Fogbow Arts and Crafts

[AndyinPA]

Things like that can disappear on Facebook, too. I've shared some really cool things that are later gone. Facebook explains when it happens. I go back weeks or months later, and it has just disappeared.

[northland10]

Not sure this is the image that has disappeared but the first picture of the “Vestavia” is close.

https://www.blackstoneorgan.org/history

Thanks for posting the link to the page. I reposted the photo from another link but since it from some other page, it may disappear again.

[northland10]

It's gonna be LOUD in there.

While organs can be quite loud, the same instruction can also be very soft and tender. What is wonderful about the instrument is the diversity of sounds and timbre you can play at any given time.

[WriteItDown]

Hi fogbow quilters

I just got back on this thread and I am glad to see that most of you are still here. You art works have cheered me. I spent much of "the Covid" quilting, that is until I broke my wrist and cannot push hard enough to rotarycut fabric. I was hoping for much faster healing than I am getting. I was making a cute table runner for my friend's birthday and that passed 2 weeks ago without any progress on the runner being made. Instead of making quilts, I seem to be ruining them. My best quilt was on the bed (everybody said mAke sure to use your quilts) and my cat Peeper managed to vomit a whole stomach full on the pillow covering next to me. How can I get it off without washing the whole quilt. It is a queen sized one and I can imagine it would be very heavy if saturated.
Sugar, how is your daughter.? What is the thing on your head Maybenaught? I missed the follow up. it was a lovely summer in Colorado. A few hot stretches which I likedI hope you all had a good summer.
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[sugar magnolia]

Hi fogbow quilters

I just got back on this thread and I am glad to see that most of you are still here. You art works have cheered me. I spent much of "the Covid" quilting, that is until I broke my wrist and cannot push hard enough to rotarycut fabric. I was hoping for much faster healing than I am getting. I was making a cute table runner for my friend's birthday and that passed 2 weeks ago without any progress on the runner being made. Instead of making quilts, I seem to be ruining them. My best quilt was on the bed (everybody said mAke sure to use your quilts) and my cat Peeper managed to vomit a whole stomach full on the pillow covering next to me. How can I get it off without washing the whole quilt. It is a queen sized one and I can imagine it would be very heavy if saturated.
Sugar, how is your daughter.? What is the thing on your head Maybenaught? I missed the follow up. it was a lovely summer in Colorado. A few hot stretches which I likedI hope you all had a good summer.
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No reason you can't wash it anyway. If you're worried about the weight, just run it through 2 spin cycles to get as much water out as you can. If I have one I think is extra delicate, I run it through the wash cycle and a couple of spin cycles then open the washer lid and leave it overnight before moving it to the dryer. Those tend to be the truly antique quilts though. Anything that's been made in the last several decades should be fine with no special treatment.

I'm not sure which daughter you're asking about, but both are doing great. The one in Brazil came home this summer to get her vax and visit for a bit, and the youngest one (and her partner and their 6 month old) are recovered from their bouts of covid with no apparent after effects.

[Phoenix520]

Sugar, may I pick your brain? I want to incorporate Ash’s favorite T, Camo pants and beanie into the quilt back. I found the perfect fabric for the back, two large monarchs on black background (out of print) by Tonga batiks. The butterflys’ colors match the hugs and kisses blocks on the front pretty closely.

Turns out she’s rather not have me cut the clothes up, so…what, I appliqué a complete outfit onto the back?

Guidance would be appreciated.

[sugar magnolia]

Sugar, may I pick your brain? I want to incorporate Ash’s favorite T, Camo pants and beanie into the quilt back. I found the perfect fabric for the back, two large monarchs on black background (out of print) by Tonga batiks. The butterflys’ colors match the hugs and kisses blocks on the front pretty closely.

Turns out she’s rather not have me cut the clothes up, so…what, I appliqué a complete outfit onto the back?

Guidance would be appreciated.

The t-shirt and the beanie probably won't be an issue just appliqued flat, but if it's ever to actually be used as a quilt the camo pants won't really work because of the bulk. If it's a standard camo print you should be able to find yardage that you could use for something like the binding. Also, the quilting itself will be a huge pain if you use the pants because you won't be able to see from the front before you run into a button or zipper or thick flat-felled seam. The quilting pattern would have to go around those areas and would look weird. You'll run into that same problem even using just the flat part of cut pants, but it would be easier to avoid broken needles and thread from hitting obstructions on the pants. Maybe find a matching pair of camo pants and use just the pocket on the back?

[Phoenix520]

Thanks, Sugar, I like the idea of finding a matching pair.

BTW, I love your Twitter handle.

[sugar magnolia]

Thanks, Sugar, I like the idea of finding a matching pair.

BTW, I love your Twitter handle.

Thanks!

[Maybenaut]

I made a new quilt. I’m not done with the binding yet. I made the “crazed” look by randomly cutting a 10” square of fabric, sewing a white strip, then sewing on the other side, then doing that a couple more times for each.

Don’t look too closely; some of the squares don’t quite line up.

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[tesibria]

I made a new quilt. ...

That is gorgeous! Has a stained glass look. I love it!!

[Foggy]

Awesomeness, Maybenaut.

[Tiredretiredlawyer]

Beautiful!!!!!!!

[roadscholar]

If things line up perfectly it’d look machine-made, right?



Gorgeous work hon.

[AndyinPA]

Lovely. And I love the colors.

[Phoenix520]

I can’t tell, did you use scraps from the blocks to make the framing border? Or did you find material with all the colors?

Very cool! Stained glass bit ya, huh?

I figure I’ll be able to tell which quilts I made when by the progression of my lining-up skills. I pay no never mind to my mistakes.

Leonard Cohen says
There’s a crack
In everything.
That’s how
The light gets in.

[Maybenaut]

Thanks for the kind words, everybody! I haven’t been doing much sewing since we moved, and it’s really nice to be able to get back into it.

Kate, I used pre-cuts. 10 inch squares for the center blocks, and then for the border, and the binding, I used 2 1/2 inch strips that were also pre-cut, but from a different manufacturer. But they’re all batik, so they have the same sort of look, even though the border and binding are a little more pastel, and a little less vibrant.

[Slim Cognito]

That might be my favorite quilt ever.

[RVInit]

Maybenaut, that is a fabulous quilt top. A great idea, and executed to perfection!

[Phoenix520]

It’s probably me.

I’m so frustrated. I haven’t been sewing since the shoulder dislocation. It’s funny, the gross motions weren’t bad, but the tiny, fine-motor things were excruciating. So I packed my works-in-progress up for almost a year.

So I finally get back to it, trying to finish a quilt for my not-my-child’s graduation last weekend. Of course, things went smoothly.

Something happened to the tension and I couldn’t adjust it. It was time for a service but the place I bought it, the only authorized Pfaff dealer nearby, moved to far away. So I took it to a new place.

I’ve had nothing but little troubles since I got it back. The auto threader won’t, the needle becomes unthreaded every time I use the auto snipper. At least the tension is ok. I’m tempted to go back there and ask them…what, to do a better job? Not likely, not when it’s probably me. I’m still such a neophyte. I MUST be doing something wrong.

Sigh. What am I doing wrong?

ETA: This is the quilt on the design wall. Not sewn yet. Still working on the final placement. Kaffe Fassett.

Mica’s quilt

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[Slim Cognito]

Nice! Is there a sewing machine repair shot nearby? Sometimes a good cleaning/adjusting is all you need and it's not too expensive.

[Foggy]

I confess I am a male; I would track down the service manual and fix it myself.

Ah, the joys of the VW for the Complete Idiot book!

[sugar magnolia]

I’ve had nothing but little troubles since I got it back. The auto threader won’t, the needle becomes unthreaded every time I use the auto snipper. At least the tension is ok. I’m tempted to go back there and ask them…what, to do a better job? Not likely, not when it’s probably me. I’m still such a neophyte. I MUST be doing something wrong.

Sigh. What am I doing wrong?

Oddly enough, if it's coming unthreaded after you use the snipper, it's most likely a tension issue. The snipper cuts the thread tail so short than any extra pull from the tension or if the take up lever is not all the way at the top. My Janome and Viking do the same thing. It's not so bad when I'm chain piecing but can be frustrating when doing single seams. You can either use a little thread leader or just snip by hand. I've gotten in the habit of holding my finger on the cut ends of thread and bobbin before taking the first stitch, too. Just hold the threads down on the bed of the machine with your finger.

Not sure what to suggest about the auto-threader because my Pfaff doesn't have one but the one on one of my Janomes has to be pressed backwards the last little bit to meet the eye of the needle. On my Viking I have to jiggle the needle up the tiniest little bit.

Love the quilt! I'm not a huge KF fan except when the pieces are small like yours are.

[Phoenix520]

Thanks Sugar. I’ll adopt your suggestions about the threads. The threader worked perfectly first time, every time before I had the machine serviced. After I posted my comment, I went back to the machine and found that the needle was only hand tightened and was wiggling out of position. The threader is threading now after about 10 atempts.

I thought I had found a new sewing shop but now I don’t trust them. Come on, hand-tightening the needle? For Foggy: that’s akin to hand-tightening the lug nuts on your tires.

BTW, boss, the manual was my first stop. It was unhelpful. This Pfaff is not like my old Elna, where you could open a door and inspect the mechanism to remove tangled threads, oil the mechanisms, and such.

[sugar magnolia]

Thanks Sugar. I’ll adopt your suggestions about the threads. The threader worked perfectly first time, every time before I had the machine serviced. After I posted my comment, I went back to the machine and found that the needle was only hand tightened and was wiggling out of position. The threader is threading now after about 10 atempts.

I thought I had found a new sewing shop but now I don’t trust them. Come on, hand-tightening the needle? For Foggy: that’s akin to hand-tightening the lug nuts on your tires.

BTW, boss, the manual was my first stop. It was unhelpful. This Pfaff is not like my old Elna, where you could open a door and inspect the mechanism to remove tangled threads, oil the mechanisms, and such.

A while back I thought I had found the perfect shop myself until my machine came back with the bobbin in backwards and when I commented on it, the repairman argued with me. That's a big nope for me, Sport.