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Permalink Reply by the rogue quilter on January 28, 2013 at 10:43am

thanks jennifer. i tried working on my current applique. decided it didn't look too bad. couple days later..looked again..took it all out. carefully. so i can use the pieces again...scrapping means limited inventory, but i have plenty of background fabric i bought for this quilt. like the flu, eyes blurry watery itchy...difficult to read too. but on the mend i think...till i get up this a.m. doesn't seem to take much to knock me back down again. oh well....it will end, i know it will...just takes me a bit longer to get over stuff than other people sometimes because of other underlying health issues.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Schifano Thomas on January 28, 2013 at 10:48am

Oh my!  That is no fun.  I hate ripping out.  It sounds like you need to just rest up and get better.  I'm not good at resting.  It makes me stir crazy.  At least you have all of us to talk to online.  I hope it helps a little bit.  Sending you love, prayers, and good thoughts.

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Permalink Reply by the rogue quilter on January 28, 2013 at 10:54am

i have always found it more difficult to stay down quiet and rest that to go on long hike w backpack filled with cameras food and water!! lollol that said, yes, the friendly give and take, the quilts in progress...this place is great in taking ones mind off physical discomfort and nagging illness. looking at all the beautiful quilts in the gallery is nice too...albeit, tends to make me more & more antsy to get up and carry out all the new ideas darting around in my head! :))

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Schifano Thomas on January 28, 2013 at 11:14am

Maybe this is a good time to record some of those ideas in a journal before they escape into the dreamland.  That's what seems to happen to my ideas if I don't write them down somewhere right away...sigh!

Permalink Reply by the rogue quilter on January 28, 2013 at 2:28pm

i agree jennifer. i have been making notes on the "yellow pad" on my ipad, saving link to quilt or discussion that gave the idea. also saving pics of quilting ideas and unusual block use in ipad photos. i have found the ipad to be such a handy tool with my quilting eetc. when looking for patterns for authentic 1800's prairie sunbonnets, i saved pics of bonnets and patterns and then had the ipad set up to view and copy what i saw in the images as i worked. then putting a scrap quilt together...i washed (gently w color catcher sheets) the blocks of 25x25 2" sq, i had taken a pic of the blocks as they were placed on my design wall of felt hung over deck door. then after washing and pressing etc, i used the pic on my ipad to ensure correct placement of blockes as i assembled the top. i love scrap quilting. but i am such a control personality...i do controlled chaos, instead of random placement. lol works for me and i get results i am happy with. i also used it while assembling the d9p quilts for my grd for xmas. i wasn't happy with the appearance of just cut and turn once...i needed more defined appearance to my intended scrap look. oh yes, i couldn't agree with you more...notes and pics to record my design ideas the inspiration sources et al.

btw, i have been to your etsy page a few times. you create such clever and delightful products. and of course i love the title of "curlicue creations".

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Schifano Thomas on January 28, 2013 at 2:57pm

Awww!  Thank you so much.  I only wish I had the time to get everything organized and into the shop!  I have so many ideas that have not been patterned, and so little time with my 3 boys.  I love them all but...this morning they had a 2 hour delay for school b/c of freezing rain, one spilled a glass of juice, then another spilled a glass of milk to be like the first one!

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Permalink Reply by the rogue quilter on January 28, 2013 at 4:18pm

before etsy, pinterest etc etc..my best freind and i decided we were going to sell some of our quilting, knitting dolls etc etc on a web site that we would build...she knew some basic html...my son is a mega talented programmer. we weren't sure about how to go a out charging collecting, this was tje beginning time of paypal, etc etc and so we sat and quilted knitted had grbabies and let the idea slide. she has been asking me lately if i would be interested. no..since i have taken on this place and all the repairs, rebuilds, terraforming in addition to the pruning irrigating maintenance, my quilt knit whatever time is my leisure escape...i don't want to take my few hours a month of pleasure and turn it into a job - another job. she lives in an apartment, knows what i do, agrees it would be a lot of work maintaining enough inventory to garner interst and repeat interest. so, she w the help of her son who also works in computer graphics industry (lollol she and i got really lucky in the son department ) can help her. she used to work on line with translations so the site could be multilingual, tho with google language thingy that's not a big deal anymore.

so, bottom line - i admire the effort you put into site and the quality of creativity and design. i did notice that quantity is low...but then, there is that time thing again which haunts all of us creative entreprenures. i wish you well with it and in time you will figure out a time management system that allows you to add to on-line inventory and variety and tend to day to day life too. it isn't easy..i know. i did commission work off and on for years. no more.

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Schifano Thomas on January 30, 2013 at 11:57am

Oh for sure it is a lot of work, but it is so worth it to me.  I get to share my creative ideas with others, and I feel useful at the same time!  I know when my 3rd son starts school I will have a lot more time to devote to it, so I am using these years as building, growing, and learning time.  Even with the little time I have, I am getting satisfaction, b/c I am seeing things slowly build and improve day by day.  So far, this chapter of my life has been very rewarding.

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Permalink Reply by the rogue quilter on January 30, 2013 at 12:45pm

i sorta wish etsy had been available years ago. like you i loved sharing. i made toys and soft sculpture dolls, quilts etc for friends and family. i think my friend should seriously consider etsy instead of trying to run her own site. there was quite an extensive and interesting article about how to succeed on etsy that i read yesterday. i can't remember now which q mag it was in, but, as i said, it was really informative and if i were or could do it i think i would. inventory is my biggest concern though. i do so wish i could just sit and create! :)) i was reading comments on main page this a.m. and saw your post for the n carolina group...but she has it set to private i guess, cause i couldn't read anything on the group page. but you mentioned that you and hubby were renovating an old farmhouse? our last one was from 1870's. had been modified by former owners (bedroom added)& my husbands family over the course of the 79years of their occupancy. we redid all the water lines fr the main thru the house and yard and gardens. lot of rewiring, and had put foundation under it and tore off the old bathroom which had been the back porch deck before they brought plumbing indoors sometime in the twenties. i was planning the logistics for where to put furniture etc and prepping to tear out living room the summer my husband decided he didn't like me there alone, his two day commute once a month to came home for weekend & put the place on the market :(( ..so, now i have a house that is only 30 years old with, seemingly, a lot more problems than the old farmhouse did and i just never seem to catch up...and he isn't interested in working on it on his days off. an oh well thing lollol ..so, i paint caulk dig glue whatever and quilt in between times...if i'm not so tired i can't see to work. summers are worst...i start 5:30 go till almost dark...i need to maintain what i have recovered yard wise as well as continue reclaiming, etc yard grounds, siding etc. i told him he can never retire...i need his pay check for my tools and supplies :)) ....and i figure i have earned every inch of fabric thread etc i buy :)) lollol

and i have a green house story for you...will write you later :))

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Norberg on January 28, 2013 at 4:41pm

Hi Laurie I just noticed your post while browsing on MQP. Hope your still checking in. It's a nice site with useful tips ect. I live in Ont as well not quite as far as you I guess I'm just North of Barrie. I do a bit of internet shopping from the US. prices are half the price of Canadian.

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