Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
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Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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Originally posted by PosyPMarianne - a thought occurs, is your cutting table a good height for your body dimensions? this might be a possible source of you problems, also are you standing in a draught - I know that that can give neckache whilst working.
Thank you very much for the thought So sweet of you. All my cutting problems previously have been neck related (something that has something to do with an un-diagnosed whip lash in the early 80ties I think) but have disappeared after some exercises. This was when I had a cutting table. Now I cut at the kitchen worktop (no sewing room in my new house) and the pain has moved down into my elbow and is persistent. Your idea of being in a draught is spot on actually because the vent in the kitchen window on my right has been open all the time so maybe this is the cause or has made it worse. It has to be said that it is a very long time since I have cut as much as I ha've done since the Sampler Quilt class started; this last year has been occupied with my move back to the UK. Not helped that I got very excited about the class as well as getting back to my sewing machine and was in the "just make one more block before bedtime" mode :lol:
Once I have got over this bout of RSI I will certainly take a close look at how I stand, my cutter, draught, maybe see if I can find somewhere else to cut - I have to rest the elbow for 3 weeks so I have plenty of time to reflect :shock:
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Originally posted by rehakI hope you find a solution that works for you! (And I wish I had other suggestions for you to try, but I just don't know anything about it.) But I feel your pain and look forward to seeing your progress when you are feeling better.
Nancy
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Originally posted by PosyPIf all else fails, could you put your dining table up on bricks for cutting sessions?
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Yes and what's the bets that the book in the middle of the pile under the leg is the one you suddenly need? :lol: Another alternative, very high heeled shoes - you know, like the ankle-breakers all the young things are wearing these days. Honestly, I thought they had stopped binding women's feet a century ago. :roll: Marianne, do you have a pair of those glittery platform boots left over from the 70s? :lol:
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And just how is Marianne's table supposed to wear ankle breakers or 70's platform boots? :lol:
Working at a low table is a killer, I know because I have to help the tinies at school cut up their meals (and get them to use knives & forks instead of fingers for a roast dinner :roll: )
This is how I have fixed my work table - granted it is set up permanantly but the idea holds good. I got some pvc tubing that fitted over the legs, and cut it into four (they could actually be shorter than they are), and then worked out how much higher I wanted the table, and cut blocks of wood that (2"x2"? x added height) put the blocks inside the tubes, put some packing tape over the bottom (because they kept falling out :roll: ) and then putting the table on it's side slid them on and then got it back upright. The reason for the pvc pipe is that it stops the table from falling off the blocks and keeps them reasonably narrow, so I can still get lots of stuff under there :wink:
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Originally posted by ReetzbobeetzYes and what's the bets that the book in the middle of the pile under the leg is the one you suddenly need? :lol: Another alternative, very high heeled shoes - you know, like the ankle-breakers all the young things are wearing these days. Honestly, I thought they had stopped binding women's feet a century ago. :roll: Marianne, do you have a pair of those glittery platform boots left over from the 70s? :lol:
I will have to see if I can find some other foot wear for the table :lol:
Marianne
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I have to report my progress. Actually, it's progress on the tangents I've been following. I am quite eager to sew my sampler top together. I have also been working on it in another colorway. Needed room on the design wall whiched forced me to sew my GMFG together. Now I know why I was procrastinating. 1,800 butterfly seams later, but who's counting?...... Oh,I guess that would be me. :roll: :roll: :roll: These are all fabrics that I've been collecting since I started quilting in the 1970's. I can't wait to start quilting it. All kinds of ideas are floating in my head. I have also been working on a birthday project, A4 size, for my neice. Pictures later.
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Your GFG quilt is beautiful and fresh, Lois and that fact that you made it with fabrics collected over the years will take you down Memory Lane everytime you look at it and will be a wonderful conversation piece with like-minded friends. I can't even imagine 1800 butterfly seams! I don't think I've even sewn 1000 seams total yet... ops: I really love what you did there and I can't wait to see what you do with the quilting! Congratulations and sorry you were not able to come to the show in Philadelphia, I really look forward to meeting you!
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Carole, Your kona solids will make a beautiful quilt. Not sure if I am going to join in on this project
or not. If... -
Gayle, Love your bird version of the magic garden. Your stitching looks great. the beads on the edge
with the blanket... -
I'm not sure if I will add anymore embroidery....
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I finished my magic garden. This was not my usual colour palette and I am not fond of gnomes so I took creative license...
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Just lovely! I like your flowers too. They fill up the background nicely.
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Beatuiful choices of colors. Fun and whimsical. Nicely done!
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Really fun embroidery choices. It looks great!
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I LOVE the black additions to your piecing. They really attract attention and look great.
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I still have many fans to finish as I’m hand piecing the outside curve. My preference is appliqué and embroidery. For...
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Helen, Thank you so much for your ideas! You have great EQ8 skills! I have 2 Becky Goldsmith books that I have been using...
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Nice work ! Can I ask, did you use stem stitch on the bluebells ? Or have you whip stitched over a back stitch?
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Not a question, but wanted to share the Kona solids I picked out today for the summer version. Excited to start work on...
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