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Posted by NightMist on September 30, 2009, 12:48 am
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:34:43 -0700 (PDT), "Dr. Zachary Smith"
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>On Sep 28, 3:36=A0pm, nightmi...@gmail.com (NightMist) wrote:
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>> What I am trying to find out, which I now realize I was less than
>> clear about, is how do you all do a search for a quilting pattern
>> without having to plow through five pages of tops and non-related
>> stuff.
>> NightMist
>Boy, did I read THAT original question wrong... DUH. Sorry about that
>Chief...
>You can eliminate the unwanted hits by putting a "-" (minus sign)
>directly in front of any words you want eliminated from the search;
>i.e. if you don't want green pickles in your search for pickles, put -
>green in the search window. If you want quilting patterns
>specifically, put them in quotes, i.e. "quilting patterns".
>In the google window, click on "advanced search" to the right of the
>window, then click on "Advanced Search Tips" above and read through
>them. That's the best I can help at this time.
>Doc
Ah Doc...if only!
Google responds to boolean logic about as well as cats respond to
drill sergants. They have made it more "intuitive" and "user
friendly". The plus sign and quotes still work, but kind of wierdly.
It ignores the minus sign beautifully. Worse yet, sometimes it decides
that since you have used a minus sign that you aren't getting the
results you want and displays a whole new set that are further from
what you want than ever.
I did scoot over to Alta Vista to do a full on boolean search. I got
a LOT more correct hits over there.
I may have to switch back permenantly.
NightMist
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Legolas is my house elf
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on September 30, 2009, 9:25 am
On Sep 30, 12:48=A0am, nightmi...@gmail.com (NightMist) wrote:
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> I did scoot over to Alta Vista to do a full on boolean search. =A0I got
> a LOT more correct hits over there.
> I may have to switch back permenantly.
> NightMist
They're still around? I used to use AV exclusively before my imposed
hiatus. Shortly before that, IIRC, they had been absorbed by google
and everyone was switching over so I followed the lemmings... I could
be wrong but I thought AV disappeared after that. Since you're using
them, I'm obviously in error, but thanks for posting this - could be
the resumption of a... well... useful acquaintance.
If there are problems with the minus sign on google, I hadn't noticed,
but more slips by me nowadays.
Doc
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Posted by I.E.Z. on September 28, 2009, 9:14 am
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> Having taken a notion to use a diamond ring design on a double wedding
> ring quilt, I decided to look about at the different ways people do
> that pattern to see how they differ from what I know.
> So far I have used three different search strings and gotten a ton of
> different double wedding ring patterns using diamonds, links to
> jewelry, and not one single quilting design.
> How do you go about searching for quilting designs?
> The quilting itself, not the top.
> NightMist
It takes some doing to find quilting motifs since you usually end up with
quilt block designs when you search. Here are a couple sites I have found:
http://www.patchpieces.com/2001quiltingBOM.html
http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.com/VictorianaQuilters/Library/QuiltingDesigns/Quiltingdesigns.htm
http://www.forestquilting.com/motifsfree/motifsfree_pg1.html
Try putting "quilt motifs" (without the quotes) into Google.
Good luck!
Iris
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Posted by Dr. Zachary Smith on September 28, 2009, 11:21 am
Is this what you mean?
http://images.google.com/images?q=3Ddouble%20wedding%20ring%20quilt&rls=3Dc=
om.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&oe=3DUTF-8&sourceid=3Die7&rlz=3D1I7DKUS_en&=
um=3D1&ie=3DUTF-8&sa=3DN&hl=3Den&tab=3Dwi
On Sep 27, 5:33=A0pm, nightmi...@gmail.com (NightMist) wrote:
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> Having taken a notion to use a diamond ring design on a double wedding
> ring quilt, I decided to look about at the different ways people do
> that pattern to see how they differ from what I know.
> So far I have used three different search strings and gotten a ton of
> different double wedding ring patterns using diamonds, links to
> jewelry, and not one single quilting design.
> How do you go about searching for quilting designs?
> The quilting itself, not the top.
> NightMist
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> Legolas is my house elf
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Posted by Sandy E on September 28, 2009, 2:10 pm
Howdy!
I yahoo-ed DWR quilt images; old & new quilts shown, quilted.
Stencils:
http://quiltingstencils.com/search.aspx?find=Double+Wedding+Ring
http://www.quiltingcreations.com/index.php?cPath=22_55
I appreciate that this quilter covered the arc strips, too, albeit a bit
tight/close :
http://featheredfibers.wordpress.com/2009/04/20/double-wedding-ring-quilt
-finished/ http://tinyurl.com/ybmjmwl
My first DWR, I made my own stencil (looks kinda' like a nuclear atom
symbol, reminds me of my old Spirograph) for the center, then a simpler
zig-zag thru' the long arcs & connecting diamonds.
Good luck!
R/Sandy
On 9/27/09 4:33 PM, in article 4abfd7d8.3249061@news.windstream.net,
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> Having taken a notion to use a diamond ring design on a double wedding
> ring quilt, I decided to look about at the different ways people do
> that pattern to see how they differ from what I know.
>
> So far I have used three different search strings and gotten a ton of
> different double wedding ring patterns using diamonds, links to
> jewelry, and not one single quilting design.
>
> How do you go about searching for quilting designs?
> The quilting itself, not the top.
>
> NightMist
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