I admire you very much, Becky. Your profile says you live in the Netherlands, and my guess is that you know several languages. I often have to rely on internet translators and their sometimes less-than-perfect translations in my business because all I speak is English (unless you count "Cowboy" as a dialect -- I grew up on a ranch!). So, I'm sure you'll laugh, but here's my attempt to send you a message in Dutch:
Ik hou van uw grote vragen. Ze helpen me leren. Bedankt.

thank you ever so much for the answer, and supporting my 'great' spelling /english. i am dyscletic. i do run a spell check on mails but i dont know how to run it on this site. thanks for every thing, it is clear now what do i need to do. thanks again

Becky, that was a great question--I'm glad you asked it because I am struggling too with how to deal with the empty spaces in my BOM and am very glad that both Nancy and Michelle provided some good advice. I am behind with my BOM so this will give me a good chance to think more about what I will do with the blank spaces and how I will do it. You don't want my advice because I am a beginner!

Ease up ! I understood what what was being askt, too ! Somedays my English ain't sa good , either !!

Thanks for the info, Michelle! I was leaning towards leaving the stabilizer out where not needed, and now I know that's what I'll do. It's good to have confirmation from someone who knows what they're doing!

Nancy

I also had NO PROBLEM understanding the message as written! Beckyezra, please keep contributing to the forum. I don't know where you live, but the very fact that most Americans cannot speak a second language at all, speaks very well for those who live in another country and learn English in addition to their native language. I find it very sad that a fellow quilter here would be so insensitive... and if in fact, if any post has something that a reader doesn't understand, just asking for a clarification is all that is needed!

As for quilting, I would quilt the whole quilt the regular way when the whole top is completed. If you hand quilt or machine quilt, do it when the top is finished.

For the leave in stabilizer, I asked Margo this a while back. When she uses it, she only has it on the areas she pieced with it, not on the other areas. Because it turns to a soft fluff when washed, it almost disappears, leaving only a tiny bit of loft. I plan on using it, and leaving it in and having some areas with it and some without it. Your final batting will help to even it all out when quilting.

Hope this helps!!

adamsme wrote:
I understand what Becky is saying. You might want to remember that this is an international forum and not everyone has English as their native language. I personally wouldn't even be able to participate if this Web site was in any other language so am very impressed with those who can participate using a second (or third or fourth...) language for them.

Becky - I won't be quilting until the entire top is finished since this top really isn't suited for quilt-as-you-go. If I were doing trapunto, I would add batting and do the trapunto of each piece before putting it together, just like Patsy Thompson generally does. I don't know the answer for putting stabilizer under every piece. This is my first quilt where I've used Ricky's Soft Stuff and am planning on leaving it in, so I've been thinking about that myself and trying to decide. Hopefully, someone with experience will be able to answer that.

Nancy

Please use spell check or re-read your post before submitting. This is practically unreadable.

hi sara and every body else that do BOM this year,
sara on the video for example month 9 you show how to quilt empty spaces, my question is
do you quilt after every thing is done or due the stabilator paper/fabric under neeth do you quilt
each moth the piece that you just saw?
and if you use the stabilator that stays do you need to add it to all the rest of the quilt to make it
smooth or only on the embroidery pieces?
thanks for letting me know
cheers
becky