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HJM writes:

Or 132% Canadian cotton...





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HJM writes:

Or 132% Canadian cotton...





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HJM writes:

Or 132% Canadian cotton...





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HJM writes:

Or 132% Canadian cotton...





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Old August 12th 04, 02:17 PM
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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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Old August 12th 04, 02:17 PM
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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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Old August 12th 04, 02:17 PM
Shannon
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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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Old August 12th 04, 02:17 PM
Shannon
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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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Old August 12th 04, 02:17 PM
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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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