Thanks Julie,
I would definately recommend the classes. There is a discussion for any questions and the teachers are very good at responding. Plus you get help and ideas from the other students from all over the world.
Bridget, you are just very clever in your thinking.

Oh Cheryl, your portrait is amazing!I can't wait to see it quilted.I've wondered how the classes at QU were. I guess you would recommend them? Julie

No way Eileen -- your thought process makes sense -- I think I'm gonna win the "dummy" title on this one. The only thing I could think of when I was originally reading this thread was that since it seemed you were supposed to do a little something each day, the "Tilda" might be a shortened version of "until the..." Like 'Til da next time you post, do some quilting! Hey, I'm right outside of Chicago -- everything starts with "da" around here! Da Bears!

So anyway, I finished the master drawing of my next art quilt yesterday and got the fabric washed. I should have pictures in my blog later today.

Thanks everyone for the inspirational updates!

No dummies here Eileenkny, it also took me a couple days to realize what it was, and there are others who thought the same thing. That being said, welcome. Cheryl

What a dummy I am!! I thought this was either about a brand of thread or about a member here named Tilde.
Now that I've taken the time to read through it, I'd like to try a needle a day.
Right now I'm working on the binding for my guild raffle quilt so a needle a day won't be a problem.
I'm going to my quilting group this afternoon and I'm bringing the raffle quilt. It was supposed to be done several months ago but most of the hand quilting had to be pulled out and redone. Very long story and best told somewhere else. Now the guild is trying to rush me to finish the binding so they can take pictures and get the raffle tickets out. I'm doing the best I can and that's all.
eileenkny

Well, yesterday I worked on grandma and I think I have her all figured out. Next step is thread painting, then quilting. I have posted a photo in my profile if anyone wants to see. Now today I really have to work on the baby quilt. I still need to make the small fan blocks for around the edge. Cheryl

Between yesterday and today, I got the "Angels" W/H top done. Now To get the backing and baste the little quilt, and do some quilting. I also did some more hand quilting on my "!2-Days of Christmas" red work quilt.

Margarita in Auburn, CA where it is still smoky, from all the fires in Northern CA.

I just got home from my workshop with Ami Simms and I was so inspired ! I learned how to do invisible applique using the ladder Stitch. I was amazed at how my applique improved in just one short session... MY STITICHES ARE TRUELY INVISIBLE!

In the afternoon we leaned how to do hand piecing using the same technique... it will make my projects so much easier. I am getting out my hand projects to work on them .... I had put them away cause I was not too happy with them. These techiques were so easy.

I also signed up for a hand dyeing class in August... I always wanted to hand dye but was afraid to try... this looks like something I would enjoy.
I love portable projects.

Ann, you can come and play with my machines any time. I think I have 24 treadles now, and about 14 hand cranks, and 3 FWs (but I'm going to sell 2 of those, got them in trades and don't need 3), 3 or 4 Singer 301s, and an electric Singer 319 that hasn't been plugged in since we moved to Texas, poor thing. And then there are a few parts heads lurking around here, and maybe a couple other machines I've forgotten......

And one more thing about the 411G, it has a special needle plate with it that lets it do chain stitching, all I have to do is take out the bobbin and put that needle plate on, it's just too cool.

Pat in Rockport, TX

Pat what a wonderful find Just out of curiosity how many machines do you own now? Hopefully can get back to see you sometime in the next year. This new baby sounds like a real keeper and I would love to see it in action

Ann

I've been playing with my newest toy, a Singer 411G treadle. The head was made in Germany around 1959 or so, and a fellow in Canada had heard that I was looking for one, and when he found one, I bought it. He shipped it the same week we left on vacation to go to GA and NC. I had arranged to swap another old Singer head for a "modern" treadle base made around the same time as the German/Canadian head. When we got home Wednesday, the machine head had arrived. It took me about 10 minutes to get all the bubble wrap undone, that man really knows how to pack a machine for safe shipping. He included the motor in case I ever want to put it back in (not likely), and the attachments and manual were also there, along with the salesman's card--the machine cost just under $300 when it was new--don't know what that would be in today's dollars. When looking in the manual, it shows both electrical and treadle use, and the treadle base in the pictures was exactly the same as the one I had just brought home from NC (a lady in FL had brought it to NC so we could swap)! What are the odds? DH helped me get the head into the cabinet (she's a heavy brute) and last night I tried out a bunch of her fancy stitches. She will also use two regular needles, set side-by-side in the needle clamp, for fancy stitching. I have a lot of other stitch cams that will work in this machine, too, but haven't tried them out yet. Can you tell I'm a very happy camper?

Haven't done much actual sewing the last few days, but I've been updating my quilting journal. I started it when I started making quilts to keep track of them. I record the stats of the quilt, lessons learned, why I made it, and what was going on in my life at the time. I glue fabric samples for most of the quilts. I left room for a pic cuz I knew somehow I'd eventually be able to include photos. That's what I've been doing--adding photos. I take the pics with my digital, download them to my computer and then to the little memory stick thingy, take it to Walmart and have prints made. 15 cents per print!! What a deal! I couldn't print them that cheap at home! It feels so good to have my journal up to date. Maybe my kids will fight over it someday.
Sherry

2 am and I am still awake... I have been watching QUILTING DVDs I got for my BD (late present) from my hubby. I have also been stitching on my applique hearts for my BOM quilt.

Tomorrow is my work shop with Ami Simms... I guess I had better get to sleep before I can not open my eyes in the am.


BTW

I got Sally Collins PRESESION PIECING... very good
Ann Falls Color with Thread...

I have three other but I will view them tomorrow when my eyes are actually open...

Hee Hee

I had quilt bee today which guarantees that I will get some sewing done. Got there about 11 and left around 3. I got a lot of the binding sewn down, have about a third left to go. Might get some more done this afternoon, then maybe finish it tomorrow.
Frances in 100 degree Austin.