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Cindy >it may have more to do with OCD than astrology. Plus I was born 2

> Ah, that's pretty! You can do this, piece of cake, and fun! But I'd be
> sooo tempted to shake up those colors just a bit, spin those blocks
> around, make it Scrappy!
> Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap Heap, and of course if all those
> bright scraps bother you after you're done with this, I'm here for
> you!
> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:31:35 -0500, "teleflora"
>>I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a
>>quilt
>>designer and program giver.
>>We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
>>had
>>so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010 that I
>>am
>>anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
>>Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
>>is
>>going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her quilt
>>is
>>pictured on the site right now.
>>If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will understand
>>that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't get anything
>>that would keep you warm at night.
>>That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
>>going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
>>believe
>>it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them. They look
>>hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone on tones and
>>that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
>>I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
>>which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
>>book
>>and wear sunglasses to work on it!
>>Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
>>Cindy
>>

> Just can't do it,Roberta. I'm a Virgo. It has to be straight and orderly.
> Cindy >it may have more to do with OCD than astrology. Plus I was born 2
> months early and I never knew if that made any difference with my birth
> sign.
>> Ah, that's pretty! You can do this, piece of cake, and fun! But I'd be
>> sooo tempted to shake up those colors just a bit, spin those blocks
>> around, make it Scrappy!
>> Roberta in D, Queen of the Scrap Heap, and of course if all those
>> bright scraps bother you after you're done with this, I'm here for
>> you!
>> On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:31:35 -0500, "teleflora"
>>>I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a
>>>quilt
>>>designer and program giver.
>>>We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
>>>had
>>>so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010 that I
>>>am
>>>anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
>>>Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
>>>is
>>>going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her quilt
>>>is
>>>pictured on the site right now.
>>>If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will
>>>understand
>>>that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't get anything
>>>that would keep you warm at night.
>>>That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
>>>going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
>>>believe
>>>it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them. They look
>>>hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone on tones
>>>and
>>>that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
>>>I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
>>>which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
>>>book
>>>and wear sunglasses to work on it!
>>>Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
>>>Cindy
>

> AHA! I'm also Virgo. Now I get it and why you and I 'click' so often!
> Obviously, you were pre-determined to be a Virgo hence had to come early
> to 'make the cut'. LOL
> It's a burden..... ;-)

> I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a
> quilt designer and program giver.
> We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
> had so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010 that
> I am anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
> Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
> is going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her
> quilt is pictured on the site right now.
> If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will understand
> that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't get anything
> that would keep you warm at night.
> That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
> going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
> believe it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them.
> They look hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone on
> tones and that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
> I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
> which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
> book and wear sunglasses to work on it!
> Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
> Cindy
>

<gr>

> Cool quilt - I can't wait to see it all done in Fairy Frosts (which I
> love, by the way). Did you use the same colors that Judy has in her quilt
> or did you go with something different? One word of warning: You may be so
> impressed with yourself after completing a full-sized quilt that you'll
> never want to go back to miniatures!
> --
> Louise in Iowa
> nieland1390@mchsi dot com
> http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
>> I just got back from spending the week with a friend of mine who is a
>> quilt designer and program giver.
>> We went to Wichita and she gave 2 lectures and an all day workshop. I
>> had so much fun, I even bought a new sewing machine. A Janome DC2010
>> that I am anxious to use for workshops and retreats.
>> Anyway, my friend Judy has a blog http://www.patchworktimes.com/ and she
>> is going to start a Quilt for an Hour project in the near future. Her
>> quilt is pictured on the site right now.
>> If any of you have looked at my quilts over the years, you will
>> understand that if you sew all my miniature quilts together, you won't
>> get anything that would keep you warm at night.
>> That said, I bought enough fabric to make the gorgeous quilt that she is
>> going to be doing. This is all strip pieced and is so easy, I can't
>> believe it. Her real specialty is borders and this one has 9 of them.
>> They look hard but they aren't. She works almost exclusively with tone
>> on tones and that is way out of my comfort zone of taupes and chintz.
>> I bought Michael Miller's Fairy Frosts for all the colors in the quilt,
>> which are real close to Judy's. I may have to take a page from Polly's
>> book and wear sunglasses to work on it!
>> Wish me luccccckkkkkkkk!
>> Cindy
>