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Project Discussions:  What we are working on~ 2019  |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2459 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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 Posted - Jun 05 2019 : 12:29:41 PM
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| Denise your tea cart is beautiful and looks good in your room. Well done! |
FarmGirl Sister#6034 8/25/14
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9533 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9533 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2019 : 4:14:18 PM
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| Thanks Sara. With my back trouble it took me a good part of the day to take it apart and clean it all and put back together. I am very happy with it and I think my mother in law will be happily surprised. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2019 : 6:45:24 PM
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| Denise your tea cart is precious. It really cleaned up nicely. |
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
2706 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2019 : 07:41:39 AM
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Denise, that turned out so nicely!
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Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9533 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9533 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2019 : 08:51:03 AM
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| Thank you Marilyn and Debbie! Today I am finishing up hand quilting a table cover for my daughter. I started it last summer. Shame on me but I decided today was the day to get some ufos done. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2019 : 09:31:06 AM
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| Denise you are a busy lady...no need to feel bad about your UFOs. |
Texasgran |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9533 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2019 : 12:15:17 PM
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I am almost finished. One more square to quilt and then just adding the binding.
I am deciding what I want to finish next while I work on this. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2019 : 1:36:37 PM
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| Good for you! |
Texasgran |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2019 : 7:49:31 PM
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Love that cart, Denise.
Yesterday I finished the first border on the boys quilt, and yesterday and today I finished 2 reusable kitchen towels, 4 kitchen boas, 4 quilt blocks, cut out 2 more quilt blocks, and need to rip out and re-sew one more block. Then I will lay out the 30 blocks on our bed in Oklahoma (next 4 nights starting tomorrow night) and sew them together or decide if they need some sashing between the blocks. It is my red/white quilt using the broken Sugar Bowl block from quilterscache.com.
I also brought fabric for 2 shift-style dresses and to finish the second boys quilt to take to Germany for Christmas. Wonder how much I will get done. LOL!
Oh, know how plans don't always work out? Well, I brought my featherweight, scissors, cutting board, rotary cutter and small rulers, thread, pins, ripper. But I forgot extra needles (that I found at WalMart) and extra bobbins (which I have yet to find - I need to find a quilt shop). LOL! |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
2706 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2019 : 7:52:28 PM
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| Linda, that sounds like such fun! What is a kitchen boa? |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2019 : 8:45:29 PM
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I began ironing that mess on the wrong side of the tee shirts that Hadlee gave me. I was struck by the size 8 little children's shirts. They were dated 2013...the year of her brain tumor. It was an emotional afternoon, remembering back to April, May, June ,July and August that year. But now she is grown up, 5' 8" or maybe even 5' 9" . She is a young lady who will turn 19 before the end of summer! God is so very good.I
Tomorrow morning I will try to cut the shirts and stitch around each one to keep the mid weight
fusable pellon on the stretchy fabric.
We will see how it goes. |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2019 : 8:48:22 PM
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| A kitchen boa is a kitchen towel, cut in half, and each half sewn into the ends of a width-of-fabric fabric tube. I'll try to post a picture tomorrow. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2019 : 8:50:03 PM
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A friend who does t-shirt quilts a lot says to use the lightweight iron on interfacing. I got some of it to try and make t-shirt quilt out of some of Ed's t-shirts.
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Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2019 : 3:57:06 PM
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| I hate to make them and said never again, but I will make this last one as a surprise for Had. I got some blue fabric printed with feathers to sash the blocks together. I will use fleece on the back. Turquoise blue is her favorite color. |
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Killarney
True Blue Farmgirl
2114 Posts
Connie
Arlington
TN
USA
2114 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2019 : 10:12:37 PM
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Marilyn, I can imagine how hard that must have been for your family! Now your beautful Hadley is all grown up! God is sooo Good! I will tru the interfacing on lily junes little t-shirts. That's a good idea! Im sewing banners and skirts fir Lily June. And I took apart a eyelet shirt i bought at Wal-Mart 3 years ago, I wore it out! and used
It for a pattern.
I bought some lightweight eyelet from fabric .com. It turned out good. I burn up in summer, because of MS. Polyester blends is so hot. I like 100 percent cotton. Eyelet lets the air in. When I am trying to cook or watch lily June. I get so hot even with the a.c. on 75.
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2019 : 10:27:23 AM
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Here are pictures of the patriotic Kitchen Boas - and if you are interested, I will try to post pics or describe in words a few things I learned to make them easier and have better/cleaner seams. Excuse the facial expressions. LOL!
  
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Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2459 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
2459 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2019 : 10:35:17 AM
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Linda, your kitchen boas are pretty and oh so useful. Facial expressions - I thought you were mugging for the camera. lol
Connie like you I wear all cotton in the hot months. No blends for me. |
FarmGirl Sister#6034 8/25/14
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2019 : 10:39:21 AM
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Connie -
I, too, love all cotton clothes. I brought some cotton fabric with me to make 2 shift dresses - they are so comfortable in the summer, and I haven't found any I liked in thrift shops, WalMart or other stores. I did get a t-shirt fabric simple shift dress at WalMart and I love it. I also got a similar dress on sale at Chicos. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
3522 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
3522 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2019 : 11:51:08 AM
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LInda, kitchen boas are new to me and yours are super cute with those fabrics you chose!! Which end do you use for the kitchen towel needs?? I have been working on swaps form MJF and crafting up a little storm down here in Florida. I love to make as much of a swap as possible because it is fun and creates things that come from my heart.
I am with you Sara, only all cotton clothing for me in Summer. It is too hot and humid down here for synthetics!! |
Winnie Nielsen #3109
Red Tractor Girl
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2019 : 3:23:08 PM
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| Linda do you buy kitchen towels to add to the ends of the tube of fabric around your neck??? |
Texasgran |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2019 : 3:31:08 PM
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| Connie, yes God is very good. I feel blessed each and every day. Hadlee is the source of those rolls of Washi tape. She gave me a bunch that she was not going to use because she had bought a bunch more. Kids who have jobs! |
Texasgran |
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
6080 Posts
darlene
Loleta
California
USA
6080 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2019 : 7:45:59 PM
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That is a cute idea Linda!
Love the expressions
Hugs Darlene |
Farmgirl # 4943
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for what he has done.
Philippians 4:6
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Jun 10 2019 : 7:55:13 PM
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Winnie - These are made with either a terry kitchen towel or the cotton thinner towels - you use both halves - one on each end of the boa. Some earlier ones I made using 2 halves from coordinating terry kitchen towels. Hopefully the directions, below, are clear. If not, please email or call me.
Directions:
1. Cut the towel in half - halfway between the 2 finished ends.
2. Tightly gather the cut end of each half, and secure. This should be around 5 to 5-1/2" wide when gathered.
3. Cut your fabric 11" wide x WOF (width of fabric - selvage to selvage - 42").
4. Fold the fabric in half RST (right sides together) along the 42" side.
5. Sew 1/4" seam down the long (non-fold) edge, leaving a 3-4" opening in the center of the seam. You will understand why later. Do NOT turn right sides out yet.
6. Take one half of towel and insert inside one end of the tube, matching gathered edge of towel and raw edge of tube. (I stuff in from end of tube - hemmed end first.) Pin between folded edge of tube and seamed edge. Sew 1/2"-5/8" across pinned edge.
7. Repeat Step 6 for other half of towel.
8. Reach in through 4" opening you left in long edge of tube and pull both towels, one at a time, out through this opening.
9. Press fabric tube. Top stitch 1/16" along both sides of the tube. Also stitch across tube 1/4" from seamed edge of towel.
10. Fold long tube in half to mark the center and pin to mark. Fold at this center point to "pleat" to about 3" wide, pin and stitch across with back stitches at both ends. This will be at the back of the neck of the wearer. I do this to make it more comfortable.
Hope this helps some:
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Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9533 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
9533 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2019 : 03:50:46 AM
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| Linda thanks so much for sharing your pattern directions. Sounds fairly quick and easy to whip up! |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4742 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4742 Posts |
Posted - Jun 11 2019 : 10:06:25 AM
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| I am going to be making some for sale in the little shop I'm in. These go pretty fast with these directions. I have also thought about gathering the middle for the neck but think it will be too bulky that way. The pleats are smoother. If you are my partner in any swaps you just might get one. LOL! |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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Project Discussions: What we are working on~ 2019 |
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What we are working on~ 2019
