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Posted by Louise on September 28, 2006, 6:43 pm
Polly, when you mentioned fingernails screeching across a blackboard, it
reminded me of the last time my nephew visited. We were fixing breakfast,
and the eggs were in one of those styrofoam-like containers. When he was
putting them away, he said the sound the container made when he closed it
gave him chills. I said, "I know - sort of like fingernails scraping on a
blackboard, right?" He looked at me like I was crazy! Turns out they don't
have blackboards - only white boards!
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Louise in Iowa
nieland4 at mchsi dot com
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
> Ah, yes. Did it this week. I was gifted with a yard of orange. Not just
> any orange, mind you, but one that is so loud it makes you think of the
> sound of fingernails screeching across a blackboard. Not just any print,
> either. The orange is exploding in fireworks rounds. Almost every quilt
> can enjoy a bit of orange but a l" square of this one would have been
> plenty.
> Finally, I needed a special orange for Bert. Please do notice that I
> spelled my new friend from Sesame Street's name right. The Bert appliqué
> now has a very fine bright orange nose. Yes. Just right. You would
> really have to be in an extremely foul mood not to smile at this guy.
> Polly
>
>> I'm borrowing Pat's Focus on Design idea for a series of applique
>> oriented discussions. I don't know how many I might come up with but
>> here is the first one.
>>
>> Ugly fabrics are often perfect for applique. The very reason they
>> won't look good in a pieced block, as sashing strips, or as border
>> fabric makes them good for applique uses.
>>
>> Muddy brown colored fabrics can be used as walkways, tree branches,
>> fall leaves, acorns, animal bodies, freshly plowed fields, buildings,
>> furniture, and insects. Ugly blue prints can be lakes, creeks, stormy
>> skies. Ugly greens can be fields, tree covered mountains, frog ponds,
>> leaves and stems, lizards, frogs, turtles, and bugs.
>>
>> Prints that are too big for other quilting uses can be used for
>> applique too. That print of large pumpkins can be cut to make
>> pumpkins for applique onto a fall or Halloween wall hanging or
>> calendar quilt block. Oversized flowers can be used the same way.
>>
>> But every now and then there is a print that just stumps you. I've
>> inherited just such an ugly print, and ugly as it is I couldn't bring
>> myself to toss it out. I think I know how to use it now. It's from
>> the 1970s; medium blue background with large ugly green, red, and gold
>> flowers with navy colored stems. There are also large squares with a
>> navy hexagonal pattern inside them. I think this fabric was supposed
>> to look somewhat Asian, but it falls short by a long shot. I've found
>> the flowers don't lend themselves to applique use at all. I was
>> thinking that I could use some of the hexagonal patterned parts for a
>> block that features a honey bee. Oddly enough when I cut off a small
>> part of the honeycomb the thought of shoe treads and the tops of flip
>> flops came to my mind. So now this fabric that has stumped me for
>> years has presented me with more than one possible use.
>>
>> Has anyone else had a fabric stump you, only to realize part of it is
>> perfect for a particular applique?
>> Debra in VA
>> See my quilts at
>> http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere
>
>
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