Comments on: And Now For Something Different… http://northernlightdesigns.com/and-now-for-something-different Tue, 28 Jun 2011 01:46:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lorna http://northernlightdesigns.com/and-now-for-something-different/comment-page-1#comment-114 Lorna Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:20:14 +0000 http://northernlightdesigns.com/?p=303#comment-114 Hi Darlene I will certainly let you know how it works the mural hasn't started life yet it is in the planning stage ....it is a mural to celebrate the QE 11 Terminal at Southampton Docks ( i am welsh by birth but live in Southampton at the moment) I am excited to start it but nervous that I may have bitten off more than I can chew ........i have done murals with my pupils before but not as big as this one .......i will probably post pics on my blog as we progress...I have just started a blog so I am a bit new to it all.All the best by the way I love your quilts Lorna Hi Darlene I will certainly let you know how it works the mural hasn’t started life yet it is in the planning stage ….it is a mural to celebrate the QE 11 Terminal at Southampton Docks ( i am welsh by birth but live in Southampton at the moment) I am excited to start it but nervous that I may have bitten off more than I can chew ……..i have done murals with my pupils before but not as big as this one …….i will probably post pics on my blog as we progress…I have just started a blog so I am a bit new to it all.All the best by the way I love your quilts
Lorna

]]> By: Darlene http://northernlightdesigns.com/and-now-for-something-different/comment-page-1#comment-113 Darlene Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:28:42 +0000 http://northernlightdesigns.com/?p=303#comment-113 Hi Lorna, Let me know how the QAYG method works for you. I'm itching to try it, but I've gotten a little sidetracked with library books and dyeing some fabric! Hope to get to it in a day or two. No, I'm not Welsh. Had a Irish grandma though, so that makes me more Irish than anything else. My daughter's married to a Norwegian boy, but they do like those Celtic names. Their other boys are Shadrach (which is from the Bible) and Kieran. Don't know yet what name they've chosen for the new baby! I'll find out in April, though. I went to Wales in the early '80's as part of a trip to England. I would love to go back someday. It's a beautiful country. Hi Lorna,

Let me know how the QAYG method works for you. I’m itching to try it, but I’ve gotten a little sidetracked with library books and dyeing some fabric! Hope to get to it in a day or two.

No, I’m not Welsh. Had a Irish grandma though, so that makes me more Irish than anything else. My daughter’s married to a Norwegian boy, but they do like those Celtic names. Their other boys are Shadrach (which is from the Bible) and Kieran. Don’t know yet what name they’ve chosen for the new baby! I’ll find out in April, though.

I went to Wales in the early ’80′s as part of a trip to England. I would love to go back someday. It’s a beautiful country.

]]> By: Lorna http://northernlightdesigns.com/and-now-for-something-different/comment-page-1#comment-112 Lorna Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:30:21 +0000 http://northernlightdesigns.com/?p=303#comment-112 Hi Darlene just happened on your blog .....I was interested in the QAYG method so checked out the tutorial ....thanks for the link I am making a textile mural with my kids at school and i was wondering how easy it would be to put together all the blocks having never done such a large piece before........5 mtrsx4 mtrs....i will certainly try this method .....by the way have you any Welsh connections I was reading that you're granny to Taliesin...the name has welsh connections (I am Welsh)....thank you and all the best Lorna Hi Darlene just happened on your blog …..I was interested in the QAYG method so checked out the tutorial ….thanks for the link I am making a textile mural with my kids at school and i was wondering how easy it would be to put together all the blocks having never done such a large piece before……..5 mtrsx4 mtrs….i will certainly try this method …..by the way have you any Welsh connections I was reading that you’re granny to Taliesin…the name has welsh connections (I am Welsh)….thank you and all the best
Lorna

]]> By: Darlene http://northernlightdesigns.com/and-now-for-something-different/comment-page-1#comment-109 Darlene Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:07:15 +0000 http://northernlightdesigns.com/?p=303#comment-109 Oooh, Mary, thanks for the link! After looking at it, I just ordered it inter-library loan. It looks like it's just what the doctor (or me) ordered! I had thought about doing quilts in long strips, and this should help with the ideas. Oooh, Mary, thanks for the link! After looking at it, I just ordered it inter-library loan. It looks like it’s just what the doctor (or me) ordered! I had thought about doing quilts in long strips, and this should help with the ideas.

]]> By: Mary http://northernlightdesigns.com/and-now-for-something-different/comment-page-1#comment-108 Mary Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:35:22 +0000 http://northernlightdesigns.com/?p=303#comment-108 I've always loved the QAYG quilts in this book -- they're done in strips and the sashing is either a part of the design or hidden on the back. http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1574865048/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1265318978&sr=8-1&condition=new I’ve always loved the QAYG quilts in this book — they’re done in strips and the sashing is either a part of the design or hidden on the back.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1574865048/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&qid=1265318978&sr=8-1&condition=new

]]> By: Darlene http://northernlightdesigns.com/and-now-for-something-different/comment-page-1#comment-106 Darlene Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:29:03 +0000 http://northernlightdesigns.com/?p=303#comment-106 Hi Nellie, My philosophy of life is to use my sewing machine whenever I can! With my wrist problems, I like to "save" my hands for knitting, or for hand quilting small projects. We take sewing machines for granted, but it wasn't always like that. Could you imagine having to make all your clothes by hand, and hand-hem sheets and towels, too? Sewing machines must have seemed like a God-send to our great-grandmothers. Just heard from Andrew. He's south of the WI line, and is feeling good. He's pretty sure he'll make it home tonight. But I told him to stop if he gets tired, even if he's only 100 miles out! Hi Nellie,

My philosophy of life is to use my sewing machine whenever I can! With my wrist problems, I like to “save” my hands for knitting, or for hand quilting small projects.

We take sewing machines for granted, but it wasn’t always like that. Could you imagine having to make all your clothes by hand, and hand-hem sheets and towels, too? Sewing machines must have seemed like a God-send to our great-grandmothers.

Just heard from Andrew. He’s south of the WI line, and is feeling good. He’s pretty sure he’ll make it home tonight. But I told him to stop if he gets tired, even if he’s only 100 miles out!

]]> By: Nellie Durand http://northernlightdesigns.com/and-now-for-something-different/comment-page-1#comment-105 Nellie Durand Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:57:40 +0000 http://northernlightdesigns.com/?p=303#comment-105 Love that shot of the moon through the trees. Thanks for the link for getting quilted blocks together. I had developed my own method that involves quite a bit of stitching by hand. I'm glad to have another technique that's all machine stitching to add to my "bag of tricks". Here's wishing a good trip home from Tennessee for your husband. This will certainly be a loooong day if he does it one. Love that shot of the moon through the trees.

Thanks for the link for getting quilted blocks together. I had developed my own method that involves quite a bit of stitching by hand. I’m glad to have another technique that’s all machine stitching to add to my “bag of tricks”.

Here’s wishing a good trip home from Tennessee for your husband. This will certainly be a loooong day if he does it one.

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