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GMALKB

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    GMALKB reacted to RoseCity Quilter in We moved our store and thus my studio!   
    So I have been very busy lately. If you follow me on FB or IG you will know the following. We moved both our stores together to one new location! We started Dec. 26 and opened Jan. 6, one week ahead of our self imposed opening day. We are very tired but it is a good tired!
    As you may remember my Longarm was in our classroom. Now I have my own space!!!!!! I am thrilled with my new space! Not only that we added Quilt Path to my 2009 Millennium and added a new Milli!!! I have a new assistant, Sabrina, who introduced herself here earlier today with the handle Fried Green Tomatoes. Sabrina will be helping me with all sorts of things as well as running Quilt Path. She is young, and catches on to computer stuff very fast.
    RoseCity Quilter New Studio by -RoseCity Quilter-
    My new Milli!
    6B9B01ED-FE6B-4EDB-A098-DA18F61F07D7-172 by -RoseCity Quilter- Sabrina and her 1st Quilt Path quilt!
    RoseCity Quilter New Studio by -RoseCity Quilter-
    My new pressing station, 111" long!
    Lots more pictures on my latest blog:
    https://rosecityquilter.wordpress.com/2016/01/12/organizing-my-studio/
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    GMALKB reacted to delld in Two of Three Pirate Quilts   
    I have 3 of these quilts to quilt. Lera did this blue quilt and the pink quilts for her granddaughters for Christmas.  I have one more and it is in red, white and blue and is made by Virginia. The pattern is by Amy Bradley.
     
    Used 80/20 batting with Metro and Glide threads.  Thanks for looking. I think these two girl are going to be very happy!!!
     
    Of course there are more pictures on flickr.  LOL
     
     
     
     
    20151022_124918 by Dell Dunman, on Flickr
    20151022_124944 by Dell Dunman, on Flickr
     
    20151018_163445 by Dell Dunman, on Flickr
    20151018_163505 by Dell Dunman, on Flickr
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    GMALKB 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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    GMALKB reacted to I dew quilting in candle wicking baby quilt   
    I quilted this baby quilt for a customer.  Didn't know what to quilt at first.  I wanted to framed the candle wicking since there was no sashing separating the blocks. Then a secondary patterned showed up and I just had to add feathers.  I wanted to add background fill and smaller stippling but I didn't want to make it stiff since it is a baby quilt.
    http://dewquilting.blogspot.com




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    GMALKB reacted to ffq-lar in Which threads do you have a love/hate relationship with?   
    I sold all my King Tut after struggling for a long time to get it to behave. I sold it all to a friend with a Gammill and it works great for her. 
    I have such a big inventory of So Fine and BottomLine that I'm not ready to build up another line, though I do like Glide. My style for custom is to not overwhelm the piecing so thicker and "showy" thread isn't chosen very often.
    I am building up my stock of Invisafil for blenders--works great for fillers and micro-stitching, and looks good.
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    GMALKB reacted to Oma in Sewing room finished   
    I hesitate to say "finished", but I am back to sewing in there and it is FULL so I guess I am finished. I wanted to take pics of it all "clean", but that isn't happening either, so here I go. LOL
    This is looking straight at the Koala cabinet I sew on. You can't see all of the plastic bins on the shelf behind because of the design board being up. The Studio Cutter is to the left and there is a closet with shelves to the right. The shelf with the rectangle of fish fabric is my computer. My most current quilt magazines are in front of the cabinet and organized.
    I cut up my old cutting mat to cover this cabinet in hopes of protecting the top. I also like to cut some there.
    I'm working on several projects at the same time and that's why I have my embroidery unit out and the serger setting out and another sewing machine.

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    GMALKB 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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