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Virtual Retreat 2016 30 Jan 2016 21:11 #135636

lotti OFFLINE Posts: 1893 Thank you received: 309	Awesome, Annis! Very much looking forward to seeing the front as well!
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Virtual Retreat 2016 30 Jan 2016 19:37 #135633

genevacarroll OFFLINE Posts: 952 Thank you received: 406	Very nice Annis! Geneva
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Virtual Retreat 2016 30 Jan 2016 15:47 #135629

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	Love your quilting Annis, it looks awesome.
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Virtual Retreat 2016 30 Jan 2016 15:28 #135626

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I've been away from the forum for a month...no way to catch up now. Lots of things to do. Thought you might be interested in the progress of quilting my Mini 2011 BOM. After 3 weekends of stitching in-the-ditch on my Janome 6600 at slowest speed and 2 weekends of outline and shadow quilting, it's finally looking closer to finished. The more quilting I add the less the imperfections are bothering me. I'm entering it in the Dallas Quilt Show in March in order to give myself a deadline. I still have 5 borders of decorative quilting to do, some of which I have planned. The final scalloped border I'm not sure of yet. I'm doing everything with a walking foot so the quilting designs need to be simple and hopefully with few starts and stops. I've hidden enough threads now for a lifetime of quilts and was so glad when I finished the part that needed invisible thread. Here is what a portion of the back of the quilt looks like now. The front view will have to wait until after the show.

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Virtual Retreat 2016 29 Jan 2016 13:28 #135609

ritzy OFFLINE Posts: 2963 Thank you received: 82	WooHoo! I just drafted twelve blocks! Maybe I'll even get around to making them.
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Virtual Retreat 2016 28 Jan 2016 14:29 #135591

ritzy OFFLINE Posts: 2963 Thank you received: 82	Luanne! Thank you for the kind offer. At this time, I will not take you up on that offer. I need to get myself motivated and until that happens I don't want to feel guilty because you have done a ton of work and I am doing nothing. Does that make sense. It sure does make me feel special knowing you care that much. Big, big hugs to you.
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Virtual Retreat 2016 27 Jan 2016 14:30 #135586

BarbCA OFFLINE Posts: 1134 Thank you received: 380	Yikes - sounds busy and expensive at your house! Barb
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Virtual Retreat 2016 27 Jan 2016 14:01 #135584

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Don't think we could quite fit an elephant in there. As for the unicycle, a friend at work has recently got one_{middle age crises?}, but it keeps dumping him on his arse

so I think that I will give that a miss too. Our main fun and games is that I am 5' (Izzy is about the same_{when did that happen?}!) DH is 5'7" and the ceilings are 10'. We do however have a 4' long work platform for doing of such things - and I ought to be up on it just now washing the top part of the wall I did a couple of nights ago, ah well in a minute or two!_{that would be a 'just get to the end of this seam' sized minute...}

Oh and just in case we should feel that things are too quiet around here, the ballcock in the second toilet is broken and so the cistern is leaking and the radiator in our bedroom has sprung a leak and is now turned off - at least we have a working open fireplace_{very uncommon!} in our bedroom so we can warm the room up that way.

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Virtual Retreat 2016 27 Jan 2016 09:45 #135580

lorra OFFLINE Posts: 962 Thank you received: 122	Rosemary, I say keep your feet on the ground (or up on the sofa in the sewing room) while you let hubby take care of the walls. You can't sew with a broken arm! Take care of your self.
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Virtual Retreat 2016 26 Jan 2016 23:04 #135576

BarbCA OFFLINE Posts: 1134 Thank you received: 380	Rosemary - Another thought about height challenges and your task of prepping the lounge walls what about a hover board (I've heard they're coming on the market soon) or perhaps a unicycle? My husband suggests an elephant something a little less hi-tech. Barb
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Virtual Retreat 2016 26 Jan 2016 13:24 #135568

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	Scoopie wrote: I Rosemary, now that your lounge is empty, does that mean you can no longer be a lounge lizard? Dawn The lounge might be empty, but the sofa is now in the sewing room so I can lounge in there PS I don't do stilts or pogo sticks.
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Virtual Retreat 2016 26 Jan 2016 09:00 #135562

lorra OFFLINE Posts: 962 Thank you received: 122	Tmegrr, welcome to the forum. We talk about everything here. It may not all be quilt related, but we are all related by quilting. We learn so much from each other (Like Geneva and the velcro). We are always happy to have other quilters join in. Also, please thank that handsome young man with you for serving our country.
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Virtual Retreat 2016 26 Jan 2016 08:04 #135561

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Scoopie wrote:

Yum, Lottie! Thank you! I needed something sweet after my chicken quesadillas. It was the easiest thing I could fix for dinner.

Luann, thanks for the reminder on the vitamin D. I do take a D supplement, but have been remiss since I have started with my Invisalign braces. Not sure why, but taking my vitamins doesn't always happen, since some of them are chewies. Actually, I've even considered one of those lights that people use when they live in areas with not much sun in the wintertime. Last spring I realized I felt better on days that I sat out in the sun on the deck for 15 or 20 minutes. I've been taking Airborn as a supplement also, this winter. I was sick way too many days last year. I pray this year is better! You stay well, too!

Dorothy, just wanted to let you know that I made, completed, and packaged up your row while I was well! There are no cold germs on it! (Knock on wood!). I am excited to think that you will get it tomorrow. At least, you should! Marilyn's took 4 days to get from Idaho to Montana, first class, flat. So, I'm going by that.

To all who haven't mailed theirs yet, it cost around $1.30 to mail the rows if folded flat and put into an envelope about the simple of one block. This is the price for going about one state away. Of course mailing onto Canada or across the pond, will be more! But you'all are worth it!

Dawn

I actually have one of those lights, and even though we have waaay more sunshine down here, I still use it every morning while I'm having my coffee and sitting at my computer. It really does help!
Dorothy

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Virtual Retreat 2016 26 Jan 2016 00:12 #135558

genevacarroll OFFLINE Posts: 952 Thank you received: 406	Oh my! I didn't know I was sideways. Dawn you are always sideways, but I like that about you. This computer stuff is odd. I miss seeing Rita. I hope all is well with her. My husband and I had a wonderful lunch with Rita and her husband in 2012. We were driving around Ireland and Scotland. That was a fun visit. Rita is one of a kind. Please wish me luck with my Velcro tomorrow. Geneva
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