Archive for March, 2009

• Stitch Markers — 015:
  $7.50 Super lightweight and fun.-Approx .5" to 1" long-Hung on r.. http://tinyurl.com/c82gw8 00:47:01
• My Tweets on 2009-03-26: http://tinyurl.com/c7wqv2 16:13:02

• Mt Rainer:
  $12.00 This was taken on Mount Rainer in Washington.This listing is for a high resolut.. http://tinyurl.com/cowkcz 05:10:38
• Mt Rainer Waterfall:
  $12.00 This was taken on Mount Rainer in Washington.This listing is for a hi.. http://tinyurl.com/cqow4k 05:10:40
• Mt Rainer:
  $12.00 This was taken on Mount Rainer in Washington.This listing is for a high resolut.. http://ping.fm/Lxt5P 05:10:59
• Mt Rainer Waterfall:
  $12.00 This was taken on Mount Rainer in Washington.This listing is for a hi.. http://ping.fm/wwlsQ 05:11:05
• Mt Rainer:
  $12.00 This was taken on Mount Rainer in Washington.This listing is for a high resolut… – http://bkite.com/05TdE 05:11:10
• Mt Rainer Waterfall:
  $12.00 This was taken on Mount Rainer in Washington.This listing is for a hi… – http://bkite.com/05TdG 05:11:15
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr.. http://tinyurl.com/cpludh 06:12:10
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr.. http://ping.fm/Evyy9 06:12:29
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr… – http://bkite.com/05Tiw 06:12:41
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr.. http://tinyurl.com/dcyfnm 06:48:31
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr.. http://tinyurl.com/clv6gx 06:48:41
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr.. http://ping.fm/sKuGe 06:49:03
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr… – http://bkite.com/05Tlw 06:49:13
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr.. http://ping.fm/zW7Kv 06:49:21
• Russian Architecture:
  $12.00 Tomsk, Russia (in the heart of siberia) – Taken during my 2 month tr… – http://bkite.com/05Tly 06:49:32
• I am so sorry I think I have figured out the source of the cross posting Ping.Fm To much fooling around on the web. 07:57:51
• My Tweets on 2009-03-25: http://tinyurl.com/c2cupt 16:19:08
• Stitch Markers — 012:
  $7.50 Super lightweight and fun.-Approx .5" to 1" long-Hung on r.. http://tinyurl.com/cr6b6g 22:44:37
• Stitch Markers — 013:
  $7.50 Super lightweight and fun.-Approx .5" to 1" long-Hung on r.. http://tinyurl.com/cc5a7w 22:44:40

• Stitch Markers — 001:
  $10.00 Super lightweight and fun.-Approx .5″ to 1″ long-Hung on .. http://tinyurl.com/dmdtgp 21:10:06
• Stitch Markers — 011:
  $7.50 Super lightweight and fun.-Approx .5″ to 1″ long-Hung on r.. http://tinyurl.com/dcxeuh 22:11:31
• Humping Ladybugs:
  $12.00 This was taken in my yard. My husband has a daughter and always calls he.. http://tinyurl.com/cz3vg6 23:42:30
• On Red Shell:
  $12.00 This was taken in Tacoma Washington. They are the scales on the side of a la.. http://tinyurl.com/cffds3 23:42:35

Can you believe it… Microsoft does it again WHY O WHY!!!! Remember when Vista came out and suddenly we had no desktop icons?  Did you sit there for a few minutes looking at your desktop wondering what is wrong here?  This is exactly what drives me nuts about windows… they train you for years like a monkey to work one way and WAMO new version of their operating system and they want to change it grrr.

1. Right-click an empty space on the Windows 7 taskbar and select Toolbars > New Toolbar.
2. Enter the following path: %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch.
3. Click on Select Folder.
4. The Quick Launch toolbar should appear.
5. Right-click the Windows 7 Taskbar again and select Lock The Taskbar from the menu.
6. Drag and drop the Quick Launch toolbar into the location where you want it to be.
7. Select Lock The Taskbar again to lock the Windows 7 Taskbar in place.

Thank god there is my Quick Launch toolbar.

• Read Post Cards…Make and Mail by Cheryl Haynes – http://tinyurl.com/dan2ca 15:40:13
• Read Serge With Confidence by Nancy Zieman – http://tinyurl.com/cnscp2 15:41:16
• Read Classic Four-Block Applique Quilts: A Back-To-Basi… by Gwen Marston – http://tinyurl.com/dhldx6 15:42:27
• Read Mimi Dietrich’s Baltimore Basics: Album Quilts fro… by Mimi Dietrich – http://tinyurl.com/c6egxm 15:42:31
• Read Baltimore Elegance: A New Approach to Classic Albu… by Elly Sienkiewicz – http://tinyurl.com/cl2onk 15:43:36

My run of Jelly Bags is all done and posted to Etsy.  Want one just, pop over there and pick one up.  I have already sold a few so maybe you better hurry.

1. The next time you are at the fabric store, ask for an empty bolt board. Wrap a towel around it and safety pin in place to make portable ironing surface.
2. Instead of moistening the thread moisten the needle.  The moisture in the eye will help draw the thread through.
3. Loosen paper backing of fusible web by scoring it with a strait pin.
4. Don’t use fabric softener for pre-washing for projects with appliqued fusible web.  This may prevent fusible web from sticking.
5. Use PVC pipe to raise a “T” type banquet table to comfortable cutting height .
6. Use medium gray or taupe thread for piecing except for light colored fabrics.
7. Put white paper behind the eye of a needle to help you see it better.
8. Clean and oil your rotary cutter often.
9. Homemade value viewer can be made with red plastic school report cover.  Cut it into four pieces stack them and tape around the sides to hold it together.
10. Use permanent marker to the notch on thread spools.  It makes it easy for to locate it to lock thread when you store it after use.
11. Homemade light table can be made with shallow, opaque, plastic storage tub and portable fluorescent light.
12. Use a sticky note to mark the line you will use on your ruler when rotary cutting.
13. Use a paper grocery back to protect your iron when working with fusible web.
14. For safety when throwing away rotary cutter blade tape them to a piece of cardboard larger than the blade.
15. To firm up fabric before cutting and sewing spray with sizing.  Flannel and homespun fabrics should be sprayed on wrong size.
16. Replace your fluorescent light bulbs with sun equivalent bulbs.  They make for more natural light and help you if you suffer from seasonal affective disorder.
17. Save old rotary cutter blades to cut paper.
18. You can use a door security lens as a reducing lens.  Looking at your work through this type of lens gives you distance and better idea of contrast and composition.
19. Make a storage back from the plastic instruction sheets that come with interfacing.  Just sew up the sides of a folded long piece.  Then you have the product and the instructions in one place.
20. A loop of quilting thread can be used as an instant needle threader for larger thicker threads.
21. Use the the flannel side of a flannel backed plastic or vinyl table cloth as a design wall.
22. Use masking tape wrapped sticky side out as a lint or thread remover.
23. Place a wad of masking tape next to your sewing machine to catch clipped threads.
24. To prevent slippage on signature quilts press pieces of freezer paper to wrong side of signature areas
25. Clean your iron of goo by ironing on a fabric softener dryer sheet.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to just be able to craft and make enough money to live? Wouldn’t it be good for America if we could make stuff again? I stopped shopping at Walmart a while ago every single thing there is made in China (every single thing). Since I don’t have a job right now I wish I could go to Walmart but that won’t help America. Also, they think that state governments should subsidize them with providing their workers with health care. So I am making stuff for myself, for you and for my country . You can check out my store on etsy.  And be sure to sign the Buy Handmade Pledge.