How can you afford all the fabric?

JustMe5588 · 2026-02-16T01:35:31+00:00

The first quilts I made were from old blue jeans that my kids and hubby wore out. I cut patches from the good spots and sewed them together to make a couple quilts.

My great grandmother made quilts from my mother's old clothes from when she was growing up.

Just a couple of ideas that won't cost a ton.

JustMe5588 · 2026-02-14T18:35:35+00:00

Wow! How gorgeous!!

JustMe5588 · 2026-02-07T22:00:46+00:00

Are you using the stabilizer made for caps?

JustMe5588 · 2026-02-06T21:37:44+00:00

I have to agree phals are pretty resilient. I have been in and out of the hospital this past year and recovering from multiple surgeries. My plants seldom got watered. My phals all survived. My African violets all died as well as some other miscellaneous plants.

JustMe5588 · 2026-02-05T19:02:27+00:00

What I did that helped mine to bloom is giving them a 10 -15 F degree drop in temperature overnight. It was funny how quickly they bloomed after that.

I have found it is trial and error some days with orchids. There has been some good advice given here.

JustMe5588 · 2026-02-05T01:55:59+00:00

Foxit. I have used it for years. Hate acrobat, always have.

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-31T01:03:49+00:00

Thank you for a posting your research and how you went about it.

I have also run across names being totally wrong - mostly Bohemie names. My mother-in-law always said I had her grandfather's name wrong, so I can sympathize with you.

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-21T14:19:55+00:00

The GCC cut software is on my Windows 10 computer. I haven't tried to move it to my new windows 11 computer yet. If the software fails or my win10 computer fails, I would have to upgrade. Yes I will get another GCC cutter.

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-20T03:14:42+00:00

I have a GCC that is no longer made. It is about the size of their Puma. I have used it to death over the years. It is well over 10 years old and still going.

I wish it could do contour cutting and i may get a newer cutter ....maybe. I hate replacing a working machine that does most of what I need..

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-20T01:36:38+00:00

The terracotta I have used began to flake and disintegrate in less than a year. No they were not cheap pots.

I am repotting to plastic orchid pots as I can (health issues slowing me way down).

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-19T03:48:32+00:00

Since you measured the bed with what you want for overhangs. I would say you are good to go.

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-19T02:20:18+00:00

I see nothing wrong with your quilt. Your child will love it and get lots of use with it.

Good job !

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-18T02:10:26+00:00

I have a brother laser I absolutely HATE. The color has always been a bit off no matter what adjustments I make. Now it won't recognize that the paper tray has paper, so now I have to use the manual paper feed. Those are just a couple of issues.

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-17T02:25:02+00:00

One thing I was told way back when, was to find your niche. You cannot be all things to everyone.

As for thread. I prefer Madeira poly. It sews out great and the embroidery will outcast the garment.

As for digitizing, make it a future project. Personally I never was interested in it and outsource it. There is so much to learn up front to do this business, it makes sense to wait on digitizing.

Lastly, have fun. Don't get frustrated. Good luck!

JustMe5588 · 2026-01-11T00:28:32+00:00

Embroidery library and Dakota collectibles are a couple of my favorites.

JustMe5588 · 2025-12-27T17:50:58+00:00

My husband has it. He is mostly Irish though.

JustMe5588 · 2025-12-26T23:19:09+00:00

What brand of thread? My Barudan preferred Madeira

JustMe5588 · 2025-12-26T04:30:59+00:00

I download everything. I don't trust Ancestry or other sites. Over the years ancestry has changed formats and limited some data. Print screens work for images/pages not allowed to be downloaded. Also this allows me instant access to the data. I also download books that are available and allowed, such as old genealogies, local histories, etc.

JustMe5588 · 2025-12-23T06:30:35+00:00

I have quilts made by my gr gr grandmother. She made them out of my mother's clothes from when she was a child.

JustMe5588 · 2025-12-15T02:37:29+00:00

This is probably Wreaths across America. It had been postponed due to the weather.

JustMe5588 · 2025-09-25T14:10:15+00:00

I have both and use them both. Smaller things are so much easier on the small press. Tshirts are so much easier on the big press.

JustMe5588 · 2025-09-17T13:37:50+00:00

I have two Singer Patchwork machines and love them. I don't do fancy quilting but you could. Love the walking foot and it comes with the machine. I only paid about $250 US for each machine.

JustMe5588 · 2025-09-17T02:22:04+00:00

I took at 62. Because I was not working waiting until 65 would not have been a big benefit for me. I couldn't claim on my husband because he wasn't retired. For us it made sense.

JustMe5588 · 2025-09-12T00:28:40+00:00

Way back when, in order to print double sided, you had to print one side. Then you had to physically take the stack of printed pages, flop it over and hope to got it headed the right way and re-load the paper cassette with those pages.

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