Episode 303 Laura Wasilowski

[Eileen K.]

What a fun show. Probably not something I'll find the time to do, but I enjoyed learning about it, and loved the humor and the music.

Pat in Rockport, TX

[Hannelore N.]

What a fun show. Probably not something I'll find the time to do, but I enjoyed learning about it, and loved the humor and the music.

Pat in Rockport, TX

Excuses, excuses, Pat! If they can fast fuse in one show, whilst singing, you can do it. I've had Laura's book for a while, but not really done anything with it yet, except drool over the projects. I saw one of her quilts here in the UK, when it was part of the yearly Husqvarna competition. I was mega-impressed, and went back a couple of times during the quilt show to have another look at it.

I work full-time with teenagers who have severe behaviour problems, so I often can't keep my eyes open in the evenings, but this looks like so much fun that I'm going to ignore the household chores and fuse until I drop over a weekend soon. I just have to get the necessary supplies together first.

Talking about supplies: I didn't catch it when they talked about it. Can anybody help? What is the stiff stuff called that Laura used in some of her pieces instead of wadding?

Lorchen

[Damaris E.]

As ALWAYS!! This was a WONDERFUL show!! Thank you for the laughter!! You brighten my day!! EVERYDAY!!

[Sherry B.]

I loved this show - from start to finish! Now I want to do another convergence and I love the idea of making it a baby quilt! Then Laura's sense of humor was so much fun and I can actually see myself making one (or more) of these quilts. Then I love the new info from Bob the Thread Guy and also the Treasure Chest. I do wonder what happened to Gizmo Girl, though. Great show!

[Mary K.]

Excellent show!!! I got a good laugh out of the Fusing School Fight Song! Mary Kay

[Patti P.]

Well I've just had a wonderful day. My BFF (Best Friend forever) came from Denver to visit me and take home my old car to her son. And when she left I watched this show. I've been smiling all day between the two events. This was a really good show and so funny! Loved it.

[Karen W.]

This has got to be one of the best shows ever! I thought the jokes were great, the cast fantastic, and best of all the pace of the show was fast and fun! Laura has one of the best TV personalities and really shines alongside Alex and Ricky. Her information on Fusing is top notch, and I immediately went out and found her teaching at a location near me, signed up and will be a happy student this fall in her class at PIQF. Anyway, now that we have a T1 connection, it makes all the difference in the world to see the shows. I'll be trying to catch up with the previous shows I missed soon.
I'd like to see a bit more of a summary of the steps and materials used for these demos with guest artists, so I might go right out and buy the equipment, come back and watch the show again and make the items.

[Julia L.]

I finally got to watch and agree this was a great show!Lots of information and I'm glad no one else was home because I was laughing out loud.And Lorchen,the stiff material Laura used is called Fast2fuse.I've used it for making fabric bowls.A very stiff interfacing of the kind used for making hat brims works also. Julie

[Hannelore N.]

Thank you very much, Julie! I have a whole roll of that (well, very similar, the Floriani equilvalent - it's excellent). So far I have used it a lot for small things, but now I'm going for a 'big one' as soon as I can find a little time. I have had Laura's book for some time and it's excellent. Maybe in another year or so a can form the 'Northern England School of Fast Fusing', a little subdivision of the bigger sister in Chicago.

Lorchen

[Patti P.]

Now I have not ordered from these people but got this recommendation from another quilter. This site is a thread mill in N.Carolina and they have something called "stiffy" which is not fusible but is the stiff interfacing similar to what is used in Laura's quilts and people who make purses and bowls. Get this, they have a web special of a roll of 35 yds/18 inches wide for $1.29!

http://www.longcreekmills.com/stiffy.html

[Julia L.]

That is a good price Patti,thanks for the info, I'll check that out pronto.Also I noticed that Laura W. uses batting(or wadding as Lorchen calls it) as well,in her little quilt sandwich.Julie

[Hannelore N.]

lol lol..... I apologize for using English (giggle). I'm always struggling with the differences between two countries. For me elephants have trunks, but you put your boots on your feet. I put my shopping in the boot of my car. There are countless examples like that, and a lot of them can lead to very funny situations.

Well, my cedits on the computer in the hotel are running out, and I'm hungry and tired after the first day at Festival of Quilts. And just in case anybody wants to know: Ricky is here and looking very happy!

Lorchen

[Paula D.]

Hey Pattisure, that price is PER YARD -read it again. Still, not a bad deal if you have use for that stuff. :shock:

[Paula D.]

I went to Corpus Christi yesterday to the quilt guild and joined. After the meeting, I stopped at JoAnn's to use my 40% coupon. They had a package with three of the fancy-cutting blades for the Olfa rotary cutters. With my coupon, it cost less than $6 for all three blades. Maybe I will try this technique sometime, LOL.

Pat in Rockport, TX

[Paula D.]

lol lol..... I apologize for using English (giggle). I'm always struggling with the differences between two countries. For me elephants have trunks, but you put your boots on your feet. I put my shopping in the boot of my car. There are countless examples like that, and a lot of them can lead to very funny situations.

Well, my cedits on the computer in the hotel are running out, and I'm hungry and tired after the first day at Festival of Quilts. And just in case anybody wants to know: Ricky is here and looking very happy!

Lorchen

LOL, you got me giggling too, and the hood of the car is a bonnet.


Karen, congratulations on being quoted in the daily blog today.