Thread painting
Buttons
is described as "creating your own appliques with thread and your sewing
machine using free motion embroidery techniques."
Sound interesting...Anyone have experience with this or know where I can
find examples?
Thanks
Deb in WI
Kathy Applebaum
> Sound interesting...Anyone have experience with this or know where I can
> find examples?
THE book on thread painting is by Libby Lehman, and has many wonderful
examples. Nancy's Notions also has a booklet on it, which is pretty
good, and has a few pictures.
I've done it on my home machine and my longarm -- lots of fun, and looks
coooool when you're done. Done a couple of quilt tops, and last year
used it to embellish fabric for clutch purses. My friends were very
impressed with their gifts. :)
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Kathy Applebaum
Kayney Quilting (longarm machine quilting)
Kayney...@compuserve.com
Ellison
Piggy-backing off this post, as I cannot reply
to the note from AnthonyLewis/Cy
(my computer rejects pictures and attachments,
thank goodness, but will sometimes shut down
to protect itself).
Please, Please, PLEASE,
Do NOT attach pictures or anything else to posts on this
newsgroup. Some computers will crash, shut down,
reject these attachments, some will take forever (on a
phone line, thank you) to download.
Here's a FAQ that's been worked up for info on this subject
(thanks to Carolyn-in-Harlingen):
I don't have a scanner--how can I show my pictures on the Internet?"
"I DO have a scanner, so how 'bout I just post a picture
to everyone here in this newsgroup?"
"If not here, where?"
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"I don't have a scanner--how can I show my pictures on the Internet?"
If you have a photo that you'd love to share with us (and we'd love to
see your work, really!), you can contact Magic Mike at
quilte...@geocities.com and he'd be happy to set up a page for you. You
can send him a photo through the mail, or e-mail him a .jpg file. Visit
our RCTQ site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/4775 and see what
he's done for others!
Another option is to have your photos developed onto a photo CD or floppy
disk. Check with your local photo developer about this option. Many people
on this group use it and are very happy with this service.
A third option is to use the developers who put your developed pictures
right onto a website. Seattle Filmworks has been suggested by many here:
Jim Ledford wrote:
" Jenny found out about this place and it was very cool until we got our
digital camera. The company is called Seattle Filmworks. You send them
your roll of pictures in snail mail, they develop them and if you tell them
you have an email id they can put them on a 'kind of sort a' Web Page. Then
they will send you an email telling you how to view them.
You can then send the info out to your friends on the net and they can go
and see them also. Seattle filmworks will keep your pictures on the Web for
3 months. The only people who can see them are the ones you give the URL
to."
"Their digi pics are a great service. This is how we are getting the pics
for our website.
Wendy"
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"I DO have a scanner, so how 'bout I just post a picture to everyone here in
this newsgroup?"
Do not attach or post any pictures to this newsgroup.
Period.
This newsgroup was set up to be text-only, and that is what the
providers expect from us. If we start clogging up their storage space with
our pictures, they will have no choice but to drop RCTQ. I'm sure I could
get more technical, but this gives you the gist of the situation.
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"If not here, where?"
You have several options. The Web abounds with free photo album sites. I've
tried the following, based on other's suggestions:
PhotoPoint: http://www.photopoint.com
"You can sign up for a free account on the pages, they have simple
instructions, and I've had no probs with them, ever! Bethany Reynolds of
the Stack & Whack fame has her web site there too, so it can't be too bad!
Mickie"
Eboard: http://www.eboard.com
I didn't find this one as easy to use as PhotoPoint, but it was do-able.
(Part of my problem was that I didn't wait for the "welcome!" email, which
included shortcut addresses for getting directly to my new account.) This
does NOT work with older Explorer browsers (the other part of my problem-I
was using version 3.0, which could not handle uploading pictures onto the
eboard site.) My 3.0 version of Netscape had no problem with this, however.
If your site is not visited by you or anyone else for 6 months, eboard
will dispose of it (after sending a warning email). The disposable character
of this site makes it nice for one-time uses.
alt.binaries.crafts.pictures
news:alt.binaries.crafts.pictures
Post your picture here and drop a line to RCTQ that you have done so
(stating the subject line you've posted it under). Then people can go look
at your work and you haven't violated any newsgroup etiquette/rules. This
is a short-term (about a week) solution, and the binary sites tend to be
liberally sprinkled with porn (people don't have to look at those if they
don't want to!), but it may present just the stop-gap measure needed until
you can find or arrange a more permanent home for your quilt gallery.
(Thanks go to Glenda P. for giving me a complete run-down on this
procedure.)
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Carolyn in Harlingen, Texas, USA
Lead, Sweet Adelines Magic Valley Chorus, Region 10
My home page:
http://pages.prodigy.net/ledbottom
RQ2 blocks:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/7356/ruth.html
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Ragmop--understanding that "newbies" don't know all the FAQs
Thanks!