You know your addicted to patchwork when...
Ally
I knew I was addicted, when one of my colleagues wore a new jumper to
work and all I could think about all day was that the pattern on it was
perfect to be made up as a quilt.
It's cream with a large flower in the middle (dresden plate) and then
blocks of small squares (nine blocks) and zigzags (seminole) and
flowers (appliqued) above and below. The flowers, blocks etc are in
orange, olive, mustard yellow and brown and go together beautifully
though it doesn't sound it from this description.
I've drawn it all out, but it'll be ages before I get round to making it
unfortunately!
:-)
--
Ally
Tiggrrr
>also, when you visit a church as a tourist and everybody else looks at
>the ceiling and you study the tiled floor pattern...
How 'bout when you're laying in bed without your glasses and see a pattern
in the wall paper (this is really ugly wall paper when you can actually see
it, without my glasses it's all lights and darks). Think I'll try to get
that down on paper! :)
Tiggrrr
Lynne
re the attached notes:
I knew I was in trouble when a man at work wore a tie which looked as
though it just HAD to be made into a quilt...and I made him photocopy it
for me!
Then, the Korean lady in the corner store had on a really different and
interesting blouse.... almost an irregular log cabin sort of pattern,
with purple, yellow,black and olive green.... just fabulous...and I made
such a big deal about it that she brought it in one day in a bag so I
could copy it. I took it to Kinko's and had a colour copy made......
Of course, both patterns are still in my binder of projects to make
"someday"!!!!!
AND...speaking of floors....I stayed at the Tropicana my recent trip to
Las Vegas, and the marble floor near the front desk is composed of
several different quilt patterns, including Mariner's Compass and
Tumbling Blocks..... sigh....I just don't know when to quit!!!! Quilting
patterns everywhere!!!!!!!!!!
Lynne in Toronto
ki...@cww.de wrote:
>
> also, when you visit a church as a tourist and everybody else looks at
> the ceiling and you study the tiled floor pattern...
>
> Kitty in Germany
> (http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1180)
Cyberspace Monkey
Lynne wrote:
> re the attached notes:
>I knew I was in trouble when a man at work wore a tie which looked as
for me!
Right on Lynn,
I do the same thing, walk behind somebody and think (sometimes out loud)
"Boy would I love to fussy cut that and make a quilt). I did this to a
lady at our guild and she said I couldn't do that to her as she's have
holes all over her blouse and then she'd have to buy a new one. Then she
said "On second thought, go ahead then I have a good excuse to buy a new
blouse". I didn't take her up on it though, as it was warm out and she
didn't have a jacket to cover all the holes in her blouse. ha ha ha
Wherever I go I see quilt patterns, now if I only had enough time to do
it all.;-)))
CM
Cyberspace Monkey
Ave in the city not far from the CBC building. You get lots of great
ideas there also. Super gift shop also with great books in it.
CM
Ms. Piglet
Watched the Secret of Roan Inish and Deathtrap last night and there were
several scenes in each when I was saying "never mind the actors, give me
a closeup of that quilt!"<G>
megan
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Tiggrrr
Ms. Piglet wrote in message <64rb7h$f...@mtinsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>Watched the Secret of Roan Inish and Deathtrap last night and there
Will have to watch the Secret of Roan Inish again later. I know I caught a
glimpse of some quilts, but since I am really into anything Celtic
(especially the Scottish stuff, but Irish will do! :) ) I was too busy
watching the movie! :)
Linda
BlackcatFm
There was a new Monet painting on the wall at the dentist's office yesterday
when I took my 13 yr. old daughter. She said look at the water, the way the
colors blend. I said that's what we try to imitate in watercolor quilts. She
said "Oh, Mom. Everything has to realate to quilts!"
Debra in Idaho
Annesybug
In article <64snfa$pnn$1...@nnrp3.rcsntx.swbell.net>, "Tiggrrr"
<tig...@swbell.net> writes:
>Will have to watch the Secret of Roan Inish again later. I know I caught a
>glimpse of some quilts, but since I am really into anything Celtic
>(especially the Scottish stuff, but Irish will do! :) ) I was too busy
>watching the movie! :)
>
>Linda
Haven't seen movie, but would like to, if only to see quilts. ;-} My dad has
been doing research on our family tree and recently dug up the orgin of our
clan - Scot/Irish not sure which side of the border since it seems that we were
a bunch of mercenaries and switched back and forth frequently. However, we
were on the Scottish side long enough to obtain our tartans. could be the
reason I am so partial to plaids, huh?
LeighAnne in foothills of the North GA Mountains
When life cuts you scraps, piece a quilt, even if it is crazy!
"She seeks wool and flax,
And willingly works with her hands." Proverbs 31:13
Kijiwoo
There's a beautiful crazy quilt in THE MIRROR HAS 2 FACES (w/ Barbra)... good
thing it was on video so I could hit "pause"! I think it's interesting how
they choose certain patterns of quilts for certain scenes or personalities.
I've noticed Dr. Quinn (yes, Medicine Woman!) only uses the crazy quilt for
nutso patients, and uses a boring tied sqare patchwoork quilt for when times
are rough.
Kristen in San Francisco - who just "outed" herself about her Dr. Quinn habit
;)
In article <64rb7h$f...@mtinsc02.worldnet.att.net>, "Ms. Piglet"
Pam
Wow, that's neat about the quilts in Dr. Quinn. I'd noticed all her clinic
patients were lovingly covered with quilts, but hadn't paid attention to
the patterns (usually I'm multitasking during t.v. time, anyhow, and not
really "watching" the t.v.!). It makes sense, when you think about it.
Even if someone doesn't happen to know the name of a "crazy quilt" includes
the word "crazy", it all adds to the mood of a scene, just like background
music does. There are orderly, symmetrical patterns...and there are crazy
quilts going every which way with no rhyme or reason to the pattern. That
little bit of set dressing would help set the mood almost subliminally
(except to sharp-eyed quilters, who pay attention!) I think I'll pay
attention next time....
Pam (near Seattle)
Kijiwoo <kij...@aol.com> wrote in article
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Jillian M Jones
: > thing it was on video so I could hit "pause"! I think it's interesting
: how
: > they choose certain patterns of quilts for certain scenes or
: personalities.
if this is true, then why is there a BEAUTIFUL double wedding ring quilt
hanging on the wall behind elaine's bed on seinfeld? subliminally, do
you think she is looking to get married? oooh, new plot twist!
=]
jillian
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Lynne
Annesybug wrote:
>
> My dad has
> been doing research on our family tree and recently dug up the orgin of our
> clan - Scot/Irish not sure which side of the border since it seems that we were
> a bunch of mercenaries and switched back and forth frequently. However, we
> were on the Scottish side long enough to obtain our tartans. could be the
> reason I am so partial to plaids, huh?
Oh, gosh, Leigh Anne...now I understand why that bundle of plaid FQ's in
the Keepsake catalogue is CALLING to me...it's the Scottish side of my
heritage! I knew there was an excuse...it's genetic!!!!
Lynne in Toronto
(whose odd mixture of Scottish and Dutch heritage makes me very frugal
(not) a good gardener, gives me a pervasive sense of humour, and a
fondness for bagpipes, plaids, oatmeal, mist, mountains, AND tulips, the
ocean, alternate power sources (windmills), hot chocloate with whipped
cream, and blue and white anything!) The desert thing I can't explain.
Ellison
Howdy!
So how to explain my love of metallics? Sparkly.....
The Northern Lights are part of my heritage? ;-]
Ragmop, more Scottish, Irish, and some German, too
Lynne <lynn...@yorku.ca> wrote in article <3475AD...@yorku.ca>...
tigr...@juno.com
In article <654i8c$5...@usenet.srv.cis.pitt.edu>,
jmjs...@pitt.edu (Jillian M Jones) wrote:
>
> : > thing it was on video so I could hit "pause"! I think it's interesting
> : how
> : > they choose certain patterns of quilts for certain scenes or
> : personalities.
>
> if this is true, then why is there a BEAUTIFUL double wedding ring quilt
> hanging on the wall behind elaine's bed on seinfeld? subliminally, do
> you think she is looking to get married? oooh, new plot twist!
>
> =]
> jillian
or, how about, because they all keep going around in circles without ever
really getting anywhere? };>
Tigrlily, snickering away
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tyrone grantham
Lynne <lynn...@yorku.ca> wrote:
With dressmakers on both sides of my families now I know that it is
not just wanting to add to my stash, but I am genetically programmed
to buy fabric. Thank you girls!
Maureen
QuiltSew
Does anyone remember when the ladies first invited Dr. Mike to their quilting
group. Dorothy, Grace, and a few others were sitting, each holding a log cabin
type block, stabbing at the FRONT and pulling out a long length of thread -
maybe they had the same advisors as the Northern t.p. ladies. <VBG>
Ginny in snowy VT
Ms. Piglet
tyrone grantham wrote:
>
> Lynne <lynn...@yorku.ca> wrote:
>
> With dressmakers on both sides of my families now I know that it is
> not just wanting to add to my stash, but I am genetically programmed
> to buy fabric. Thank you girls!
Me too....but I guess the genetic *specific* gene skipped a generation
back to grandma....when Mom died, I gave away her entire
stash....somehow I knew I was never going to have a passion to quilt a
hundred yards of doubleknit and qiana!<G> But grandma's use of cotton
and feed sacks makes perfect sense to me.......
Ruth Evans
That's it! My great-grandma was a seamstress before her marriage. I have
her wedding picture (almost 110 years old!) hanging in my bedroom. I have
her sewing machine. With your insight, I can now, "That's why I have so
much material all around!"
--
Ruth
"I have been deceived, distraught and devastated by friends, but I have
never been deserted by my dog." - Robert E. Winslow
tyrone grantham wrote in message <656k4i$jqj$1...@news.iinet.net.au>...
>Lynne <lynn...@yorku.ca> wrote:
>
>With dressmakers on both sides of my families now I know that it is
>not just wanting to add to my stash, but I am genetically programmed
>to buy fabric. Thank you girls!
>
Pam
I don't remember that part of it, but I remember something about her sewing
handwork wasn't quite "quilt-type" because most of her stitching was
stitching up people!
Pam (near Seattle)
QuiltSew <quil...@aol.com> wrote in article
<19971122134...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
Kijiwoo
Yes I remember that! I wish they'd bring Myra back - she seemed to be the
major quiltmaker in the show... then they could pop in on a quilting bee once
in a while to give me new ideas :) New quilts are showing up on the show
lately but there's no explanation of who is making them!
Only you guys would understand this frustration - <g>
Kristen
In article <19971122134...@ladder02.news.aol.com>, quil...@aol.com
Brian Carew
It's the colours and textures that get me - I see fabric I like and it says
quilt me/or sew something with me, it does not even have to be new fabric or
scraps it can even be the skirt on the woman beside me wanting to be quilted
together with that old shirt I have in my stash!
Maybe that supports the genetic thing, Mum studied commercial art at uni,
and both Mum and Dad are creative (and both can drive a sewing machine) Mum
quilts, Dad does woodwork and fixes things both do pottery and I like doing
all of these and any other crafty thing I can .
I also collect fabric and beads, lace, cotton, paper, buttons, bells, etc.
when I get them cheap ( just so I have them for when I might want to use
them) I also collect anything else I think I may use in the next 20 years
(Gumnuts, seed pods, ice cream containers, clothes that will be out of
fashion before the kids grow into them anyway etc.) and find it hard to
throw anything out!!!!! Mum also gives Me crafty bits that she has no room
for (she has learnt to throw stuff out - moved house a lot , but so have I
and I still hoard) ,because I admire them, so I take them, even though I
have a lot more stuff and less room than Mum. :)
--
Regards
Andrea from Australia
(insert suitably witty comment here)
Ruth Evans wrote in message <34788...@208.130.226.70>...
:That's it! My great-grandma was a seamstress before her marriage. I have
:>
:>
:
:
Kay DeFreese
When you are in restaurant and you look down at the paper napkin in
front of you and notice that it would make a lovely quilt pattern. This
actually happened to me last night at Ryans Steak House.
Kay
M. Boyd
Hi All,
I did it watching "Death Becomes Her" The tile floor in the entry
of the witch women's mansion was wonderful. Ah well.
From the Beautiful Emerald City, which has been sunny and crisp for
several days now. Good ol' El Nino
kayb
Lois Olsen
You know you're addicted to patchwork when...
You're watching a news item about Australian troops in Bougainville
and you look at the camouflage cover on their troop carrier and say
"I never realised that khaki, brown, green and black would look so
nice in a hexagon pattern".
Followed by the strangest of looks from DH who didn't even SEE the
cover!
Lois from the NT in Australia
Where I have sore muscles from shovelling mulch and moving rocks in
the garden yesterday. It must be time to get back to quilting :)
Carolyn &/or Steve
Which is why it works so well, of course. The fighting MEN never it, hence
the wearer is invisible!
Carolyn in Harlingen, TX (ex-WAC)
Lois Olsen <lois...@bigpond.com> wrote in article
<01bcffba$5e189300$LocalHost@olsen>...
Carolyn &/or Steve
While stationed in Berlin, Germany, I had grandiose plans of riding the
U-bahn (subway) to every stop in the system and copying down the tile work
on the walls, to be translated into a quilt. Should have done it then--all
public transportation was free for the military and their families. Now
it's not, and now I'm in Texas. The one that got away...
Carolyn in Harlingen
M. Boyd <ka...@u.washington.edu> wrote in article
<Pine.A41.3.95b.971203...@homer35.u.washington.edu>...
Carolyn &/or Steve
SEE it, they never SEE it!
(grrrr)
C in H,T
Carolyn &/or Steve <ledb...@prodigy.net> wrote in article
<01bd00e5$f0341da0$60a148a6@fpfzqlga>...
Cary Springer
In article
<Pine.A41.3.95b.971203...@homer35.u.washington.edu>,
"M. Boyd" <ka...@u.washington.edu> wrote:
> Hi All,
> I did it watching "Death Becomes Her" The tile floor in the entry
> of the witch women's mansion was wonderful. Ah well.
> From the Beautiful Emerald City, which has been sunny and crisp for
> several days now. Good ol' El Nino
> kayb
How about the tile floor in the bathroom at work? I am still trying to
figure out how I can nonchalantly go in there with paper and pencil to
copy it down without getting caught and having to explain myself!!! :)
Cary
Pam
Maybe if you go in there with a stack of file folders and some papers and
stuff, along with your pad of paper and pencil, you can make it look like
you stopped in the restroom on your way somewhere...the copier? a meeting?
be creative! <g>
Pam (near Seattle, who's never worked where the bathroom floors are
interesting, but there have been some nice ones in a couple of
restaurants......
Cary Springer <ca...@utkux.utcc.utk.edu> wrote
Kathy I. Morgan
Pam <mahu...@classic.msn.comm> wrote:
> Pam (near Seattle, who's never worked where the bathroom floors are
> interesting, but there have been some nice ones in a couple of
> restaurants......
I love the tile floor in MacDonalds--and one of these days, I _will_
remember to take a pencil and pad in there with me. <g>
Kathy in AK
Kim Graham
No, no, no...you wait until you have your teenage children (and preferably
until they have friends with them ...even better if one of their friends is
working behind the till) then you march up to a MacWorker and ask (REAL
loud!) "Can I borrow a pencil and a placemat please? I need to draw the
design on your floor."
There's no point in being a mother if you can't truly embarass your
kids...and MacDonalds is a great place for doing that!
Kathy I. Morgan <kmo...@polarnet.com> wrote in article
<1d0rjt4.zi...@tok-ip174.polarnet.com>...
Carolyn &/or Steve
My goodness, I learn so much great stuff in this group!
Carolyn in Harlingen, TX (mother of a just-turned-13-yo---can't wait to try
THIS one out!)
Kim Graham <gra...@mountain-inter.net> wrote in article
<01bd01b5$17cd97e0$23c8f4cc@grahams>...
> No, no, no...you wait until you have your teenage children (and
preferably
> until they have friends with them ...even better if one of their friends
is
> working behind the till) then you march up to a MacWorker and ask (REAL
> loud!) "Can I borrow a pencil and a placemat please? I need to draw the
> design on your floor."
> There's no point in being a mother if you can't truly embarass your
> kids...and MacDonalds is a great place for doing that!
>
> Kathy I. Morgan <kmo...@polarnet.com> wrote in article
Lois Olsen
Cary Springer <ca...@utkux.utcc.utk.edu> wrote
>
> How about the tile floor in the bathroom at work? I am still trying
to
> figure out how I can nonchalantly go in there with paper and pencil
to
> copy it down without getting caught and having to explain myself!!!
:)
>
> Cary
>
on earth I was doing! And I'd tell the truth and the reaction would
either be 1. Bewiderment or 2. Interest
Don't worry about the kind of person who thinks you're strange. That
worry can stop too many fun things hapopening. Just be happy that
they'll have something to tell their friends!
"Can you BELIEVE I just saw a woman who has so many marbles missing
she thought the bathroom floor was interesting enough to draw?!"
Don't ever worry if people are talking about you, unless its
something you're TRYING to hide ;-}
Lois from the NT in Australia
where we just had over an inch of rain in ten minutes and I wish I
could've sent some down to the bushfire areas (but it sounds like
that situation's easing now anyway)
Pam
A camera might have been quicker.......might have actually gotten done.....
Pam (near Seattle), with good ideas once it's too late.....
Carolyn &/or Steve <ledb...@prodigy.net> wrote in article
<01bd00e6$aeceabe0$60a148a6@fpfzqlga>...
> While stationed in Berlin, Germany, I had grandiose plans of riding the
> U-bahn (subway) to every stop in the system and copying down the tile
work
> on the walls, to be translated into a quilt. Should have done it
then--all
> public transportation was free for the military and their families. Now
> it's not, and now I'm in Texas. The one that got away...
> Carolyn in Harlingen
>
> M. Boyd <ka...@u.washington.edu> wrote in article
> <Pine.A41.3.95b.971203...@homer35.u.washington.edu>...
Pam
Sneak a camera in -- it's faster! <g>
Pam (near Seattle)
Kathy I. Morgan <kmo...@polarnet.com> wrote in article
<1d0rjt4.zi...@tok-ip174.polarnet.com>...
> Pam <mahu...@classic.msn.comm> wrote:
>
> > Pam (near Seattle, who's never worked where the bathroom floors are
> > interesting, but there have been some nice ones in a couple of
> > restaurants......
>
Jennifer Boone
Great site. So many wonderful quilts I couldn't pick a favorite!! My DH
and I are planning a trip to Australia in October. Can't wait.
--
Jennifer, OH
j...@boonedocks.simplenet.com
http://boonedocks.simplenet.com/jen
Sue.Australia wrote in message <34c67...@203.33.112.20>...
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>new site
>
>
>http://yours-piecefully.com
>
>go look fantastic site
>
>Sue
>
>
>
Rita Denenberg
sub rosa
Thanx..a real treat!!!
Roberta/FL
One of my fave places...Oz!!!
Sue.Australia
Ellison
Howdy!
WOW! ----and I mean that in the nicest way. ;-)
Ragmop, north Texas
Sue.Australia <roi...@hawknet.com.au> wrote in article
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jeanette gingold
I agree--fantastic site!