mitering room.
>
>  Any tips welcome!
>
>  fyi, in case you are interested, I'm mitering the border because it's a
>  stripe!  It will look SUPER, if I do say so myself.
>
>  -Lena
>
>  [e-mail]


I'll try to explain this in words. I do much better in person and with
fabric.

Sew your borders on your quilt top. (Center the fabric repeat patterns
if you have designs in the border fabric.) Leave 1/4" seam allowance open
on vertical and horizontal edges of each side. In other words, sew right
up to the seam allowance, but do not sew all the way to the edge of
your fabric.

Lay the corner you are working on, on the ironing board FACE UP.
Fold under each corner so you can see that the stripes line up
properly. Pin to your ironing board cover if necessary. IRON a crease
in your folded fabrics.

Positioning it from the top like this will also allow you to lay your
fabric flat. And the stripes will meet properly.

Now, unpin, sew along the crease lines (right sides together of course).
Trim excess fabric away. Works for me everytime. Good luck.

Hope this helps.
-Patricia
[e-mail]



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: group name list repost
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 17:35:58 -0400

More names suggested --

suggestions new from last listing are marked with "+"

+(as a group we should remain nameless)
Batt
Compu-Net Quilters
Compuquilt
Compuquilters
e-quilters
Electric Eclectic Quilters
Electronic Quilt Forum
+electronic quilt maillist
Electronic Quilters Group
Fabric Bits
High IQ (Internet Quilters)
+International Electronic QuiltList
International Quiltlisters
+International QuiltNet
Internet Quilt List
+InterQuilt
Net-Patch Quilters
NetQuilt
Oh, Good! Interesting Mail!
Piece Patch
QUIC (Quilters Using Interconnected Computers)
Quilt At Cornell
Quilt Bits
+quilt maillist
+Quilt Penpals
+quilt.line
+quilt.list
+Quilt.net
+quilt.net
+quilt.network
+quilt@cornell (Quilt At Cornell)
[e-mail] (Quilt At Cornell Dot Ee Dee You)
+quilters
Quilters Across the World
Quilters' Network
Quilting Bits
Quiltline
Quiltlist
+QuiltNet
+Quiltnet
+quiltnet
Threads and Needles
Threads and Patches
WorldPiece
+Worldpiece
+WorldPiece Quilters
+Worldwide Computer Quilters
+Worldwide QuiltNet

No name will be dropped unless the person suggesting it asks that it be
dropped.
-----------------
4/15  list of names open to addition and discussion.
5/17  last day for names to be added to the list.
5/18  names proposed for the list are NOT added.  Everyone knows the deadline!
5/28  last working day before voting starts.
6/1   voting starts.  I'll email the method beforehand.
6/11  last day to vote.  If you will be away from your computer for the entire
time between June 1 and June 11, you may vote before June 1.
6/12  votes dated on or after June 12 will not be counted.
6/14  I run my computer program which will spit out the number of votes for
each name and the number of people who voted for each.
6/15  If by some fluke I didn't post the result on June 14, I do it today.
-----------------

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244
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|   "There is less to this than meets the eye."         - Tallulah Bankhead   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.unify.com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.unify.com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: group name
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 18:47:22 -0400


I like Worldwide Computer Quilters.  It's a bit of a mouthful, but it says
right out in lay terms who and where we are and how we keep in touch.  There's
no need to explain any jargon, it doesn't use any brand names or terms that
will become obsolete the way "Bitnet" is becoming, and it's free of any poli-
tical or philosophical identification.  I'll bet it also translates well.  It
even allows for the absorption of the Prodigy and Genie groups, if they gain
access to Internet or Clinton's proposed nationwide network or whatever's
there when it happens.  "I'm a member of Worldwide Computer Quilters."  Sounds
cool.

What was our name 3+ years ago?  I joined up a year or so ago, shortly before
Anne arranged for the listserv to be born, and I don't remember anyone re-
ferring to us in any but the awkward terms necessary to refer to a nameless
entity.

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|   "There is less to this than meets the eye."         - Tallulah Bankhead   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Names
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 12:37:33 -0400

I think that Linn Compton has summed it up nicely! I agree that this is
not a forum for making a political statement. While I still like the name
I voted for earlier, "Quiltnet", I also think that "Quilt List" serves
the purpose nicely. I will also remind you, that the Quilting Group on
Prodigy is called Online Quilters; the group on GEnie is called Online
Quilters, Chapter 2... and I've heard this group referred to (not by
anyone who has been in this discussion, but by onliners from the other
networks) as Online Quilters, Chapter 3. Just thought I'd throw that into
the mix. --Judy

---
[e-mail] (Judy Smith)
Access <=> Internet BBS, a public access internet site
Sytex Communications, Arlington VA, 1-703-358-9022
Internet Access for the rest of us...


Reply-To: Erich Schlaikjer <PacBell.COM!aron01.gs.com!schlae>
From: Erich Schlaikjer <boo!PacBell.COM!aron01.gs.com!schlae>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: new topic for chewing on
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 11:53:33 -0400

May I offer an alternative focus?  What are peoples' favorite quilting tool
or gadget.  Nobody can say their rotary cutter since I consider this an
essential not a luxury.  I mean what is something you didn't think you
needed but now that you have it you couldn't live without it.

My nomination is my "Press Mate" ironing board cover.  It is a heavy duty
muslin cover printed with an overall grid in inches plus triangles, circles
and squares.  It has improved the accuracy of my ironing TREMENDOUSLY and
hence the accuracy of my finished work.

I hope to hear from others and perhaps learn about something new.

Patricia McIntyre aka Erich Schlaikjer
Email:  [e-mail]



Reply-To: Colleen Yarnell <PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
From: Colleen Yarnell <boo!PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: RE:Quilting in N.C.
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 18:13:01 -0400

To Petra and
While visiting the Carrboro Farmers
Market I had the oppurtunity to talk with a local women who quilts for
pleasure and by commission.  She also hand dies fabric in wonderful
colors.  If anyone is interested in contacting she gave me permission to
pass on  her name-  Sherri Wood  919-942-968,  her address:  100 Pleasant
Dr. Carrboro NC 27510.  She hand quilts and custom desins.

Sherri also gave me information on three quilt stores in N.C. that
I had not heard of before, but she said are wonderful.  One in Wilmington
called 'Quilters Heaven'and one in Charlotte (name unknown).  The third
one is in Gastonia, near Charlotte.  It is supposed to be the best in
N.C(more then one person has told me).  It is called 'Mary Jo's Cloth
Store Inc'.  inside NC call 1-800-342-1229, outside NC cal 1-800-Mary Jos.
The address is 401 Cox Road Gaston Mall Gastonia NC 28054.

To Petra (whose address i have lost)
The Durham -Orange Quilter's Guild inc meets the third monday of each
month from 7:30 -9:30, at the Church of the Reconcilliation, 110 N. Elliot
Rd Chapel Hill.  Meeting include socializing, sho and tell, lectures,
etc... (Sherri from above told me this).  The next meeting is tomorrow
April 19.  Perhaps I will see you there.

Any Questions on the above E-mail me <  [e-mail]  >

Colleen




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Several Subjects
Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 19:16:28 -0400

Hi all,
First I would like to thank everyone who responded to my last
questions about the Quilt/Underground Railroad connection.  The
consensus is that the quilts used were Log Cabin and that the center
squares were a color that was the code (some say yellow, red, or black).
I'd also like to thank the people who helped me locate a pair of
buttonhole scissors from the Clotilde catalog.
Next, I just spent a few days in Houston with my mother.  As a side
trip we went to Galveston where I found a shop (name is forgotten - it's
on The Strand) that had a bunch of old quilt tops for sale.  I commented
to my mother that I don't really care for the old quilts that much.
In spite of their historical interest, they just look old and washed out
to me.  I prefer bright new ones.  Mom agreed and said that they
made her think of her childhood when she was very poor (during the
depression).  She said "I don't think I had a solid color wool blanket
until I was married.  Everyone had quilts, and they were made out of old
cloth because that's all anyone had."  The impression I got was that
quilts said poverty and deprivation to her.  A solid blanket meant
financial security.  It's a really different perspective from the one I
am used to thinking about with regard to quilts.
Finally,  I have begun my kaleidoscope quilt.  Each piece is an
equlateral triangle - 16 inches on a side, 14 inches in altitude.  I
spent a lot of time looking through my kaleidoscope before I designed
the pattern.  It is made of shades of green, violet, and dark blue on a
white background.  I used Jinny Beyer's Color Confidence for Quilters to
make the color palette for it.  I'm hand piecing it and hope to have the
top done by next fall so that I can quilt it over the winter.  I think
it is unusual, and I know it is original so I may write it up for one of
the magazines when I get it done.  Wish me luck.
Betsy

--
Brian Perry
[e-mail]
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
School of Management
[phone]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!jericho.mc.com!linda (Linda Kosidlo)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!jericho.mc.com!linda (Linda Kosidlo)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 08:29:31 -0400

The ironing board cover sounds like a wonderful
idea. I discovered not to long ago that the reason I have trouble piecing
accurately is because I iron incorrectly after each seam. SInce I've skipped
the pressing part until the block is finished, my piecing has improved.

My favorite gadget is the little round disc that adds 1/4" seam allowance to
templates . I also can't do without my even-feed foot for my sewing machine.
This makes sewing very long seams much easier and is nice for adding
bindings. I've used it when machine quilting and it does a nice job.

Speaking of gadgets, has anyone used the little bars that let you make the
stems and vines for applique? I'd like to do some of this but the thought
of making those thin wavy vines is a bit intimidating. I'd be interested
in a gadget that can help me do this with a minimum of pain.

Linda Kosidlo
[e-mail]



Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: challenge quilts
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 08:44:36 -0400

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A few weeks ago I asked people for information about challenge quilts
their quilds had done.  Below is a compilation of their answers.

---lisa


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>From: [e-mail] (Maryann Geiser)

My quilting guild does a challenge project every year.  Lately they're
trying to branch out and get us to be more creative, so the rules are becoming
less structured.  These are the challenges that we've done:

- Each participant is given fat quarters of 5 different fabrics.  You
may add at most 1 more fabric and make a quilt whose perimeter measures
exactly 160 inches.  (Fabrics for backing do not count.)  You may buy
additional fabric of the original samples from a participating shop
who has been asked to hold these fabrics for our guild exclusively
until after the quilts are due.

- After a few years, the above rules were relaxed a bit and the perimeter
measurement was a range from 120 to 160 inches.

- Last year, we were given the same basic instructions, but the fabrics were
all solid colors with the encouragement to change the fabric as desired.

- This year, the challenge was to create a quilt that tells a story.
We were given a single fat quarter with the instructions to use the
fabric in a recognizable amount somewhere in the quilt.  Perimeter
measurement up to 150 inches.

In each of the above challenges, either the judge or an employee of the
participating fabric store helped choose the fabric.  In all cases the fabrics
were something that I would not have chosen personally, so they really
stretched my sense of color or texture or design.  We have gotten local
quilt store owners or locally famous quilters (not members of the guild) to
be the judge, and ribbons are awarded to the winners.  Members are instructed
not to show their challenge quilts to other members or to bring them to meetings
to work on.  They are not revealed to the membership until the judging is
complete.  The creaters of the quilts were kept secret from the judges as well.
Quilters were inistructed to put their name, address and phone number sealed
in an envelope pinned to the back of the quilt.  The title of the quilt is
allowed to be on the outside of the envelope.

These are some of the challenges that I have heard of but not
participted in:

- FINISH IT!  Choose one of those project you put aside and finish it.
I personally like this one because I tend to finish things that have
deadlines.  I guess you would have to show your work in progress at
the start of the contest.

- Theme quilts.  A fabric was chosen (I'm not sure what exactly it looked
like), and the quilter had to use this fabric in a quilt with an
endangered species theme.

- Make a garment.  Fabrics were chosen and the quilter had to make a quilted
piece of clothing.  At least some part of the garment must have 3 layers
(top, batting and backing) and be quilted.

There was a book published fairly recently (within the past few years) with
different challenge rules.  I have seen it but not looked through it.  I know
the folks who have set up the challenge for our guild have used it as a
reference.  I'm sorry that I don't know the title or author of the book.

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>From: [e-mail] (Cynthia Parsley Baehr)

Hi, I have participated in several challenge projects.  The basic rule is
that everyone starts with the same idea.  Generally this means that a
packet of fabric is given to each participant.  In most cases, the rules
state use the fabric in the packet, add one or two of your own choosing.

Some projects suggest a particular pattern, or one asked that you tell a
story, or one had a wearable art theme.

The packet is usually 4-5 fat quarters, usually there is a size limit so
that this amount of fabric is enough except for the back (though I once
sewed together all the scraps and used that for the back)  The usuall
size is 120" around the outside edge.  This allow for different shapes.

It is fun to see how everyone interprets the theme with the given fabrics.
They are usually very different even when everyone uses the same fabric.

One guild (a rather large one) had the
quilts judged by local pros.  This was fun, and I actually one a ribbon!

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>From: [e-mail] (Beverly Karau)

My Intermountain Quilters (IQ) group organizes a challenge every
year and so far it's worked pretty well.  We have a committee pick out
five different fabrics and buy enough to make up packets for everyone
who is interested.  Each packet contains 2/3 of a yard of each
fabric, along with instructions.  We divide the total fabric bill by
the number of packets and charge each participant accordingly.  Our
rules are that the piece must be no smaller than 24" square and no
larger than 48" square.  The participant must use at least three of
the five fabrics and may add his/her own fabric--75% of the piece must
be of the challenge fabric.  We tried to insist that all the challenge
pieces be quilted by the deadline, but that didn't quite work for us.
We get pieces in every stage of completion.  I personally like to have
a firm deadline so I'll be sure and get the thing DONE.  I think the
challenge for our group is simply to be forced to use fabrics that you
wouldn't necessarily pick for yourself and to design something
accordingly.  We've had some absolutely gorgeous wallhangings come out
of these challenges.

We give our challengers about 9 months to complete their project
and have a big Christmas party to show off our pieces.  FUN!

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>From: Madeline Martin <[e-mail]>

Our group has done several challenges and it's a blast!  Usually two
members volunteer to coordinate the whole thing.  Here's the basics:
1.  Determine a time schedule for the start date (usually when the
fabrics are ready to distribute) and an end date (when all the
projects will be returned for show-and-tell and judging.

2.  The volunteers collect the fabric money (usually $25/person) and
select and buy the fabrics.  We usually started with 5 to 7
pre-selected fabrics and then can add 1 or 2 of our own choice.

Typically we select one large scale print (sometimes two), a

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Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: challenge quilts
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 08:44:36 -0400

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one or two small scale prints and one solid.  All of the fabrics
should coordinate and compliment the large scale print.  Be sure
to vary the intensity so that the fabrics "work."

3.  The volunteers divide the fabrics (usually no more than 1/2 yard
of any one fabric) and no less than half a fat quarter.  The fabrics
are "packaged" in plastic freezer bags for distribution.  Nobody
gets to paw through the contents of the packages to pick-out
a "good one."  You work with what you get!  The "total yardage"
per package runs in the neighborhood of 2 or 2 1/2 yards of fabric.

Divide the fabrics into different amounts so the pieces are different
sizes from the same fabric.  In other words, one person would get a
fat quarter of a fabric and another person would get 1/3 yard of the
same thing.  Vary the amounts of each fabric in the packages is what
I'm trying to say!

$25 sounds pricey but we use high quality fabric ($8/yard cotton) and
after you figure in sales tax, it adds up.  We use any left-over
money to buy prizes for the "best" challenge projects.  More about
that later.

4.  Distribute the packages, and wish everyone "good luck."  We haven't
specified a theme; it's been an "everything goes" kind of thing so
everyone gets to choose their own design.  It's amazing what comes
back using the same fabrics!  The only rule is that nobody can peek
at anyone else's project until the show-and-tell day/time.

5.  Yes, challengers can exchange fabrics from their packages with each
other.

6.  Drop-outs can sell their fabric (uncut) to someone who "came in late"
if they feel they can't finish the project.  There are usually other
people who didn't get in at the beginning and now want to do it.

7.  On the end date, everyone brings their project in a brown sack or
concealed in some way and turns them in to the volunteers who
secretly hang all the projects for the "grand display" when everyone
gets to see all the completed projects for the first time.  It's
wonderful so allow plenty of time for oohing and aahing.  Prizes
are awarded for "most creative design", "use of color", most pieces,
best quilting, etc.  The prizes are simple ribbons and/or gift
certificates from our local quilt stores.

8.  During our annual quilt show (last weekend) we request that all of
the challengers bring their project for an en masse display.  We
set-up a special area to display just the challenge projects and
make a nice sign describing the challenge.  Viewers love to see our
challenges each year.  This year we did a "merry-go-round add-a-border"
group thing.  It was great fun and I'm looking forward to doing it
again next year.

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>From: [e-mail] (Phyllis Post)

Our group in Columbus, OH (Quintessential Quilters) has been
doing a challenge every year for at least 6 years.  The challenge has
been different from year to year and has produced some neat results!
Generally, we go for wall hanging-sized pieces or wearables.  One year
we were each given a packet of 6 shades of hand-dyed grey fabrics and
told we could add up to 3 more fabrics.  A couple of times we were
given several pretty far out fabrics to stretch us into using colors we
ordinarily might shy away from.  Two yearss ago we had to do something
with a striped fabric.  Last year's was fun and really different.  It was
called "fruit and fiber".  The rules were that at least one fabric had
to depict a fruit and that at least 3 different _natural_ fibers be
used (exclusive of thread).  I used cotton, silk and wool.

Our group recently had a long discussion about challenges and
timetables.  Be sure you give everyone plenty of time.  Sometimes it can
take a couple of months just to come up with the right idea.  Don't
schedule the due date for busy times of year like September or December.
And let the group decide whether it has to be quilted and bound or not.
For our fruit and fiber challenge we only had to have the tops done-- and
that was important since design was really the key to this challenge.

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>From: [e-mail] (Linda H. Schiffer)

Have you seen Betty Boyink's book on organizing challenges? Also
there was an article in QNM sometime in the past year or two on this very
subject (or maybe it was American Quilter?) It was a good article...I guess
I can search for it if you don't subscribe to those mags.

I have participated in several challenges...most are at least partly a
fabric challenge: you are given (buy) a packet or piece of fabric, some or
all of which must be used in the piece. Sometime there is a theme given (my
guild's last challenge was "Mother Earth Rejoices") or the requirement to
use a particular pattern somewhere in the piece (a nine patch, an eight
pointed star, etc). Sometimes the fabric given is somewhat ugly or bizarre,
as a challenge in utilization. Sometimes you have finished size limitations
(24" sq or 40" sq, etc), to make it do-able. One year our group did a
miniature block challenge...the piece had to have at least 4-4" blocks in
it. Other times, the challenge is strictly a theme or pattern challenge,
with no fabric provided.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>From: Marissa Vance <[e-mail]>

Arizona Quilter's Guild does an auction quilt comprised of challenge blocks
done by the various chapter throughout the state.  The officers of the
guild choose colors and fabics (usually 4-5 fabrics) and send the fabrics
to each chapter to make one block.  Each chapter may add/subtract about
two fabrics and must make a 12" finished block.  The blocks from each
chapter are then returned to the guild officers who find a volunteer
to make a quilt top out of the blocks, in a setting of their choosing.
Extra blocks are made into a smaller version and the person who sells
the most raffle tickets wins the smaller version.

You could choose on colors and fabrics as a group and purchase fabric and
split into fat quarters and distribute to those who want to participate.

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>From: [e-mail] (Kathy O'Meara Magnuson)

IQI has a challenge quilt "contest" each year.  This year is my first
exposure to it.  "They" announced it in October and repeated the sign
up table in November at the meetings.  It cost you $15 for the packet,
sight-unseen.  They were available for pickup at the December meeting.
(Or you could pay $18 and she'd mail it to you.)  The fabric packs
were put together by one guild member who owns a store in Wisconsin.
You may eliminate one, and you may add up to three more.  This year
you have to make a quilt (size 30 x 30, no variations!) or a quilted
garment.  For the former, the backing and bindings don't count, for
the latter, the lining doesn't count.  Submissions will be "turned in"
at the June meeting.  I don't have any idea if there any
prizes/ribbons/pats-on-the-back, or (if so) how they're determined.
I suspect that (since the June meeting is the end-of-the-year party),
it'll be a viewers' choice and that this will take the place of the
regular Show and Tell.  My understanding is that they're displayed,
en masse, at the guild's Quilt Show around Veteran's Day.  The 1992


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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!hal.hahnemann.edu!donovan
From: boo!PacBell.COM!hal.hahnemann.edu!donovan
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: group name
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 10:05:02 -0400

There seems to be two distinct groups emerging here, those who want
a decorative name like World Peace and those who want a descriptive
name, QuiltNEt

I'm in favor of the latter for reasons of clarity and simplicity.  The
world peace one is nice, but it's not really related to what we do.

Why give something (or someone) a fancy name when you know you will be
calling it something else more suitable as a nickname?

My vote is for quiltnet!

Judy (born Judith, but never called that!)
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ISL1.RI.CMU.EDU!Betsy_Herk
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ISL1.RI.CMU.EDU!Betsy_Herk
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: "washed out old quilts"
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 12:17:31 -0400


I just wanted to comment on the remark made by Betsy Perry (I think!)
about how she prefered newer quilts to older ones, because the old
ones are faded and washed out looking.  I have seen many quilts that
are over a century old that are still bright and crisp.  While some
shades may subtly -- and occasionally, dramatically -- change  with time,
in general the older quilts that are faded have simply had the life washed
out of them (prolonged direct exposure to sunlight can also do a nasty job
of fading colors, even with new fabrics).  Old quilts that haven't been washed
much or at all retain their bright colors amazingly well.

I think the link between poverty & quilting was probably very true for many
during the Depression years.  Maybe that's one reason why quilting sort
of fell out of favor for awhile.  Once the Depression and WWII were over
and people found themselves a bit more prosperous, they wanted "store bought"
goods instead of the hand-made that had once been so necessary.  Maybe it
took a generation or so to get over that feeling?  Interesting to think about.

Betsy Herk
[e-mail]






Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com!ibmpa!ajax.kgn.ibm.com!tracyk (Tracy Masuck)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com!ibmpa!ajax.kgn.ibm.com!tracyk (Tracy Masuck)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 12:24:52 -0400

The best thing I've discovered since starting quilting, is beeswax -
I know - its been used for hand-sewing since the dawn of time, but I
just had never heard of it -
It makes such an incredible difference - I wouldn't be caught without
it, for quilting or any hand sewing.

Tracy
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IBM KINGSTON


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ihlpf.att.com!dmd
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ihlpf.att.com!dmd
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 12:58:46 -0400

My favorite gadget - the seam ripper;-)

Debra Dicke
[e-mail]



Reply-To: Mary Folster <PacBell.COM!macc.wisc.edu!FOLSTER>
From: Mary Folster <boo!PacBell.COM!macc.wisc.edu!FOLSTER>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: beeswax
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 13:50:24 -0400

>
>The best thing I've discovered since starting quilting, is beeswax -


I use beeswax when I use regular thread (not quilting thread), however,
I prefer very dark colors and work with a lot of black fabric.  I find
that, when I use beeswax, I get migration of the batting and my quilting
line is dotted with bits of batting that has pulled through.  Any
ideas anyone?  I have thought of dark batting, but I think that I want to
avoid the migration problem altogether.  Any thoughts on beeswax for hand-
quilting?  Thanks


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Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite!
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 13:53:25 -0400

Subject:                                                      Time:10:38 AM
Favorite!                                                     Date:4/19/93
I agree with Patricia! This group definitely needs a new focus. My all-time
favorite, can't live without (at this time) gadget is my "Little Foot". For
those of you who haven't see this little darling, it's a presser foot that is
exactly 1/4" wide and gives you an opportunity to see *from the top of your
work* your seam allowance. It also has 1/4" markings in front of and behind the
needle so you can see where to start & stop if you're mitering.

My other essential is my cat, "Susie". It's her job to get as mych grey fur in
the sewing room as possible, play in (and chew on) the stacks of neatly cut
squares & triangles and to plop down right in front of me when I'm trying to
piece. Gosh! What would I do without her?




Reply-To:       KEE_PAMELA_L/HP0000_84////////HPMEXT1/PAMELA#b#LAU#b#KEE#o#HP0000#o#84@
From:   KEE_PAMELA_L/HP0000_84////////HPMEXT1/PAMELA#b#LAU#b#KEE#o#HP0000#o#84@
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!cornell.edu!quilt>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: beeswax
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 14:12:45 -0400

re: beeswax

In a tailoring class, one woman explained that she ironed her
waxed threads in brown paper to remove the excess the wax.  I
haven't tried it yet, but it might work.

Pam Kee
([e-mail])


Reply-To: Melissa Moore <PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
From: Melissa Moore <boo!PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 14:20:11 -0400

Debra Dicke said:
> My favorite gadget - the seam ripper;-)

When I purchased my new machine it came with a seam ripper that is
especially tiny and it wonderful for the tiny stitches I always use
now.  My old cluncky one feels so awkward.  So if you are looking for
a new one, go for the tiny one.

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Melissa Moore                      Bitnet:   MCM@UKANVM
Coord. of Local Area Networking    Internet: [e-mail]
University of Kansas               Phone:    [phone]
Lawrence, KS 66045                 Fax:      [phone]


Reply-To: Gayle Williams <PacBell.COM!UGA.CC.UGA.EDU!GWILLIAM>
From: Gayle Williams <boo!PacBell.COM!UGA.CC.UGA.EDU!GWILLIAM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      Re: beeswax
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 14:25:33 -0400

In the first quilting class I ever took, our instructor encouraged using
beeswax in handquilting and I've done so ever since.  I do use it with
my quilting thread, 100 % cotton, cotton-finished, polyester, whatever.
I do think it reduces the friction and allows the thread to move more
smoothly.  Some of my quilting friends question this but I do all my work
by hand whereas they only do a small percentage so at least it works for me.
Gayle Williams
University of Georgia Libraries


Reply-To: Melissa Moore <PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
From: Melissa Moore <boo!PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Favorite!
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 14:27:50 -0400

Whoops, I just deleted the name of the person who said:
> I agree with Patricia! This group definitely needs a new focus. My all-time
> favorite, can't live without (at this time) gadget is my "Little Foot". For
> those of you who haven't see this little darling, it's a presser foot that is
> exactly 1/4" wide and gives you an opportunity to see *from the top of your
> work* your seam allowance. It also has 1/4" markings in front of and behind the
> needle so you can see where to start & stop if you're mitering.

I have a Viking and my feet have no shank.  Is the little foot an
option?  How would I find out?

>
> My other essential is my cat, "Susie". It's her job to get as mych grey fur in
> the sewing room as possible, play in (and chew on) the stacks of neatly cut
> squares & triangles and to plop down right in front of me when I'm trying to
> piece. Gosh! What would I do without her?

When we redid my sewing room I put shaker pegs all around the room so
that I could hang things up.  I like hanging beautiful old children's
clothes, as well as stashing my projects out of the way of my cat who
thinks a pile of fabrics waiting to be sewn is the perfect place to
groom herself!  I half expect to find her sleeping on a row of pegs
just to show me who is really boss.

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Melissa Moore                      Bitnet:   MCM@UKANVM
Coord. of Local Area Networking    Internet: [e-mail]
University of Kansas               Phone:    [phone]
Lawrence, KS 66045                 Fax:      [phone]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 14:33:40 -0400


Two of the non-essential (well... :) gadgets that I use most often are
homemade.

* the tube turner:  big safety pin on a bias-tape cord for big, tough
tubes; teeny safety pin on carpet thread for skinny tubes.  Use them
for threading through casings, too.

* the corner turner (the unpencil):  put a thin wood dowel in the pencil
sharpener, then sand down the point till it's smooth and round.  Much
gentler for turning sharp corners than your scissors.  Make one with
two ends: one fairly pointy, one pretty blunt.

cheers, ejp
--------
Elizabeth Poole                                      [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu!schlumpf%uimrl5.dnet (Horse Fiend)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu!schlumpf%uimrl5.dnet (Horse Fiend)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 15:28:04 -0400



Well, my first favorite gadget has to be my husband.:) Great for second
opinions, telling me when things aren't straight, my second set of eyes and
a great artistic sense. :)

Then my dear kitties, esp Dante, who are MORE than happy to be quilt weights or
to sit on a piece of fabric so it doesn't blow away. :) To chase my paper
patterns across the floor, to wack my spool of thread off the table, etc.

But, seriously, things I find VERY useful are
1. beeswax

2. one of those little tablet size ironing pads, esp in an apt, 'cause it gets
crowded keeping the big ironing board up all the time. (I borrowed one for a
while, now I have to get my own, I NEED ONE!)

3.Oval shaped bike clips. I haven't done much machine quilting YET, but I used
them when I was appliqueing in the center of a big full sized quilt and they
were VERY handy.

4. Fine pointed tweezers - VERY necessary for getting those last ripped threads
out of a piece or cleaning the bits out of my machine (it's an old '54 Necchi).
Also good for getting the last itty bitty point out when turning something
(like stuffed animals).

These are a few of my favorite things....

Kay Schlumpf
[e-mail]





Reply-To: PacBell.COM!uunet.uu.net!optimg!kathyw (Kathy Whitver)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!uunet.uu.net!optimg!kathyw (Kathy Whitver)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite gadget
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 15:43:56 -0400

>May I offer an alternative focus?  What are peoples' favorite quilting tool
>or gadget......I mean what is something you didn't think you
>needed but now that you have it you couldn't live without it.

My favorite was given to me by a non-quilting friend, and it is
called a "thumble".  It's large, to fit on your thumb, made of hard
plastic, and has a little dimple near the tip.  You use it to push
the quilting needle through those not-so-smooth places.  It's
kind of clumsy, so I don't wear it all the time, but it's always
at my side.

Kathryn
[e-mail]



Reply-To: Melissa Moore <PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
From: Melissa Moore <boo!PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 15:57:34 -0400

I have at least 2:  When I sprang for a huge cutting mat I felt
very extravagant, and a bit annoyed that the price was so high.  I
felt a little taken.  But whatever it cost, I now do not care because
it is so wonderful.  I can't imagine how I lived without it.
My other favorite gadget is a new one for me.  I ordered it from
Clotilde and I think it is theirs alone.  It is a little measuring
device.  It is basically like a plus sign but with lots of extra
corners and each one is marked in length so that with this little
thing you can measure from 1/8th inch to a couple of inches.  I love
it.

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Melissa Moore                      Bitnet:   MCM@UKANVM
Coord. of Local Area Networking    Internet: [e-mail]
University of Kansas               Phone:    [phone]
Lawrence, KS 66045                 Fax:      [phone]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!cup.portal.com!ctopp
From: boo!PacBell.COM!cup.portal.com!ctopp
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: beeswax
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:02:39 -0400

I've bought beeswax several times and it always ends up in
my husband's tool box with a flat side from waxing drawer
runners. Before I started my current hand piecing project,
I couldn't find a useable wax at home. I ended up buying
the Clover "Thread Wax" I believe that it is a synthetic
wax. I find it coats the thread nicely, but it is harder than
beeswax so the thread doesn't seem soaked.

The main advantage is that it doesn't come in a little plastic
container that my hubby can remove for waxing the runners. My
pets and kids haven't found it at all currious either :-)

Carol     [e-mail]


Reply-To: "Holly Hendricks, 381-1098, ZKO1-2/D59" <PacBell.COM!cdrom.enet.dec.com!hendricks>
From: "Holly Hendricks, 381-1098, ZKO1-2/D59" <boo!PacBell.COM!cdrom.enet.dec.com!hendricks>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Between piecing and quilting...some concerns!
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:07:20 -0400

I've been working on and off on a lavender, blue, and purple Jacob's ladder
quilt top for about 5 years, because I've been working on a second master's
degree in CS at the same time.   I took this semester off from school,
and got back into my quilt making with great enthusiasm.  I started piecing
by hand, but switched to machine after making about 12 blocks by hand that
were cut from templates.

I bought myself a rotary cutter, and easily cut out the remaining
blocks (total of 36).  My skill in cutting and piecing certainly has
improved between blocks number 1 and 36 (!), but even so, when I sewed 9
groups of 4 together over the weekend, it didn't *look* like I had cut or
sewn nearly as carefully as I believed I had.  I really had to push and
pull and tug to get everything to line up, and I finally started pinning,
machine basting, tweaking, and then sewing the final seam.  I kept all the
template/hand blocks together in 3 groups, and the rotary cut/machine
blocks together, but I had the same problem with all of them.

I have a straight stitch foot on my Kenmore that makes it easy to see the
1/4".  Sometimes when going through several layers, I cannot keep it right
on the 1/4", though -- it moves into the seam allowance.

I ironed everything, and suspect this is the root of some of my problems.
I like the idea posted earlier today about the gridded ironing board cover!
I may have ironed overenthusiastically at the beginning and steamed some of
the  squares out of shape.

So here are my questions -- when I laid the 9 blocks-of-4 out on the floor
last night, they did not lay flat.  They especially tended to "puff" in the
middle of the blocks, probably due to my tugging to make the seams line up.

Is this a common beginner problem, or am I hopeless ;-))
Are many first quilts seriously less than perfect?

If I machine quilt on the seam lines ("in the ditch") and
quilt closely, will it compensate for the "puffing"?

Thanks so much for any advice.  I would also welcome advice on machine
quilting a 6' x 6' plus 4" border quilt.

I got myself signed up for a class with a quilting teacher to make a Trip
Around the World quilt in mid-May, so perhaps I will learn more about how
to do a neater job next time!  (It was great fun picking the fabrics.)

Holly Hendricks
[e-mail]
Digital Equipment Corporation
Nashua, NH


Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re:  Favorite!
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:10:16 -0400


>My other essential is my cat, "Susie". It's her job to get as mych grey fur in
>the sewing room as possible, play in (and chew on) the stacks of neatly cut
>squares & triangles and to plop down right in front of me when I'm trying to
>piece. Gosh! What would I do without her?


I liked these notions so much I went out and got 4 of them.  That way
if a few of them are tired there are always spares on hand to help out.

---lisa

The gadget that I love are those little blue suction cup handles that you
can get from nancy's notions that you attach to plastic rulers - it makes
moving the ruler around much much easier - no more grabbing it by the sides.
The only problem is that these stupid things are poorly made - I've bought
3 so far - 2 are broken - one came that way.  My mom also bought 2 - both of
hers are broken.


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.unify.com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.unify.com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Favorite gadget
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:20:26 -0400


My favorite is graph paper.  With a pencil or colored pencils and a ruler,
I can create all kinds of original designs or adaptations of traditional
blocks.  I can sketch out a border to see if it will work with the target
block or quilt.  I can draft templates, adding precisely the amount of
seam allowance I need.  I can figure out whether a set of pieces can be
strip pieced, and draw myself a picture of what to sew together and where to
cut to get it.  I can calculate yardage.  I can compare several settings of
the same block to decide which I like best.  I can even draft out several
ideas and let them "cook" for a while before I make a decision.

Once the designing is done, all that's left is cutting and sewing.

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244                   ------------+
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| perhaps it involved a magician.               - G.K. Chesterton           |
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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ecn.purdue.edu!ida (Ida Tendam)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ecn.purdue.edu!ida (Ida Tendam)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: favorite gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:31:17 -0400


I love this thread, because I love gadgets.  I've seen bumper stickers that
read "The one who dies with the most fabric wins" and I think that can be
applied to gadgets, too.  I've thought of three that I love, but tomorrow
there may be more.

1)  my stilleto.  When I was given this by a non quilting friend, I thought
gee, it's kind of pretty, but what on earth would I use it for?  Well, I use
it to help feed little bits of fabric through my machine, to help turn under
pesky allowances on applique, and as a seam ripper.  It is always near me.

2)  Dr. Scholl's foot and shoe pad.  This is an adhesive backed piece of
foam - about 1/8" thick.  When I measure my 1/4 inch seam on my sewing machine,
I stick a narrow strip of Dr. S's f&s pad on my sewing machine to use as a guide  Because of its thickness, fabric butts up against it and I am better able
to maintain a 1/4 inch sewing seam.  Also, it is non-magnetic, so no harm to
my sewing machine - and, it's even economical.

3)  GE sp-30 flourescent (sp.) light bulbs.  I have a light fixture in my sewing
studio that requires 4 48" fluorescent bulbs.  The regular ones give a blue
light, but the sp-30 allows all the rays of the spectrum to be seen.  Do not
confuse these with the pink sp-35 bulbs, which are used primarily in
funeral homes, for obvious reasons.  Four of the sp-30's cost $29.00 and four
of the sp-35's are twice that amount.

And now a request.  I washed some fabric for my stash this weekend and some
red bled onto a nice white/brown shirting piece.  I know, I shouldn't have
washed them together, but the damabe is done.  Isn't there a produce on the
market made specifically to remove this kind of stain?  (damabe in the sentence
above = damage  and produce = product, boy, it's getting late.)

Ida   [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!anubis.network.com!breegge (Sharon L. Breeggemann)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!anubis.network.com!breegge (Sharon L. Breeggemann)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: little foot
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:29:35 -0400

I have used the little foot on my Viking. (I bought it when i had a kenmore).
You have to unscrew the entile foot, not just the snap on foot.  Like you do
with the feet that go on the grey foot instead of the white.  I rarely use the
little foot since I figured how to adjust my needle for a 1/4 inch seam.  After
4 years of using the little foot, I can eyeball a 1/4 seam for miters without
measureing it.
Sharon Breeggemann
[e-mail]



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!uunet.uu.net!optimg!kathyw (Kathy Whitver)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!uunet.uu.net!optimg!kathyw (Kathy Whitver)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: poverty & quilts
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 16:47:58 -0400

>I think the link between poverty & quilting was probably very true for many
>during the Depression years.  Maybe that's one reason why quilting sort
>of fell out of favor for awhile.  Once the Depression and WWII were over
>and people found themselves a bit more prosperous, they wanted "store bought"
>goods instead of the hand-made that had once been so necessary.  Maybe it
>took a generation or so to get over that feeling?  Interesting to think about.

Betsy,

I think you're exactly right.  My folks spent most of their childhood
in the depression and they still reject many things that remind them
of those tough years.  Dad won't eat chicken or parsnips, Mom can't
beleive her daughters would rather make a dress than buy one.  It was
years after jeans became popular that Mom would wear them, because
"that's what the poor folks wore" (you can imagine how she reacted
to patched blue jeans!).  And because Mom grew up doing *everything*
the hard way, from milking cows and making butter to canning
all their own meat, all those activities are chores that remind
her of the times when they were done because they couldn't afford
anything else.

Since I grew up with everything "store-bought" I get great pleasure
from doing for myself.  Sewing, quilting, canning, building.  I wonder
what my kids will do?

Kathryn
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!cup.portal.com!ctopp
From: boo!PacBell.COM!cup.portal.com!ctopp
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Favorite gadget
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 17:05:52 -0400

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244                   ------------+
Wrote:
>My favorite is graph paper.  With a pencil or colored pencils and a ruler,
>I can create all kinds of original designs or adaptations of traditional

I tend to use Adobe Illustrator for this. (I have no financial interest
in Adobe except that they are based in my city and thus pay local
taxes).

With Illustrator, I can draw a block once and repeat it as many
times as I'd like and try endless shading or color schemes. I haven't
designed my own blocks, but I experiment with designes that are
out there. Recently I've been playing with Drunkard's Path blocks.

The local quilt store is offering a couple of classes this fall in
the use of Illustrator in designing quilt blocks. Anyone else
use Illustrator?

Carol      [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!hrollie.att.com!susan
From: boo!PacBell.COM!hrollie.att.com!susan
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Favorite gadget
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 18:14:16 -0400

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244                   ------------+
Wrote:
>My favorite is graph paper.  With a pencil or colored pencils and a ruler,
>I can create all kinds of original designs or adaptations of traditional

Carol      [e-mail]                                 ------------+
Responded

>I tend to use Adobe Illustrator for this. (I have no financial interest
>in Adobe ...

>With Illustrator, I can draw a block once and repeat it as many
>times as I'd like and try endless shading or color schemes. I haven't
>designed my own blocks, but I experiment with designs that are
>out there. ...

Graph paper certainly has its' place, but when it comes to laying out the
design for an entire quilt, I want my computer.  It draws and redraws
much faster than I can by hand.

In the past, I've used AutoSketch, a graphics program by AutoDesk, Inc,
for designing quilts.  The two most recent projects were a hexagonal Christmas
tree skirt based on triangles and a reversible baby quilt.

Last Thursday, my copy of Quilters Design Studio finally arrived (it had
been backordered for about a month).  I haven't had time to play with it.
It does what Carol mentions doing with Illustrator and more.  QDS comes with
a library of quilt blocks that you can add to.  It will also estimate fabric
yardages and print templates.  The templates include seam allowances, but if
I read the manual correctly, it prints one template per sheet of paper.
What a waste of paper!

If anyone is interested, I can report back after I get a chance to use QDS.

Susan Brazeal
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 18:19:52 -0400

I have two favorite gadgets, neither of which have an actual name.
First of all, I can't quilt without those little rubber circles that you
use to pull your needle through thick fabric. That gadget is secondary to
the next one though....I know this has a name, but I'm not sure what it
is...I call it Snip & Rip... It's a small pair of scissors that have a
hook at one end. It's invaluable for ripping out stitches! I got it from
Nancy's Notions... I'll look it up in the catalog and give you specifics
later! I also can't live without my silver pencil for marking fabrics!
---Judy (Notion Junkie!)

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Reply-To: Jo Rice <PacBell.COM!kenyon.edu!rice>
From: Jo Rice <boo!PacBell.COM!kenyon.edu!rice>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: gadgets and tools
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 18:53:15 -0400

I usually work with squares which are 6 1/2", 8 1/2", 12 1/2", or 15 1/2".  I
used to always have trouble getting them all the same size, especially when
making friendship quilts.  So I went to my local glass company and had them
make me plexiglas squares of the above sizes. I was very emphatic about how
important it was that these be SQUARE and exact.  It's not cheap and I had them
make one at a time as I needed them.

Now when I have a stack of finished squares, i put the square on my cutting
board, plop down the correct plexiglas square and quickly cut around it.
Everything fits very nicely.

I also have a lot of plexiglas rulers of various widths (I don't know how I got
them but you could have the glass co. make those as well.  I use these when I
am cutting strips.  I always use a NEW blade and can cut through 8 to 10 layers
at a time.  (I've decided THIS is why people make log cabin quilts; to use up
the leftover strips).

Guess I should explain that I live in a small town and the glass co. already
knew who I was!!! although they didn't understand why I wanted squares.


Jo Rice
[e-mail]


Reply-To: "Arvilla Jennings" <PacBell.COM!hydra.gatech.edu!aj11>
From: "Arvilla Jennings" <boo!PacBell.COM!hydra.gatech.edu!aj11>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Favorite gadget
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 19:17:25 -0400

In Message Mon, 19 Apr 1993 17:05:52 -0400, [e-mail] writes:

>Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244   ------------+
>Wrote:

>The local quilt store is offering a couple of classes this fall in
>the use of Illustrator in designing quilt blocks. Anyone else
>use Illustrator?

I just started using both DrawPerfect and CorelDraw! to color blocks and
reproduce them. I usually have more time at home to do the basic block,
then take it to work for the coloring (since I have a super monitor with
(supposedly) 16 million colors).

Corel can fill individual shapes with different patterns, so I can also
represent fabric prints (and create new patterns, but that is going too
far). The best part is that you can easily put in sashing, change the border
width as well as change their colors too. Its fun to play with the block
pieces, I pick one or several pieces and change their color or pattern.

Corel enables me to work with a grid that I currently have defined as
8-to-an-inch; that helps get triangles even. I can also fool the program
into thinking that I have paper larger than 8-1/2 x 11 so that I can make
in exact block dimensions, then reduce the block to a size that will print
on standard paper. It's great for 12" blocks, they can be reduced to 6" and
be exactly to scale. The only thing it does NOT do is compute yardage.

I understand that the new quilt PC programs WILL do this for you. Would
anyone care to give us a review?

Arvilla Jennings
Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, GA
([e-mail])


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!mcs.capital.edu!ppost (Phyllis Post)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!mcs.capital.edu!ppost (Phyllis Post)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 19:31:56 -0400

I got the program _The Electric Quilt_ for Christmas and I have really had
fun using it.  Like some of the other programs mentioned, you can play around
with colors, move blocks around, change boarders and print templates.  I like
the way it lets you specify the finished size of the block and then will
print very accurate templates.  The only thing I wish it would do is compute
yardages.  When I got the program the users manual indicated there will be
updates to the software-- I hope yardage calculations is an update being
considered.  It's taken quite awhile to learn how to use it proficiently, but
I have really liked what I can do with it.

Phyllis.

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Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!vuse.vanderbilt.edu!laura>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!vuse.vanderbilt.edu!laura>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: name stuff and paducah
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 19:48:43 -0400

With all the traffic on this topic, I hesitate to add more, but this
*will* be all I have to say on it.

If we Must Have a name, I vote for some permutation of QuiltNet.  Capitallization
and punctuation matters not to me in this instance.  Order (i.e. NetQuilt) also
is irrelevant.    I have referred to this group as the net quilting community
and as my guild, but mostly I think of us as potential friends with common
interests, namely quilting and such.

Now, on to quilting...I'm going to Paducah Wednesday, and will look for Lia
and Mary S., and anyone else who might be there!  I'll post a report when I get
back.

Laura
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!vmsvax.simmons.edu!mtenhove
From: boo!PacBell.COM!vmsvax.simmons.edu!mtenhove
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets: Bias Press Bars
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 19:53:34 -0400

I'm making a tulip log cabin quilt which requires 1/4" stems.
I was somewhat perplexed as to how I was going to make them.
Then Nancy @ Creative Quilting in North Andover, MA lent me
her press bars.  It made making the stems a breeze.
However, I asked some quilters at the Merrimac Valley Quilt Guild
about them and was told that corset bones work just as well and
are cheaper (most notions stores will have them.)

As to the gadget I couldn't live without... my seam ripper!

Moira Ten-Hove (a.k.a [e-mail])


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 20:19:09 -0400

One of the useful tools I made for myself is a set of small (less than
1 inch square) pieces of paper with numbers from 1 to 80 on them.  Since
I am apt to make quilts that have many different blocks, I use the
numbers to keep track of which block goes where.  I don't have any place
where I can lay out a whole quilt and keep it out.  The numbers let me
lay it out and then pick it up again without mixing everything up.
Betsy
--
Brian Perry
[e-mail]
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
School of Management
[phone]


Reply-To: Hester Butler-Ehle <PacBell.COM!MTUS5.cts.mtu.edu!DWBUTLER>
From: Hester Butler-Ehle <boo!PacBell.COM!MTUS5.cts.mtu.edu!DWBUTLER>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      Gadgets
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 21:11:40 -0400

Of favorite gadgets, I have several:

1.) Bias press bars--they're great!  I wish I could find them in a narrower
width, however.  I noticed someone mentioning corset stays--do these come
in narrow widths?  Also, to whoever mentioned a "tube turner"--what a good
idea!

2.) 1/4 inch presser foot--I don't have a "Little Foot", but the one I use (I
forget the brand) works wonderfully.

3.) Magnetic pinchushion--it has not eliminated the problem of my husband
finding lost pins and needles for me whith his feet, but it occurs less
often now.

Hester


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Electric Quilt
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 07:14:25 -0400

Phyllis, I am friendly with Jill Kurtz, who is the Electric QUilt rep in
the DC area. She says that the EQ upgrade will be out in the fall and
that, yes, it will include yardage calculations! I've really enjoyed the
program, too.  -- Judy

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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!fwi.uva.nl!madelon (Madelon Drolsbach)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!fwi.uva.nl!madelon (Madelon Drolsbach)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: group name
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 07:37:34 -0400


>I would also like to point out that although the pun piece-peace is very
>appealing in English, it doesn't exist at all in Dutch, German, or Russian.
>This causes a name like "WorldPiece" to *claim* to be international but
>*actually* imply that non-English-speakers are less than fully welcome.
>
>Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244


This made me remember, when we were small, (in 1963 or so :-), good old
times), and we saw people on television who were shouting "peace" and
raising two fingers, we really were amazed and laughing because in class at
school the children (we) had to raise one finger when we had a question and
two fingers when we had to go to the bathroom, and "to pee" actually sounds
like "peace" in Dutch, it was hard for us to take those pictures on tv
serious.
As for the name of our group, I guess an english name will be international
nowadays since English is (becoming) the leading language in the world,
right.
So, no objections from me choosing an English name! or do you guys want a
Dutch one  :-) so we can make another nice saying (like "going Dutch") How
about "Quilting Dutch" ;-)
JUST KIDDING.

--Madelon Drolsbach, all the way from Amsterdam,
yep the tulips are blooming, but still wearing wintercoats over here.



Reply-To: Colleen Yarnell <PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
From: Colleen Yarnell <boo!PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Favorite!
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:20:24 -0400



On Mon, 19 Apr 1993, Gail Jahn wrote:

> Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 13:53:30 -0400
> From: Gail Jahn <[e-mail]>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <[e-mail]>
> Subject: Favorite!
>
> Subject:                                                      Time:10:38 AM
> Favorite!                                                     Date:4/19/93
> I agree with Patricia! This group definitely needs a new focus. My all-time
> favorite, can't live without (at this time) gadget is my "Little Foot". For
> those of you who haven't see this little darling, it's a presser foot that is
> exactly 1/4" wide and gives you an opportunity to see *from the top of your
> work* your seam allowance. It also has 1/4" markings in front of and behind the
> needle so you can see where to start & stop if you're mitering.
>
> My other essential is my cat, "Susie". It's her job to get as mych grey fur in
> the sewing room as possible, play in (and chew on) the stacks of neatly cut
> squares & triangles and to plop down right in front of me when I'm trying to
> piece. Gosh! What would I do without her?
>
>
>

I think this cat phenomena is interesting.  My cat Opus (black and white)
similarly plops right down on top of what ever I am trying to work on.  He
also likes to watch the foot on my sewing machine, though he has yet to
attack it.  Perhaps his most edearing trick is to curl up on the chair to
my sewing machine as soon as I leave it for even just a minute.  And it is
not like there are other more comfortable chairs in the same room.  Still
you have to love those adorable pests.

Colleen
<  [e-mail]  >



Reply-To: Colleen Yarnell <PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
From: Colleen Yarnell <boo!PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Favorite Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:24:18 -0400

My favorite corner turner is the rounded foot-like end of the quilting
guide attachment for my sewinf machine.

Colleen
<  [e-mail]  >



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!jericho.mc.com!linda (Linda Kosidlo)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!jericho.mc.com!linda (Linda Kosidlo)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:33:09 -0400

Last night I was sewing some blocks and remembered a "gadget" that I can't
do without. It's masking tape. I used the tape to pull out those teeny little
pieces of thread after ripping a seam. I just attach the masking tape to
the fabric and pull it off and with the tape comes those threads. It's also
useful for picking up the threads that get all over the sewing table. I
found a new use also -- an idea from a magazine article. Put masking tape
along the edges of your templates to help secure the edges when cutting
fabric. The tape also lets you know which side of the template is the top.

Linda Kosidlo
[e-mail]


Reply-To: Joanne Kuta <PacBell.COM!grove.iup.edu!JGKUTA>
From: Joanne Kuta <boo!PacBell.COM!grove.iup.edu!JGKUTA>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: EQ Demo
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:43:38 -0400

For those interested in the Electric Quilt software:

G Street Fabrics in Maryland is having an EQ demo this weekend.  I'm not sure
which day, but I can check my newsletter at home if anyone would like
specifics.  (Just e-mail me.)  They were supposed to have the same demo in
March, but it was the weekend of THE snowstorm.  This gives me an excuse to
visit a good friend in Maryland AND see the product in action.  (There is an
EQ rep about two hours from my house, but it's in a direction I never travel.)

I understand that the woman at G Street who uses this software can really do
wonders with it.  I just want a simple demo so that I can get a feel for the
basics.  I ordered a demo disk, but I'd like to know more before I spend my
money.  The next version will also feature mouse support.  When I called the
company about three weeks ago, the woman I spoke to (and I believe it was
Penny, the developer) said that it would be released in December.

If anyone would like me to ask specific questions while I'm there, I'd be happy
to do so.  Just let me know!

Joanne Kuta
[e-mail]


Reply-To: Colleen Yarnell <PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
From: Colleen Yarnell <boo!PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:46:01 -0400

I forget to mention my second most favorite gadget after my cat Opus.  It
is a small stuffed cat I made for gifts.  The tail curls over its head,
and I attached the ip of it to an ear.  Then it hangs nicely on the right
hand spool holder of my machine and I use it as a pin cushion.  It is fun
to have another cat involved in my work as well as being extremely useful
and convienent.

Colleen
<  [e-mail]  >



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!CC.DENISON.EDU!VASENKO
From: boo!PacBell.COM!CC.DENISON.EDU!VASENKO
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Quilter's Holiday
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:40:53 -0400

Quilter's Holiday will be held at Ohio University from June 30-July 3.

There will be many classes ranging from beginner level to advanced to
choose from  Accomodations are very good.  Classrooms are excellent
for our quilting.

I have no idea if there are classes still available so please cal THE
OFFICE OF CONTINUING EDUCATION OFFICE AT  (1) 614-593-1775 OR WRITE TO
QUILTER"S HOLIDAY
OHIO UNIVERSITY
MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
ATHENS, OHIO
45701-2979

May 1 Early Bird deadline for price break on classes.  June 1 final
deadline.

ALot of interruptions on this.  Hope it makes sense.  Best bet is to
call the Continuing Ed OFfice at OU.  Hope to see you there.

Carol Vasenko
[e-mail]


Reply-To: GLOVERC <PacBell.COM!CCGATE.UCOMM.ohio-state.edu!gloverc>
From: GLOVERC <boo!PacBell.COM!CCGATE.UCOMM.ohio-state.edu!gloverc>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: RE: Favorite Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:49:26 -0400

I couldn't do without the needle grabbers for hand quilting.
They are the little round rubber disks about the size of a 50
cent piece.  The other gadget I use alot is the 1/4" quilting
tape that you can move around as you are hand quilting.


When taking the Sharyn Craig Scrap Half-A-Log Cabin workshop two
weeks ago, Sharyn attached a piece of the Dr. Scholl's pad to
each person's sewing machine.  I like this better than my magnet,
and I do get perfect 1/4" seam allowances.


Carolyn
[e-mail]




Reply-To: Michele F Ernst <PacBell.COM!VEGA.SELU.EDU!TMIS1899>
From: Michele F Ernst <boo!PacBell.COM!VEGA.SELU.EDU!TMIS1899>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: HELP!!! :((((
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 08:56:39 -0400

HELP!!!!

I have a block that I made as a lotto block that is to be turned in Sat.
A block that I have hand peiced and appliqued!  I used one of those
blue marking pens that is supposed to wash out with cold water (against
my better judgement, but I was having trouble seeing my pencil markings
on a few peices).  Well, I finished the block yesterday at lunch.  When I
got home I rinsed it in cold water and then hung it to dry.  A few hours
later I went to check on it, and there it was, fading onto the muslin back
and a peice of pink.  It's possible that the fading is not the pen but
a peice of dark green (but I had tested it for color fastness in a glass
of water and then washed before using it) but the color that is fading
looks more blueish than greenish.  I let the block soak in a bowl of water
and Delicare (it's like Woolite) all night and if the fading is going
away, it's too subtle for me to see.  Is there any way I can save this
block?  There's no way I have time to make another by Saturday. :((

@=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=@
Michele F. Ernst      [e-mail]  | Peace is seeing a sunrise or
Computing Services                       | sunset and knowing whom to thank.
@=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=@


Reply-To: Anne Louise Gockel <PacBell.COM!cs.cornell.edu!alg>
From: Anne Louise Gockel <boo!PacBell.COM!cs.cornell.edu!alg>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 09:18:47 -0400

My favorites are:

1) The laminated card that tells you yardages for continuous cut bias strips.
One side of the card has 5+ illustrations of the steps for making the
continuous cut bias.  The other side contains tables of measurements.  For
each width of bias from 1" - 7" (in 1/4" or 1/2" increments), there is a table
that lists length of bias and size of the square needed for cutting the bias.
The one I have is called "Quilter's Strip Ticket" and the two sides are
labelled "Bias Tube Construction" and "Yardage Tables"

2) straight stitch pressure foot and throat plate.  I use the straight stitch
foot and the single-hole plate for all my piecing.  It makes nice even
stitches and the fabric cannot shift around while sewing.  The foot is small
enough that you can see the fabric clearly while sewing.

3) My table top ironing board.  I have an old metal table with the hard
off-white ?formica? top.  I made a giant cover for the table that I use when
sewing and ironing.  The top consists of:

heavy quilted pad: bottom layer of muslin, 3-4 layers of cotton
batting, top layer of muslin.  The whole thing is simply quilted in a
diamond pattern with rows of quilting about 1" - 1.5" apart.  You can
bind the edges, but I didn't bother
layer of cotton flannel which evens out the indentations in the quilted pad
(you may need two layers or consider wool or wool felt)
layer of cotton muslin on top that extends over the sides of the table

You can add eyelets to the top layer and lace the whole thing tightly to the
table.  When I made a cover for the ironing board I laced it tightly to the
board.  I didn't secure the cover for the table tho; the pad and top are
usually anchored by my sewing machine.  It's wonderful to be able to iron
pieces without even getting up.  I can push pins and needles into the cover to
hold things in place or just to store the needles somewhere handy.  When I
want to iron large pieces of fabric the tabletop surface is a *wonderful*
size!

-Anne
Anne Louise Gockel                      Cornell Computer Science
Internet: [e-mail]            UUCP: cornell!alg


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!xylogics.com!geiser
From: boo!PacBell.COM!xylogics.com!geiser
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 09:17:35 -0400

The one gadget that I find most useful always makes my husband chuckle -
finger cots.  They're little rubber tubes that I put over my index finger
when hand quilting.  I used to use those small rubber discs, but they were
forever getting lost.  Then I resorted to using the tips of balloons, but they
tended either to fall off or cut off the curculation in my finger.  I found
these at a booth at a quilt show last fall.  I wish I had remembered the name
of that shop, because I haven't been able to find them anywhere since then.

The first time my husband noticed me using the finger cots he looked at me
and asked "practicing safe quilting?"  then followed up by "that's what you
get for sharing needles with your friends".  :^)

Mair
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!uunet.uu.net!optimg!kathyw (Kathy Whitver)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!uunet.uu.net!optimg!kathyw (Kathy Whitver)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re:  Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 09:47:03 -0400


Phyllis writes:

> The only thing I wish it would do is compute
> yardages.  When I got the program the users manual indicated there will be
> updates to the software-- I hope yardage calculations is an update being
> considered.

I work at a software development company and part of my job is to
keep track of the software enhancement requests and make sure that
all are addressed (within reason) in updates.  Customer input is
*very* important and weighs heavily in our project planning.  I'd
encourage you to write or call the company that makes _The Electric
Quilt_ and make your wishes known. If several of you that use this
product make the same request, they will try hard to please you.
Try to direct your requests to the project manager for this product.
And don't forget that you are their bread and butter!

Kathryn
[e-mail]


Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: FWD>Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 10:46:02 -0400

Mail*Link(r) SMTP               FWD>Gadgets
Somewhat edited - Mair Geiser wrote:

The one gadget that I find most useful always makes my husband chuckle -
finger cots. I found these at a booth at a quilt show last fall.  I wish I had
remembered the name of that shop, because I haven't been able to find them
anywhere since then.

Mair,

Try the pharmacy. They may be a tiny bit thicker but they're there!





Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite Follow-up
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 10:47:23 -0400

Subject:                                                      Time:7:26 AM
Favorite Follow-up                                            Date:4/20/93
I saw mentioned by someone (Hester, I think) the use of masking tape as a quilt
related tool. It reminded me of another favorite notion (there have to be
dozens for all of us).

When I travel with my quilting; whether quilting, piecing or appliqueing, I
take along one of those tubular lint removers with the inside-out masking tape
attached (I leave the handle at home). That way, no matter where I am (car,
friend's house or guild meeting) I *always* have a place for my thread nips &
fabric crumbs and they don't land on the floor.

Also, someone mentioned using a magnetic pin cushion. For the only person who
has missed this caveat from another source - remember *not* to use these
handy-dandies too near an electronic sewing machine. You'll erase all the
memory and end up with a $2,000 door stop.


Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re:  Favorite Follow-up
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 11:35:01 -0400

Gail mentioned:

>Also, someone mentioned using a magnetic pin cushion. For the only person who
>has missed this caveat from another source - remember *not* to use these
>handy-dandies too near an electronic sewing machine. You'll erase all the
>memory and end up with a $2,000 door stop.

A few months ago I spent a considerable amount of time shopping for
a new sewing machine.  I didn't buy (I need my tax refund first) but
I mostly looked at top of the line computerized machines.  Every
manufacturer said you COULD use the magnetic pin cushions with
the machines with no problem.  The computerized machines have a bunch
of stepping motors in them, which emit all sorts of nasty vibes,
so the computer component are extremely well protected.  The pull of
a little magnetic pin cushion is nothing in comparison to the stepping
motor.

Have you all seen the new bernina 1530 ads in QNM and American Quilter
and other magazines?  They show the nifty new quilting feet -
they have a great foot for free motion quilting - and a foot called
the Patchwork foot for piecing - it is the $35 bernina version of
the "Little Foot" - and it is just as poorly designed.  The foot
only covers 1/2 of each of the feeddogs so the fabric feeds funny.  They
clearly know this isn't the most optimal solution to the problem
cause in the picture they have the fabric positioned so that you can't
see that the foot doesn't cover the entire feed dog.  What slimey
advertising.


---lisa




Reply-To: "Carolyn Ybarra" <PacBell.COM!Forsythe.Stanford.EDU!Carolyn.Ybarra>
From: "Carolyn Ybarra" <boo!PacBell.COM!Forsythe.Stanford.EDU!Carolyn.Ybarra>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: favorite gadgets come from favorite people
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 11:42:31 -0400

I loved my quilt digest today with all the talk of favorite gadgets.
Very interesting.  I especially liked ejp's "unpencil" idea.  I
turned a tube and was poking at the insides with my scissors only
last night, worrying about possibly poking too hard...

My favorite has already been mentioned by Judy - the rubber circles
that you use to grab the needle with while hand quilting.  I tried
the rubber office supply fingers first, and they didn't work as
well.  The circles have more texture and hold the needle better. I
tuck them in my t-shirt pocket and pull them out to use as needed.
And, by the way, they DO have a name.  I am quoting someone on this
list but don't want her to turn red again so she can remain
annonymous - she calls them "rubber units" (as in "dear, would you
fetch the rubber units from the top of the bedroom dresser?").

I have been using those triangle clover chalks for marking quilting
lines, but think those "chakoliners" or whatever they're called look
much easier.  They have little wheels that spread the chalk.  I also
like the "karisma" pencils that Laura Edwards introduced me to -
they are black lead pencils that wash out with just water.  And I
plan to try the white and silver pencils they have at the quilting
store, for darker fabrics. Do those wash out fine?  I think it's
"colerase" brand?

I also second the love of graph paper.  We Mac users don't have the
software option yet, and anyway I like sketching things out by hand.
I like the 12" square sheets of paper - perfect for those 12"
blocks.  I never bother with color though - I find it never looks
the way the fabric ends up looking anyway.  I use a lot of tracing
paper too, for various purposes.  And freezer paper, both for
applique and to iron on the backs of things I want to sign (got that
idea from Donna Martin) - it really makes it much easier to write on
fabric.

You know what?  Most of my favorite gadgets were introduced to me by
someone on this list.  What a helpful bunch of quilters you all are.

Carolyn Y
[e-mail]

To:  [e-mail]

Reply-To: Sally Thompson <PacBell.COM!cac.washington.edu!thomp>
From: Sally Thompson <boo!PacBell.COM!cac.washington.edu!thomp>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Charmers and a ?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 11:52:07 -0400


I'm also new to the group and would like to participate in the
in the "first-timers" Charm Block exchange group if one is formed.
Other than the size of the blocks are there any other require-
ments for them?

I also have an unrelated question for anyone who can answer it?
I have only been quilting for the past year or so and I'm wondering if
there is a right or wrong order in which to finish a quilt.
That is, are quilts suppose to be bound before the hand quilting is
done, or visa versa?  The patterns and instructions I have used up
until this time have been different each time.  Is the order just a
matter of preference?

Thanks

Sally Thompson
[e-mail]







Reply-To: PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 11:56:19 -0400


The one thing I couldn't live without is my flannel
covered wall (actually, at the moment it is just two
widths of flannel thumbtacked onto my bedroom wall.)

I put up projects in progress, cut out pieces, and
even completed blocks just so I can admire them.

The other essential is a big empty floor space for basting.
I have tried the table method but it still seems much
easier to just lay it out on the floor and crawl around
a bit.

--marina


Reply-To: MaryShepherd <PacBell.COM!mcc.com!mary>
From: MaryShepherd <boo!PacBell.COM!mcc.com!mary>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 11:54:10 -0400

I too fine finger cots very useful.

When I ran out of my first package I went to a local fabric store and
asked for them by name.  The sales people had never heard of them.  Then
I finally resorted to describing them as 'things that look like baby
condoms' and they new exactly what I was talking about.  One of the
saleswomen turned red and started laughing.  She said she had always
wondered what they were and why they were sold at a fabric store but was
afraid to ask.

Mary
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!Corp.Sun.COM!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!Corp.Sun.COM!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: little foot
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 12:00:38 -0400

>I have a Viking and my feet have no shank.  Is the little foot an
>option?  How would I find out?

My machine is a New Home and most of the feet also have no shank.
However, for certain feet, like the walking foot, there
is a screw on the left hand side of the shank that comes
out so I can attach another foot. If you have never used any
feet except the ones that came with your machine, you may never
have had to remove that screw.

--marina


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!hal.hahnemann.edu!donovan
From: boo!PacBell.COM!hal.hahnemann.edu!donovan
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: out of print pattern source
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 12:06:01 -0400


For those of you looking for recently out of print patterns from
VOGUE and BUTTERICK, there is a phone number you can call to
find out in a flash if your favorite pattern is available (you can
also order via this number)  It's for Vogue/Butterick Pattern service
in Altoona PA

The number is 814-943-5281

My boss recently called this number and she said they were VERY service
oriented and pleasant to deal with.


Judy Donovan
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.unify.com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.unify.com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Feline Helpers (Was Re: Favorite!)
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:56:05 -0400

On Tue, 20 Apr 1993, Colleen Yarnell <[e-mail]> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 19 Apr 1993, Gail Jahn wrote:
>
>> ... My other essential is my cat, "Susie"....
>
> I think this cat phenomena is interesting.  My cat Opus (black and white)
> similarly plops right down on top of what ever I am trying to work on.  He
> also likes to watch the foot on my sewing machine, though he has yet to
> attack it.  Perhaps his most edearing trick is to curl up on the chair to
> my sewing machine as soon as I leave it for even just a minute.  And it is
> not like there are other more comfortable chairs in the same room.  Still
> you have to love those adorable pests.

One of my cats, Embley (the b is silent), supervises my work and keeps my seat
warm, too.  I think she thinks the sound of the rotary cutter or the thread
going through fabric in handsewing is purring, so she joins me.  My other cat,
Yewbert, graciously volunteers to act as scale for photographs, so when I
put a quilt top or finished quilt on the bed or the floor to photograph it,
he jumps up on it and sprawls gracefully on it.

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244                   ------------+
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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ux1.cts.eiu.edu!csjan (Jan B. Faires)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ux1.cts.eiu.edu!csjan (Jan B. Faires)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 12:48:52 -0400

I'm with Judy, masking tape!  It's useful, too, for removing cat
hair from finished projects.  =-)  (Arthur, Larry and Baby Cat
do their share to test the snuggly factor of my quilts.)
--
Jan Faires, EIU, Charleston, IL 61920          [e-mail]

Time is that quality of nature which keeps events from
happening all at once.  Lately it doesn't seem to be working.


Reply-To: Michele F Ernst <PacBell.COM!VEGA.SELU.EDU!TMIS1899>
From: Michele F Ernst <boo!PacBell.COM!VEGA.SELU.EDU!TMIS1899>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:32:52 -0400

I agree with many of the favorite gadgets people have already submitted,
but I have a new one.  I just learned about it this weekend.  It's called
a friction board - we made them by gluing sandpaper to the inside of a
manilla folder (I'm sure some company makes one - but this was so easy).
I was always having trouble with my fabric stretching a bit when tracing
a template pattern onto the fabric.  This would cause the pencil markings
to be "off"  - especially small peices since there isn't much room for
mistakes.  If you just put your fabric on the friction board and then
trace the template, the fabric hardly moves! and I find the pencil markings
come out a little darker because the the roughness of the sandpaper will
stop you from having to press so hard or draw over the same line several
times.  Now I'll never trace templates onto fabric without one!!! :))

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Reply-To: Melissa Moore <PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
From: Melissa Moore <boo!PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Favorite!
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 13:56:52 -0400

> From:          Colleen Yarnell <[e-mail]>
> I think this cat phenomena is interesting.  My cat Opus (black and white)
> similarly plops right down on top of what ever I am trying to work on.  He
> also likes to watch the foot on my sewing machine, though he has yet to
> attack it.  Perhaps his most edearing trick is to curl up on the chair to
> my sewing machine as soon as I leave it for even just a minute.  And it is
> not like there are other more comfortable chairs in the same room.  Still
> you have to love those adorable pests.
It's the only warm chair.  I wonder if a heating pad would attract
our cats?

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Coord. of Local Area Networking    Internet: [e-mail]
University of Kansas               Phone:    [phone]
Lawrence, KS 66045                 Fax:      [phone]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: quilt design with computers
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:06:46 -0400


>Last Thursday, my copy of Quilters Design Studio finally arrived (it had
>been backordered for about a month).  I haven't had time to play with it.
>It does what Carol mentions doing with Illustrator and more.  QDS comes with
>a library of quilt blocks that you can add to.  It will also estimate fabric
>yardages and print templates.  The templates include seam allowances, but if
>I read the manual correctly, it prints one template per sheet of paper.
>What a waste of paper!

Illustrator will draw any curve, Quilters Design Studio will not.
Illustrator will print to a PostScript laser printer, Quilters Design
studio will not. That is why I am going to take that class on designing
quilts with Illustrator! :-)

--marina


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: between piecing and quilting
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:07:27 -0400

>So here are my questions -- when I laid the 9 blocks-of-4 out on the floor
>last night, they did not lay flat.  They especially tended to "puff" in the
>middle of the blocks, probably due to my tugging to make the seams line up.
>
>       Is this a common beginner problem, or am I hopeless ;-))
>       Are many first quilts seriously less than perfect?
>
>       If I machine quilt on the seam lines ("in the ditch") and
>       quilt closely, will it compensate for the "puffing"?

It sounds like you should have resquared all your blocks before sewing
them together. It is important to get the seams to match, but it is
even more important to have a quilt top that lays flat. if that means
a few seams are off a bit, so be it.

I have a large plastic template that has various size squares ruled on
it, I think the largest is 18 inches. I lay that on top of my block
and fairly ruthlessly cut off any crooked edges. Sometimes that means
that my 12 inch blocks end up being 11 1/2 inch blocks instead. It is a
lot easier, when you are a beginner, to make a quilt with sashing strips
in between the blocks, because you can adjust those to be wider or narrower,
depending on how your blocks turn out. For instance, square up all your blocks,
and then if two are smaller than the rest, give them wider sashing strips. The
difference will not be very noticeable in the finished quilt.

Some of your puffiness will probably "quilt out". However, you'll have to
be very careful about basting, and if you end up with pleats and puckers,
you'll know why. If you can stand to do it, it might be better to take
apart those blocks and square them up before you quilt the top. That will
help a lot.

To help you keep perfect 1/4 inch seams, try the Dr. Scholl's method, or lay
a few layers of masking tape along the edge. That will keep your fabric from
moving away from the needle. Also, I've discovered that my sewing machine
will almost push the fabric away when my needle is dull. So change your
needle often! It's amazing what a difference it makes.

--marina



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!UCRAC1.UCR.EDU!MZUK
From: boo!PacBell.COM!UCRAC1.UCR.EDU!MZUK
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: beeswax
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:11:46 -0400

I was interested to hear how many people use beeswax, since I had
always read that with the modern quilting threads it is unecessary.
How do you use it (ie, with each new piece you cut and thread, or
what?), and doesn't it stain the quilt top?

Also, any ideas on good thimbles to use while pushing with your
middle finger?  I can go through several of the leather ones for
each quilt top, even the ones with the metal inserts.  But regular
plastic thimbles are too clunky.  I did buy one of the thumb ones
and haven't gotten used to it yet, but when I quilt toward myself
I seem to use my middle finger and can't contort enough to use my
thumb instead.

Thanks in advance!

Marlene Zuk
MZUK@UCRVMS


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sail.labs.tek.com!carolynd
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sail.labs.tek.com!carolynd
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: gadgets and magnets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:45:44 -0400


An addition to my rotary cutter and large gridded cutting mat
that I've found very helpful is my "O'Lippa" ruler.  This is
a clear heavy plastic ruler (5"x24") with lines marked at
quarter inch increments along the length of the ruler. At
one end is another piece of plastic the makes a lip that lets
me use the ruler like a T-square on the edge of my mat.

If I owned an electronic sewing machine, I think I would just
keep my magnetic pin cushion away from it to be safe.  My
magnetic pin cushion is about 4" in diameter and has a pretty
strong magnet.  It's one of my son's favorite things to mess
with when he joins me in the sewing room.  One day he put it
on top of the small color TV I had in the room.  I noticed
the color change and to show him the effect the magnet had on
image I waved the magnet around in front of the screen.  Dumb!
It changed the colors, but not temporarily!  Luckily I had
access to a degaussing coil at work and was able to fix the
damage I had done.

Carolyn Drosd    [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sybase.com!bea (Bea Deering)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sybase.com!bea (Bea Deering)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re:  Favorite Follow-up
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:41:12 -0400

Lisa says:

>Have you all seen the new bernina 1530 ads in QNM and American Quilter
>and other magazines?  They show the nifty new quilting feet -
>they have a great foot for free motion quilting - and a foot called
>the Patchwork foot for piecing - it is the $35 bernina version of
>the "Little Foot" - and it is just as poorly designed.  The foot
>only covers 1/2 of each of the feeddogs so the fabric feeds funny.  They
>clearly know this isn't the most optimal solution to the problem
>cause in the picture they have the fabric positioned so that you can't
>see that the foot doesn't cover the entire feed dog.  What slimey
>advertising.

I use the Bernina Patchwork Foot constantly on my Bernina 1090, and
it works fine! It covers both feed dogs, just barely. I haven't had
trouble with the fabric feeding, except at the points of triangles when
they're only on one feed dog. For that I need some kind of smart
extra hand behind the machine to grab the piece and pull it
through straight even if I'm not paying attention. THAT would be a
useful gadget. :.)

-Bea Deering
[e-mail]




Reply-To: Michele F Ernst <PacBell.COM!VEGA.SELU.EDU!TMIS1899>
From: Michele F Ernst <boo!PacBell.COM!VEGA.SELU.EDU!TMIS1899>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: How to access other quiltnets?
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:46:21 -0400

Hi,
I need help from some of you who are on the other quilting nets
(prodigy, compuserve).  I have an acquaintance I'll be seeing tonight that
asked me to find out how she can join these groups.  I know that first
she has to subscribe to the network.  But she was asking how to find
the lists once you are a subscriber.  Thanks for any info I can pass
along to her!

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Reply-To: Carol Castaldi <PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
From: Carol Castaldi <boo!PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: gadgets
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 14:49:34 -0400


My favorite tool hardly qualifies as a gadget and I don't use it all the time
because film is so expensive.  When I am really stuck on working up a new
design, I set up a white background and throw my first thoughts onto it
in the form of fabric, trim, whatever.  Then I take a polaroid picture of
it.  Change the layout and take another, etc., etc. etc.  It's very
obvious when you have a dozen snapshots in front of you what works and
what doesn't.  My husband bought me the camera for Christmas; before
that I checked out one from work.

Carol Castaldi ([e-mail])



Reply-To: Carol Castaldi <PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
From: Carol Castaldi <boo!PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: new work from a wonderful quilter
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:19:44 -0400


Last week, when I posted the inquiry soliciting names for a PacNW
quilting events list, I mentioned the exhibit of Erika Carter's work in
Tacoma.  I have known Erika for 4 or 5 years and we have worked together
in the Contemporary Quilt Association so I am very familiar (and
somewhat awestruck) with her work.  Yesterday the current issue of
American Quilter (AQS publication sent to members) arrived and it has a
five or six page article showing Erika's new directions.  Wow!  Check it
out if you can find the magazine.  I remain a member of AQS mainly to
get the magazine which is probably the highest quality quilt magazine
around, at least in photo reproduction and often in content and
writing.

Carol Castaldi ([e-mail])



Reply-To: Pam Holt <PacBell.COM!hposl41.cup.hp.com!pmh>
From: Pam Holt <boo!PacBell.COM!hposl41.cup.hp.com!pmh>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Gadgets
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:20:57 -0400

I love all the talk about gadgets!  My favorite right now
is this neat fabric/paper flexible thimble that I found at
a recent quilt show.  It is slightly sticky and wraps around
your finger as a flexible thimble.  It also works wonders for
gripping a stuck needle.  I can find the name of it if anyone
is interested.

My other favorite is my new sewing machine.  I know it's bigger
than a gadget, but it really is fun.

Once this thread is exhausted, perhaps we should attack our
favorite books.
--Pam Holt


From: Gayle Williams <boo!PacBell.COM!uga.cc.uga.edu!GWILLIAM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      Re: beeswax
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:20:19 -0400

In answer to Marlene's question, I've never had any problems with stains
on my quilt work due to beeswax.
Gayle Williams
University of Georgia Libraries


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!fjtld.att.com!rah
From: boo!PacBell.COM!fjtld.att.com!rah
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: speaking about masking tape.....
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:22:21 -0400


I haven't decided what my favorite gadget is yet.  Unfortunately, my
sewing follows the same path as my cooking.  NEVER too many gadgets !!!

The neatest thing I've seen done with masking tape (quilt related) was
a gal at our last guild meeting was using it to quilt diagonal lines on
a wall hanging (instead of marking).  She used a ruler to set the first piece
down, then just kept moving the masking tape, lining it up with what was
just quilted.  She said she picked it up in a class somewhere.  I thought
this was the cats pajamas, imagine accurate 1/2, 3/4 and 1 inch straignt
lines without having to mark a whole grid across your piece.  (great for
white on white, no smudges)

I just had to share

Ruth Horvath
att.com!fjtlb!rah


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!cc.denison.edu!VASENKO
From: boo!PacBell.COM!cc.denison.edu!VASENKO
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: gadgets
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:25:03 -0400

I collect the gadget and notions as do many of you I notice.  Lately I
have been using large sheets of tracing paper with an applique design
drawn on.  I use the tracing paper as an overlay and slide the
appropriate sections of the applique parts under to position them
without marking up the background fabric.  It seems to work.

I belong to a Friendship Group which is enamoured of freezer paper
applique.  It is not my favorite method--I like plain old needle turn,
but we are all using the freezer paper and gluestick method to make
fairly precise applique.
I need to know if anyone has suggestions for brands of freezer paper.
The last one I used didn't adhere; the current one bonds itself TOO
much.  Any thoughts on that?  Also what stores carry freezer paper.

The finger cots idea is one I will try.  I used to cut up rubber
gloves and balloons too.

How about TOTES and boxes and baskets to carry our stuff in to
workshops and meetings.  I love boxes, baskets and bags of all kinds!

And cats too.

Carol Vasenko
[e-mail]


Reply-To: NAME= <PacBell.COM!irene.mit.edu!HENDERSON>
From: NAME= <boo!PacBell.COM!irene.mit.edu!HENDERSON>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:24:17 -0400

I just read of someone who uses Adobe Illustrator.  I use MacDraw Pro
for my designing.  It is fun to change the look with just a few key
strokes.  It can change the whole effect in a matter of seconds.
I then print them out and decide which one I like best, and
occasionally going back and changing what I originally started with.
It has made designing a quilt top super easy!!

Next I am working on getting a color monitor to really do it up
right!!  That will be exciting.

Has anyone on the list gone to the "
Craft show"  which is usually held in West Springfield, MA at the
Big E fairgrounds?  It is coming up this weekend, and was wondering
if it is worth the bother to go all that way for it.  If it is just
groups of people selling and not showing, I won't go.  If anyone
has, please let me know.  Thanks!!

Donna

[e-mail]




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: More cat stuff (Was Re: Favorite!)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:23:39 -0400


on Tue, 20 Apr 1993, Melissa Moore <[e-mail]> wrote
> From:          Colleen Yarnell <[e-mail]>
>> ...  My cat Opus (black and white) ... Perhaps his most edearing trick is
>> to curl up on the chair to my sewing machine as soon as I leave it for
>> even just a minute.  And it is not like there are other more comfortable
>> chairs in the same room....
> It's the only warm chair.  I wonder if a heating pad would attract
> our cats?

I gave my cats their own quilt: I took a half-yard of prepadded and -quilted
fabric, folded it in half, cut the corners into curves (yes, fancy, but they
*are* my babies), sewed it shut, turned it rightside out, and top-sewed it
to close the turning gap.  When it gets too hairy or crumby, I toss it into
the washer.  The cats will forgo both chairs and carpeting if this pad is in
the same room I'm in, but will curl up together on the pad.  I'm planning to
make more of them so there can be one in every sunny spot in the house, and
there will be a point to my de-hairing the easy chairs.  That prequilted
stuff should go on sale pretty soon!

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244                   ------------+
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|  will notice.                 - Ruth Marlene Fox, Living Faith            |
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Reply-To: Pam Holt <PacBell.COM!hposl41.cup.hp.com!pmh>
From: Pam Holt <boo!PacBell.COM!hposl41.cup.hp.com!pmh>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: hand quilting ??'s
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:22:54 -0400

I am trying hand quilting once again.  I did several machine quilted
pieces, but I really have the hand quilting bug.

I am having some trouble with starting and stopping my stitching.  Does
anyone have a good reference on describing this?  I checked Quilts, Quilts,
Quilts and found their description of stopping your stitching rather
confusing.

I am starting my stitching by putting my needle in 1/2" before my stitching
line and pulling the knot into the batting.  It seems to work, but I was
wondering what others thought of this.

Tying off my stitching is a nightmare.  I am afraid it will pull out or look
ugly.  I would love to hear how others do this.

My other question concerns needle size.  What size/brand do you use?  I
have a package of Piecemakers needles that are a size 12.  The needle is
fine enough but it is less than 1" long.  It seems awfully tiny and I keep
stabbing myself.  My other needles are very thick and solve the stabbing
problem but are difficult to pull through fabric.  Any suggestions?

thanks for any help you can offer.
--Pam Holt
[e-mail]


Reply-To: Jo Rice <PacBell.COM!kenyon.edu!rice>
From: Jo Rice <boo!PacBell.COM!kenyon.edu!rice>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: re:between piecing and quilting
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:25:53 -0400

>last night, they did not lay flat.  They especially tended to "puff" in the
>middle of the blocks, probably due to my tugging to make the seams line up.
>
>       Is this a common beginner problem, or am I hopeless ;-))
>       Are many first quilts seriously less than perfect?

When I worry about things like this, the older women in my quilt guild (I'm
only 59), tell me, "Oh, that will quilt up right nice!"

Jo Rice
[e-mail]



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:28:43 -0400

I'm still thinking of my favorite gadgets...I forgot one that I've been
using a LOT lately... A magnetic wand that is indispensible for picking
up straight pins from the floor or wherever else they land! I keep one
next to the sewing machine. I also swear by my magnetic pin cushion!
(And NO, the magnetic field will not damage your electronic sewing
machine. It's not strong enough!) -- Judy

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Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Bernina 1530 complaints (was Re: Favorite Follow-up)
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:26:35 -0400

I said:
>>Have you all seen the new bernina 1530 ads in QNM and American Quilter
..
>>The foot
>>only covers 1/2 of each of the feeddogs so the fabric feeds funny.

Bea said:

>I use the Bernina Patchwork Foot constantly on my Bernina 1090, and
>it works fine! It covers both feed dogs, just barely. I haven't had


The feed dogs on the 1530 must be farther apart.

As long as I am ragging on Bernina and I have a cold and I don't have the
energy to quilt I might as well tell you all my Bernina experience.  I didn't
quite tell the truth when I said I didn't buy a machine when I went
looking a few months ago.  I actually did buy a Bernina 1530.  I bought the
machine because the guy said if I didn't like it I could bring it back -
so what the heck - I figured I might as well try it out at home.  Well -
I tried - I didn't like - I returned it.

When I got the machine the box had been opened, the seal on the
accessory box was broken, the protective sheet had been removed from
the lcd display and the front of the cabinet was scratched.  My guess is
that I was not the first to return this machine - or this machine had been
used as a demo - or this guy is selling stuff that fell off the back
of a truck :-) I got a pretty good deal on the price - I paid $2100 for the
machine, the walking foot, the patchwork foot, the quilting foot, several
bags of extra bobbins and some extra needles.  The mail order places are
about the same price - but the store in princeton is cheaper.

Anyway - why did I take the machine back?  Because for $2100 I expect
perfection.  What I got was not even close.  Not even in the same
ball park.  Some of the problems could be because I got a bad machine,
some of them are problems with the design, and that tracking ball user
interface is awful.

More specifically:

When I got the machine and started playing with it the tension was fine.
After playing with it for several hours on nothing more exciting than
100% cotton and occasionally a quilt sandwich the tension was off - way
off - and since Bernina's have "automatic" tension I had to have them
readjust it at the shop.

One reason I am going to get a top of the line machine is that I would
like to use the decorative stitches for quilting.  So I layered up a little
sandwich and started testing - imagine my surprise when I couldn't
get the decorative stitches to sew correctly on a quilt sandwich!  They
came out all squished together.  The woman that I talked to before buying
the machine said she used the decorative stitches all the time when quilting.
Well during my lesson with her she confessed that she had really only used
a couple of them - and none of the "multi-motion" stitches.  Since the
1530 only has 2 way feed multi realy means "dual".  Anyway she also couldn't
get the stitches to come out looking okay.  She said the balance had to be
adjusted and started messing around with that but I really wasn't interested
in having to adjust what I thought should have worked in the first place.
It could be that this woman didn't know what she was doing - but I think
the machine just doesn't do those stitches well on a quilt sandwich.  Maybe
some of you that have 1530's could report better luck.

I will say that the free motion quilting is a joy with the bernina
quilting foot - it is basically just a large version of the darning
foot.

The patchwork foot is another story - it doesn't cover the entire feed
dog as I said earlier - so the fabric didn't feed straight through the
machine.  Clearly the simple solution is to just move the needle position
over and use the regular foot - but then the great 1/4" marks in front & back
of the needle position on the patchwork foot are lost.  Anyway - for the
1530 this foot is a waste of money in my opinion.  During my lesson I showed
the woman that the fabric didn't feed correctly and she said well - of course
I had to put both my hands on the fabric right up next to the foot and guide
it very carefully - well - excuse me but my $90 singer that I have destroyed
the feeddogs on by sewing over pins (right marie-christine :-) feeds the
fabric better.  Anyway - the fabric fed straight when the regular feet were
in use.

As for that tracking ball interface - it is for computer illiterates.  It
is absolutely horrible.  You have to go through 2 levels of menu to get to
the sticthes - sometimes 3.  ARG!!!!  It got real old real fast.  The
only way to view all the stitches at once was to look in the manual.
The memory editing was simple - trivial and obvious.  Of course during my
lesson the woman showed me some stuff and it looked awkward so I tried it
a different way and it worked - so I showed her some short-cuts on how
to edit memory.

When I returned the machine a quilt instructor was in
the store and she told me she couldn't imagine me not wanting a bernina
and that maybe the computer was too complicated for me - so obviously
I need to get the 1230 instead.  I just laughed - if I'm teaching them
how to program the machine I don't think an easier interface would solve the
problems.

I spent a lot more time looking at machines after that experience.
I looked at only the top of the line machines - from my experience
the Elna Diva is not as nice as the Bernina - it has the same "you
have to use the balance button to get the decorative stitches to work"
problem.  The Singer CXL is a dog - woof woof - in comparison to the
european machines but costs almost as much!  The New Home 8000 is nice -
i didn't run into many problems but the interface is that multilevel
menu stuff - although their gimmick is a touch screen instead of
a tracking ball - I really hate that.  It also seemed to me that this
machine is really geared towards clothing not quilts - the blind
stitch doesn't get narrow enough to do invisible machine applique
and the built in decorative stitches are not really what I wanted
for quilting.  The viking #1 is great - I really like it - although
I didn't like the cartridges and the sound!  Yep - odd thing not
to like but it was too quiet.

So the winner is the Pfaff 1475CD - I really loved this machine.
It did just about everything I wanted - the free motion quilting
isn't the greatest but I will live.  The user interface is my favorite
of the ones I saw.  The built in walking foot is great for piecing!
The creative designer comes with the machine for designing new
stitches.  I guess I just sort of fell in love with this machine.

Anyway - these are just my opinions - if I said something nasty about
a machine you liked sorry - I think a sewing machine prefereneces
are a very subjective and personal.


---lisa



Reply-To: Erich Schlaikjer <PacBell.COM!aron01.gs.com!schlae>
From: Erich Schlaikjer <boo!PacBell.COM!aron01.gs.com!schlae>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: gadgets and tools
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:27:16 -0400

The suggestion of using plexiglass squares



Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!vuse.vanderbilt.edu!laura>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!vuse.vanderbilt.edu!laura>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets and cat tricks
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:30:15 -0400

My favorite gadget is a chatelaine my mom made for me.  It holds my scissors
and thread and thimbles and threaders and rubber units, and I stick needles
and pins in the sides, and it keeps the cat from snarling the threads and
eating my applique toothpick/skewer.

Cami (my three year old looong hair calico) enjoys trying to catch the thread
coming off the spool and going into the sewing machine, and also that thread
that keeps disappearing to the topside of the cross-stitch in my lap.  Both
habits get quite annoying, but what would we do without them?

Laura
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!lunch.wpd.sgi.com!close (Diane Barlow Close)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!lunch.wpd.sgi.com!close (Diane Barlow Close)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: thimbles
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:31:38 -0400

> Also, any ideas on good thimbles to use while pushing with your
> middle finger?  I can go through several of the leather ones for
> each quilt top, even the ones with the metal inserts.  But regular
> plastic thimbles are too clunky.

I sew the same way -- use my middle finger far too much!  :-)  3M
makes a product called "Co-Ban Action Wrap" (self-adhering support
wrap/bandaging).  You can buy it in the pharmacy for about $3 for a 5
yard roll (2" wide).  This stuff is tough!  I mention it as I have
just seen a small package of 5, 4" X 2" pieces, being sold as
"quilter's flexible thimble" in the quilting store for $4 a package!!

I use this stuff regularly as bird wing bandaging (my parrot has a
wing infection that is undergoing treatment).  It's great -- tough
enough to withstand bird beaks without tearing at all, sticks to
itself and doesn't stick to skin or feathers.  (3M also sells this as
"vet wrap" for about $6 a roll more.  :-)

Hmmm, this might even qualify for one of those "favorite, home made"
gadgets postings?  I think I'll mail this group-wide, as others might
be interested in this info too.

--
Diane Barlow Close
[e-mail]
I'm at lunch today.  :-)




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!alleg.edu!jwestenf
From: boo!PacBell.COM!alleg.edu!jwestenf
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: One more favorite gadget
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:29:30 -0400



If you can bear one more favorite gadget, I have it ... It is my
spoolholder for thread ... it is made of wood with two semi-circles
on both ends with a doll (spelling)... one inserts the doll into the
spool of thread and then anchors it between the two ends ... I have a
magnet on the platform so I can put my needles on it when sewing ...
it's great I never have to go looking for that spool of thread that
has fallen off the quilt onto the floor between the cushions, under
the chair, under the sofa ... everyone knows that routine


jane westenfeld
[e-mail]
*


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!hrollie.att.com!susan
From: boo!PacBell.COM!hrollie.att.com!susan
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Quilter's Design Studio
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:33:42 -0400

A review of the software will come later after I've had a chance to use it.

I've had several inquiries as to whether QDS is a MAC or DOS application.

QDS runs on IBM-compatible PCs and is a MicroSoft Windows application.
That means, you not only have to have DOS, you have to have MS Windows.

Got to run.
Susan Brazeal
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sytex.com!judys (Judy Smith)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: EQ
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:30:58 -0400

To all of you MAC users out there, from what I've been told, The Electric
Quilt will be coming out with a MAC version sometime during the next
year. --Judy

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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: back from the quilters retreat
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:38:40 -0400


>The first time my husband noticed me using the finger cots he looked at me
>and asked "practicing safe quilting?"  then followed up by "that's what you
>get for sharing needles with your friends".  :^)

This is a great intro to my experiences at the Quiltaway, the semi-annual
quilt retreat of the San Francisco Quilters Guild. Because we each
received a fabric tote bag when we registered, filled with goodies. Among
the goodies were several condoms! (I suspect these were added by one of our
members who is very active with the AIDs Quilt Project.)

Throughout the retreat, there were various jokes made about why we had
been given these condoms. You can imagine some of them, but the funniest
ones (IMHO) were when we suggested to our sashiko teacher that perhaps
these devices would be helpful in pulling the rather thick sashiko
needle through the heavyweight indigo fabric we were using. She agreed,
and very good naturedly spent the rest of the class testing it out on her
finger :-)

I took two classes, the sashiko class and a machine cutwork embroidery class.
This was taught by Marinda Brown, of "T-Dress" fame. She supplied us with
her new cutwork vest pattern, but I decided it would take me far longer than
the one day workshop to complete it, and I didn't want to add any more UFOs
to my pile at home. So I used one of the sashiko patterns, a folded paper
crane, to create my own small cutowork piece. I stitched the bird's outlines
with varigated blue rayon thread and the background shapes in white (the fabric
I used is also white). For machine cutwork, you first zigzag all the design
lines, cut away the areas you wish to remove, then satin stitch over the design
lines again--twice. It's a lot of stitching but it's the best way to completely
cover the cut edges.

We had programs every evening--one night was a two-person "play" called
"Love Letters", the story of a relationship told through the letters exchanged
by two people over their entire lives. Another night was the talent show and
an auction--one small scrap of fabric went for $21!! I decided that after
three days, these quilters were starved to go shopping! I purchased the only
real "deal" of the auction, a Danish cross stitch kit for $2. There are no
other cross stitchers in my guild, that's for sure.

I also taught two classes in drawing your own quilting labels on fabric.
I learned more by seeing the labels my students designed than I knew when
I started! Everyone seemed pleased with the class and many were brave enough
to draw on their name tags, too. (the first day of the retreat we were all
given a kit to make our own name tags). All of the teachers were given
charming little doll pins that were made by a talented member of the guild--
mine had red hair and green eyes and a nice hand-dyed outfit. She is really
gorgeous!

I feel sad that the retreat is over, but luckily I'm already signed up
for another retreat next Jan., so I can look forward to that. Sometimes it
seems like my life is built around my quilting events :-)

--marina



Reply-To: PacBell.COM!hal.hahnemann.edu!donovan
From: boo!PacBell.COM!hal.hahnemann.edu!donovan
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: favorite gadgets
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:38:01 -0400

The gadget list has been great!

My favorite (which wasn't already mentioned) is 1/4 masking tape.  When
I'm making quilt templates, I trace the pieces MINUS SEAM ALLOWANCES onto
the template material.  Then I put the 1/4" masking tape around the drawn
shapes, forming perfect 1/4" seam allowances.  Then I cut out the templates
(including the "taped" seam allowances).  I like this technique because
it is very accurate and also allows you to see what the finished pieces
will look like (e.g. if i'm cutting out unusual printed fabric, i can
preview exactly what part of the piece will show in the quilt because
the masking tape covers the seam areas.  Keeps me from losing parts
of images in the seams).

This is a tip I learned from Libby Lehman in her ContempoEASY quilt
design class.  It was worth the price of the class!

Judy Donovan
[e-mail]


Reply-To: Linn Compton <PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
From: Linn Compton <boo!PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: old quilts!
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:35:11 -0400

Last night when I got home from work, I found a box from my mom waiting
for me. She had sent me two quilt tops that were made by my
great-grandmother in the early 1900's! Needless to say, I was thrilled!
Sitting there holding these quilt tops in my hands and thinking about
my own great-grandmother sewing these very pieces by hand gave me such
an amazing feeling.

I don't know the names of patterns, but one is a single huge 8-pointed
star made of small diamond-shaped pieces, and the other is an all-over
pattern of 4-inch-diameter octagons. Some of the pieces in the octagon
quilt are made from two smaller pieces.

Some of the fabrics are very thin, and appear to have been thin when
sewed into the quilt. Other pieces have frayed right up to the seam
line and have pulled away from the stitching. I'd like to repair and
restore these tops and make them into quilts.
1. What's the best way to restore the pieces that have frayed? Should I
just carefully remove the piece (which is now too small) and replace it
with a similar fabric?

2. What's the best material to use for batting? Cotton? I'm thinking
about what they might have used way back then.

3. What about quilting? Is there a traditional way to quilt the
octagon? How about the star?

I apologize if these are FAQs; I'd appreciate any advice.

[e-mail]


Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Polaroid
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:36:32 -0400

Subject:                                                      Time:8:37 AM
Polaroid                                                      Date:4/21/93
Carol Castaldi wrote:
Then I take a polaroid picture of it.  Change the layout and take another,
etc., etc. etc.

I love this hint. I've heard it before and I'm always so amused that, with the
exception of Carol, the emphasis has been - "It's really good for discerning
values because the color is *so* terrible." I wonder if Polaroid Corp. would
like to hear that thousands of quilters buy their cameras because of this
profoundly negative characteristic.




Reply-To: andrea m koziol <PacBell.COM!midway.uchicago.edu!ifsa>
From: andrea m koziol <boo!PacBell.COM!midway.uchicago.edu!ifsa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: help with sewing on the bias
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1993 16:35:50 -0400


Hi everyone, I need a little help.

Bias sewing is always difficult, I know.  In the blocks I am working on, I
must sew a piece with straight grain to a piece with a bias edge (imagine a
straight strip to be sewn to the hypotenuse of a triangle).  I remember
awhile ago someone posted a tip in this list about which piece to have on top
as you feed the pieces through the machine, but of course I forgot it.  Could
someone please post this again, and any other tips you may have?

I have to do this 8 times per block.  Argh.  But folks in the spring fling
exchange: they are going to look great!
andrea
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!VELCRO.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU!Amy_Moormann_Zaremski
From: boo!PacBell.COM!VELCRO.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU!Amy_Moormann_Zaremski
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Proper ironing
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:13:54 -0400

Fellow quilters,

I've seen a few references lately in the "gadgets" thread about how
important it is to iron your blocks correctly. This is something I
haven't seen a whole lot about in the books I've read, or in the (few)
classes I've taken. I'd like to hear from y'all about what tricks/
techniques you use to iron your blocks. What is the most effective way
to keep from distorting the fabric? Do you trim things up as you go
along? Do you wait until you're completely finished to iron at all?
Do you find a grid ironing board cover like Patricia McIntyre mentioned
essential? Can you use steam or is that a complete "no-no"? Etc.

Since this may be old-hat to some readers, please send your responses
directly to me. If enough people are interested, I will post a summary.

Thanks for "straightening" me out!

Amy Moormann Zaremski
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu!schlumpf%uimrl5.dnet (Horse Fiend)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!uimrl7.mrl.uiuc.edu!schlumpf%uimrl5.dnet (Horse Fiend)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Another "gadget" I LOVE
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:17:50 -0400


I guess it really wouldn't fall into the gadget category, but when someone
mentioned the 1/4" masking tape so they could see what the finished piece was
it made me think of what I use for templates and "windows"....plastic from
Breyer horse boxes! As many of you know by now I'm a horse nut and I do collect
the Breyer plastic horses. Well, they came up with a really AWFUL box design
which is basically a cardboard back and bottom and clear plastic on the sides,
top, and front. Peter came up with the idea that if we tore those boxes apart
the plastic would be perfect as it is quite heavy. Since they are clear, you
can easily draw (with a magic marker) the outline of the piece on the plastic
and still add your 1/4" seam. This way, if you look between the black lines
you'll see what you'll get as far as what part of the material you'll have. And
the boxes come in a wide range of sizes, some up to 14" long or so which leaves
A LOT of plastic to play with! These templates don't wear at the edges like
cardboard and you can see what you're doing and best of all they are basically
"free". So if you see a niece, nephew, grandchild, child ripping open a Breyer
box, ask for the box (of course some folks with LOTS of room, KEEP the boxes,
but most don't). :) I'm sure there are other boxes which used the same sort of
stuff and which you could also "recycle/reuse"  the plastic from. It might even
work for quilt design templates, dunno, haven't tried that yet. Oh, yea,
storage of unused pieces isn't a problem, after you rip the cardboard (flimsy
stuff) off the plastic will lie flat as it's just folded, not molded that way.

As far as using masking tape for quilting lines, I have a friend who I watched
do this. She had some special white tape she'd bought at a quilting shop and
she'd just move it over as she needed it for her design...no markings. She used
it to make diamonds in squares and it all turned out really well too.  I never
would have thought of that myself...

And am I the only one who has ever had trouble with those silver pencils? Mine
just DOES NOT want to mark on my fabric! I used it on a hard table and one
layer of fabric. Am I doing something wrong???

And, of course, as I already mentioned, what would I do without my cats?? The
ones who chase the fabric that comes out from under the feed dogs and jump at
the fabric hanging over the edge of the table when I'm cutting or chase the
needle through the quilt when I'm quilting. Yes, they'd sit UNDER the quilt
frame and watch for that little silver needle to come poking through and then
would try to grab the thread from the bottom! The big black puppy took care of
that though, they don't like to sit on the floor anymore, now they go for the
thread on top! Sigh....cats. :)

Kay Schlumpf
[e-mail]


Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re - Puffed quilt squares
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:17:09 -0400

Subject:                                                      Time:2:11 PM
Re - Puffed quilt squares                                     Date:4/21/93
Jo Rice wrote:
When I worry about things like this, the older women in my quilt guild (I'm
only 59), tell me, "Oh, that will quilt up right nice!"

Bless you, Jo for that gentle comment. I, for one, am pretty tired of how
competitive this hobby can get. It's nice to know that somewhere there's a
chance of acceptance for the less-than-perfect.




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!dpc.dpc.umassp.edu!m.safranski-derrick
From: boo!PacBell.COM!dpc.dpc.umassp.edu!m.safranski-derrick
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: SPOOL HOLDER
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:16:20 -0400


MY FAVORITE SPOOL HOLDER WAS MADE FOR ME BY MY LITTLE BROTHER WHEN HE WAS
ABOUT 10 OR SO.  IT IS A PIECE OF WOOD ABOUT 15" HIGH CUT IN THE SHAPE OF A
SPOOL. IT HAS PEGS IN ROWS COVERING THE SURFACE, SET AT A SLIGHT ANGLE TO KEEP
THEM FROM SLIDING OFF.  THERE ARE ABOUT 25 PEGS OR SO, SO I CAN GET A
VERITABLE RAINBOW ON IT.  BESIDES, IT MAKES ME THINK OF MY BROTHER.  (IT WAS A
LOT OF WORK FOR A TEN-YEAR-OLD, EVEN WITH DAD'S HELP.  BUT IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE
FOR ANYONE WHO CAN USE A DRILL AND A SAW WITH A LITTLE DEXTERITY.)
ALSO, THIS IS PARTIALLY AN ANSWER TO A CHALLENGE.  HI, ATHENA!  I'M ON THE
NET!

BETH  ([e-mail])


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!mcs.capital.edu!ppost (Phyllis Post)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!mcs.capital.edu!ppost (Phyllis Post)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Masking tape
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:14:41 -0400


Ruth wrote in about using masking tape to quilt 1" straight lines without
having to mark the top.  I'm just finishing a wall hanging using this method
and I have to offer two warnings.  In the beginning I think I was stingy with
the tape and didn't notice it losing its stickiness.  So as I quilted the
tape moved and my lines weren't so straight and perfect after all.  Also, I
had used an unbonded batting underneath dark dark blue fabric.  Naturally the
batting is bleeding through and I think the tape makes it worse.  Oh well,
I've called this piece my learning piece because there are all kinds of
things I'll never do again.  Masking tape is great, but be careful where and
how you use it.

Later!  Phyllis.

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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com!ibmpa!ajax.kgn.ibm.com!tracyk (Tracy Masuck)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com!ibmpa!ajax.kgn.ibm.com!tracyk (Tracy Masuck)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Tying advice
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:48:04 -0400

Shelly and all else who are interested:
I have made several tied quilts, and I have just laid them out on the floor.

I pin where I want the ties to go, and then roll it up, so only the edge I'm
concerned with is available, otherwise, it will be a cat hair disaster.

When I don't want the ties to interfere with the design, I make the ties
on the back.  The pinning is the biggest assist when doing this -
then the design on the front is secured at the corners, and the ties won't
detract from the design.  Meanwhile, on the back, the plain backing is
livened-up by the evenly spaced ties.
Also, the color of the thread used for the ties doesn't really show on the
front.

>From your description, I think all the ties in blue would be nice, as well
as unobtrusive to your design, plus I'm lazy and wouldn't want to be concerned
about putting the wrong color tie by accident.
I usually use yarn, but it frays right away.

And, the best thing I've found about tying quilts, is using curved needles.
The whole process goes much quicker.

Good Luck!
Tracy
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Reply-To: Becky Bruner <PacBell.COM!EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU!ISRLB>
From: Becky Bruner <boo!PacBell.COM!EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU!ISRLB>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      gadets&cats
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:46:38 -0400

My favorite "gadget" so far has been my 6 1/2" square ruler.  It's been
really great for cutting out squares, and helping me mitre the corners
of my tops.

We have two cats, Tigger and Shadow, and one puppy, Bandit.  Shadow doesn't
like the puppy, so she won't come upstairs anymore.  Tigger, however,
gets along fine with the dog, so he is now trying to take over my
sewing room.  I just got this room put together, and every time I go
in, he comes in and sits on the fabric I'm trying to cut, or on the
pad I use to iron with while I'm trying to iron, or sleeps on the
sewing machine when I'm trying to piece large sections together.
He's a big fellow, and takes up a *lot* of room on the machine.
If I've been sewing and get up, the chair is of course taken by the
time I get back.  If I'm cutting out or ironing and he's tired of
being chased off the table, he takes my sewing chair and has to be
dumped out when I want it.  He doesn't chase the fabric though - he
leaves that to the puppy.

Becky
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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!is.rice.edu!shel (Michelle D Johnson)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!is.rice.edu!shel (Michelle D Johnson)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Need some tying advice
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:18:35 -0400

I have a couple of questions about the final stages of a to-be-tied
quilt that my husband & I are making. It's a double Irish chain
in nautical blue, a coordinating print on ivory, and muslin as
the "empty" blocks in between the chains. We're planning to tie
it, but would like to make that as unobtrusive as possible.

1.I was thinking about using matching blue DMC on the chains
themselves, but then using ivory DMC to tie within the muslin
blocks so that error in lining up the ties wouldn't be as
obvious. Is this okay, or will it look funny? (The back is a
multi-hued blue & gray waves sorta design-no ivory)

2. This is a "group" gift to a woman at work, so several people
will be helping (I hope!) with the tying. It's queen-sized, and
we have big open spaces to spread it out in to baste the layers
together in, but how much/where should it be basted?

3. Do we *have* to have something to put it in when we're tying
(we don't have anything)? What do we need to do otherwise?

4. How many people is a reasonable number to have tying the quilt
at the same time? Several people have told me, "well, I haven't
ever sewn/done anything like this before..." and I've told them
that's okay, I haven't tied a quilt before either! Am I asking
for a headache, or is it really easy to pick up on?

5. I've seen the instructions (ejp, I believe?) on options for
tying before, with the most oft recommended being the surgeon's
knot, I think. Does anyone still have this posting around (mine's
gone) that they could send me?

6. What type of batting should we use? Cotton, poly, blend, ...
the couple are currently living in Houston, but he and possibly
she will be in Boston for 2 years starting in August. I think I
want it fairly flat, not extremely puffy or anything. Is flatter
a bad idea? I'm leaning towards the good cotton that can be
tied/quilted long distances apart, since it would seem that it
will bunch up less in the long run.

Thanks for taking the time to wade through all of this. After all
this work (and a few more hectic nights ahead of me), I want to
finish it right.

Shelly Johnson
[e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!corp.sun.com!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: computer drawing programs, needle size
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:20:48 -0400


>Illustrator is about $400.00. How much is QDS?

About $150. But there are $150 drawing programs
that will draw curves, so I'm not sure why QDS doesn't.

However, I was wrong about the printing--it appears that
the shop where I saw the demo did not have the driver
installed for a PostScript printer (probably because they
didn't have one!) so that's why they told me that it
couldn't print to a PostScript printer. Actually, it will
print to any printer if yuou just install the right driver
(included with Windows, not with QDS).

>My other question concerns needle size.  What size/brand do you use?  I
>have a package of Piecemakers needles that are a size 12.  The needle is
>fine enough but it is less than 1" long.  It seems awfully tiny and I keep
>stabbing myself.  My other needles are very thick and solve the stabbing
>problem but are difficult to pull through fabric.  Any suggestions?

A size 10 works just as well as the 12 and is a lot easier to thread.
Once you get used to it, you won't ever want to use those thick needles
again--I use my quilting needles to sew on buttons!

Whenever anyone asks me "how do you get those little stitches" I say
"Just use a little needle." :-)

--marina



Reply-To: Becky Bruner <PacBell.COM!EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU!ISRLB>
From: Becky Bruner <boo!PacBell.COM!EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU!ISRLB>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      ironing
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:53:58 -0400

Thought I'd put my $.02 worth in about ironing - in the classes I've
taken, proper ironing of the block in process was really stressed.
I've been taught to *not* use steam, as it can warp the pieces, and
to iron from the top.  In whichever direction you want to press the seam,
lay the piece on the board top-side up and press from the outside in
towards the seam, holding the rest of the piece up until you hit the
seam line.  Press over the seam and lay the next piece of the block
down on the board and press.  Continue in this manner until the
entire piece/block is pressed.

This sounds confusing, so maybe I haven't explained it well, but
I've found that properly ironing the pieces and final block makes
a *big* difference in how easily things go together.

Becky
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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: REPEAT of the October "How do you tie your quilt?" Summary
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:36:37 -0400

uuPCB Article Split: Part # 1 of 3



This is a repost of information from 6 months ago -- if you've seen it,
just next/purge/delete this now.  But it was long enough ago that it
doesn't seem too extravagant to repost, especially to a group that's
grown this much.  cheers, ejp
======================================================begin repost==========
Subject: Summary: How do *you* tie your quilt?
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:25:20 -0400

>From Wed, 30 Sep 1992 15:55:45 -0400

Here's the summary of responses I got when I asked the mailing listers
how they preferred to tie a pieced quilt top.  I forgot to ask whether
I should use people's names, so I've removed them.  (Can't hurt to err
on the side of privacy, and it saves a wee bit of space.  :)

- --- original question -----------------------------------------------------
I have a sentimental quilt top that isn't suited to hand-quilting -- it's
made of scraps of clothing I made as an impressionable youngster during
the cotton/poly seventies, and some of those squares are darned tough to
get a needle through.  So I want to tie it, and by hand, not machine.  The
thing is simply too darned big.

I'm thinking of using the lowest loft possible polyester batting and plain
100% cotton (pre-shrunk) muslin backing.  Given that, and a pattern of
random-colored 2" squares, what would you do for the following?

* What sort of fiber would you use for the actual ties?
Quilting thread, quilting thread doubled, perle cotton #8, 1/16th"
ribbon, wool tapestry yarn, DMC floss ...?
* How often would you tie it?
In the middle of every square, in the middle of every other square ...?
* Where would you tie it?
In the center of the square, at the intersection of 4 squares ...?
* How sturdy would you make the tie stitches?
From top to bottom, bottom to top, then tie (a single), or
top to bottom, bottom to top, top to bottom, bottom to top (a double), ...?
* How long a tail would you leave on the ties, and does the length of
the tail depend on the tie fiber?

- --- overall summary --------------------------------------------------------
There was an overwhelming preference for DMC floss, tied with surgeons' knots
(they're described very well below), and one-inch tails.  Interestingly,
one person had very *bad* luck with DMC floss -- search on the word "shreddy".
The recommended interval for tying was mostly "season to taste", in the 3"-6"
range.  Based on the richness of this response, I've made up my mind:

* DMC perle cotton in red, black, and ecru
* tie at the intersection of 4 squares, rather than in the middle,
* tie at every OTHER intersection (it's a 48x48 grid of 2" squares, and
I'd like to get it done this millennium :)
* use the "invisible tie" method described below (search on "DOLL needle")
I'd never heard of the Doll Needle method, but it suits me to a tee.

I'm glad the batting choice is "season to taste", since I'm a real fan of
the "old-quilt" look that I think flat batting gives.  Thanks, all!  -- ejp

- --- full responses from here on ---------------------------------------------
My Grandmother and her sister never really quilted, they tied. I just tied the
very last quilt top my great aunt ever cut (I sewed it together) following
their methods...

I used a medium loft batting, cause that's what I got my hands on first. They
tended to like the medium to high since that gave it a more comforter look. For
backing they always used a cheap sheet they bought somewhere. It was cheaper
than muslin and it was possible to get different colors or even flowers.

* What sort of fiber would you use for the actual ties?
For ties they used either yarn (any color you liked!) or DMC floss. Both have
held up well under many washings and lots of wear.

* How often would you tie it?
They tied it any and everywhere. In the middle of each block, in the middle of
every other block, on the corners, wherever they wanted to.  Mind you, it's
hard to get throught the corner intersections sometimes (they used mostly
knits!!!).

* How sturdy would you make the tie stitches?
They usually went top to bottom, bottom to top, double knot (like a granny
knot). Sometimes these come undone, but if you just look it over once in a
while and tighten what's loose there usually aren't any problems.

* How long a tail would you leave on the ties, and does the length of
the tail depend on the tie fiber?
I don't know if it depends on the fiber, but they've cut them shorter and
longer, just depends on their mood. They did the yarn really short once with an
old blanket as batting and that seemed to work okay. But then, with the higher
loft stuf they like to leave it about 1" long. The DMC floss they left it
1-1.5".

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Actually, tying it doesn't matter what type bat you use, I usually
use a fluffy bat as it looks so nice tied, kind of a comforter look.

* What sort of fiber would you use for the actual ties?
Quilting thread, quilting thread doubled, perle cotton #8, 1/16th"
ribbon, wool tapestry yarn, DMC floss ...?

My favorite is cotton crochet thread in a thickness that I think
looks good with the quilt, also in a color that looks good.

* How often would you tie it?
In the middle of every square, in the middle of every other square ...?

It depends on the bat and what I plan to use it for as to how often I
tie.  Sometimes I might tie closer too if I think it would just look
better to do so.  If I had 9 patches, I'd probably tie in the corners
vs the cener of the block as I could more evenly and faster do that
as to mark the center of each block and then tie.  Unless you just
going to put ties randomly all over the quilt (like I did the baby
quilt of Lisa's where there really was no logical place to tie) then
you'd want it to line up evenly and to avoid marking, the corners are
easy.

* Where would you tie it?
In the center of the square, at the intersection of 4 squares ...?

See above, again dependent on the type of the block or how many
pieces and what type shape they were in the block.

* How sturdy would you make the tie stitches?
From top to bottom, bottom to top, then tie (a single), or
top to bottom, bottom to top, top to bottom, bottom to top (a double), ...?

I typically go from top to bottom using 2 stands and tie in a square
knot on the top.  I've been putting mine in a frame and then they now
have the curved needles which work well for this.

(continued next message....)
Reply-To: PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: REPEAT of the October "How do you tie your quilt?" Summary
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:36:37 -0400

uuPCB Article Split: Part # 2 of 3

* How long a tail would you leave on the ties, and does the length of
the tail depend on the tie fiber?

I usually leave about 3/4" or 1" in length.

As another option for tying that I think is gorgeous, is a method
where they zig zag in place and it gives a tufted appearance when
completed.  I would think you could do something similar by hand so
it gives the same appearance of being tied but without the little
ends having to be left.  I forget what the proper term for this is.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elizabeth,  I do tied quilts for the AIDS Baby QUILT project each year.
I've learned a new technique for tying that eliminates the tied ends showing.
(The hospitals don't like baby quilts to have ties that can be "worried" loose
by babies or small children).

First of all, embroidery floss (5 strands) or perle cotton work very well
for this procedure.  I also use HIGH LOFT batting because it creates a
more dramatic effect when you tie it (but that's simply a personal
preference, not a rule!)

To "Tie" without ties, you will need to purchase a DOLL needle (that's a
5" or longer needle that is used to sew eyes on cloth dolls--available in
most fabric shops or hobby stores.   Thread  the doll needle, do a quilter's
knot in the end.  Starting at the top or bottom of your quilt, put all
three layers in a large hoop or quilt frame.  You can choose to 'tie' your
quilt at regular intervals, but no more than 3" between ties.

Take a stitch near where you want to begin and pop the knot into the inside
of the quilt.  Make a stitch about 1/2" wide down thru the quilt, and bring
the needle up where you started. Stitch again over this first stitch, but
when bringing the needle up, position it so that you will be making an X
or a +    Bring it up in this new position, take a 1/2" stitch down (you
will see an X in thread on the top of the quilt) and repeat the stitch again.
Bring the needle up thru the top, and this time make a knot on the surface
by stitching under the X.  NOW, put the needle thru the X under JUST THE
TOP LAYER of the quilt and guide it through to emerge where you want your
next tie to be.  Then repeat the process of stitching an X , knotting and
tunneling through to the next tie location.

The appearance of this is very neat, with pretty X's as ties and no
threads showing.  It DOES use up a bit more thread than simple tying
would, but it makes a much more secure top than the traditional method.
It's also better if you don't personally like the little tie thingies
showing.  As you can probably figure out from the instructions, the
long doll needle is crucial equipment for tunneling under the top layer
without losing your needle.

This is a little hard to explain, but very easy to do.  Let me know
if I'm  making no sense, or if you have more questions!

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The only quilts I've completed to date have been tied.  I took
a quilt-in-a-day type course at our community college and made
a Trip Around the World top with 4" or 5" squares.  We tied
every intersection with all six strands of DMC floss.  Starting
somewhere near the center and working out, we used a "chenille"
needle treaded with about 3 feet of floss (no knot) and working
from the top took a stitch down from one corner of the intersection
and back up into the diagonal corner (about 1/2" from in to out).
Pull the floss leaving a tail about 3" and without cutting the
floss continue to the next intersection and repeat till you've
come to the end of your floss.  Now snip the floss in the middle,
between intersections.  That leaves tails on each side of the
stitches long enough to work with to tie the surgeon's knots
(double wrapped square knots).  Clip the ends to desired length
(I held the ends together near the knot and snipped about a
finger's width away from the knot).

For that first quilt, not knowing any better, I'd purchased
Fatt Batt.  With thick batting and a fairly wide tying stitch,
it is easy to hide less than perfectly matched intersections.
That tied quilt looks great, but is too warm to use year round.
For my second quilt, I used medium loft polyester batting which
worked well also.  On both quilts I machine stitched in the
ditch around one of the borders.

That's how *I* tie quilts.  Later this month I'm signed up
for a half-day course to learn to hand quilt.  I'm looking
forward to that.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I know I sent e-mail to Elizabeth eariler about tying quilts (that's what my
Grandmother and her sister did all the time) so I'm not going to go into detail
here. BUT I just recieved the "Children of Many Nations" pattern from Quilts
and Other Comforts and was reading through it before I came to work. On the
bottom it said that if you are planning on tying the quilt to use glazed or
bonded polyester...thought that might help in choosing the batting....

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi, ej:

Nothing new here, I guess I surgeon knot (double square), as just about
everybody else who has ever tied, and I also use all 6 strands of floss.
Depending on the look for which you are striving, I have tied 10 inches away, 4
inches away, and 6 inches, which is tedious as you really should measure when
the side on which you are working is plain.  I have also done seemingly
hundreds tying the block intersections - each intersection.  Experiment, you
may come up with something else  you really like.

What might be an idea for the plain muslin back is to tie so the color
of the ties show on the plain muslin, rather than distract from the colorful
tip.  Your call, of course, only my tardy response /suggestion.  I have tied
the tails about 3 inches long, as well as 1/2 inch long, with various projects
with lengths somewhere inbetween.  Your call.  Do some very long and some
shorter, you can always cut them even shorter.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi,
In response to your question about tying quilts, when I make quilts
for the ABC Quilt project they have to be strong enough to withstand
industrial washers and dryers.  We use pearl cotton for the ties, go
down from the top, then back up about 1/8th inch from where we went down
and tie a surgical knot.  That is like a double knot, but you twist the
end through the knot twice for each knot rather than once.  We tie 4
inches (or there-abouts) apart.  Depending on the top, the 4 inches is
measured straight or on the diagonal.  I hope this helps.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Re:  How do *I* tie quilts?
Very poorly, I'm afraid.  I made a simple quilt for my son to
keep in the car to cover his car seat.  It was flannel on the
back and a cute animal print on the front--No piecing.  I put
medium loft batting in the middle and tied it with 4ply cotton
yarn (coats and clarks, I think).  I used a square knot to fasten
the ties.  The ties have stayed put, but in almost every case,
the fabric around the tie has torn.  I now have a lump of batting
at one end of the quilt and a bunch of hard knots inside the quilt
attached (mostly) to the flannel backing or to the top fabric.

I keep wanting to toss out the quilt but my son likes the top
fabric.  I don't know exactly what went wrong.  I wash the quilt
often--that's probably the biggest contributor.  I probably did
not use enough ties on it.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
You might want to "tie" your quilt with buttons.  I made a lovely quilt for my


(continued next message....)
Reply-To: PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!watson.ibm.com!ejp (Elizabeth J. Poole)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: REPEAT of the October "How do you tie your quilt?" Summary
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:36:37 -0400

uuPCB Article Split: Part # 3 of 3

button in the center of every other square.  If every button is different, it
gives a very interesting look to the quilt.

I recommend that you avoid DMC floss.  I used that for one of my quilts and
it got all shreddy looking.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Quilting vs. tying
if you "quilt in the ditch", i.e. quilt along the seams, you have
a nice 3-dimensional effect in the light without having quilting
lines through your work.

2. Tying.
I have had good success with DMC floss, used 3 strands at a time
I thread a large eyed needle and work down up, then down and up
again.  Tie with a square knot.
l        l(thread)
l ______ l
______l_l____l_l____________ (fabric)
l_l____l l
l______l

3. After tying off, I leave about 1" tail.

I have used this technique on several quilts and some have even gone
through the washer and dryer on a gentle cycle of couple of
times and still are together.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elizabeth,
I'm just a beginning quilter but we have just tied some quilts
at our quilt club and I helped my grandmother tie one for my cousin's
son.  I think they came out very attractive.  We used DMC floss (all 6
strands).  I personally like it tied at the intersection of the squares.
We tied what was called a "surgeon's square knot" (left over right twice,
pull tight, right over left twice, pull tight).  I also saw this technique
used on the "Quilt in a Day" TV series.  It's supposedly very sturdy.  I was
told that you should tie at a minimum of every 6 to 8 inches so the batting
does not move.  I think every 4 inches would look nice (every other corner).
We left about a 1 inch tail, I believe on TV they said to leave about 1/2
inch.  I personally think the 1 inch tail looked very nice.

One other thought, the quilt I helped my grandmother with was a colorful quilt
for a toddler so we used different color floss to tie it in the following
pattern:

1 2 3 4 5 6
2 3 4 5 6 1
3 4 5 6 1 2
4 5 6 1 2 3
...

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'd use thicker batting, just because it'd look more comforter-like
and look be a bit less naked-looking.  About every 4" is enough
no matter what I think, and I'd tie at the intersection of the
squares, not in the middle of them.  The one time I tied, I used
DMC floss (I don't think just thread would be enough), and
jsut came up from the bottom and did a triple granny knot on
top (left over right, r.overl., l.over r.), leaving about 1/4"
tails.  It's gone through the machine just fine and held
up generally very well, I'm impressed in retrospect.  I got
these directions from the Eleonor Burns book I did the quilt
from.  It was a log cabin, and one of the
fabrics is definitely wrong, but it was my first...

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I tied a quilt that was made up of triangles connected in strips (a flying
geese pattern). I used DMC floss (2 strands). I tied at the point of each
triange (about 2  or 2 1/2 inches apart), where the triangle came against
the bottom side of the next triangle.

I put the needle through the top of the quilt and batting
and back up through the backing, then tied a double square knot.
I left a 1 inch tail.

For a quilt with 2" squares, I might just tie in the
middle of the square.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
I normally use perle cotton for the tie fiber.  I like the
fact that it is thicker than thread, strong, and still very
workable to pull thru the quilt.  Plus it comes in many
wonderful colors.  I usually tie using just one color, but I
have tied using many colors and it has been very effective.

Since you have 2" squares, I would tie the center of every
other square and see how I liked it.  You can always add more
ties later if you think you need to fill it in.

My first quilt teacher taught me to tie using a surgeon's knot.
It is like a square knot except you wrap twice for each part of
the knot... so if you start out with a left end and a right end,
then you wrap the right end around the left end twice, and you
wrap the left end around the right end twice.  Understand?

I usually leave about a 1 inch tail... maybe shorter or longer
depending on what I think looks best at the time.

Also, is this a quilt you plan on using?  If so, you may want
to reconsider what material you use for the back.  I go by the
philosophy that the back should be like a delicious surprise...
you should get enjoyment from looking at the back as well as
the front.  Since most quilts you see the back just as much if
not more than the front!

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>   * What sort of fiber would you use for the actual ties?
>     Quilting thread, quilting thread doubled, perle cotton #8, 1/16th"
>     ribbon, wool tapestry yarn, DMC floss ...?
With a low-loft batting, you're not going to need a heavy-duty
tie, so I'd probably use either perle cotton or DMC floss in a color
that suits your fancy.  You could either match the backing, or pick
one color in the quilt top that you like a lot and use that.  Another
option would be to make the ties randomly different colors.

>   * How often would you tie it?
>   * Where would you tie it?
I'd probably tie it in the center of each square, but the corners
of the squares would be possible as well.

>   * How sturdy would you make the tie stitches?
How much abuse do you expect the quilt to take?  The more the
quilt will get beaten on, the sturdier you should make the ties.

I guess what I'm trying to say here is to look at the kind of use
the quilt will have in the foreseeable future, and adjust the
sturdiness of the ties and strength of the tie fiber accordingly.

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
I made a quilt like this for my oldest grandson some years ago but
it was crazier yet.  It had actual pieces of clothing--including
pieces of jeans, shirts with pockets and socks.  It was neat when
done and he just loved it.  Still does in fact.

>   * What sort of fiber would you use for the actual ties?
I used yarn to tie the one I made.  Quilt was so thick I had to pull
needle through with a small pair of pliars.

>   * How often would you tie it?
>   * Where would you tie it?
My ties were of necessity, as random as the pieces it was make from.

You might start by tying where the corners of the blocks meet if the
blocks are not too large.  Then just take a look at it and if it
does not look as if it will be sturdy enough you can go back in put
in an extra tie between the existing ones.

>   * How sturdy would you make the tie stitches?
>     From top to bottom, bottom to top, then tie (a single), or
>     top to bottom, bottom to top, top to bottom, bottom to top (a double), ...
I used the single method and it seems to have held up okay so I think
that would be sufficient for your purposes.

>   * How long a tail would you leave on the ties, and does the length of
>     the tail depend on the tie fiber?
I left my ties about an inch long.

- --------
Elizabeth Poole                                      [e-mail]


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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!ccd (Carol C Denehy)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au!ccd (Carol C Denehy)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Cats and needlework
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:20:05 -0400


Penny hasn't asked about sewing yet, altho she usually is sitting at
my feet when I am at the machine, which happens to be where the
biggest patch of sun is. I am rtying to figure out how I could
lay out a charm quilt without her assistance tho. Any ideas?

I also knit and proudly announced that I made my husband's new
sweater extra warm by knitting lots of cat hair into it. :-)

Carol Denehy


Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: most recent American Quilter
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:23:39 -0400


One article has already been mentioned from the most recent
issue of American Quilter (the AQS publication) - the one about
Erika Carter.  Erika's work is great! and I second the opinion that
this is the best quilt magazine available.

This issue also included a short article with step by step instructions
by Libby Lehman on her technique for making templates using 1/4" masking
tape - Judy Donovan mentioned this technique a few days ago.

Friends from graduate school just had a baby last week.  It arrived
2 1/2 weeks early and I hadn't even started thinking about a quilt
for them - making baby quilts has become pretty uninteresting because
I always just make quick and easy (and boring) patterns.  Fortunately
this issue of American Quilter inspired me to do something more exciting
for this baby.

There is an article by Katherine Knauer about stencilling on
fabric and a picture of a baby quilt with outrageous "nat. enquirer"
headlines all over it - she says "This quilt is dedicated to all
the quiltmakers and fiber artists who have made baby quilts for
their friends and relatives..."

There is also an article by Ann Fahl about using triangles - she uses
a design as you go technique to make quilts out of 1/2 square triangles.

I got to thinking about this baby quilt I had to make and decided I
didn't want to make another boring quilt so I decided to use Ann Fahl's
technique.  I've done a few design-as-I-go quilts and they are a lot of
fun - and this looked like a fast way to make a quilt also.  My friends
did their baby room in red & white so I dug out a few red & white fabrics
and they looked absolutely boring so I decided to add some black & white
prints from our black&white fabric exchange and I also added a b&w cow
hide fabric since these are friends from my graduate school days in
wisconsin.  I cut out a bunch of 1/2 square trianges from the 7 fabrics
I had choosen and then sewed them back together into squares by just
grabbing 2 triangles from the pile.  I put them up on my flannel wall
(i have to agree with Marina - design walls are WONDERFUL) and arranged
the squares until I got a design I liked.  It turned out to be a really
striking quilt - Scott even likes it - even though he doesn't normally
go for non-symmetrical designs.  Now I just need to get over my cold and
get the thing layered up and quilted.


---lisa


To join AQS you can call 502-898-7903 (ext 130) or 1-800-626-5420 or
write to :

American Quilter, Membership Service
P.O. Box 3290
Paducah, KY 42002

memberships are $15/year - it includes 4 issues of American Quilter,
30% discounts on quilting books (when you buy 6 or more), free admission
to the AQS museum in Paducah and the annual quilt show and you can
sell your quilts in their "quilts for sale" catalog.


Reply-To: "l vawter" <PacBell.COM!nocmsmgw.harvard.edu!l_vawter>
From: "l vawter" <boo!PacBell.COM!nocmsmgw.harvard.edu!l_vawter>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: cat hair
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:22:13 -0400

The first couple of quilts that I made when I began quilting again recently
were kitty quilts.  They're about 30" square, and are small enough that I
didn't find it daunting at all to let myself go entirely while I was making
them.  And if I can keep  my bed made and cleared of clothes, my Squeak and my
Boo will sleep on their kitty quilts every time.  Unfortunately, my bed is so
often covered with clothes, books, etc. that my quilts (as opposed to the kitty
quilts) are often the unusual exposed surface, so my bed gets furry anyway.
Isn't it amazing how much hair a cat can shed and still have plenty left over
for hairballs?  Lisa [e-mail]


Reply-To: Sharon Zakhour <PacBell.COM!perennial.com!shams>
From: Sharon Zakhour <boo!PacBell.COM!perennial.com!shams>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: help with sewing on the bias
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 10:22:52 -0400

Andrea et al,

I don't remember the earlier post you mentioned but I have sewn lots
of bias in my (pre-quilting  :-) ) dressmaking years and I have a
couple of tips:

- When you are easing fabrics together, always sew with the excess
fabric against the feed dogs -- the feed dogs help pull the extra
fabric through.  There's some mnemonic to help you remember this --
"Loosie lower"???  "Lower loosie"???  (Boy it's pretty sad when you
can't remember a memory aid.)

- The best tip I ever learned for sewing bias is to stop sewing every
couple of inches or so and raise the presser foot.  This is really
easy if you have a Bernina with the knee lift.  (Other machines may
have this feature as well.)  You raise the foot so that it's just off
the fabric and then lower it again.  This helps relax the fabric
which after several inches begins to push away.  It's a little thing
but it really works.  Try it and see!

- If you are sewing clothing with bias seams, it's best to cut with
large seam allowances (like 1 inch), but I'm not sure if this would
be necessary or helpful when dealing with blocks.  The theory here is
that the fabric becomes more distorted as you near the bias edge -- a
worse issue with large pieces of fabric where the weight of the
fabric can contribute to distortion.

- And of course the most important thing is to handle bias edges with
a very light hand.  The more you handle the fabric, the more you
overpress (or press poorly) the more you can distort.

Hey, I'm looking forward to that block!  :-)

Sharon Zakhour
[e-mail]

P.S.  I have to say that I'm enjoying this gadget thread enormously.
I've racked my brains trying to think of something to add, but all
the gadgets I love have been mentioned and then some.  I now have a
new shopping list thanks to you guys.  :-)

P.P.S.  I also have two cats.  Harvey likes to sit behind my machine
on the fabric while Bongo likes to sit in front of the machine (if
I'm trying to sew) or on the ironing board (if I'm trying to iron).
And, of course, if I vacate my secretarial chair for one second he's
on that.  Aren't cats great!!!  :-)


Reply-To: Melissa Moore <PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
From: Melissa Moore <boo!PacBell.COM!ccstaff.cc.ukans.edu!MCM>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Rulers
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 11:59:37 -0400

One thing I love but have not heard mentioned is my quilt ruler.
If anyone is in the market I thought I would mention that mine has
elevated markings on the back side.  They grip the fabric as you cut
so you always get a nice straight cut.  When I don't want the grips,
I just use it upside down.  I was tempted by the one with the lip,
which someone posted about the other day, but I already had this one.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Melissa Moore                      Bitnet:   MCM@UKANVM
Coord. of Local Area Networking    Internet: [e-mail]
University of Kansas               Phone:    [phone]
Lawrence, KS 66045                 Fax:      [phone]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!csufresno.edu!beverly_karau (Beverly Karau)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!csufresno.edu!beverly_karau (Beverly Karau)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Silver Pencils
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 13:10:18 -0400

For silver pencils to work well in marking quilts you must use a soft
lead pencil, such as Berol.  I've tried to use the harder leads and
they don't work.

[e-mail]


Reply-To: andrea m koziol <PacBell.COM!midway.uchicago.edu!ifsa>
From: andrea m koziol <boo!PacBell.COM!midway.uchicago.edu!ifsa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: sample blocks are a good thing: a true story
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 12:18:22 -0400

Hello everyone! Yesterday I did not wait for responses on bias/straight
sewing but went home and plunged right in.

I cut enough pieces for 3 blocks but decided to stop and make a
sample square to see how the block looked.  After all it was a pattern I had
never used before and from a source I had never used before.  Boy am I glad I
did.  I ran into several problems:

1. The first seam was a strip to the long side of a small triangle and it was
immediately obvious the pieces did not match: the triangle was too big or the
strip was too short.  Being an optimisitic person I figured I'd cut down the
triangle when I was done and finished up my corner units.  Then I looked at
the pattern and did some measurements and realized the strips were too short!
Some harsh words were said at the expense of the pattern company, which
shall remain nameless (if you want to know, e-mail me).  I checked and it
wasn't my fault - the pattern was not given correctly.

2. I cut more (longer) strips and started again.  I finished up and
everything seems fine, I iron it, but the block won't lie flat.  This could
be the accumulation of problems sewing bias to straight edges, not doing a
good job ironing (I need info!) but I wonder... it is close to flat but not
really, and the puffiness is all in one kind of triangle.  I suspect the
pattern company again.

3. The block is ok but it doesn't sparkle.  It's missing something.  I wnat
to rethink my colors and go through my fabric collection (maybe even go
shopping :-)

So I learned from this and I hope I can help someone else with this
sad but true story :-)  I will be drafting the full size block and using that
as the pattern, which is what I usually do.  And thinking about color.

Best regards,
andrea
[e-mail]


Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Block Sparkle
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 12:36:37 -0400

Subject:                                                      Time:9:31 AM
Block Sparkle                                                 Date:4/22/93
Andrea mentioned that a block she's made lacks sparkle so I thought I'd pass
along a hint. I don't even know where I heard this but it sure is true! If you
want to make the colors in a quilt come alive add a bit of black. I don't know
*why* this works but it sure seems to. If black is just too horrible with your
colors maybe try navy (although I've never tried this).




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!cae.prds.cdx.mot.com!jevans (Jane Evans)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!cae.prds.cdx.mot.com!jevans (Jane Evans)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite Gadget
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 13:41:09 -0400

This isn't exactly a "gadget", or even my favorite, but
I've found it handy.  I use a pizza box to store quilt
blocks.  The box for a large pizza is perfect for 12"
blocks.  Its great for keeping them together, keeping
them unwrinkled, and transporting them around to show
off.  I took a used box that wasn't too messy, and covered
the bottem with contact paper.  I know others who've walked
into a pizza store and bought a box.  The ones made from
corregated cardboard are the best, but they are harder to
find.

--
------- Jane Evans --------
----- Motorola Codex ------
[e-mail]
---------------------------


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Block Sparkle
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 13:50:25 -0400


On Thu, 22 Apr 1993, "Gail Jahn" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Andrea mentioned that a block she's made lacks sparkle so I thought I'd pass
> along a hint. I don't even know where I heard this but it sure is true!  If
> you want to make the colors in a quilt come alive add a bit of black.  I
> don't know *why* this works but it sure seems to. If black is just too hor-
> rible with your colors maybe try navy (although I've never tried this).

Any dark color ought to work.  This is standard advice given to gardeners,
that if you want to intensify a color, add darks -- if you want a color to
leap out at you, plant it against dark firs, for instance --, and if you want
to tone down a color, plant it with whites and grays.  Another hint that
might affect wall hangings, etc.:  light colors look closer, dark colors look
farther away.

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244
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| "Somebody has to think."  Putnam & Meyers, Measures for Excellence, p. 212  |
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Reply-To: PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!rechenau.unify.Unify.Com!ceb (Caroline E. Bryan)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: more on block sparkle
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 14:25:40 -0400

Another way to add sparkle is to put in some fabric that's on the opposite
side of the color wheel from the set of fabrics you're using.  For instance,
my "Nights In the Gardens of Spain" quilt design is all periwinkle, medium
sage green, lilac, and dark blue violet.  I want the lighter fabrics to all
have the same value so that they blend and shift to the eye, but the design
lacks zing.  I can get some by adding some orange-yellow -- by edging some
pieces with slivers of orange-yellow fabric, or by one of my fabrics having
orange-yellow accents, or by appliqueing a few orange-yellow motifs here and
there.

Carrie          [e-mail]  x6244
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| "Somebody has to think."  Putnam & Meyers, Measures for Excellence, p. 212  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!sierra.com!carrie
From: boo!PacBell.COM!sierra.com!carrie
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite Gadgets, Etc...
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:04:01 -0400

Gail's comment reminds me of another gadget/trick that I learned for
discerning values.  Use a light on a dimmer to gradually darken a room,
as the light gets dimmer your eyes pick up the value (lightness/darkness)
of the fabric more than the color.  If you don't have a light with a dimmer
try squinting your eyes to block out a majority of light.

I learned this in a class on "Adding Luminosity to Quilts", taught by two
women from Pullman, Washington, whose names I can not remember to save my
life.  But it was a great class!

Carrie Porterfield ([e-mail])

>From: "Gail Jahn" <uunet!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
>Subject:                                                      Time:8:37 AM
>Polaroid                                                      Date:4/21/93
>Carol Castaldi wrote:
>Then I take a polaroid picture of it.  Change the layout and take another,
>etc., etc. etc.
>
>I love this hint. I've heard it before and I'm always so amused that, with the
>exception of Carol, the emphasis has been - "It's really good for discerning
>values because the color is *so* terrible." I wonder if Polaroid Corp. would
>like to hear that thousands of quilters buy their cameras because of this
>profoundly negative characteristic.


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Tying with Embroidery Floss
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:31:54 -0400

Hi,
I word of warning to the person thinking about tying with embroidery
floss.  Several months ago there was a posting on this list about DMC
colors that are not color fast.  I don't have the posting anymore, but
it might be a good idea to check your floss by soaking it in some water
for a while before using it. Using floss that runs into you quilt would
be a disaster.
Betsy
--
Brian Perry
[e-mail]
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
School of Management
[phone]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Cats and Gadgets
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:50:23 -0400

Hi,
My cats are not allowed upstairs.  We have a door that we keep shut.
That way they stay off the beds (I am a little allergic to them and
sleeping in cat hair is a bad idea).  Since my sewing room is up there,
they can't help me sew.  Instead, the youngest one helps me when I read
this list.  As soon as I sit down she is on my lap.  Yesterday she was
ready before I sat down and I almost sat on her:-)
Someone mentioned sewing bags to carry stuff around as nice
gadgets.  When I was a girl my grandmother made sewing containers for my
sister and me.  I don't know what happened to them and I have been
looking for similar ones (or a pattern to make them) ever since.  I
might be able to figure out how to make one if I really wanted to, but
I'm not that ambitious.  To understand how these worked, picture the
container open and fully extended.  It stood about 3 feet high and was
in the shape of a cylinder about 15 inches in diameter, with no top.
The top edge had a ring sewn inside it.  The ring was made of the
cardboard ring around the top of a large ice cream container. The
portion of the cylinder below the ring down to about 18 inches from the
floor was just cloth.  The bottom half of the cylinder was a cloth
covered ice cream container.  To close the container you held the top
ring in both hands and rotated it.  Rotating caused the cloth-only part
of the cylinder to twist around and to pull the ring toward the top of
the ice cream container.  When the ring came down over the container  it
was closed.  There was a small open hole in the center of the top.  I
used to put my yarn in the container and feed the end of the yarn up
through the hole.  That way I could knit without having to worry about
where my yarn was.  Nice.
Betsy

--
Brian Perry
[e-mail]
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
School of Management
[phone]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!hrollie.att.com!susan
From: boo!PacBell.COM!hrollie.att.com!susan
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: computer drawing programs
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 16:04:08 -0400

>>Illustrator is about $400.00. How much is QDS?

>About $150. But there are $150 drawing programs
>that will draw curves, so I'm not sure why QDS doesn't.

If you mail order Quilter's Design Studio directly from QuiltSoft
it's about $100.  I paid $104.50 including shipping.   In CA add sales tax.
Actually, to be able to use QDS, I also had to buy MicroSoft Windows which
I had avoided. That cost me about another $50, so QDS did cost me ~$150.:-)

The Electric Quilt is also about $100.  Does EQ draw curves??

There is a 3rd commerical program (also DOS-based) that sells for about $40
but has a lot fewer features.  As I recall, no templates, the only printing
is to use the "Print Screen" button on the keyboard, . . .  I don't remember
the name.  All three advertise regularly in Quilter's Newsletter.

I chose QDS because it was the only one that currently has mouse support
and I didn't relish the thought of trying to do graphics without a mouse.
As I recall, other than mouse support and estimates of fabric yardage,
the QDS and EQ features are very similar.   We've heard that EQ is planning
to add these 2 features in their next release.  I think EQ had the
larger block library, but I haven't looked at the literature for a while.

Susan Brazeal
[e-mail]

P.S. Now that I have it, I think I like MS Windows.  Just wish I had a bigger
monitor at home, 14" is fine for DOS, but marginal for Windows.


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!xylogics.com!geiser
From: boo!PacBell.COM!xylogics.com!geiser
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: computer drawing programs
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 16:15:17 -0400

>The Electric Quilt is also about $100.  Does EQ draw curves??

No, but the last time I heard they were contemplating it for the next
release.

Mair
[e-mail]


Reply-To: Grace Bartoo <PacBell.COM!u.washington.edu!gracie>
From: Grace Bartoo <boo!PacBell.COM!u.washington.edu!gracie>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Favorite gadgets
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 16:40:40 -0400

In my work I give a lot of presentations and thus have lots of old overhead
transparencies.  I find these work great for making templates.  I just
place the transparency over the piece and draw it.  The plastic makes
a good firm template.  I have even xeroxed a grid on the overhead before and
designed my own templates.

Does anyone have a suggestion for how to get cat hair off quilts?  I have
two cats, Bill and Cody, who love to sleep on a quilt that I have displayed
on a chest.  They are adorable on it, but leave lots of fur...

Grace Bartoo
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
[e-mail]





Reply-To: Tina Abbott <PacBell.COM!u.washington.edu!tabbott>
From: Tina Abbott <boo!PacBell.COM!u.washington.edu!tabbott>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Cats and Gadgets
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 19:17:17 -0400

Betsy,
the container you describe sounds a lot like a container I've seen at a
yarn store in Bellingham, WA.  It is also being advertised in Spin-Off.  I
can't quite remember the name but I thought of it as a yarn caddy.

On Thu, 22 Apr 1993, bperry wrote:

> Hi,
>   My cats are not allowed upstairs.  We have a door that we keep shut.
> That way they stay off the beds (I am a little allergic to them and
> sleeping in cat hair is a bad idea).  Since my sewing room is up there,
> they can't help me sew.  Instead, the youngest one helps me when I read
> this list.  As soon as I sit down she is on my lap.  Yesterday she was
> ready before I sat down and I almost sat on her:-)
>    Someone mentioned sewing bags to carry stuff around as nice
> gadgets.  When I was a girl my grandmother made sewing containers for my
> sister and me.  I don't know what happened to them and I have been
> looking for similar ones (or a pattern to make them) ever since.  I
> might be able to figure out how to make one if I really wanted to, but
> I'm not that ambitious.  To understand how these worked, picture the
> container open and fully extended.  It stood about 3 feet high and was
> in the shape of a cylinder about 15 inches in diameter, with no top.
> The top edge had a ring sewn inside it.  The ring was made of the
> cardboard ring around the top of a large ice cream container. The
> portion of the cylinder below the ring down to about 18 inches from the
> floor was just cloth.  The bottom half of the cylinder was a cloth
> covered ice cream container.  To close the container you held the top
> ring in both hands and rotated it.  Rotating caused the cloth-only part
> of the cylinder to twist around and to pull the ring toward the top of
> the ice cream container.  When the ring came down over the container  it
> was closed.  There was a small open hole in the center of the top.  I
> used to put my yarn in the container and feed the end of the yarn up
> through the hole.  That way I could knit without having to worry about
> where my yarn was.  Nice.
> Betsy
>
> --
> Brian Perry
> [e-mail]
> SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
> School of Management
> [phone]
>





Reply-To: "Gail Jahn" <PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
From: "Gail Jahn" <boo!PacBell.COM!lccmail.ocf.llnl.gov!gail_jahn>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: E-Quilt
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 19:18:11 -0400

Subject:                                                      Time:2:18 PM
E-Quilt                                                       Date:4/22/93
I just spoke to a rep from Electric Quilt. She told me that the upgrades for
December are - curves (just straight lines right now), mouse support, more
blocks, pull down menus and yardage calcs. Windows is not required although she
said you can start up the program while in the Windows environment. The
software is around $95 at this time and she didn't know how much it will cost
when the upgrade is released. She did say, however that the upgrade for someone
who already owns the software should be minimal (just what does that mean, do
you suppose?). I think EQ is what I'll purchase and if I feel moved to get
something more complex I'll sell it and get something better. But for now, my
design needs are simple and EQ feels like a good fit.




Reply-To: Linn Compton <PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
From: Linn Compton <boo!PacBell.COM!microsoft.com!linnco>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: reversible log cabin
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 19:18:59 -0400

Last weekend, I videotaped the "Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel"
program off our public TV station. I finally got the time to watch it
last night. The show was on log cabin blocks and variations. Att one
point, she showed how to make a two-sided log cabin block by sewing
strips to both sides of a piece of muslin. I thought this was a neat
idea, but I don't understand how you would join these two-sided blocks
into a quilt. Would you just have to use a supplementary border strip
around each block? Or is there a way to join the blocks so you end up
with a completely reversible solid log-cabin quilt?


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!VMSVAX.SIMMONS.EDU!mtenhove
From: boo!PacBell.COM!VMSVAX.SIMMONS.EDU!mtenhove
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: WANTED: Pieced Rockinghorse Pattern
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 19:28:10 -0400

Does anyone know of a pattern for a pieced (not appliqued) pattern?
I want to make a baby quilt with a rockinghorse as the central
motif and I can't draw and am not much at applique either.

Here's hoping...
Moira K. Ten-Hove ([e-mail])


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!uunet.uu.net!optimg!kathyw (Kathy Whitver)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!uunet.uu.net!optimg!kathyw (Kathy Whitver)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re:  hand quilting ??'s
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 00:16:34 -0400

Pam,

Hand quilting is all I've ever done and for me it's the most
enjoyable part of quilting.  When starting a line of stitching,
make a tiny single knot in the thread, and insert it through the
top, only to the batting, then "rock" your needle along to your
starting point. 1/2" to 3/4" is about right.  Rocking your needle
draws the thread up and down through the batting and you get a
more secure start.  Then "pop" the knot through the top by pulling
firmly.  Then when you start quilting (in the opposite direction of
the tail) try to catch that tail in your first few stitches.

You can end in a similar way.  Tie a knot close to the last stitch,
then slip the needle into the batting and rock.  Finally, pop your
knot through the top.  Your next line of quilting can catch the
ending tail.

Please believe me, this is harder to explain than to actually do.
This technique has worked for me for years and I've never lost
a stitch.  It is explained in the Farm Journal "Lets Make a Patchwork
Quilt" book with good illustrations.

I got used to the size 12 needles and now everything else feels huge
to me. I turn my fingertips to hamburger with them, but then I
develop calluses (sp?) and can't feel the stabs.  Avocational hazard
I guess, and I haven't discovered any effective prevention.  Bag balm
helps a great deal.

Hope this helps,
Kathryn
[e-mail]

Reply-To: Hester Butler-Ehle <PacBell.COM!mtus5.cts.mtu.edu!DWBUTLER>
From: Hester Butler-Ehle <boo!PacBell.COM!mtus5.cts.mtu.edu!DWBUTLER>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      Re: Gadgets (Rulers)
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 01:00:35 -0400

I've noticed a couple of people mentioning the lipped ruler (I think, but am
not certain, that it's called "O'Lipfa").

I have one, and I've used it with my ungridded cutting mat with great success.
However, when I tried using it with my gridded cutting mat, I learned that the
grid on the mat doesn't quite parallel the edges of the mat.  Obviously, my
accuracy suffered :).  So if I want to use the grid, I don't use the lip of the
ruler, and vice versa.

Hester

Reply-To: PacBell.COM!hamp.hampshire.edu!MSMALLIN
From: boo!PacBell.COM!hamp.hampshire.edu!MSMALLIN
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Gadgets
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 01:52:49 -0400

Personally, my favorite 'gadget' is Vincent :) He's not only a good second
pair of eyes (when he's got his glasses on), but he has a good sense of
design and can be counted on to assist in any way I ask.  He calculates
yardage differently than I, but we come up with the same answers and he
likes the math puzzles.  He's good company in the fabric store, and when
I'm debating getting a bit of cloth, he always says "It's better to have
it and not need it than want it and not have it. Remember the gerainiums?"
(Note: big, beautiful red gerainiums thatI kept saying "I'll get some
next time." and wound up being discontinued on me :P) He only teases me a
little bit when I compliment someone's clothing (all because there was this
one shirt that was _EXACTLLY_ what I needed, and the guy liked it whole :) ),
and he cooks and keeps the kitchen (his solitary domain) out of my way while
making sure I eat and sleep sometimes. The Viking, the rotary cutter, the
pinball; I'd keep Vincent over them any day, if it came to a choice! :)

In Piece,
Meg (who typed this on a 2 a.m. break from writing the very last bit of her
Division III!!!!!! (senoir thesis involving making 10 quilts and 6
works-in-progress))

[e-mail]

Reply-To: Colleen Yarnell <PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
From: Colleen Yarnell <boo!PacBell.COM!gibbs.oit.unc.edu!yarnell>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Anniversary quit
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 09:01:53 -0400

I am looking for ideas for an anniversary quilt for my parents.  They are
celebrating their 25th in August, and I want to make them a quilt.  I do
not aplique and am looking for ideas that are not to difficult.

Colleen
<  [e-mail]  >



Reply-To: Carol Castaldi <PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
From: Carol Castaldi <boo!PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: knots and needles
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 11:58:04 -0400


Kathryn's description of knotting is what I have been doing for years, too,
and I never have knots pop out after the quilt is done.  Regarding needles,
you might look at the difference between 12 sharps and 12 betweens.  Betweens
are what is usually sold for quilting and a 12 between is so much narrower
than my fat thumb that I simply can't use it, whereas a 12 sharp, being maybe
a quarter inch longer, is long enough and very comfortable to use.  You may
have to look longer to find sharps in the smaller sizes, 10, 11, 12.
When I find them, I buy dozens.

Carol Castaldi ([e-mail])


Reply-To: Carol Castaldi <PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
From: Carol Castaldi <boo!PacBell.COM!halcyon.halcyon.com!cmsc>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: 25th
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 12:09:54 -0400


Colleen: Just make your parents a beautiful quilt in their favorite
colors.  They will be thrilled with it and will show it off to everyone
who visits.  The point is to do something you are comfortable with doing;
then it will be a pleasure to do and not a burden, which can happen if you
find you have planned something elaborate beyond your current capabilities.

Carol Castaldi ([e-mail])



Reply-To: "Carolyn Ybarra" <PacBell.COM!Forsythe.Stanford.EDU!Carolyn.Ybarra>
From: "Carolyn Ybarra" <boo!PacBell.COM!Forsythe.Stanford.EDU!Carolyn.Ybarra>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Color value, anniversary quilts
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 12:12:18 -0400

Regarding color and value:  I have always looked at any  of
my artwork cross-eyed (out of focus) to determine if it "needs"
something, like diff color or pattern placement.  Am I weird, or
does anyone else do this? It works, anyway.

Regarding adding "sparkle":  A while back many of you gave me advice
on how to add some life to my overmatched ("clay" theme) turquoise
and gold-brown quilt.  I ended up adding a couple bits of black and
a few of dark red - that worked perfectly and it is now a beautiful
wall hanging, half quilted - and I don't want to give it away!  I
may have to make a second... I'm also considering a full-sized one.

Colleen asked for ideas for an anniversary quilt.  This year is my
parents' 40th wedding anniversary!  We (the siblings) are talking
about making a photo wall hanging or lap quilt - probably lap quilt
as my mom is not too keen on hanging quilts on the wall.  Each sib
would pick a few photos and we'll have them transfered to fabric and
make some kind of collage.  Any futher ideas would be appreciated -
I want to avoid simple squares and lattice strips and make it a bit
more creative than that.

Also, maybe someone has the recent conversation to send Colleen -
where one of your was making a family quilt with hand outlines and
ribbons and such?

-Carolyn Y
[e-mail]

To:  [e-mail]


Reply-To: "Carolyn Ybarra" <PacBell.COM!Forsythe.Stanford.EDU!Carolyn.Ybarra>
From: "Carolyn Ybarra" <boo!PacBell.COM!Forsythe.Stanford.EDU!Carolyn.Ybarra>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Looking for a turquoise print with indian woman and pots
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 12:18:31 -0400

Does anybody have some of a turquoise fabric with a navajoish woman
sitting (she had a fucshia skirt), a bowl holding corn in front of
her, then another image of a decorated pot, goldish?  I think
there's also an indian blanket on the print.  I saw some of it on a
project from the border exchange that someone was showing off here
inthe bay area, so I know SOMEBODY out there has seen it.  Anyway, I
need more of it, so let me know if you have any you can spare or
know where I can buy some.

-Carolyn Y
[e-mail]

To:  [e-mail]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!Corp.Sun.COM!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!Corp.Sun.COM!Marina.Salume (Marina Salume)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: reversible log cabin
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 12:27:47 -0400


> Att one
>point, she showed how to make a two-sided log cabin block by sewing
>strips to both sides of a piece of muslin. I thought this was a neat
>idea, but I don't understand how you would join these two-sided blocks
>into a quilt. Would you just have to use a supplementary border strip
>around each block? Or is there a way to join the blocks so you end up
>with a completely reversible solid log-cabin quilt?

There is a way to join the blocks so your quilt is totally
reversible, and you don't even have to quilt it! I started one
at my last quilt retreast and it still isn't finished, but at
least I learned the technique. Basically, you piece the blocks
by layering the backing and batting and then stitching the strips
on top (we used a piece of muslin with the sewing lines drawn on
it, under the strips). So the piecing lines show in the back of the
block and hold the batting like quilting (you won't see any stitching
on the top, however).

Then you sew the blocks together in rows, and then sew the rows
together. I don't think I can explain it in words, but you can
sew the blocks and rows together so that there are no seam edges
to finish by hand--actually, since it's been two years since I read
the directions, I'll probably have to reread them just to refresh my
memory. If there is interest, I can look them up--they weren't especially
well-written, as I recall, but it does work! Maybe I'll feel inspired
to finish that quilt--I used mostly black prints because I wanted
to give it to my older son who is slightly color blind and also
deosn't like to wash his quilts :-) It is very dramatic!

--marina


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!unlinfo.unl.edu!mlf (mary flaglelee)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!unlinfo.unl.edu!mlf (mary flaglelee)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Colleen's anniv quilt
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 13:03:09 -0400

Greetings & Salutations Colleen & All,

Colleen asked for suggestions for an anniversary quilt. I am envious
of people who are given double wedding ring quilts as wedding gifts.
It's one of my favorite traditional patterns. I think that would be a
good pattern for an anniversary quilt, too. I see the pattern
everywhere, even pre-cut templates. No applique involved.

Maybe you could gather fabric scraps from the couple and from the kids and
grandchildren, etc. It would be neat to have a family reunion and get
everyone around the quilt to remember what clothing the fabrics came
from.

Regarding the treated fabric for photo printing:
Does anyone know what the chemicals used for treating the fabric might
do to it over time. I'd hate to spend lots of $ and time only to have
the fabric begin deteriorating 5 yrs later. Has this stuff been around
long enough for us to know?

Also, I think I've bludnered!!! I have a circular piece of crocheted
edging that my deceased aunt made many yrs. ago. Wanting to preserve
it, but display it, I decided on a quilted wall hanging. So:
I decided to lay it on a background and in the center applique
butterflies made from hankies (a borrowed idea) then quilt it.
Decided on a black background since the crocheting is white.  Beautiful
with bright hanky butterflies.  The blunder:
I chose black _velvet_ for the background. I laid out the crocheted
circle and began handstitching it down. The velvet is stretching!!!!!
Is there any way to stabilize it? Will it continue to stretch when
hung? (I didn't take into account the weight of the finished piece
either.

Seeking Other Suggestions:
I can't decide whether to finish it as a circle which looks
cool, because the crocheted piece has points, so the resulting edge
would have a black triangle next to each crocheted point. Or, to help
stabilize it for hanging, should I make the entire thing square?

Mary Flagle-Lee
[e-mail]

@----->---------



Reply-To: Mary Folster <PacBell.COM!macc.wisc.edu!FOLSTER>
From: Mary Folster <boo!PacBell.COM!macc.wisc.edu!FOLSTER>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: stretchy velvet
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 13:27:06 -0400

>edging that my deceased aunt made many yrs. ago. Wanting to preserve
>it, but display it, I decided on a quilted wall hanging. So:

>I chose black _velvet_ for the background. I laid out the crocheted
>circle and began handstitching it down. The velvet is stretching!!!!!


How large is the piece?  Is it too large to finish as planned (with velvet
background) and then frame.  This gives the advantages of:
- being able to finish the design as planned
- still having it displayed as a hung piece
- protecting the old lace behind glass

A local picture framer here often displays some of the unique items
that they have framed, including old clothing (particularly childrens),
old quilt blocks, and old lace, among others. The three dimensional
quality of the items being framed give it a wonderfully unique look and
the matting often enhances the piece as well.

We are redoing our bedroom this spring.  I am making a new quilt for the
bed and already have several on the quilt rack.  I didn't want a quilted
wall-hanging, I thought it was getting to be too much.  Instead, I am going
to make two rather intricate pieced blocks, probably 14-16" and then I
am going to have them framed under glass.  I will then hang them as I would
any other framed art.


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Reply-To: Sherry <PacBell.COM!wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu!BROUSE>
From: Sherry <boo!PacBell.COM!wsuvm1.csc.wsu.edu!BROUSE>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      Pictures on Fabric
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 13:38:08 -0400

I was watching Eleanore Burns the other day and she was showing how to
transfer pictures to fabric that had been photocopied onto paper with
a color copier.  She then used some sort of "goop" that she brushed on
to the paper.  Put it on the fabric then let it dry.  After it was dry
she took a damp cloth and rubbed the paper off and it left the picture
on the fabric.  She then quilted these into a memory quilt or hanging.
It looked really neat.  Unfortunately, I was only halfway watching so
didn't get all the particulars.  Has anyone done this?  It might be
a fun way to do the Anniversary Quilt.  I wonder how it holds up after
the years?  Probably to new a product to know.

Sherry <[e-mail]>


Reply-To: <PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
From: <boo!PacBell.COM!fluke.icase.edu!lisa>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re:  Pictures on Fabric
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 13:48:46 -0400

I suspect that the goop that Eleanore Burns used for the photo
transfer was glue.  If it wasn't it could have been.  We did
a photo transfer class in our guild and we used "stitchless
fabvric glue and transfer medium" made by slomons.  We used
the same method as Sherry described from the eleanore burns
video.  One key step not to be missed is to heat set the
transfer before rubbing off the paper.

The result is a bit rubbery - and unless you reverse your
image on the xerox copy you end up with a reverse image
on your fabric.

I foudn the method to be okay - but removing all the xerox paper
off the front of the fabric was horrible - it takes forever.

---lisa


Reply-To: Erich Schlaikjer <PacBell.COM!aron01.gs.com!schlae>
From: Erich Schlaikjer <boo!PacBell.COM!aron01.gs.com!schlae>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: tape and templates
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 14:25:54 -0400


<My favorite (which wasn't already mentioned) is 1/4 masking tape.  When
<I'm making quilt templates, I trace the pieces MINUS SEAM ALLOWANCES onto
>the template material.  Then I put the 1/4" masking tape around the drawn
>shapes, forming perfect 1/4" seam allowances.  Then I cut out the templates
>(including the "taped" seam allowances).  I like this technique because
>
>This is a tip I learned from Libby Lehman in her ContempoEASY quilt
>design class.  It was worth the price of the class!

>Judy Donovan
[e-mail]

What a great idea! AND it's illustrated in an article by Libby L in the
latest AQS magazine that I received today.  (Maybe you all in the states got
it weeks ago).

Patricia McIntyre
[e-mail]



Reply-To: Sally Thompson <PacBell.COM!cac.washington.edu!thomp>
From: Sally Thompson <boo!PacBell.COM!cac.washington.edu!thomp>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Gadgets
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 14:48:45 -0400


One thing that I use quite often and was using last night to store  & organize
block pieces to be sewn are zip lock bags.  I find that a
couple of boxes of different sizes really come in hand.  I usually throw a
note in with each batch of block pieces I'm storing as to where they should
be placed on the quilt.  The larger ones are good for storing a current
project I'm actually quilting.  Because they close securely there's less
chance of me losing something along the way.  They last a long time, because
they usually don't need to be washed after each project.

[e-mail]




Reply-To: PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: WANTED: Pieced Rockinghorse Pattern
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 15:13:23 -0400


Try "The It's OK if you Sit on my Quilt Book" by Mary Ellen Hopkins,
page 88 in my copy (design number 327 called Hobby Horse)
Betsy Perry

Brian Perry
[e-mail]
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
School of Management
[phone]


Reply-To: "Millie G. Wujek" <PacBell.COM!cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu!3ZMVZCO>
From: "Millie G. Wujek" <boo!PacBell.COM!cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu!3ZMVZCO>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject:      Gadgets--bags & rulers
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 15:29:53 -0400

I vowed to keep out of this discussion, but can't do it!

ZipLock bags are great!  They'll hold sets of pieces to be sewn sorted by type.
I also keep my spool(s) of thread for piecing, and a pack of needles in one.
Then it's easy to take a bag of pieces, a bag of thread etc., and a pair of
scissors whenever I'll have to wait at the doc's or dentist's office.

Like Melissa, I love the rulers with raised grids on the back.  It's the only
way I can seem to make tthe fabric hold still for roller cutting.  I have the
6x24 inch, the 12 1/2 inch square, and the small square one.  Am eyeing the
equilateral triangle one at a local sewing machine store.

Millie


Millie Wujek                        [e-mail]
Pearce Comp. Center, C.M.U.         OR
MT. Pleasant, MI 48859              ON BITNET, 3zmvzco@cmuvm


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
From: boo!PacBell.COM!bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu!bperry (bperry)
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Quilting Software
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 15:33:52 -0400

Do any of the quilting software packages under discussion allow odd
shaped blocks (e.g. hexagons, equilateral triangles, or tessalations?)
Betsy
--
Brian Perry
[e-mail]
SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton NY 13902
School of Management
[phone]


Reply-To: PacBell.COM!seismo.soar.cs.cmu.edu!Martha_Underwood
From: boo!PacBell.COM!seismo.soar.cs.cmu.edu!Martha_Underwood
To: Multiple recipients of list <cornell.edu!quilt>
Subject: Re: Colleen's anniv quilt
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 15:39:39 -0400

*Sneaks out of lurker status*

In message <[e-mail]> you write:
>with bright hanky butterflies.  The blunder:
>I chose black _velvet_ for the background. I laid out the crocheted
>circle and began handstitching it down. The velvet is stretching!!!!!
>Is there any way to stabilize it? Will it continue to stretch when
>hung? (I didn't take into account the weight of the finished piece
>either.

The best way I know to stabalize velvet (Which is a knit not a woven
in most cases) is iron on interfacing.

Crochet is very heavy, it's basically knots. So I'd interface this before
stitching down the doily. That should keep this from streaching and will
anchor the crochet better. If this is going to be a wall hanging, Try
using the heaviest interfacing you can get to give it more strength
and support.

>Seeking Other Suggestions:
>I can't decide whether to finish it as a circle which looks
>cool, because the crocheted piece has points, so the resulting edge
>would have a black triangle next to each crocheted point. Or, to help
>stabilize it for hanging, should I make the entire thing square?

Why not piece the circle onto another material so that you end up with
the square? I think that a circle is not going to have the strenght, but
the interfacing might solve that.

Note: I'm not really a quilter, yet. But I am an avid crocheter and I've made
lots of lace work doilies.

Good luck!

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Dream Dancer                   NOTE: You may need to change my address
Owner: Natural Stitches              to: [e-mail]
A Pittsburgh Needlework Shop         as replying directly will most
[phone]                       likely not work. Thanks.