"Yep...the well was no fun, but it had to get done. I like water, really I do."
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Flying Geese methods
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jennifer Schifano Thomas Apr 3. 32 Replies 4 Likes
What is your favorite method for making Flying Geese? I've just recently started using the folding, 3D, 1 seam method & I love it. What do you prefer?Continue
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Rebellious Fabric Marking Methods...
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jennifer Schifano Thomas Feb 2, 2012. 2 Replies 1 Like
Okay! I feel like such a rebel! I just used a Sharpie Marker to trace some templates onto my fabric. I'm so fed up with poor marking tools. Nothing else was really working & I'm going to cut…Continue
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Jennifer Schifano Thomas commented on SewCal Gal's group Free Motion Quilting on a Domestic Sewing MachineJennifer Schifano Thomas commented on SewCal Gal's group Free Motion Quilting on a Domestic Sewing Machine"She has an awesome site. I like it, too."
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Basket Cats Label
Sewed the label on my Basket Cats quilt last night and it is officially finished! Woo-Hoo! I used my label from the "Pretty Pieced Quilt Label Pattern". Link the the pattern here:…
Jennifer Schifano Thomas commented on Sue Cooke's group North Carolina Quilters"I'm not sure if I'm going to make it. We had to get our well pump repaired last week - ugh it was expensive. :("
Jennifer Schifano Thomas replied to Jennifer Schifano Thomas's discussion Gatlinburg quilty stuff to do? in the group Tennessee Quilters +"Thanks, Carol. I'm already back home - I missed that one, but maybe next year. Have a super day!"
Carol McGuire replied to Jennifer Schifano Thomas's discussion Gatlinburg quilty stuff to do? in the group Tennessee Quilters +"Jennifer, there is a fairly new quilt shop in Seveirville called Red Barn quilts, small, but nice selection and very friendly. I think the highway number 441. Same general area as Cherry Pit and Iva's."
the rogue quilter commented on Jennifer Schifano Thomas's photo
Antique Irons
"looking forward to seeing them! i read a tourist brochure for eastern washington state recently. they talked about a barn quilt trail. i think it was north of us in area more tourist oriented than the farm country i am in. we aren't that…"
the rogue quilter commented on Jennifer Schifano Thomas's photo
Two Meons, too!
"years ago, i bought several of those big metal pattern cabinets when a local joannes was expanding and getting all new display stuff. they were only 25$ apiece. i still have three. i put all my scraps from yard/estate sales, projects and remnents…"
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Vintage Sewing Machine at the Davis House
"so could my ex :)). his friends joked that he could walk up to a derelict vehicle that hadn't run in years. then walk away from the same vehicle leaving it purring like an indie special! lol some guys have such talent! too bad they can also be…"
viki hagan commented on Jennifer Schifano Thomas's photoVintage Sewing Machine at the Davis House
"rogue, that's exactly why I wish I had a contact with a shop out there.. I've bought and sold probably 4 or 5 red eyes over the last few years... the last two I picked up for about 20 bucks in the cabinets, even in a store setting around…"
the rogue quilter commented on Jennifer Schifano Thomas's photoVintage Sewing Machine at the Davis House
"yeah, back at the cleaning and realized i misspoke...i have a new home treadle base, and singer treadle and the auction fun is a brunswick. i also have a wilcox & gibbs head w/o the cabinet. saw one on craigs list last year while looking for a…"
carla j walton commented on Jennifer Schifano Thomas's photoVintage Sewing Machine at the Davis House
"they are fun to own. a couple years ago I got really lucky. a customer came into the store where I work asked the florist - also where I work- and also one of my best friends- if she knew anyone who would be interested in a treadle. …"
the rogue quilter commented on Jennifer Schifano Thomas's photoVintage Sewing Machine at the Davis House
"OMG!! just zoomed in to admire your target, viki. that's a red eye! darn girl...go for it. let us know if you get it."
the rogue quilter commented on Jennifer Schifano Thomas's photoVintage Sewing Machine at the Davis House
"i agree, viki. i miss the auctions. they are so much fun. even my son loved them when he was young. loved to bid! lol...with supervision of course. and as you said, stuff so common in midwest and east. hard to find out west here. my theory has…"
viki hagan commented on Jennifer Schifano Thomas's photoVintage Sewing Machine at the Davis House
"I used to have that exact same table! I can't remember which machine was in it though. I had several but sold them at auction when my ex and I split because I moved into a much much smaller home. There's an auction tomorrow I've been…"
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- Tell us about yourself
- I am a quilt designer, mother of three boys, music lover, sometimes gardener. I live in an old 1800's farmhouse in the beautiful countryside of North Carolina. I have a shop at curlicuecreations.com.
- How many quilts have you made?
- I have no idea! A bunch!
- Do you want to make quilts, or simply enjoy them?
- I love the whole process of designing and making a quilt.
- How long have you been a quilter?
- 18 years
- What is your favorite quilting technique?
- I love fusible applique with a tiny zig-zag stitch on the edges.
- Why do you quilt?
- Personal expression.
- Do you have a website?
- http://curlicuecreations.com
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Button Dolly's Name Revealed!
Posted on January 24, 2012 at 9:24am 0 Comments 2 Likes
Click this link to read my blog: Button Dolly's Name Revealed Have a super day!…
Guest Blogger at the Quilting Gallery
Posted on January 13, 2012 at 12:59pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Click on this link to read my guest blog post and giveaway at the Quilting Gallery this week. Quilting Gallery
Comment Wall (58 comments)
- At 9:11pm on April 12, 2013,
Terry Crawford Palardy said… Hi Jennifer, I'm happy to meet you here, too. I enjoy machine quilting, some traditional blocks, some simple checkerboard, log cabin, and more recently art quilts with appliques (machine). I've recently tried free motion quilting on the blocks, but found i don't have great hand control for guiding along the lines, so have returned to straight line quilting with the walking foot in control. Some days I rip out as much as I stitch in.
I'm nearly finished the quilting for my niece's pink quilt, and will start tomorrow to bind that. Then comes the log cabin in green and purple for her sister (both of them are being treated for aggressive cancers, both in the mid-forties, and we are heart-broken for them.
I'll begin quilting the log cabin Sunday, but am not sure what (or where) exactly to stitch. It's a very clear, crisp looking top, and I don't want to ruin the geometry of it, so am thinking I'll just stitch in the ditch somewhere in each block. Any thoughts?
I'll post a full picture of the pink quilt tomorrow, if I finish attaching the binding in time. If not, Sunday.
Thank you for inviting me to be your friend here at My Quilt.
- At 11:02am on April 10, 2013,
Cynthia said… - Please excuse the typos--I have a cat that wants my attention and is head butting!
- At 11:00am on April 10, 2013, Cynthia said…
- Hi Jennifer! It's wonderful to meet you! I have been quilting for three years, but life got in the way--so, this was placed on the back burner. I'm now back, it allows me to relax as it puts me in another world! I do have some ufo's that I need to finish, and fortunately, the tops are completed--it's just the quilting that needs to be completed. I must admit, this is the part that excites me--as well as scares me. I have always paid to have someone do the quilting, but once I retired, I felt the need to do this myself. It was more out of the desire--and not necessarily the "need". In any event, all of my quilts are pieced--as that's what I'm most comfortable with--however, I appliqué is something I really want to learn. I love Baltimore quilts--so, that's my ultimate goal.
- At 6:19pm on April 4, 2013, Peggy Spry Mislock said…
I enjoy all kinds of traditional, Quilts of Honor, applique…you name it. I'm not a fan of contemporary quilts….maybe I just have to develop an appreciation for them. I consider myself an adventurist beginner….but I've been sewing for decades and quilting for at least 10. I think there is more to learn than there are hours in the day. I am pretty good at not having a lot of UFOs hanging around…only 2. And not starting projects that I know I'll most likely lose interest in. I've just finished and shipped off a Quilt of Honor top to be finished and presented and have started a machine applique quilt for my sister that I will piece, quilt and finish. I just don't have time to do everything on my list. How about you?
- At 10:12am on April 4, 2013, Dawn Jolin said…
- Like you I have a TON of things going at once. I (unfortunately) have not sewn or quilted in nearly a year. I have missed it IMMENSELY!! But now we have relocated back to Virginia and for a while my time is my own and I have BIG plans to get to work on lots of things "nearly done", in progress, or need to start.
Right now I am handquilting a wholecloth for a client and putting myself on a strict deadline for it. I know if I start something new or work on a UFO I will get totally distracted. This right now has to come first. :)
I will definitely check these out. So excited.
We live in the North Eastern part of Va this time in King George. West of Fredericksburg.
I have lived in all parts of Virginia but this area is new to us. We have in the past gone to Clarksville state park frequently, are you near there? Do you ever go there? Their cabins are excellent quilt retreat spots or wonderful "girls quilting week" spots.
- At 9:23am on April 4, 2013, Dawn Jolin said…
- Thanks Jennifer! Great to be here! Still learning this and figuring it all out.
What is your current project or should I say projects? If you are like most of us, you have several going. :)
- At 4:05pm on April 3, 2013,
Cora Darrin said… Hi Jennifer, nice to meet you too. I enjoy many kinds of quilting. One of my favorites is scrap quilts. I have made several. And right now I have a lot of strips to make many more... :)
- At 1:49pm on April 3, 2013,
Evelyn Boundy said… I am not that cleaver on the computer yet, when I get the body of the quilt done I will try and get some help posting one. :-)
- At 1:42pm on April 3, 2013, Evelyn Boundy said…
Hi Janice I have been quilting for over 40 yrs now and my styles have changed over the years . I used to do a lot of applique, the eyes and hands are not as limber as they once were so I have slowed down there. I enjoy scrappy projects and the new low impact quilts. I am working on the Farmers Wife Quilt Sampler have 23 more blocks out of 111 to do. It has been a huge project and will probably take me the rest of the year to get it to the quilting stage. Nice to have you as a friend. Evelyn
- At 11:52am on April 3, 2013,
Jamey Herd said… Jennifer, five of those grandkids are adopted and two are by previous marriages. We get together at Thanksgiving and Christmas with twelve of the grandkids still at home. We go to my son's or daughter's because my house is to small for that many people. lol. Yes I am just SE of Springfield about 35 miles. I do most of my shopping there. And yes I have some of my mom's quilts. The nice ones she pieced in later life and the utility ones she made early on. I do have pictures of most of her quilts also. She hand quilted a quilt out just before going into a nursing home at 89. She was 94 when she passed on. It's nice chatting with you and will read your blog more later when I have time.
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