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Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 2 Apr

Time for a post that is horse related. In an Antiques Roadshow programme, someone had a collection of Red Rum memorabilia. Red Rum was an Irish steeplechaser. His name comes from the last three letters of the names of his dam...

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Lotus silk - an expensive fabric

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382104) • Rockingham, Australia 8 Mar

I need to thank myLotter, Dr Souvik Chatterji (@sathviksouvik), for the inspiration for this discussion. Dr Chatterji mentioned lotus silk in a post and I’d never heard of it before. Lotus silk is produced from the delicate...

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See You in my 19th Life- My take

Aparajita Bhattacharjee @apsmine9 (358) 21 Feb 24

What is striking in the series, is seeing oneself at the core of everything happening in one's life, of the intertwining of lives like silk threads woven into a fabric, the fabric of life. Each relationship is a reminder that life...

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I’m Sewing Again

Ruby Hawk @RubyHawk (99367) • Atlanta, Georgia 4 Dec 22

I hope I haven’t written about this earlier. I haven’t used my sewing machine in several years but I looked through my trunk of new material and decided it’s time to get back in the sewing groove. I decided I’d make pillow cases...

sewing

pillowcases

fabric

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Bonus Bits

MrsJ @SophiaMorros (5044) • Belews Creek, North Carolina 12 Feb 22

I am working on a Mystery Quilt. What is a Mystery Quilt? The quilt designer posts various clues over the course of a period of time each of the clues is a step in the process and the end result is a finished quilt top. The...

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Rainy Days

Ruby Hawk @RubyHawk (99367) • Atlanta, Georgia 6 Dec 21

I’ve cleaned out dresser drawers and checked to see how much Christmas paper and ribbon I have from last year. Went through all my fabric to see just what I have, threw a lot of odds and ends in the trash and with mylot I’ve been...

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I was gone all morning.

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 16 Oct 21

I have not met with Jane for coffee in a long while. We went to Wendy's in Hillsboro. There is also a nice thrift shop there. Et Cetera shop. They are all over the country, run by Mennonite associations. I got three pieces of...

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New hobby~

lady Di @lady1993 (27221) • Philippines 29 Mar 21

I'm making clothes for dolls. Still practicing though, so it looks ugly... Thus is my first one. I'm still looking for patterns and tutorials. It's fun and enjoyable for me because I've always loved crafts. What are you busy with...

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Quilting Blues

Quilter @fatragu (677) • United States 19 Oct 20

Before we moved I worked on a quilt almost every day. Now that we have moved, all of my sewing items are in the storage unit and I won't have access to them until we get out of this efficiency and moved into a larger place. With...

quilting

moving

fabric

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Eco dye fabric

agent_iii @unsulliedcatt (278) • Philippines 1 Jun 20

This is my long overdue project way back months ago or should I say before the COVID-19 quarantine. And because I have plenty of time, I was able to start dying early afternoon. I bought plant based colorant which I ordered...

eco dye

fabric

plant based

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In Search Of ...

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (323168) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 27 Apr 20

My son called this morning with a great idea. It's the same one hundreds of other people also have. I have a sewing machine. I'm a great seamstress, not only an awesome author whose books are currently not selling, but that's...

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Did This Just Happen?

Morley Hunt @Morleyhunt (21741) • Canada 31 Mar 19

Last week my sister and I headed out to investigate a source for fabric remnants. I had learned of this opportunity from someone I met on Facebook. We had an hour to drive....then between the GPS and the directions provided by...

sewing

fabric

bargain

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December 24th, 2018

Katt Rocketman @PeachieMew (881) • Cleveland, Ohio 24 Dec 18

Today I learned what chenille is, and how to pronounce it (sha-neel). I've been saying che-nyle al my life. I feel a bit silly. What did you learn today?

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I am a winner

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 23 Nov 18

I was on my phone on Facebook early this morning. A message came up from my "other" folder, I guess. I did not know the person, but I understood the message. When @marsha32 and I did the quilt shop hop in October we were entered...

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Clothes

toothbrushglue @toothbrushglue (106) 1 Oct 18

I've been debating on whether or not I should start making my own clothes and just recently I decided the answer is yes, so I make a plain, black, cotton circle skirt and sewed it by hand because I'm scared of the sewing machine...

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First a post, then some work

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 6 Jul 18

I have already been out to a store this morning. I have plans for stuff to do outside. When I was online the other day I communicated with some health insurance providers about Medicare Part D. My phone has rung constantly from...

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It has been a good day

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169477) • United States 20 Jun 18

We did get rain overnight. Not a lot. We also had soft rain falling all day. I did not have to water my plants outdoors. Today I worked on organizing and sweeping out my shed. I had come up with an idea for the inside to pretty...

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Handwash

Albena Ivanova @WriterAI (5373) • Bulgaria 17 May 18

I broke my mylotting to do my handwash. I handwash often. It is prohibited to wash some clothes by washing machine. Their fabric would be damaged by treating this way. It is written on their labels. Do you handwash soon?...

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Do you still read newspapers?..

Hazel Vee @epiffanie (11327) • Australia 26 Apr 18

. Can you read me?.. I love this newspaper print material that's made for quilting so it's a little thicker..Not really suitable for dresses.. But I really love it so I decided to make me a dress as a birthday...

newspaper

news and current events

fabric

dress

present

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Nov 5- Fabric or leather Sofa?

peachpurple @peachpurple (13961) • Malaysia 5 Nov 17

My mother used to have a fabric sofa, a 3 +2 seaters. She prefers fabric sofa because she could change the sofa covers every quarterly months. In addition, she could order made different patterns and designs of the fabric sofa of...

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