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Bonnie in Ok reacted to mlsa3 in Daughter bag
Very nice bag. My wife collects bags...she has one closet that's almost all
bags.
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Bonnie in Ok reacted to Cagey in Daughter bag
Bonnie:
I am sure she will love it. If not, I would gladly buy it for the music director at my church. I always like when the inside of the bag is a bright color. I hate it when it is black, and everything hides in the bottom.
Cagey
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Bonnie in Ok got a reaction from dianne31331 in Daughter bag
Here is a bag I made for my daughters birthday. She is a music teacher so think she will like it. Thanks for looking. first pic is turned wrong way and don't know how to turn on post, second pic is the inside on bag.
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Bonnie in Ok got a reaction from Oma in Daughter bag
Here is a bag I made for my daughters birthday. She is a music teacher so think she will like it. Thanks for looking. first pic is turned wrong way and don't know how to turn on post, second pic is the inside on bag.
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Bonnie in Ok reacted to Oma in Daughter bag
I love these bags and yours is beautiful. Your daughter will absolutely love it. I guarantee it. I just bought more fabric on Wednesday to make another one. I'm going to teach a friend how to make one and I figured I might as well make another one at the same time and gift it to another friend.
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Bonnie in Ok reacted to carolinequilts in Studio Renovations Complete
Hi Everyone.
It's been awhile since I've popped in here to share anything, but I've been working on my studio to update it with better lighting and a ceiling and cleaner look. There were many times I searched the forum on ideas for lighting. My situation is that I'm in a basement with no windows and low ceilings. Thank you for all your help.
Loaded with ideas about fluorescent tube lighting, Deloa's lighting system, track lighting, pot lights, etc., I finally decided on pot lights that could be set in between the rafters, thus allowing the drop ceiling to remain as high as possible. We put lots of pot lights in - 29 to be exact. There are 4 BR30's in the main part of the room and 4 above the table providing good all over light. Then there is a row of 4 GU10's on either side of the table pointing towards the table. The row of pot lights above the table and the 2 rows of GU10's on either side are on their own sets of dimmer switches (3 dimmer switches - one for each row) allowing me to control where the light is coming from depending on which side of the table I'm working at and what type of quilting I'm doing.
I'm working on my first quilt with the new set up today!
You can see the pictures of the progress of my studio from 2005 to current here.
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Bonnie in Ok reacted to T Row Studio in Baseball quilt
Just finished making a baseball quilt for my daughter. She is hosting a ball reunion this fall so I made a baseball quilt to raffle off to off set some costs. This was a fun project that I did mostly on the long arm sashed a plain fabric and marked the stitching line with a frixion pen then put on my Maxine my Millie and applied the chenille strips now for the secret to fluffing it up.......Take your shop vac and vacuumed the strip roughing I up with the end of nozzle and it looks amazing. Going to show my daughter tonight
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Bonnie in Ok reacted to jimerickson in Replacing Canvas Leaders
I don't know how long the Millie leaders are. I made a set for my Ult 2 from cotton duck I bought at Hancock's. I made the take-up roller leader from 48" wide material, and the top and back roller leaders 36" by buying 72" fabric and cutting it in half. I then sewed a 1" pocket on the cut edge of the back and top leaders, and on one of the selvege edged o the 48" piece. I also serged both cut ends of each leader.
Why so long, you ask. Partly because it was simple to size them that way. No cutting on the take up, and a single cut down the middle for the top and back. But mostly, I did it that way because I wanted long leaders. I sit and pin my quilts from the front of the machine. It was a bit of a struggle with the original short leaders. With a long take-up leader, I can roll out as much leader as I need to comfortably pin. The excess leader fabric takes up almost no space on my rollers.
I used double sided tape to attach my leaders to the rollers. It allowed me to carefully lay down a straight line of tape - I think I used the seam in the roller as a guide to keep the tape line parrallel to the roller. After the tape was set on the roller, I removed the tape covering, and carefully stuck the selvege edge of the leader fabric to the tape. After that was done, I put masking tape down the entire length of the attachment -half on the fabric, half on the roller. I also put about six or eight strips of masking tape perpendicular to the roller, about 3/4 of the length around the roller. I did both ends, and several pieces throughout the length. I added the masking tape to provide additional strength to the joint. After a while, the masking tape becomes almost permenent, and won't come loose. Pay attention to the direction the roller turns the leader on so that you don't fold the fabric back over itself when it's rolled, thus putting more stress on the joint. They've been on nearly 4 years now, and have performed to my satisfaction. Hope this helps. Jim