Comments for Loose Threads' Blog Pages http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk Loose Threads are a group of seven quilters with a passion for textiles. Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:02:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 Comment on Hexagon Quilters by Anna http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2010/02/12/hexagon-quilters/#comment-139 Anna Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:37:29 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2010/02/12/hexagon-quilters/#comment-139 Well done for 2nd and 3rd places Erica and Mary! Well done for 2nd and 3rd places Erica and Mary!

]]> Comment on Bowls for Freedom by Liz http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/10/15/bowls-for-freedom/#comment-137 Liz Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:24:41 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/10/15/bowls-for-freedom/#comment-137 Only now, 29th December, have I spotted the bowls. I think they all look rather splendid. Most impressive. There is no other set like it in the world. Very original. Well done. And I do apologise for only now having spotted the article. Only now, 29th December, have I spotted the bowls. I think they all look rather splendid. Most impressive. There is no other set like it in the world. Very original. Well done. And I do apologise for only now having spotted the article.

]]> Comment on Curved log cabin quilt by Anna http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/10/15/curved-log-cabin-quilt/#comment-127 Anna Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:39:53 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/10/15/curved-log-cabin-quilt/#comment-127 it must be like marmite, either you love it or hate it. i love doing log cabin, my final quilt for C&G is appique, now thats boring! it must be like marmite, either you love it or hate it. i love doing log cabin, my final quilt for C&G is appique, now thats boring!

]]> Comment on A plea for worse quilting… by Anna http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/07/17/a-plea-for-worse-quilting/#comment-90 Anna Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:54:19 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/07/17/a-plea-for-worse-quilting/#comment-90 i have been free machine quilting today, I don't do a lot of it. I used for the first time a new Janome bobbin holder for free quilting and a new quilting foot by Janome and found it really easy! There's nothing like having the right equipment! The new foot has a very small metal hole compared to the large plastic one I had before. I didnt know it would make such a difference but it did! i have been free machine quilting today, I don’t do a lot of it. I used for the first time a new Janome bobbin holder for free quilting and a new quilting foot by Janome and found it really easy! There’s nothing like having the right equipment! The new foot has a very small metal hole compared to the large plastic one I had before. I didnt know it would make such a difference but it did!

]]> Comment on whats happening in June? by Anna http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/05/15/whats-happening-in-june/#comment-43 Anna Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:07:12 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/05/15/whats-happening-in-june/#comment-43 Thank you log cabin quilters for a great exhibition. Thank you log cabin quilters for a great exhibition.

]]> Comment on note from Liz by Anna http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/03/25/note-from-liz/#comment-39 Anna Fri, 01 May 2009 18:09:00 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/03/25/note-from-liz/#comment-39 Forgot to say thank you for the flowers, Anna. Forgot to say thank you for the flowers, Anna.

]]> Comment on Horror Movies and Patch by Anna http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/03/02/horror-movies-and-patch/#comment-32 Anna Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:21:32 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/03/02/horror-movies-and-patch/#comment-32 <p>I am sure I dont have 100 pairs of scissors, I did however find it funny in my City and Guilds class yesterday. I thought that I had forgoten my scissors as I always get ready in a rush. only to open my sewing bag and find two pairs just sitting their!<br /> My friend Sue said "if you only had one pair you would know were they are", well this might be true of some people, but every time I can not find a pair I then add it to the shopping list, which might explan how I have so many.<br /> now they lie, in every pot, dish, draw, bag of the house, dont count please.</p> I am sure I dont have 100 pairs of scissors, I did however find it funny in my City and Guilds class yesterday. I thought that I had forgoten my scissors as I always get ready in a rush. only to open my sewing bag and find two pairs just sitting their!
My friend Sue said “if you only had one pair you would know were they are”, well this might be true of some people, but every time I can not find a pair I then add it to the shopping list, which might explan how I have so many.
now they lie, in every pot, dish, draw, bag of the house, dont count please.

]]> Comment on Dates:- Quilters’ Guild of the British Isles, Region 6 by maureen http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/01/31/dates-quilters-guild-of-the-british-isles-region-6/#comment-31 maureen Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:50:22 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/01/31/dates-quilters-guild-of-the-british-isles-region-6/#comment-31 Have just stumbled on to this site. All the above is great and I'm looking forward to all the events. Please not, in addition to these, on Monday February 16 in Charvil Village Hall there will be a Doughtys Faric Sale...!0.30 to about 3.30 See You There! Have just stumbled on to this site. All the above is great and I’m looking forward to all the events.
Please not, in addition to these, on Monday February 16 in Charvil Village Hall there will be a Doughtys Faric Sale…!0.30 to about 3.30
See You There!

]]> Comment on As a Patchwork husband by Kevin http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/02/05/as-a-patchwork-husband/#comment-30 Kevin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:43:06 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/02/05/as-a-patchwork-husband/#comment-30 Hmmm - much to my embarrassment- it was the wrong way around - I blame Anna's explanation ;o) It is now suitably corrected. Thanks to Terry who sent me the following email pointing this out. Very impressive, but he's got it back to front - in 1/4 square triangles the hypotenuse runs along the grain, but it's on the bias for half square triangles! But brownie points for taking such an active interest (or should that be a tick?!) Hmmm - much to my embarrassment- it was the wrong way around - I blame Anna’s explanation ;o) It is now suitably corrected. Thanks to Terry who sent me the following email pointing this out.

Very impressive, but he’s got it back to front - in 1/4 square triangles the hypotenuse runs along the grain, but it’s on the bias for half square triangles!

But brownie points for taking such an active interest (or should that be a tick?!)

]]> Comment on As a Patchwork husband by Kevin http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/02/05/as-a-patchwork-husband/#comment-29 Kevin Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:40:17 +0000 http://blog.loosethreads.co.uk/2009/02/05/as-a-patchwork-husband/#comment-29 I received an email from Hazel - which I have posted in here Congratulations on understanding ‘your’ City & Guilds homework! These are very subtle tests we teachers insert into our programmes to ensure the whole family take part in and understand fully what the world of patchwork is all about. I know you husbands find it to be one of life’s biggest mysteries as to why we buy perfectly good fabric, cut it up into very small pieces just to sew it back together again. To us, it makes perfect sense, especially when we can also cut it up into both half square and quarter square triangles. We also like to use equilateral triangles too, this is a good web site that describes how to rotary cut them: http://quilting.about.com/od/rotarycuttingskills/ss/cutting_shapes_5.htm , consider this your homework for this week! Anna’s enthusiasm for all things patchwork is one of the greatest joys of my teaching and knowing that she’ll cheerfully arrive in class despite whatever else is going on in her life makes all the late nights preparing teaching materials worthwhile. - Hazel I received an email from Hazel - which I have posted in here

Congratulations on understanding ‘your’ City & Guilds homework! These are very subtle tests we teachers insert into our programmes to ensure the whole family take part in and understand fully what the world of patchwork is all about. I know you husbands find it to be one of life’s biggest mysteries as to why we buy perfectly good fabric, cut it up into very small pieces just to sew it back together again. To us, it makes perfect sense, especially when we can also cut it up into both half square and quarter square triangles. We also like to use equilateral triangles too, this is a good web site that describes how to rotary cut them: http://quilting.about.com/od/rotarycuttingskills/ss/cutting_shapes_5.htm , consider this your homework for this week!

Anna’s enthusiasm for all things patchwork is one of the greatest joys of my teaching and knowing that she’ll cheerfully arrive in class despite whatever else is going on in her life makes all the late nights preparing teaching materials worthwhile. - Hazel

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