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OT - Group Project! The quilt for Marcel's kid - The rules
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Or 132% Canadian cotton... JohnR Pit Bull Libertarian Never sneer at the power of a little pink squeaky toy! |
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HJM writes:
Or 132% Canadian cotton... JohnR Pit Bull Libertarian Never sneer at the power of a little pink squeaky toy! |
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HJM writes:
Or 132% Canadian cotton... JohnR Pit Bull Libertarian Never sneer at the power of a little pink squeaky toy! |
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HJM writes:
Or 132% Canadian cotton... JohnR Pit Bull Libertarian Never sneer at the power of a little pink squeaky toy! |
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HJM writes:
Or 132% Canadian cotton... JohnR Pit Bull Libertarian Never sneer at the power of a little pink squeaky toy! |
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I'm going to try to make it to the fabric store and get a square done
before all hell breaks loose in my life (i.e. the semester starts.) -Shannon Julia Altshuler wrote: 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 |
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I'm going to try to make it to the fabric store and get a square done
before all hell breaks loose in my life (i.e. the semester starts.) -Shannon Julia Altshuler wrote: 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 |
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I'm going to try to make it to the fabric store and get a square done
before all hell breaks loose in my life (i.e. the semester starts.) -Shannon Julia Altshuler wrote: 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 |
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I'm going to try to make it to the fabric store and get a square done
before all hell breaks loose in my life (i.e. the semester starts.) -Shannon Julia Altshuler wrote: 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 |
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I'm going to try to make it to the fabric store and get a square done
before all hell breaks loose in my life (i.e. the semester starts.) -Shannon Julia Altshuler wrote: 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 |
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