scottishquilter wrote: Yes, Maureen, I did. Thank you!

Did all the Whisperers receive the spreadsheet I sent with the dates and times on it and were you able to open it????????

Hi Wendy, I'm good. I've been in San Antonio for a conference this last week. Enjoyed the 90+ degree weather there.

I am probably being naive, but it's not a street address so I guess the worse that can happen is I'll get a bunch of junk mail.

Lorna

Hi Lorna not seen you on here for a bit is all well?

May not be safe putting your address on here

scottishquilter wrote:

I found this post from Maureen back a little ways in our topic. For those who want to mail through me to Maureen my USA address is:

Lorna Westfall
PSC 41 Box 6451
APO AE 09464

Just give me a heads up when you mail it so I can keep an eye out for it.

Don't worry. I won't peek. And yes, time is going quite fast. I can't believe it is almost my turn.

Lorna

twiglet wrote:
I can't quite wrap my head around that right now! However, by mid-August I will want to gather some information about a possible trip so that I can make a decision about whether or not I'll be able to attend. Good reminder, Wendy!

Which had me thinking, do we need to think about booking accommodation early up at Loch Lomond Or make any plans yet?

Thanks all, so glad that my quilt will soon be in Lois' capable hands. I can't believe we're already at the half-way mark. Time really does fly! Watch out, Rosemary, Rita, Wendy and Lorna...

Considering how easy it is to lose me in a crowd anyway , I don't forsee any problems in doing some of my shopping in secret

twiglet wrote:
The mind boggles at you trailing Rosemary like a spy

So now you have blue hair, blue nails, blue shirt, blue grass and a blue garage yes you need a bit of colour with that Maureen. It's been so interesting learning from you, I'm itching to have a go at dyeing again.

Rosemary that's it, I shall just wave as I pass you with my nose in the air and .................then trail you all day

Well done Renata it must feel great to have finished it and come out unscathed.

Reetzbobeetz wrote:
When the vat is made up it stinks quite a bit especially when you open the lid of the vat. It has a shiny bronze bloom on it that is quite nice. At the end when the stitches, boards or whatever are all removed the fabric has to be rinsed really well; sometimes I peg my pieces on my whirly gig and use the outside hose to spray it until it runs clear. I then put it in the washing machine with a 40º wash with a few colour catchers. All depending on what it is like when it comes out I maybe wash it again. You never know with Indigo if some will come off in the future but none of my pieces smell of anything but clean fabric. The silk scarves I made I put ‘Comfort’ (softener) in at the end of the wash and that gave a faint flowerily smell.

It is better to Indigo dye when there is good weather and you can put it outside to drip (it is really messy) Sometimes if there was rain forecast and I had to go out, I would put it in the greenhouse. Because I had a schedule to keep I needed to dye in the autumn and winter so I put plastic on the garage floor, towels on top of that and then newspapers, two clothes airier on top of all that and worked in there on and off for weeks/months. All of a sudden the entire electric plug downstairs in the house blew. I had to get an electrician out to have a look. He thought it was something in the electric box that keeping tripping so put in a new switch. It keep happening and then he found that the electrics in the garage was very damp so I had to switch the electric off in the garage so couldn’t do any more dyeing as it was the condensation that was doing it. It is dried out now and later on I will get the cables encased in something that will protect them.

Rosemary, I'll do my best to get it there in time for you to shop the end of August. My mind is churning but that's it so far. Sigh!! Breathe!!!

I guess so - the shortest pregnancy ever recorded for (wo)mankind....