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From: DorothyL
Date: 07-28-2003, 07:47 AM (1 of 30)
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Here's a question for everyone -- What was the last thing to come out of the sewing room? What are you working on now? What's next? I just finished a very colorful skirt with the buttons down the front each covered with a different color. I'm working on a yellow shirt (the one with the slash in it). And I'm getting ready to make curtains. Dorothy |
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From: MaryW
Date: 07-28-2003, 09:17 AM (2 of 30)
I'm still working on stuff for the charity challenge.
MaryW
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From: Dede
Date: 07-28-2003, 10:21 AM (3 of 30)
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Made a skirt, a dress and a bathingsuit while on vacation. I took my sewing machines at the cottage and did some sewing in the early a.m. I am now quilting dad's quilt and it is coming along wonderfully. What's next? The question is when. I fell down a flight of stairs this weekend and my back (not to mention my butt) is really out of wack. Can't stand for too long, can't sit for too long, can't lie down for too long. So I'll go to the drugstore, get some drugs  and then I'll smile at everybody.
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User: Dede
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 07-28-2003, 11:07 AM (4 of 30)
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I just finished a shirt for myself and I have another one 1/2 finished...then I 'still' have a couple of quilts to finish and I also have that quilted jacket I started cutting fabric for...I have to have the jacket done in mid sept for my sisters birthday, so I have to get going on that....
Chrys
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User: Chrysantha
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From: plrlegal
Date: 07-28-2003, 11:20 AM (5 of 30)
I'm working on several quilts for myself; miscellaneous quilt blocks for our beginner guild; swap blocks and sampler quilt top for church guild; 2 green and white collegiate football themed purses for a sister and niece; getting ready to start Christmas sewing, believe it or not, have patterns and fabric for fall outfits and whatever anybody seems to think I have time for in the coming weeks.  I may never get caught up in my sewing room again; I just hope I live about 50 more years. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: Raine
Date: 07-28-2003, 01:58 PM (6 of 30)
I just finished my daughter's quilt.  She has a full-size bed and the quilt had lots of sashing, so it seemed endless. It has pink flowers and watermelon-red ladybugs alternating with green leafy prints and lilac sashing. I'm bringing it to a friend for machine quilting tomorrow. I quilt small items and lap quilts on my home sewing machine, but this is just toooo large.Happy Sewing! Raine |
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From: luvmymunchkins
Date: 07-28-2003, 03:04 PM (7 of 30)
Last thing was a trash bag for the car, and next thing on my list is a dress for my daughter. If it will cool down enough for me to get motivated  Leticia |
User: luvmymunchkins
Member since: 04-28-2003 Total posts: 32 
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From: Sherri
Date: 07-28-2003, 03:55 PM (8 of 30)
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I made a pair of pants for my SIL and an embroidered dress for my dd. Next thing is a funky shirt for ds and lounging pants for me. The SIL pants were supposed to be for me but I need more tummy room. Sherri My website
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User: Sherri
Member since: 02-07-2001 Total posts: 357 |
From: Aimee S
Date: 07-28-2003, 05:37 PM (9 of 30)
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eveything that came out of my sewing room is.... 4 pairs of pants that had the seams ripped for the school choir 1 dress for the choir master 1 pad for hubb's truck. 2 pillows for bed with fringe and a 90 in circular table cloth Nothing exciting. I am mending/ altering clothing for back to school. Some buy new clothing for school we fix the old and then about nov dec we get a new winter wardrobe for each child. The more you disaprove, the more fun I am having!
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User: Aimee S
Member since: 02-23-2003 Total posts: 488 
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From: lovemyfabric
Date: 07-28-2003, 09:51 PM (10 of 30)
| I have some alterations to get done and then I want to get back to sewing clothes. I have a hooded zip up sweater cut out and I want to make some more blouses for myself. |
User: lovemyfabric
Member since: 06-06-2003 Total posts: 126 
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From: Magot
Date: 07-29-2003, 12:03 AM (11 of 30)
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I'm like Mary - still on the challenge. I've got a load of blocks made up in Sandersons fabric to put together into a quilt ( sliced and diced). I also have a load of fabric for my daughter who wants a quilt in red, black and white. Some of the black and red I have tie dyed myself and I'm itching to get going. I also want to teach myself how to machine quilt on my new machine as I've only ever quilted by hand.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: VCMOM
Date: 07-29-2003, 06:31 PM (12 of 30)
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I have just finished a garden twist quilt for some friends, I made a snowball and nine patch baby quilt for charity and am currently sandwiching a quilt from one of the In the Beginning Books for my family room. On my lunch hours I am embroidering blocks for a bluework flower quilt. The latter may take me a while. Then I have the fabric purchased for a ladybug quilt for my niece and a yellow brick road quilt for my daughter with all pink and green prints. I also promised DH I'd get the family room curtains redone since I gave away the previous ones. ( I got new furniture and painted so the new/old ones don't work anymore.) I think I have enough to keep me busy for a while. Lori |
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From: MaryW
Date: 07-29-2003, 06:32 PM (13 of 30)
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Dede, that sounds awful. Take care and let us know how you are doing.
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
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From: VCMOM
Date: 07-29-2003, 06:43 PM (14 of 30)
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Dede, Sounds like a trip to the doctor or chiropractor is in order. The sort of pain you descriibing sounds like you should be looked at. If nothing else for piece of mind. Take care, Lori |
User: VCMOM
Member since: 10-31-2002 Total posts: 74 |
From: Mother in Law
Date: 07-30-2003, 12:25 AM (15 of 30)
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The last thing to come out my sewing room was a pair of my husbands underware that was perfect except for the waist elastic is pulling away from the body fabric. I used a stretch zig zag and it mended it perfect. I think I'll work on his sock draw next. I've got two blouses cut out, I'm in the process of altering the pattern for a pair of pants that Mary told me about some time ago and never did get around to sewing them for myself, and four quilt tops in various stages. My next project is going to be something for my new house we're going to build soon. If everything goes as planned I will have to put all my sewing things in storage for around 6 months or so because I will have to live in a small garage apartment until the house is finished. I'll die without my puter and my sewing things any longer than this. BUTTTTTTT Life goes on!!!! Susie========== 
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From: maps
Date: 07-30-2003, 07:04 AM (16 of 30)
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Mary, thats to long to be without the puter and sewing machines!!! I'd go absolutly nuts... good luck to ya, the last thing to come out of my sewing room is the capri's for dd, that the elastic waist ended up on the leg... the blouse that i have to have removeable ears to wear, maybe i'll get back to that one soon, maybe i better wait till school starts! i have too many things i want to get started on , just not enough time in the day for everything.
Marge
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User: maps
Member since: 06-18-2003 Total posts: 152 
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From: DorothyL
Date: 07-30-2003, 07:52 AM (17 of 30)
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If everything goes as planned I will have to put all my sewing things in storage for around 6 months or so Arrrgh Dorothy |
User: DorothyL
Member since: 12-09-2002 Total posts: 3883 |
From: Dede
Date: 07-30-2003, 08:02 AM (18 of 30)
Thanks ladies; I saw the bruise between my cheeks (for lack of better words) and I fully understand the pain. I can walk OK and it is getting better. I've had a streak of bad luck since Saturday (pulled a muscle in my leg, got caught in a storm coming back from a walk, got stuck in the elevator for close to 1 hr and lost my debit card) and the only thing I can do is laugh at it all (along with other people believe me). So in time, things will get better and I can get my butt back in the gym 
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User: Dede
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 07-30-2003, 10:16 AM (19 of 30)
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Dede, You sound as if you need a vacation. But.........that would probably just do you in the rest of the way. LOL Hope things get better for you soon. They say there is a silver lining to all black clouds but sometimes GHEEESE............... I can't ever find them. LOL Susie |
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From: Dede
Date: 07-30-2003, 10:20 AM (20 of 30)
I returned from a 3 week vacation last week  I think my good friend up there is putting me through some kind of test. I'll get through it.
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User: Dede
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From: Magot
Date: 07-31-2003, 02:42 AM (21 of 30)
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Sounds like you'll be sitting on rubber rings for a while, Dede - ouch. Susie, you are going to have to get online somewhere and take up tatting (it doesn't take much space!) what would we do without your crawdads?! love and kisses, Jan
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Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 07-31-2003, 11:43 AM (22 of 30)
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Jan, How do you know about CrawDads? LOL I'm sending Bren some Jambalaya mix in the mail today. I gave her the recipe for it but she doesn't have time to prepare it and besides I don't think she can get the seasonings up where she is to go into it, so she's getting the next best thing, the Zateraine's Mix. LOL She learned about Crawfish when she came here one summer. Now tell me more about this Tatting. I really need something to do at night when I'm not chasing down doors, appliances, flooring and everything else I need to pick out for my new house. I'm a night owl and it's going to be rough on me not being able to sew and play in cyberspace. I have pleny of embroidery things I could do by hand but my eyes are getting that over 50 thing (not being able to focus and cateracs) so I have to have plenty of light. Tell me more about the tatting. Susie |
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From: Magot
Date: 07-31-2003, 11:54 AM (23 of 30)
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If the eyeballs are challenged I would not go for tatting! It is a method of handmaking lace by making a succession of knots over a loop of it's own thread, which was then drawn up and the stitches in it formed an oval by being drawn together. These ovals had the appearance of a buttonhole and were only conected by the litte piece of plain thread that was missed after one oval was made and before the next was made. To connect them thet were sewn with a needle and thread and you can use two shuttles and make picots ( called purls in tatting) and has the virue of being a hand made lace which takes up very little room. Loved by victorian ladies, needing stronf light and eyesight!
love and kisses, Jan
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Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 07-31-2003, 01:50 PM (24 of 30)
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Jan, Sounds like I'd be interested if I could get my eyes fixed but at the moment I'm chicken to let anyone fool with my eyes. I might feel different if I couldn't see out of them at all but I can so until they are worse I'll be using the bad eyes. LOL Thanks I like pretty things and dainty things and it sounds like it's both. Susie |
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From: LeapFrog Libby
Date: 07-31-2003, 06:42 PM (25 of 30)
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Susie, Go to Michaels, look in their book rack for a Blue book with the title Learn Needle Tatting. Buy it . and get some thread.. It comes with one needle, and I experimented before I bought more needles. (Sizes). I tried years ago to learn to tat using the shuttle and never could get the hang of it.. But with these needles , it is so much easier. and the book even showed lefties how to modify the hand positions. (a must for me!! ). This way you can use whatever size thread you want and control the size you make.. Perl cotton and knit-cro-sheen are what I'm using now and that makes beautiful trim for linens, lightweight jackets, skirts, and some blouses. It would not be good for lightweight or sheer blouses, though. You would need finer thread for that.. I could not believe how easy it was with a needle, when I had agonized over same thing with a shuttle for so long.. And My Michaels has a coupon every week for 40 % off any 1 regular priced item.. So, I got the 9.99 book for 6.00 and like I said that included 1 needle. The needle is about 5 inches long and the point is blunt, not sharp so when you touch your finger with each stitch, you don't have to worry about hurting yourself..
Sew With Love
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 07-31-2003, 08:37 PM (26 of 30)
Hey Libby, that's a great idea. You and Jan are going to make by Hubby very happy. As long as I can keep busy he doesn't have to entertain me LOL When he created my sewing room he discovered he could watch TV in peace so if I move to a smaller place for a while I'll need something to keep me busy. And this sounds interesting. I just hope my eyes will be okay. I like to crochet and knit also so there's a thought. Hey ladies you gave me some good ideas. I'll try Michael's too. Thanks Susie
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From: Magot
Date: 08-01-2003, 02:57 AM (27 of 30)
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If you crochet I wouldn't think that needle lace would be any problem. Sounds easier than using a shuttle Libby! and if you use the pearl cotton you should get some lovley results. Have fun.
love and kisses, Jan
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From: plrlegal
Date: 08-01-2003, 01:49 PM (28 of 30)
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Susie check out the posts on the Easy Punch Embroidery Machine in this forum. It sounds like it might be fun and interesting to do. I keep a piece of crochet work going all the time just in case I can't get to my sewing/quilting projects, every now and then. Patsy Patsy
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User: plrlegal
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From: MaryW
Date: 08-01-2003, 03:54 PM (29 of 30)
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I love the look of tatting. It belongs on heirloom clothing, christening dresses, etc. It is so dainty and fine looking.
MaryW
owner/editor of Sew Whats New |
User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542
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From: Mother in Law
Date: 08-01-2003, 08:57 PM (30 of 30)
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Will do Patsy. I'll check it out Thanks. Susie |
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