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Comment by Charlotte Gustavson 3 hours ago

Ahhh, Royce! I forgot. Check out "Fantastic Figures" by Susanna Oroyan. There are some phenominal creations in there. As a matter of fact, I was just cleaning out my art shelf (all those things I stopped drawing with when I became a quilter) and I came across the two boxes of flesh colored Super Sculpy that I bought right after I bought the book. I was planning on making Punch and Judy puppets for the DIL who doesn't need anything else quilted for her house (lol). I had patterns from a magazine years ago, but they're no longer in my file drawer. I was thinking of using the clay to make faces and hands. If you're interested in making dolls one day, this book is incredible. I'll let you know how far I get! If I use the Sculpy, they would end up being marionettes ( one of the many uses for empty spools I learned in Girl Scouts! lol)
As a matter of fact, you've inspired me to take the book to bed as my night-time reading! Thanks!
(Boy, we're an inspirational group. Hey! Maybe if I get good at this, I can sculpt Gwen a flying Guinea pig!) ; D

Comment by Charlotte Gustavson 3 hours ago

I wasn't getting notices for a while and finally checked in here to find I was about 5 pages behind! You don't have to re-join, you just have to make sure the menu box at the top (the one that starts with "Send Message to group") says "Stop Following". If you've accidently clicked that (sometimes the cursor isn't where you think it is!), it will show "Follow Group- etc". And if you didn't notice that, there's a line right below the "Add a Comment" box (which I didn't notice myself till just now! lol).
Boy, I hate learning new things like this! But it's still so amazing a piece of technology to think that without this, I'd never have met any of you! How much less rich my life woulf have been! ; )

Comment by QuiltDragon 4 hours ago

CQ - there were a few days when I clicked on e-mail links and had to sign in. I think sometimes the system burps and the all returns to normal.

Comment by Cottonwood Quilter 5 hours ago

Good evening, for some reason I am not getting email updates on activity here or with the other groups I am involved with. Hate to think I need to un-join them re-join. Oh well, will just have to check in more often, darn!
Hope I remember to post a photo of the sideways quilt! That will stick in my mind for quite some time, BJ. It is a nice quilt, but the owner is a very Girly Girl, so wanted some glitz on it. I used gold metalic thread and made ribbon hearts, if that makes sense. Will go photo it as I will take it home tomorrow. It was funny with the backing, as it is pieced and just happened that one of the pieces was directional. It probably would not have been a problem, but it would have bothered me if I would have quilted it wrong. Pays to check my work, as they always say, measure twice, cut once.
Have a great Thanksgiving, I can honestly say I am so very thankful for all you wonderful women here!
Linda

Comment by B J Elder/WA 10 hours ago

CQ - directional does make a difference. Sorry you had to switch the quilt around, but it will make it nicer once done. (I wasn't laughing at you earlier, just the irony of the situation -- something I could see doing myself).

My dad? LOL -- he thinks they are doing his leg compression at 4am and allowing others to use his leg sleeve ... thinks I'm applying for a job where he is living ... he's depressed. Of course, HE knows what is right and that they are all fooling me with what they tell me. He is where he needs to be, that's for sure. We plan to bring him home for Thanksgiving dinner.

I love plants and flowers, but go with the easy care type. Those that take a lot of care or having to remember to do certain things at certain times just doesn't work well for me. Houseplants are iffy around here as Mom will water them over and over and over, forgetting she had already done it - even if you tell her she had watered it.

Got my final (I hope) grocery shopping for the weekend done today. I usually do 2 stops a week. I get all but meat at one store, and then shop the meat sales at another (prices and quality).

Tomorrow my oldest DB and SiL come. They are going to help with the prep and set up, so I don't have to do much. That will be good as I'm not sure how much I'll be up to doing. Picked up paper plates, so that will make the dishes end of things easier too. Should work out well.

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving -- we are certainly greatly blessed!

Comment by Cottonwood Quilter 10 hours ago

Hope every one has luck with their plants, I never could get one to winter over. I have bought rosemary trees around Christmas which is wonderful as they have such a wonderful aroma. I did try a poinsettia one year, you have to cover it with a box of take it to a dark closet every night from July until Thanksgiving, then it will bloom for Chritmas, well I couldn't remember to cover or move it, so out it went. Oh well, I just bought a new one for the next Christmas.

BJ, the backing was directional, so had to load straight. I would rather quilt sideways, that way it is harder to see where we start and finish, also hard to tell when the quilt is turned. Hope you get enough rest before your company comes. How is your dad doing now?

Royce, 3 am????? I would be in bed by 5 today, as I am the last of the long dayers. I do though prefer to get up early in the morning, and love tucking in early at night, one good reason for Daylight Savings. We do the same thing stocking up. I let the DH bring all the sacks in and I do the putting away, that way I know where everything is.
CQ

Comment by Royce Vaughn 12 hours ago

Have had a busy day, sadly no sewing. Hubby is going in early this week and getting up at 3:00 am so today I got up when he did - whew. Had some coffee then rolled the sewing machine out in the middle of the floor and pulled up the carpet under it. It rolls like a dream on the hardwood floor. Now when I want to flip up the back section for quilting it won't be a huge deal. Yea! Went out and got all the goodies for Thanksgiving dinner and also had to do our big stock up run. I had the trunk of my car which is pretty big full to the brim. Took 12 trips to get it all in the house. Was at Books A MIllion picking up a calendar for my little sister for Christmas and picked up the latest Art Doll Quarterly. I've never made an art doll and I'm just dyeing to try it out. That will be for next year thou. Also got the new edition of American Quilter from AQS and I'm about to sink into that. It's always such great inspiration. I've got to get back to quilting after Thanksgiving to get several presents finished.
Hope all you wonderful ladies have a great holiday.

Oh my mom used to put her geraniums in her garage during the winter and give them a tiny bit of water once a week. They sat there in the dark and slept she said. Then the next spring they were fine. I've never tried it. I'm not much on gardening, or anything else that takes place outside in the heat.

Comment by QuiltDragon 12 hours ago

Good luck with your geraniums. When I bring them in, I cut them WAY back and don't fertilize them until Feb or March. Also, spray them so any outside insects, etc. don't develop over the winter. Happy Thanksgiving!

Comment by Charlotte Gustavson 13 hours ago

Hi, Maryann! I just brought mine in last week and so far so good. I brought in my rosemary plant, too. I've never had one Winter over outside without a glass dome to protect it and this one's not small enough for the cover to fit. I've brought them in before, but for some reason, they never make it to the end of February in the house. This is the first time I've brought in my geraniums. I'm looking forward to trying to keep them from getting *leggy* and having something bloom in the winter! The only time I've had that happen was with this palnt I have that blooms so infrequently that I have no idea what color it is or what shape the flower is. It's a member of the same family as amaryllis, but with roots instead of a bulb. Last year it bloomed the day my son and his new wife came back from their honeymoon in early January. The flower was orange, my new DIL's favorite color. How's that for a good omen! LOL

Comment by Maryann**NY 13 hours ago

Glorous day here in New York too. I just took in my "still blooming "Geraniums from my terrace. They will winter in the living room.
Some times I get a bloom in the middle of winter and it is heart warming to see a red geranium blooming, when it's snowing out side.

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