Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Val's Workshop
A couple of days have passed since Val Wojtula's Sashiko and Dogwood class. I think I speak for all in thanking Val for her great workshop! Not only did we make a beautiful pattern of her design but also learned a couple of new sewing techniques ~ the inserted flange in two colours and the faced backing. Add to this a new technique to avoid shadowing. I especially appreciated this for my white dogwood.
The couple of days allowed me to get over the 'luncheon disaster' and look on it in part as a positive. We now have a caterer with excellent food and a good work ethic - he really came through for us ~ I'm thinking Valentines??!
I hope you all enjoyed the weekend as much as I did and hope we will have the results to Show and Tell at Marigold meeting on November 14th!
Maybe we can get some photos up for all to enjoy~
The couple of days allowed me to get over the 'luncheon disaster' and look on it in part as a positive. We now have a caterer with excellent food and a good work ethic - he really came through for us ~ I'm thinking Valentines??!
I hope you all enjoyed the weekend as much as I did and hope we will have the results to Show and Tell at Marigold meeting on November 14th!
Maybe we can get some photos up for all to enjoy~
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Sashiko and Dogwood class info:
Some questions have come up regarding the embroidery floss mentioned on the supply sheet for the class~
DMC 3607-8-9- are pink shades to match Val's dogwood.
905 is a green to match the leaves.
Threadworx overdyed floss #1046 is used for the french knots in the centre of the flowers.
Please match your colours to your fabric choices as desired, the colours mentioned are the ones that Val used.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
I know there has been much discussion online about Frixion pens. I am not a great believer in erasable pens or those that disappear so I did not pursue this pen. However I know some that think it is great and I feel I should pass along this info from a great quilter Charlotte Warr Anderson regarding the use of these pens.
Here it is......
Erasable pens...
Charlotte Warr Anderson. Here she is:
"I thought I'd give you all a heads up about Frixion Erasable pens. A
student showed me hers at Road to California in January. She drew a
line, thin but quite black, and then ironed it and the line totally
disappeared. It looked like the coolest thing ever!
So I went in search of these pens, which you can get a Staples. I bought the pack that has three colors in it - black, red and blue. Being quite the skeptic about things that are too good to be true, I read the back of the package. In small print it says: "Do not expose to extreme temperatures (<14degrees F;> 140 degrees F). If pen is exposed to temperature that reaches 140 degrees F the ink will be colorless when writing. To restore color, cool to at least 14 degrees F and the ink will again write in color."
Aha! I said to myself. If you iron the ink it's going to be way over 140 degrees so it's going to disappear. So I took some fabric and scribbled on it with all three colors. Then I ironed it and, sure enough, all the scribbles disappeared. But then I put it in the freezer for about 10 minutes and all the lines reappeared. I left it for about a week and a half while I went travelling and today I tried to wash the ink out. It didn't come out with soap and hard scrubbing and not even after I put rubbing alchohol on it. So then I ironed the piece dry and all the lines disappeared and then it went back to the freezer and all the lines reappeared (perhaps just a bit fainter).
This experiment was enough to persuade me that these pens are too good to be true and even sort of creepy - the ink is always there even if you can't see it. I wouldn't use them on any fabric or quilt you really cared about.
If I had a blog I would have put this on there but since I don't any of you who want to pass on what I've written can feel free to copy and paste this post
Charlotte"
So, there you go. Charlotte did some great research for all of us and so we don't have to. Thank you, Charlotte!
So I went in search of these pens, which you can get a Staples. I bought the pack that has three colors in it - black, red and blue. Being quite the skeptic about things that are too good to be true, I read the back of the package. In small print it says: "Do not expose to extreme temperatures (<14degrees F;> 140 degrees F). If pen is exposed to temperature that reaches 140 degrees F the ink will be colorless when writing. To restore color, cool to at least 14 degrees F and the ink will again write in color."
Aha! I said to myself. If you iron the ink it's going to be way over 140 degrees so it's going to disappear. So I took some fabric and scribbled on it with all three colors. Then I ironed it and, sure enough, all the scribbles disappeared. But then I put it in the freezer for about 10 minutes and all the lines reappeared. I left it for about a week and a half while I went travelling and today I tried to wash the ink out. It didn't come out with soap and hard scrubbing and not even after I put rubbing alchohol on it. So then I ironed the piece dry and all the lines disappeared and then it went back to the freezer and all the lines reappeared (perhaps just a bit fainter).
This experiment was enough to persuade me that these pens are too good to be true and even sort of creepy - the ink is always there even if you can't see it. I wouldn't use them on any fabric or quilt you really cared about.
If I had a blog I would have put this on there but since I don't any of you who want to pass on what I've written can feel free to copy and paste this post
Charlotte"
So, there you go. Charlotte did some great research for all of us and so we don't have to. Thank you, Charlotte!
Monday, October 10, 2011
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Today I started a blogspot for Marigold Appliquers
Today is the beginning of a new way for us to communicate. Our blogspot is marigoldappliquerskamloops.blogspot.
The idea came to me from Mieke who forwarded the link to the Log Cabin quilters blogspot.
I thought this would serve us well and give us a place to post pictures of our Show & Tell, classes, workshops etc.
The only thing is I know nothing about blogging so this will be a totally new and learning experience!
Hope I can do it!
The idea came to me from Mieke who forwarded the link to the Log Cabin quilters blogspot.
I thought this would serve us well and give us a place to post pictures of our Show & Tell, classes, workshops etc.
The only thing is I know nothing about blogging so this will be a totally new and learning experience!
Hope I can do it!
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