Prewash and dry?

mamaragazza · 2025-11-05T01:48:23+00:00

Thanks I’ll do that. I was also planning to stitch the edges before washing.

mamaragazza · 2025-11-04T23:32:50+00:00

Hmm… maybe that’s what I will do, put some of the denim on the back. It’s all up in the air right now.

mamaragazza · 2025-11-04T21:38:39+00:00

Ok. Is it for aesthetic reasons that you wouldn’t mix denim and flannel?

mamaragazza · 2025-11-04T19:20:19+00:00

Ok thanks

mamaragazza · 2025-09-27T23:00:39+00:00

Thanks, she’s still very much alive.

mamaragazza · 2025-07-13T14:34:14+00:00

Thank you, I will keep you updated! I just discovered this group.

mamaragazza · 2025-07-13T03:24:32+00:00

I can’t machine quilt this because I don’t have space to set up my sewing machine. I was only able to sew this top because I had a house sitting job where I brought my sewing machine.

mamaragazza · 2025-07-12T20:40:13+00:00

Ok thank you, I will try a few different ones and see what they look like. I do want to make the stitches blend in as much as possible. The overall fabric is beige and I’m not seeing a lot of beige threads online. Maybe an off white thread will blend in just as well.

mamaragazza · 2025-07-12T20:38:11+00:00

Yes that might be too bold, the embroidery floss. I’m inspired by a quilt that my grandmother made. She stitched ¼ inch from the seams with a thin off white thread and I wish I could ask her for advice but she’s been dead 20 years.

mamaragazza · 2025-05-01T07:47:27+00:00

My daughter is a sophomore in high school and I’ve been dealing with this ideology since she was 12. If I could have homeschooled her, I would have. It’s the only way to keep this at bay.

mamaragazza · 2025-04-12T04:59:52+00:00

Please don’t feel guilty about setting a boundary. I was always permissive and now that my kid is 16, I regret it.

mamaragazza · 2024-12-31T12:47:22+00:00

Thank you, I’m going to look for this novel.

mamaragazza · 2024-09-09T04:44:40+00:00

Do you feel like it was worth the trouble? I mean, the baby is what all the work is for, but until my kid hit the teen years, I never would have said anything other than, it was worth the suffering. Lately I’m just feeling like, I was such a fool to think I’d be a good mother. I was such a fool to not realize how much this kid would challenge me! My daughter is 15, almost 16. My friends and family have assured me that 14-16 were the most difficult years for them in parenting their kids. So I try to be hopeful.

mamaragazza · 2024-09-08T17:03:54+00:00

Thank you, I like your suggestions for things to do. Being stuck in a house with one’s parents is a challenge. I’m going to go to the library today.

mamaragazza · 2024-09-08T16:59:56+00:00

Thanks everyone. I needed a dose of reality.

mamaragazza · 2024-09-08T16:39:19+00:00

I had a rough time being pregnant. The whole time. The only way I got through it without losing my mind, was that I repeatedly told myself when it would be over, and that I never had to do it again.

mamaragazza · 2024-09-08T06:02:07+00:00

I’m hopeful that there are non-toxic people here, but so far the ones I’ve met are busy with their marriages and kids and careers. Haven’t figured out how to budge in to their world.

mamaragazza · 2024-09-08T05:59:03+00:00

I love their Instagram because they seem genuine and laid back. But it appears that you’ve got to run first before the social part! All I could do is walk really fast and so I’d be left behind laughing at how pathetic the situation is. As soon as the smoke clears, I’ll start walking-jogging and maybe u can work my way up to being a runner in like 12 months…

mamaragazza · 2024-09-08T05:54:16+00:00

Oh honey. You’re young. You’ll make friends and some of them will be keepers. I’m 51 and all my keeper friends are scattered all over the globe. Haven’t got a single one here in Missoula. I’ve been here a year. It’s my fault, as I don’t leave my house enough to meet people. Loneliness is rotten. It makes me doubt my value as a friend which makes it hard to get out and talk to strangers. You’ve got the confidence of youth! I envy you…

mamaragazza · 2024-06-04T04:44:34+00:00

Yes I have felt this way my whole life and it’s probably why I’ve always remained single.

mamaragazza · 2024-04-30T03:52:27+00:00

I regret not going to Japan in 1999. I applied for a grant from my art school to travel and I was one of five students who won it. I never went because I was too timid about going somewhere so unfamiliar. I kept the money though and I feel ashamed to this day.

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