I've only got 10 people signed up, and I'm hoping for another 10. No
men have signed up so far. Imagine me dressed up in a cheerleader suit
here jumping up and down and telling y'all to get on board and
contribute a square to the quilt for Marcel and Gen's kid who is
expected in January. Here's a repost of the earlier announcement.
There's still time to get involved.


Marcel and Gen are expecting a baby. Rpdb is making their kid a quilt.
Lia is coordinating with Terri's help (dognus). Marcel does know
about this so it is not a surprise, but he has agreed not to read this
thread so it will be a little bit of a surprise. With that in mind,
don't talk to him about it directly.


Everyone is invited to participate. To do so, go to a fabric store and
buy 1 quarter yard of 100% cotton light blue fabric. One quarter yard
will measure 9" x 44". If you are in Canada, that will be one quarter
meter, same difference. (This is different from the half yard that was
requested for Marie's quilt.)


The important point is that the fabric be
100% cotton. A blend will screw this up. The color can be anything on
the pale blue side. Solid is good as is anything that looks blue from a
distance. That might be pale blue with swirly lines of darker blue or
something called a batik. If you're in doubt, print out these
instructions and show them to the sales help in the store. They'll
understand tone on tone blue.


There will be navy blue in this quilt
too, but I want y'all to buy the pale blue. That way your fabric shows
up, and the darker blue goes around it and makes it look pretty. All
the slightly different pale blues will look good together.


A quarter yard of fabric should cost between $1.00 and $2.50. If
someone tells you it costs more, they're trying to rip you off. Shop
elsewhere.


It will probably be easier to buy the fabric locally. If you don't know
where to buy fabric, look up fabric in the yellow pages and make sure
they sell "dressmakers fabric," not "decorators." Or look up "quilt" in
the yellow pages. Walmart usually sells fabric. JoAnn's is the name of
a large chain that carries fabric. If you're in a small town and stuck
for where to shop, you can order fabric from www.equilter.com or
http://www.bighornquilts.com/ but that will cost you in
shipping charges. No one sends out only a quarter yard without the
shipping charges coming to more than the cost of the fabric.


You will also need to buy a permanent fabric marker. You will decorate
your fabric with this. If you have experience with fabric paints, use
them. If you have experience with photo transfer on to fabric, do that.


Whatever you use, the finished product MUST BE WASHABLE and SAFE FOR
BABY. Do not use glitter. Do not use puff paints. Do not use anything
that comes right off the 1st time the quilt is thrown in the washer. Do
not use anything that comes right off the 20th time the quilt is thrown
in the washer. Also, anything that dries glue-y or filmly will gum up
my sewing machine. This is A Bad Thing. You want something that still
feels like fabric when you're done. A plain permanent fabric marker is
good. Pigma micron is one good name. Sharpie is another good name.
Those are both pens. If you're up for something fancy, Pebeo setacolor
is a good fabric paint.


http://www.dharmatrading.com/ is a good place to buy stuff for
decorating fabric. Again, you're probably best off buying it locally,
but Dharma will come to the rescue if you get stuck. They answer
questions over the phone.


Buying the fabric and the permanent marker is the hardest part of this
project so go ahead and take 2 weeks to get that done. That way you
have plenty of time to get to a store, and I have plenty of time to
answer your questions. Terri (dognus) knows more about fabric dyes than
I do so she's a good source for questions on that.


There's one more option for decorating fabric. I understand that some
of you know how to sew and quilt. If you think you're one of them and
want to piece or applique a block (notice that the vocabulary suddenly
became insider's jargon), contact me, and we'll talk.


So think about whether this is something you want to participate in. (I
hope you do.) Check out buying fabric and permanent markers and write
to me privately with "group project" in the subject line to tell me
you're in. Deadline for confirming that you'll be sending fabric is
August 26. My email address is unmunged. Your message should come from
an unmunged address as well so I can answer you. Tomorrow's post in
this thread will have details on how to use the permanent markers to
decorate and will contain the rest of the deadlines so you might want to
wait for it before deciding.


--Lia

Julia Altshuler wrote:

I've only got 10 people signed up, and I'm hoping for another 10. No
men have signed up so far. Imagine me dressed up in a cheerleader suit
here jumping up and down and telling y'all to get on board and
contribute a square to the quilt for Marcel and Gen's kid who is
expected in January. Here's a repost of the earlier announcement.
There's still time to get involved.


Marcel and Gen are expecting a baby. Rpdb is making their kid a quilt.
Lia is coordinating with Terri's help (dognus). Marcel does know
about this so it is not a surprise, but he has agreed not to read this
thread so it will be a little bit of a surprise. With that in mind,
don't talk to him about it directly.


Everyone is invited to participate. To do so, go to a fabric store and
buy 1 quarter yard of 100% cotton light blue fabric. One quarter yard
will measure 9" x 44". If you are in Canada, that will be one quarter
meter, same difference. (This is different from the half yard that was
requested for Marie's quilt.)


The important point is that the fabric be
100% cotton. A blend will screw this up. The color can be anything on
the pale blue side. Solid is good as is anything that looks blue from a
distance. That might be pale blue with swirly lines of darker blue or
something called a batik. If you're in doubt, print out these
instructions and show them to the sales help in the store. They'll
understand tone on tone blue.


There will be navy blue in this quilt
too, but I want y'all to buy the pale blue. That way your fabric shows
up, and the darker blue goes around it and makes it look pretty. All
the slightly different pale blues will look good together.


A quarter yard of fabric should cost between $1.00 and $2.50. If
someone tells you it costs more, they're trying to rip you off. Shop
elsewhere.


It will probably be easier to buy the fabric locally. If you don't know
where to buy fabric, look up fabric in the yellow pages and make sure
they sell "dressmakers fabric," not "decorators." Or look up "quilt" in
the yellow pages. Walmart usually sells fabric. JoAnn's is the name of
a large chain that carries fabric. If you're in a small town and stuck
for where to shop, you can order fabric from www.equilter.com or
http://www.bighornquilts.com/ but that will cost you in
shipping charges. No one sends out only a quarter yard without the
shipping charges coming to more than the cost of the fabric.


You will also need to buy a permanent fabric marker. You will decorate
your fabric with this. If you have experience with fabric paints, use
them. If you have experience with photo transfer on to fabric, do that.


Whatever you use, the finished product MUST BE WASHABLE and SAFE FOR
BABY. Do not use glitter. Do not use puff paints. Do not use anything
that comes right off the 1st time the quilt is thrown in the washer. Do
not use anything that comes right off the 20th time the quilt is thrown
in the washer. Also, anything that dries glue-y or filmly will gum up
my sewing machine. This is A Bad Thing. You want something that still
feels like fabric when you're done. A plain permanent fabric marker is
good. Pigma micron is one good name. Sharpie is another good name.
Those are both pens. If you're up for something fancy, Pebeo setacolor
is a good fabric paint.


http://www.dharmatrading.com/ is a good place to buy stuff for
decorating fabric. Again, you're probably best off buying it locally,
but Dharma will come to the rescue if you get stuck. They answer
questions over the phone.


Buying the fabric and the permanent marker is the hardest part of this
project so go ahead and take 2 weeks to get that done. That way you
have plenty of time to get to a store, and I have plenty of time to
answer your questions. Terri (dognus) knows more about fabric dyes than
I do so she's a good source for questions on that.


There's one more option for decorating fabric. I understand that some
of you know how to sew and quilt. If you think you're one of them and
want to piece or applique a block (notice that the vocabulary suddenly
became insider's jargon), contact me, and we'll talk.


So think about whether this is something you want to participate in. (I
hope you do.) Check out buying fabric and permanent markers and write
to me privately with "group project" in the subject line to tell me
you're in. Deadline for confirming that you'll be sending fabric is
August 26. My email address is unmunged. Your message should come from
an unmunged address as well so I can answer you. Tomorrow's post in
this thread will have details on how to use the permanent markers to
decorate and will contain the rest of the deadlines so you might want to
wait for it before deciding.


--Lia


Hello Lia,

I would love to be the first man to join in on the group
quilting project. I will go to Walmart and buy a quilt
and save the rest of you a bunch of work. I have plenty
of Sharpies laying around, and I will scribble all over
it before delivering it to Marcel, since you seem to
think that permanent markers are very important.

And if that's not acceptable, as a fully functioning man,
I believe I can heelp out by doing the math for the project.
You can't do a quilt with 10 squares, or it will look
funny. You need to get some more people or kick one person
off.

I heelp that was hopeful,


--
this is michael
the voice of reason
http://dogtv.com

Julia Altshuler wrote:

I've only got 10 people signed up, and I'm hoping for another 10. No
men have signed up so far. Imagine me dressed up in a cheerleader suit
here jumping up and down and telling y'all to get on board and
contribute a square to the quilt for Marcel and Gen's kid who is
expected in January. Here's a repost of the earlier announcement.
There's still time to get involved.


Marcel and Gen are expecting a baby. Rpdb is making their kid a quilt.
Lia is coordinating with Terri's help (dognus). Marcel does know
about this so it is not a surprise, but he has agreed not to read this
thread so it will be a little bit of a surprise. With that in mind,
don't talk to him about it directly.


Everyone is invited to participate. To do so, go to a fabric store and
buy 1 quarter yard of 100% cotton light blue fabric. One quarter yard
will measure 9" x 44". If you are in Canada, that will be one quarter
meter, same difference. (This is different from the half yard that was
requested for Marie's quilt.)


The important point is that the fabric be
100% cotton. A blend will screw this up. The color can be anything on
the pale blue side. Solid is good as is anything that looks blue from a
distance. That might be pale blue with swirly lines of darker blue or
something called a batik. If you're in doubt, print out these
instructions and show them to the sales help in the store. They'll
understand tone on tone blue.


There will be navy blue in this quilt
too, but I want y'all to buy the pale blue. That way your fabric shows
up, and the darker blue goes around it and makes it look pretty. All
the slightly different pale blues will look good together.


A quarter yard of fabric should cost between $1.00 and $2.50. If
someone tells you it costs more, they're trying to rip you off. Shop
elsewhere.


It will probably be easier to buy the fabric locally. If you don't know
where to buy fabric, look up fabric in the yellow pages and make sure
they sell "dressmakers fabric," not "decorators." Or look up "quilt" in
the yellow pages. Walmart usually sells fabric. JoAnn's is the name of
a large chain that carries fabric. If you're in a small town and stuck
for where to shop, you can order fabric from www.equilter.com or
http://www.bighornquilts.com/ but that will cost you in
shipping charges. No one sends out only a quarter yard without the
shipping charges coming to more than the cost of the fabric.


You will also need to buy a permanent fabric marker. You will decorate
your fabric with this. If you have experience with fabric paints, use
them. If you have experience with photo transfer on to fabric, do that.


Whatever you use, the finished product MUST BE WASHABLE and SAFE FOR
BABY. Do not use glitter. Do not use puff paints. Do not use anything
that comes right off the 1st time the quilt is thrown in the washer. Do
not use anything that comes right off the 20th time the quilt is thrown
in the washer. Also, anything that dries glue-y or filmly will gum up
my sewing machine. This is A Bad Thing. You want something that still
feels like fabric when you're done. A plain permanent fabric marker is
good. Pigma micron is one good name. Sharpie is another good name.
Those are both pens. If you're up for something fancy, Pebeo setacolor
is a good fabric paint.


http://www.dharmatrading.com/ is a good place to buy stuff for
decorating fabric. Again, you're probably best off buying it locally,
but Dharma will come to the rescue if you get stuck. They answer
questions over the phone.


Buying the fabric and the permanent marker is the hardest part of this
project so go ahead and take 2 weeks to get that done. That way you
have plenty of time to get to a store, and I have plenty of time to
answer your questions. Terri (dognus) knows more about fabric dyes than
I do so she's a good source for questions on that.


There's one more option for decorating fabric. I understand that some
of you know how to sew and quilt. If you think you're one of them and
want to piece or applique a block (notice that the vocabulary suddenly
became insider's jargon), contact me, and we'll talk.


So think about whether this is something you want to participate in. (I
hope you do.) Check out buying fabric and permanent markers and write
to me privately with "group project" in the subject line to tell me
you're in. Deadline for confirming that you'll be sending fabric is
August 26. My email address is unmunged. Your message should come from
an unmunged address as well so I can answer you. Tomorrow's post in
this thread will have details on how to use the permanent markers to
decorate and will contain the rest of the deadlines so you might want to
wait for it before deciding.


--Lia


Hello Lia,

I would love to be the first man to join in on the group
quilting project. I will go to Walmart and buy a quilt
and save the rest of you a bunch of work. I have plenty
of Sharpies laying around, and I will scribble all over
it before delivering it to Marcel, since you seem to
think that permanent markers are very important.

And if that's not acceptable, as a fully functioning man,
I believe I can heelp out by doing the math for the project.
You can't do a quilt with 10 squares, or it will look
funny. You need to get some more people or kick one person
off.

I heelp that was hopeful,


--
this is michael
the voice of reason
http://dogtv.com

Julia Altshuler wrote:

I've only got 10 people signed up, and I'm hoping for another 10. No
men have signed up so far. Imagine me dressed up in a cheerleader suit
here jumping up and down and telling y'all to get on board and
contribute a square to the quilt for Marcel and Gen's kid who is
expected in January. Here's a repost of the earlier announcement.
There's still time to get involved.


Marcel and Gen are expecting a baby. Rpdb is making their kid a quilt.
Lia is coordinating with Terri's help (dognus). Marcel does know
about this so it is not a surprise, but he has agreed not to read this
thread so it will be a little bit of a surprise. With that in mind,
don't talk to him about it directly.


Everyone is invited to participate. To do so, go to a fabric store and
buy 1 quarter yard of 100% cotton light blue fabric. One quarter yard
will measure 9" x 44". If you are in Canada, that will be one quarter
meter, same difference. (This is different from the half yard that was
requested for Marie's quilt.)


The important point is that the fabric be
100% cotton. A blend will screw this up. The color can be anything on
the pale blue side. Solid is good as is anything that looks blue from a
distance. That might be pale blue with swirly lines of darker blue or
something called a batik. If you're in doubt, print out these
instructions and show them to the sales help in the store. They'll
understand tone on tone blue.


There will be navy blue in this quilt
too, but I want y'all to buy the pale blue. That way your fabric shows
up, and the darker blue goes around it and makes it look pretty. All
the slightly different pale blues will look good together.


A quarter yard of fabric should cost between $1.00 and $2.50. If
someone tells you it costs more, they're trying to rip you off. Shop
elsewhere.


It will probably be easier to buy the fabric locally. If you don't know
where to buy fabric, look up fabric in the yellow pages and make sure
they sell "dressmakers fabric," not "decorators." Or look up "quilt" in
the yellow pages. Walmart usually sells fabric. JoAnn's is the name of
a large chain that carries fabric. If you're in a small town and stuck
for where to shop, you can order fabric from www.equilter.com or
http://www.bighornquilts.com/ but that will cost you in
shipping charges. No one sends out only a quarter yard without the
shipping charges coming to more than the cost of the fabric.


You will also need to buy a permanent fabric marker. You will decorate
your fabric with this. If you have experience with fabric paints, use
them. If you have experience with photo transfer on to fabric, do that.


Whatever you use, the finished product MUST BE WASHABLE and SAFE FOR
BABY. Do not use glitter. Do not use puff paints. Do not use anything
that comes right off the 1st time the quilt is thrown in the washer. Do
not use anything that comes right off the 20th time the quilt is thrown
in the washer. Also, anything that dries glue-y or filmly will gum up
my sewing machine. This is A Bad Thing. You want something that still
feels like fabric when you're done. A plain permanent fabric marker is
good. Pigma micron is one good name. Sharpie is another good name.
Those are both pens. If you're up for something fancy, Pebeo setacolor
is a good fabric paint.


http://www.dharmatrading.com/ is a good place to buy stuff for
decorating fabric. Again, you're probably best off buying it locally,
but Dharma will come to the rescue if you get stuck. They answer
questions over the phone.


Buying the fabric and the permanent marker is the hardest part of this
project so go ahead and take 2 weeks to get that done. That way you
have plenty of time to get to a store, and I have plenty of time to
answer your questions. Terri (dognus) knows more about fabric dyes than
I do so she's a good source for questions on that.


There's one more option for decorating fabric. I understand that some
of you know how to sew and quilt. If you think you're one of them and
want to piece or applique a block (notice that the vocabulary suddenly
became insider's jargon), contact me, and we'll talk.


So think about whether this is something you want to participate in. (I
hope you do.) Check out buying fabric and permanent markers and write
to me privately with "group project" in the subject line to tell me
you're in. Deadline for confirming that you'll be sending fabric is
August 26. My email address is unmunged. Your message should come from
an unmunged address as well so I can answer you. Tomorrow's post in
this thread will have details on how to use the permanent markers to
decorate and will contain the rest of the deadlines so you might want to
wait for it before deciding.


--Lia


Hello Lia,

I would love to be the first man to join in on the group
quilting project. I will go to Walmart and buy a quilt
and save the rest of you a bunch of work. I have plenty
of Sharpies laying around, and I will scribble all over
it before delivering it to Marcel, since you seem to
think that permanent markers are very important.

And if that's not acceptable, as a fully functioning man,
I believe I can heelp out by doing the math for the project.
You can't do a quilt with 10 squares, or it will look
funny. You need to get some more people or kick one person
off.

I heelp that was hopeful,


--
this is michael
the voice of reason
http://dogtv.com

Julia Altshuler wrote:

I've only got 10 people signed up, and I'm hoping for another 10. No
men have signed up so far. Imagine me dressed up in a cheerleader suit
here jumping up and down and telling y'all to get on board and
contribute a square to the quilt for Marcel and Gen's kid who is
expected in January. Here's a repost of the earlier announcement.
There's still time to get involved.


Marcel and Gen are expecting a baby. Rpdb is making their kid a quilt.
Lia is coordinating with Terri's help (dognus). Marcel does know
about this so it is not a surprise, but he has agreed not to read this
thread so it will be a little bit of a surprise. With that in mind,
don't talk to him about it directly.


Everyone is invited to participate. To do so, go to a fabric store and
buy 1 quarter yard of 100% cotton light blue fabric. One quarter yard
will measure 9" x 44". If you are in Canada, that will be one quarter
meter, same difference. (This is different from the half yard that was
requested for Marie's quilt.)


The important point is that the fabric be
100% cotton. A blend will screw this up. The color can be anything on
the pale blue side. Solid is good as is anything that looks blue from a
distance. That might be pale blue with swirly lines of darker blue or
something called a batik. If you're in doubt, print out these
instructions and show them to the sales help in the store. They'll
understand tone on tone blue.


There will be navy blue in this quilt
too, but I want y'all to buy the pale blue. That way your fabric shows
up, and the darker blue goes around it and makes it look pretty. All
the slightly different pale blues will look good together.


A quarter yard of fabric should cost between $1.00 and $2.50. If
someone tells you it costs more, they're trying to rip you off. Shop
elsewhere.


It will probably be easier to buy the fabric locally. If you don't know
where to buy fabric, look up fabric in the yellow pages and make sure
they sell "dressmakers fabric," not "decorators." Or look up "quilt" in
the yellow pages. Walmart usually sells fabric. JoAnn's is the name of
a large chain that carries fabric. If you're in a small town and stuck
for where to shop, you can order fabric from www.equilter.com or
http://www.bighornquilts.com/ but that will cost you in
shipping charges. No one sends out only a quarter yard without the
shipping charges coming to more than the cost of the fabric.


You will also need to buy a permanent fabric marker. You will decorate
your fabric with this. If you have experience with fabric paints, use
them. If you have experience with photo transfer on to fabric, do that.


Whatever you use, the finished product MUST BE WASHABLE and SAFE FOR
BABY. Do not use glitter. Do not use puff paints. Do not use anything
that comes right off the 1st time the quilt is thrown in the washer. Do
not use anything that comes right off the 20th time the quilt is thrown
in the washer. Also, anything that dries glue-y or filmly will gum up
my sewing machine. This is A Bad Thing. You want something that still
feels like fabric when you're done. A plain permanent fabric marker is
good. Pigma micron is one good name. Sharpie is another good name.
Those are both pens. If you're up for something fancy, Pebeo setacolor
is a good fabric paint.


http://www.dharmatrading.com/ is a good place to buy stuff for
decorating fabric. Again, you're probably best off buying it locally,
but Dharma will come to the rescue if you get stuck. They answer
questions over the phone.


Buying the fabric and the permanent marker is the hardest part of this
project so go ahead and take 2 weeks to get that done. That way you
have plenty of time to get to a store, and I have plenty of time to
answer your questions. Terri (dognus) knows more about fabric dyes than
I do so she's a good source for questions on that.


There's one more option for decorating fabric. I understand that some
of you know how to sew and quilt. If you think you're one of them and
want to piece or applique a block (notice that the vocabulary suddenly
became insider's jargon), contact me, and we'll talk.


So think about whether this is something you want to participate in. (I
hope you do.) Check out buying fabric and permanent markers and write
to me privately with "group project" in the subject line to tell me
you're in. Deadline for confirming that you'll be sending fabric is
August 26. My email address is unmunged. Your message should come from
an unmunged address as well so I can answer you. Tomorrow's post in
this thread will have details on how to use the permanent markers to
decorate and will contain the rest of the deadlines so you might want to
wait for it before deciding.


--Lia


Hello Lia,

I would love to be the first man to join in on the group
quilting project. I will go to Walmart and buy a quilt
and save the rest of you a bunch of work. I have plenty
of Sharpies laying around, and I will scribble all over
it before delivering it to Marcel, since you seem to
think that permanent markers are very important.

And if that's not acceptable, as a fully functioning man,
I believe I can heelp out by doing the math for the project.
You can't do a quilt with 10 squares, or it will look
funny. You need to get some more people or kick one person
off.

I heelp that was hopeful,


--
this is michael
the voice of reason
http://dogtv.com

Julia Altshuler wrote:

I've only got 10 people signed up, and I'm hoping for another 10. No
men have signed up so far. Imagine me dressed up in a cheerleader suit
here jumping up and down and telling y'all to get on board and
contribute a square to the quilt for Marcel and Gen's kid who is
expected in January. Here's a repost of the earlier announcement.
There's still time to get involved.


Marcel and Gen are expecting a baby. Rpdb is making their kid a quilt.
Lia is coordinating with Terri's help (dognus). Marcel does know
about this so it is not a surprise, but he has agreed not to read this
thread so it will be a little bit of a surprise. With that in mind,
don't talk to him about it directly.


Everyone is invited to participate. To do so, go to a fabric store and
buy 1 quarter yard of 100% cotton light blue fabric. One quarter yard
will measure 9" x 44". If you are in Canada, that will be one quarter
meter, same difference. (This is different from the half yard that was
requested for Marie's quilt.)


The important point is that the fabric be
100% cotton. A blend will screw this up. The color can be anything on
the pale blue side. Solid is good as is anything that looks blue from a
distance. That might be pale blue with swirly lines of darker blue or
something called a batik. If you're in doubt, print out these
instructions and show them to the sales help in the store. They'll
understand tone on tone blue.


There will be navy blue in this quilt
too, but I want y'all to buy the pale blue. That way your fabric shows
up, and the darker blue goes around it and makes it look pretty. All
the slightly different pale blues will look good together.


A quarter yard of fabric should cost between $1.00 and $2.50. If
someone tells you it costs more, they're trying to rip you off. Shop
elsewhere.


It will probably be easier to buy the fabric locally. If you don't know
where to buy fabric, look up fabric in the yellow pages and make sure
they sell "dressmakers fabric," not "decorators." Or look up "quilt" in
the yellow pages. Walmart usually sells fabric. JoAnn's is the name of
a large chain that carries fabric. If you're in a small town and stuck
for where to shop, you can order fabric from www.equilter.com or
http://www.bighornquilts.com/ but that will cost you in
shipping charges. No one sends out only a quarter yard without the
shipping charges coming to more than the cost of the fabric.


You will also need to buy a permanent fabric marker. You will decorate
your fabric with this. If you have experience with fabric paints, use
them. If you have experience with photo transfer on to fabric, do that.


Whatever you use, the finished product MUST BE WASHABLE and SAFE FOR
BABY. Do not use glitter. Do not use puff paints. Do not use anything
that comes right off the 1st time the quilt is thrown in the washer. Do
not use anything that comes right off the 20th time the quilt is thrown
in the washer. Also, anything that dries glue-y or filmly will gum up
my sewing machine. This is A Bad Thing. You want something that still
feels like fabric when you're done. A plain permanent fabric marker is
good. Pigma micron is one good name. Sharpie is another good name.
Those are both pens. If you're up for something fancy, Pebeo setacolor
is a good fabric paint.


http://www.dharmatrading.com/ is a good place to buy stuff for
decorating fabric. Again, you're probably best off buying it locally,
but Dharma will come to the rescue if you get stuck. They answer
questions over the phone.


Buying the fabric and the permanent marker is the hardest part of this
project so go ahead and take 2 weeks to get that done. That way you
have plenty of time to get to a store, and I have plenty of time to
answer your questions. Terri (dognus) knows more about fabric dyes than
I do so she's a good source for questions on that.


There's one more option for decorating fabric. I understand that some
of you know how to sew and quilt. If you think you're one of them and
want to piece or applique a block (notice that the vocabulary suddenly
became insider's jargon), contact me, and we'll talk.


So think about whether this is something you want to participate in. (I
hope you do.) Check out buying fabric and permanent markers and write
to me privately with "group project" in the subject line to tell me
you're in. Deadline for confirming that you'll be sending fabric is
August 26. My email address is unmunged. Your message should come from
an unmunged address as well so I can answer you. Tomorrow's post in
this thread will have details on how to use the permanent markers to
decorate and will contain the rest of the deadlines so you might want to
wait for it before deciding.


--Lia


Hello Lia,

I would love to be the first man to join in on the group
quilting project. I will go to Walmart and buy a quilt
and save the rest of you a bunch of work. I have plenty
of Sharpies laying around, and I will scribble all over
it before delivering it to Marcel, since you seem to
think that permanent markers are very important.

And if that's not acceptable, as a fully functioning man,
I believe I can heelp out by doing the math for the project.
You can't do a quilt with 10 squares, or it will look
funny. You need to get some more people or kick one person
off.

I heelp that was hopeful,


--
this is michael
the voice of reason
http://dogtv.com

"Handsome Jack Morrison" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:26:48 GMT, Julia Altshuler
wrote:

No men have signed up so far.

You'd probably get more men to sign up if you would change the focus
of the project just a little bit:

http://tinyurl.com/3zy7r


I think you could draw a beer if you wanted. Marcel is canadian. Canadian
babies need to know about beer early on.

"Handsome Jack Morrison" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:26:48 GMT, Julia Altshuler
wrote:

No men have signed up so far.

You'd probably get more men to sign up if you would change the focus
of the project just a little bit:

http://tinyurl.com/3zy7r


I think you could draw a beer if you wanted. Marcel is canadian. Canadian
babies need to know about beer early on.

"Handsome Jack Morrison" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:26:48 GMT, Julia Altshuler
wrote:

No men have signed up so far.

You'd probably get more men to sign up if you would change the focus
of the project just a little bit:

http://tinyurl.com/3zy7r


I think you could draw a beer if you wanted. Marcel is canadian. Canadian
babies need to know about beer early on.

"Handsome Jack Morrison" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 01:26:48 GMT, Julia Altshuler
wrote:

No men have signed up so far.

You'd probably get more men to sign up if you would change the focus
of the project just a little bit:

http://tinyurl.com/3zy7r


I think you could draw a beer if you wanted. Marcel is canadian. Canadian
babies need to know about beer early on.