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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl

3845 Posts

Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  1:56:10 PM  Show Profile
Naomi, you're a good daughter! watching tv with dad is a "good thing"...

Ok, this one is for Elizabeth (botanicalbath)....I know you are in the "suds" right now with the soapmaking but you'll be checking back in maybe on Monday....We have til Saturday, September 29 to decide on a chapter name... I really loved your name suggestion!








"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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Naomi Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl

1563 Posts

Naomi
Sunshine State
USA
1563 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  2:02:25 PM  Show Profile
so maybe we could put the name to vote?


~Naomi~

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be-Abraham Lincoln
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl

3845 Posts

Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  2:11:27 PM  Show Profile
Hey Tina,

Good suggestion! And to Naomi's question about the name going to a vote...it will after Saturday, Sept. 29...that's why everyone needs to brainstorm and makes suggestions and "post your suggestion"...the Chapter is growing by the day it seems






Stephanie


quote:
Originally posted by Tina Michelle

yeah..I'm the resident nurse here.:0) gotta make sure he's bundled up, and fed and hydrated. Naomi helps run the sign printer and I do everything in between.
I love the apron fabric that has been discussed for the aprons.
And like the old bee image....
I was thinking that the name...
"Bobbin Bees" sounded cute too.
"Bobbin Bees without Borders"

~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
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"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl

950 Posts

Elizabeth
Novi MI
USA
950 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  2:29:50 PM  Show Profile
If any of you are looking for some different fabric you might want to check out the Repro Depot, they've got several fun ones on sale right now. http://www.reprodepot.com/saleitems.html

http://ruby--slippers.blogspot.com/
www.leezard.etsy.com
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl

4247 Posts

Linda
Clarks Summit PA
USA
4247 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  3:07:12 PM  Show Profile  Send yarnmamma a Yahoo! Message
I like iBees Cyber Stitchers ! But I also like Stitching Bees without Borders. Cyber actually means what we are thinking of when we say borders.

Nay: you are soo funny, I missed ya the last few days...I may not blab alot but I read every word this forum writes/says!

Also, I wanted to say that I thought we were going to have a Bee with apron on and a treadle machine...I think someone could draw that, don't ya? Instead of a simple insect...a bee in an apron...I don't think it's corny.

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"Imagine that you are a masterpiece unfolding, every second of every day, a work of art taking form with every breath."
-- Thomas Crum

Linda in PA
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SarahJ
True Blue Farmgirl

198 Posts


Shreveport Louisiana
198 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  3:21:28 PM  Show Profile
Hey Ladies, is it too late to join? I have been looking for a chapter, and there is none in my area, or enough interest for a new one.
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Aunt George
True Blue Farmgirl

1476 Posts

Georgann
Midlothian VA
1476 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  3:27:01 PM  Show Profile
Hmmm.....what about iBees.....Stitchers Without Borders Cyber is good, but we really do stitch, not just cyber stitch. The i in the iBees, rather designates that we are an online group.

Here is what I have been stitching on today.....it is finished. It is difficult to see details on black...sorry.



And a side view:



This one is going in the shop. It will be retailing somewhere between $100 and $200. It is really gorgeous!!! My prices are still far below online shops and my quality is as good as or better than what I have seen online and in shops.

I have a black panne velvet, black satin reversible to a harvest colors celtic knotwork cotton, red butter suede, and an opalescent purple/gold one in progress right now. My goal is at least 10 cloaks before the weekend, so that I can sell at a local faire this weekend!! It is not a Renfaire, but it is a Metaphysical faire!!

I'm making a silver one with a braided moonstoon studded lacing during the next full moon...it is a special order.

Well, later ya'll....got to get back to sewing.

G


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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl

2552 Posts

Tasha-Rose
St. Paul Minnesota
2552 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  3:30:25 PM  Show Profile
OMG GEORGEANN! THAT IS SOOOOOOOOOOO LOVELY! I made one in white that I adore, this one is just thrilling! Now I want to make one in black!!


~*~Brightest Blessings~*~
Tasha-Rose

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ktknits
True Blue Farmgirl

582 Posts

Kathy
Northwest Indiana
USA
582 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  3:30:38 PM  Show Profile
I'd love to join if there's still room. I've been so busy this last month or so at work I haven't had a chance to keep up with all the e-mail. Sounds like fun!!

Kathy T

http://ktknits.blogspot.com
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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl

1862 Posts

Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  3:31:53 PM  Show Profile  Send Bee Haven Maven an AOL message
Wow, it took me a while to catch up to you all....finally back from the farm.
Some notes along the way...

Autumn....I love the tatting and the clothespin bag...great job on that bias tape!

Sharon (Countynmore) thanks so much for the yummy Christmas fabric...it came today and I love it....although it seems like a rather extravagant thank you on your part....but I LOVE it. Thanks.

Alee......that was called Treadle Travesty....obviously we know something that the Brits don't. Welcome to the thread....we love old treadles, here!

George....that costume page was amazing....oh how I long to own some of them...but then where would I wear them? Imagine the looks we could get!

Bonne....I agree with you, when someone says the word alterations....I run screaming in the opposite direction!!!!

Stephanie....you have been working overtime....and I love your knack for detail......I also love your ideas!

Julia, BlueApple....I got your text message to my cell phone...but was out of range...sorry I could not answer back....e-mailed you instead. welcome....just jump right on in....we are a gabby bunch and sometimes is hard to get a word in edgewise....but don't worry, we hear ya!

Welcome to everyone else that has e-mailed me. I am so very excited about this response!!!!

I really LOVE>....the second line of our name as Stephanie presented it...Without Borders....(or as Sunshine put it and cracked me up "without Boarders")

My thoughts on this part of our name is this......

Borders represent areas of land that divide people. They can also be divisions that we place within our minds. Either way, borders tend to limit us and restrain us. What I have found here with you wonderful women is this....each of us has our strengths and our weaknesses. Together we celebrate our strengths and draw upon each other's. Our weaknesses we accept without judgement. It is a safe haven where we all feel acceptance.

So that is why "Without Borders" has more than one meaning for me. It also signifies that we ARE from anywhere and everywhere.

I do also think that our logo should include a treadle.....even a very light one behind the bee....but sewing brought us together, afterall.

One more thought....there are occasionally times when any one of us may answer a comment with something that seems curt or abrasive. I would ask us all to remember that it is difficult to express emotions in the written form sometimes. So.....if you read something that makes you feel sensitive....take for granted that there will never be malice intended in any replies. Understand that perhaps you just may not be perceiving the post how it was intended. Let's all try hard to express ourselves honestly and kindly knowing that we are all good women with kind hearts.....there is too much unkindness in our world.....this will be our safe haven.

Sorry, I ramble, but this is important for me to express. You have all become so very important to me. I think this is going to be great.

Now, one last idea. I thought it would be a great idea if we could start a group blog. We would all have the password and be able to post and read each other's entries....more room to really talk about what is important to each of us without using so much room on this thread. What do you think?


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Bee Haven Maven
True Blue Farmgirl

1862 Posts

Beverly
Pennsylvania
USA
1862 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  3:38:14 PM  Show Profile  Send Bee Haven Maven an AOL message
Updated list on page 1.

Visit our farm at: www.beehavenacres.blogspot.com
Aprons and other fun things for sale at: www.honeybeez.etsy.com
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queenofdreamsz4u
True Blue Farmgirl

3845 Posts

Stephanie Suzanne
Smoky Mountains Tennessee
USA
3845 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  4:18:24 PM  Show Profile
The suggestion for the treadle is great! We can use a treadle or machine and either have the machine or bee a bit more transparent than the other so they are layered..can do it both ways and play with it..oh...and I think someone mentioned putting a teapot on the treadle...Jess, I think??

If someone will email me some good quality machine or treadle graphics I'd be happy to play with it. I'm no expert by any means but love the creative process.

I think..I may be wrong now..but Elizabeth may have a graphic design imput on helping in this area.. oops, if I just named the wrong person!

Bev, thanks for clarifying what a safe haven the chapter will be. It's a warm feeling to know that it will be protected.

The "Without Borders" really does probably have a personal meaning to each of us and yet it bonds us together...so yes, it's a good thing

I think the Chapter Blog is a super idea...otherwise, we need to start a new membership in the forum for our chapter then it's going to really eat up Mary Jane's hosting bandwidth every month with the amount of graphics, text and photos that will be flying through cyberspace!! So So exciting...we'll all be able to post and share "without borders"!

Long winded as usual...



Stephanie

"hold close your inner child and always listen to the gentle whispers" ~queenofdreamsz
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Kathie
True Blue Farmgirl

2436 Posts

Kathie
Thonotosassa Florida
USA
2436 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  4:25:45 PM  Show Profile
Bev I think your definatly moving in the Right direction..




In a World Where you Can Be Anything, Be Yourself..
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl

9324 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek Ohio
USA
9324 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  4:48:34 PM  Show Profile
you all are so creative. It will be neat to see how it all comes together.

"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."

www.torismimi.blogspot.com
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl

3003 Posts

Bonne
Littleton CO
USA
3003 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  5:06:51 PM  Show Profile
Love the cloaks and even the unseen ones, just by the descriptions, Georgann.
This is the perfect time of year to catch the Halloween buyers, but Pagans
use them year 'round! I've made several in cottons for warmer weather.
Good Luck with the cloaks in your store!! ;)

http://bonne1313.blogspot.com/ Blog
http://www.bonne1313.homestead.com/soap.html Soap
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Tina Michelle
True Blue Farmgirl

6948 Posts

Tina
sunshine state FL
USA
6948 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  5:29:15 PM  Show Profile
can't you start like a flickr group for images to be posted? then have like a yahoo chat group?
also on a yahoo chat group each member can have a little photo album on there that they can upload a few photos to.
just an idea.



~Seize the Day! Live, Love, Laugh~
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and at www.stliving.net
you can also check out my etsy shops at:http://GardenGooseGifts.etsy.com
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl

4033 Posts

Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
4033 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  6:09:17 PM  Show Profile
If we do a blog, you gals will have to teach me what in the world I am doing? I am just proud of myself for being able to post a few pictures.
I love without borders because it has so many meanings and in truth makes each of us strech out of our comfort zones.
Bonne---- girl you make me laugh. I was famous for the brown bag dresses. In junior high I made one jumper. I attempted another dress, which I couldn't figure out so it went in a brown paper bag into the closet never again to see the light of day. Sewing wasn't something I was ever good at, so it was quite intimadating when 7 years ago, I started to quilt. I love it and now you girls have me making aprons. Who would have every thought. It makes me laugh. My mom and my sister were whizzes at sewing. What is grand is that I got to teach my mom in a quilting class that I drove over and taught for her and my sister and some friends a few years ago. I had so much fun.
You gals make me smile, on a day when pain seems like it is winning, it is a comfort to come here and read. Thanks, I truly appreciate it.
Carol Sue

Enjoying life.
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl

3003 Posts

Bonne
Littleton CO
USA
3003 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  6:12:51 PM  Show Profile
This motif could be stitched on an apron too, or on the treat tote below:

http://www.allfreecrafts.com/sewing/halloween-bib.shtml

Treat Tote
http://secretworkshop.com/resources/index.php?item=221246bb62a030ad3


Tool Apron:

http://secretworkshop.com/resources/index.php?item=320546bb524daf5a1

FAST! Dishtowel Apron:

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_sewing_accessories/article/0,,HGTV_3321_3073620,00.html

Childs Apron:

http://www.patternbee.com/FREE5.html

3 aprons:Join Better Homes & Gardens to view(free)

http://www.bhg.com/bhg/story.jsp?storyid=/templatedata/bhg/story/data/1180732562056.xml

Lined Apron Tut:
http://lululollylegs.blogspot.com/2007/07/lined-apron-tutorial.html
conversion cm to inches (she's in Australia): http://www.teaching-english-in-japan.net/conversion/centimeters

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http://www.bonne1313.homestead.com/soap.html Soap

Edited by - Bonne on Sep 23 2007 6:50:15 PM
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PlumCreekMama
True Blue Farmgirl

730 Posts

Heather
Iowa
USA
730 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  6:34:27 PM  Show Profile
I want to join, too! With two small children, I don't have time in the real world to get together with many people to start a chapter, but I do have time at night after the kids go to bed! This is the perfect chapter for me! I'm glad you started a new thread, I was too imtimidated by the number of pages on the old one to read much of it! I love that Clover Bee fabric!
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl

950 Posts

Elizabeth
Novi MI
USA
950 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  6:48:07 PM  Show Profile
I'd also like to pass on the link to my favorite local fabric shop. I just found out they had a website and noticed that they've got some great fabric on sale right now. http://www.lavender-peonies.com/clearance.html

http://ruby--slippers.blogspot.com/
www.leezard.etsy.com
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Bonne
True Blue Farmgirl

3003 Posts

Bonne
Littleton CO
USA
3003 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  6:52:01 PM  Show Profile
OMG!! Free Shipping too!! And Yarn! LOL

http://bonne1313.blogspot.com/ Blog
http://www.bonne1313.homestead.com/soap.html Soap
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Cheryl
True Blue Farmgirl

919 Posts

Cheryl
Magalia CA
USA
919 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  6:54:55 PM  Show Profile
Great shop! Thanks for sharing.
Cheryl

I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13
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cw246
True Blue Farmgirl

153 Posts

Cheryl
Largo Florida
USA
153 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  6:56:01 PM  Show Profile
Is it too late to join your group? I work 3rd shift and homeschool my son, so I really don't have time for a real group either. I have been reading the other thread (until it got so long... couldn't keep up) you are all so talented. you have really inspired me to start sewing again. totally love all the pictures and the fabric.
Thanks for listening, cheryl
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl

950 Posts

Elizabeth
Novi MI
USA
950 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  6:59:16 PM  Show Profile
Yes, the store has so much fun stuff! I love going in it as there's so much to see and so many neat ideas.

http://ruby--slippers.blogspot.com/
www.leezard.etsy.com
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl

9324 Posts

Denise
Beavercreek Ohio
USA
9324 Posts

Posted - Sep 23 2007 :  7:03:03 PM  Show Profile
They have some nice stuff. Thanks for sharing their site.

"The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof and all that dwell therein."

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