Hi Pam,

   I just found you under "how old you Red Eye Machine is."  I envy that you have one with a history.  I had wanted a treadle for years..but that era antique is rare in California and pricey.  After moving to a Gold Rush area(the oldest California gets, unless you count Missions, a few Haciendas, and the Native Americans[which of course you should]) a neighbor was listening to a radio swap shop and called me to say there were two treadles!!  I drove to a decrepit garage and they were in amazing shape.  I chose the Red Eye who needs new veneer on one side of the top.  It hadn't been used much as the decal work is almost perfect.  It took a new belt and an afternoon of oil, grease and gentle encouragement to get it moving.  It is so quiet, and has a beautiful stitch.  I do have to watch the tension(never could turn that screw) as it varies as the bobbin empties.  We are off-grid, so she gets used a lot in the winter to save on generator fuel.  Her birthday is Feb.5, 1924, Elizabeth, New Jersey in a litter of 50,000. 

I see your site has been quiet for several months, I hope all is well.

The only whole cloth quilting I have done was on a Welsh style quilt where after the sandwich is made, you ignore the top...and design whatever to quilt on the back. I also saw your Hawaiian block.  Have two of those in my past and am getting itchy to do another.  Mary

Hi Pam!  How is the weather in Maine today?  It is gorgeous in NW Wisconsin, dry, warm and the birches and aspens are raining small yellow leaves on our patio, whenever the wind comes up.

I would like to do another mini wholecloth, but my list of things I would like to do is getting longer by the day!  I just finished piecing together the red, white and blue blocks from a summer block exchange, and the backing is pieced.  Now must sandwich and quilt it.  I have fall colors swap blocks coming soon, and I'm going into a boomerang block swap very soon.  Oh, and I have black and white and grey fabrics coming from a 10" fabric squares swap.  Sheesh.  AND, I just signed up to do at least one mini a month for AAQI.  I must be nuts!  No, I'm just having fun....

hi pam:

im not sure what happened but i had to send u another friend request? my pics are gone as well?

anyway just wanted to say THANK YOU FOR THE MAGAZINES!! i will be putting my to do projects in my lap top today for future projects. i will be asking you lots of q;s since you r a hand quilter as well. huggs

susan

Hi Pam, Thanks for the welcome. I did make the bowls. It is the second year that I have put them into our Fibre Network exhibition. The first year, I made 26 bowls and sold 15 and this year I made 29 and sold 21 plus I sold 4 privately. So you see, they are popular. I followed instructions in a book called "It's a Wrap" by Susan Breier. It costs Americans about $13 on Amazon and it cost $45 here...the usual story.The clotheslines are wrapped in fabric and stitched on the machine. With practice, they get faster to make. Jump into it and enjoy!

Hi Pam:

It was so nice of you to welcome me to this group. You asked me in your note if I was a member of CMQ. I'm not sure what CMQ is? Is it a quilting club?

Thanks so much for writing I've lived here in Columbus my whole life. I guess I didn't get very far...LOL.  I grew up off of Morse Road then Married and lived off of High street near Graceland then 161 and Cleveland, Olentangy and 161. We are now living it what I hope will be our home for many many years to come. We are in Westerville very near to New Albany. We feel so blessed to be here we moved just before Thanksgiving last year. It is sort of a "dream home" for us. 

We have family all over in Massachusetts and New Hampshire on my hubby's side of the family. Last summer we came to visit and my Mom in law brought me to Maine briefly to go to the Lindt candy store. Oh my goodness so delish!!! I'm sure you know what I mean when I say I enjoyed it too much. It is a good thing it is so far from Ohio.. LOL. Anyway, other than that little visit I have not really been to "see" Maine. I love the pictures and what I've been told by our family when they took family vacations there.  I count is as "having been to Maine" I have been to all of the states now except for Alaska and Hawaii. 

I just saw your block that you made from the fabric swap! You are not just a quilter Pam you are an artist!!! So amazing! I really wish I could be able to make the beautiful things and put the fabrics together like you do.  I wish you still lived in Clintonville so that we could quilt together. 

I hope to hear from you again soon. I clicked on the link to add you as a friend. 

Take Care,

Candis

I'm glad you had a nice, relaxing day.  That's all I want for my birthday...no worries and no stress!  I'll be 50 in a few weeks, which I've been dreading.  Age never bothered me until recently...going through menopause is not fun!

Anyway, it sounds like you had the perfect birthday!

Pam,

thanks for your kind words. You can thread paint - it is very easy to do. All you need is a straight and zigzag stitch. Stabilize a piece of muslin and hoop it up and just go play. This is the best way to get used to using the hoop. I do have a new book out called Thread Painting with Style just in case you are interested. Thanks for writing.

Nancy