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*Farmgirl Barter™:  New pot holder swap! Deadline Sept 1st!  |
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KathyC
True Blue Farmgirl
583 Posts
Kathy
Gastonia
NC
USA
583 Posts |
 Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 09:42:31 AM
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I'd like to jump in too--sign me up!
Thanks
Kathy C |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 12:04:04 PM
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Welcome Kathy! I hope you will love MaryJanes Farmgirls as much as we do.
I think you will have a great time with swaps too...I do!!
Linda in Scranton, PA
"The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world!"
author unknown...very old saying |
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KathyC
True Blue Farmgirl
583 Posts
Kathy
Gastonia
NC
USA
583 Posts |
Posted - Aug 25 2009 : 3:31:25 PM
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Linda,
Thanks for the welcome. I know I will love it here. I have lots of ideas and things I want to do -just no time. I needed a commitment to get me motivated - this looked like something fun but at the same time not to big.
Kathy |
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Claude09647
True Blue Farmgirl
761 Posts
Claudia
Our Dairy Farm
Pennsylvania
USA
761 Posts |
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 05:08:15 AM
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Cathy I got your beautiful potholders! I LOVE them!! I am late getting started on yours. I've had some trouble finding insul-bright, but filnally found some ebay. It should be here soon. I saw that tutorial on ansewon.blogspot.com I thought "Wow those look so easy and fun!"
thank you! hugs~ Melanie
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says "Oh Crap, She's up!"
Blog~ http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/
Swap Blog~ http://mels-swapshop.blogspot.com/ |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 06:28:33 AM
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Grammy Goose /Sue was wondering if your pot holders arrived yet? If not please e-mail your address and I get some new out to you. By my timing they should have gotten there. Just checking.
Diana
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 08:04:48 AM
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Melanie,
I'm so glad your potholders arrived & you like them!  Enjoy!
For everyone else who's interested you can see pictures of pocket potholders I made for another swap that are just like the ones I made Melanie on my blog at:
http://auntdaisyscottage.blogspot.com/2009/07/potholder-swap.html
There is a link in the post to the tutorial to make these. They are easy! No binding required!!
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Originally posted by melanie47601
Cathy I got your beautiful potholders! I LOVE them!! I am late getting started on yours. I've had some trouble finding insul-bright, but filnally found some ebay. It should be here soon. I saw that tutorial on ansewon.blogspot.com I thought "Wow those look so easy and fun!"
thank you! hugs~ Melanie
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says "Oh Crap, She's up!"
Blog~ http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/
Swap Blog~ http://mels-swapshop.blogspot.com/
CathyJean
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
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FarmGirlWishes
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Christine
Markham
Ontario
Canada
30 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2009 : 6:30:43 PM
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I have a question about sewing potholders ... first, I can't find insul-bright here north of Toronto (how bizarre!) but there's a thick quilted substitute at my local fabric store - not sure if it'll work, but I hope so ... any other suggestions for heat retarding?
Second, all the nice (to me anyway) fabrics for this project (again at my local fabric store) are all cotton. Usually I would get poly/cotton but if I do use the cotton should I wash it first (for clothing I normally would)? What about the cotton batt inside the potholder? should I wash that too?
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 07:05:26 AM
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Hi! Christine,
Welcome to MJF!! You will love it here :)
If you can't find insul-brite and don't want to order it online, you can use doubled layers of cotton batting. After all that's what we did before insul-brite was invented! LOL!
I use "Warm & Natural" brand cotton batting in my quilts and save the scraps for small projects like potholders and table runners. Be sure to use all cotton batting! the stuff with poly in it will melt from the heat - not good for a potholder :(
Using all cotton fabrics is actually a better idea for potholders, they get washed a lot. Just prewash your cotton fabric to shrink it and make sure the colors don't run, (good idea with any sewing project using cotton) but DON'T prewash the cotton batting. After the quilted project is washed it will have a really nice "quilted look" almost antique or vintage!
I've been making pocket potholders for the swaps I've been in ~ really fun and easy. You can see pictures and the link for the tutorial on my blog here:
http://auntdaisyscottage.blogspot.com/2009/07/potholder-swap.html
Have fun!! :)
CathyJean
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
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FarmGirlWishes
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Christine
Markham
Ontario
Canada
30 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 07:10:02 AM
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Thanks for your advice CathyJean! I've done a fair bit of sewing but no quilting. I love your potholders and have copied the instructions (a very nice housewarming gift it'll make for my sister-in-law).
Christine |
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CathyM
True Blue Farmgirl
344 Posts
Cathy
Tulsa
OK
USA
344 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 09:05:10 AM
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I will be mailing out the potholders on Saturday
Farmgirl Sister #710
"Not all who wander are lost"
JRR Tolkien |
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 10:45:32 AM
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Your welcome, Christine!
Have fun 
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Originally posted by FarmGirlWishes
Thanks for your advice CathyJean! I've done a fair bit of sewing but no quilting. I love your potholders and have copied the instructions (a very nice housewarming gift it'll make for my sister-in-law).
Christine
CathyJean
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
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khartquilt
True Blue Farmgirl
1176 Posts
USA
1176 Posts |
Posted - Aug 28 2009 : 7:14:38 PM
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I received my potholders from Barbara today! Thank you very much. I love em! I will post a photo tomorrow.
Kathy H
Farmgirl Sister #81
"To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world..." (anomymous)
http://khartquilt.blogspot.com |
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okiequilter
True Blue Farmgirl
249 Posts
Cathy
USA
249 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2009 : 07:24:48 AM
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Hey! Has anybody noticed how many "Cathys/Kathys" are in this swap? LOL! Pretty cool 
CathyJean
www.AuntDaisysCottage.blogspot.com
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Babs56
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Barbara
Tulsa
OK
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2009 : 4:45:31 PM
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Hi, Kathy H. I e-mailed you. Glad you like them. Barbara
God and Family means everything! |
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
731 Posts
Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
731 Posts |
Posted - Aug 30 2009 : 10:33:49 AM
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I'm feeling guilty. I see some of ya'll already getting yours and I'm still stitching on mine.
Begin each morning with a song in your heart. |
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Annie S
True Blue Farmgirl
756 Posts
Annie
Custer
S.D.
USA
756 Posts |
Posted - Aug 31 2009 : 7:05:07 PM
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Victoria, don't feel bad - I haven't started mine either. I'm here at my daughter's place babysitting (3 weeks so far) and won't be back home until late Saturday night (10 hr drive home). So I won't even get started on mine until after I recover.
So many of these sisters are just too awesome for words when it comes to doing all these swaps, etc. and getting stuff out so quickly. I envy them. So hang in there, we'll get ours done too.
Annie
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
731 Posts
Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
731 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 05:46:27 AM
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Well learning to sew is on my "Bucket list" and I'm not quite an expert yet. Actually, I'm just moving out of the making pillows stage. So, I thought potholders could be my next step. Those little buggers are not as easy to make as they look like they would be. Trying to sew the trim on kicked my butt. I am trying though. My partner may not get the most perfect potholder but she will get one that has truely been made with blood (at least 5 finger sticks), sweat (air conditioner went crazy) and tears (self explanitory).
Begin each morning with a song in your heart. |
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FarmGirlWishes
Farmgirl in Training
30 Posts
Christine
Markham
Ontario
Canada
30 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 05:54:16 AM
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| Oh too funny! I'm sorry for your frustration but glad that you can still be happy and upbeat about continuing to try. I've been sewing since I was a young teenager and I still go through that range of emotions even now depending on the project!! |
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yarnmamma
True Blue Farmgirl
4247 Posts
Linda
Clarks Summit
PA
USA
4247 Posts |
Posted - Sep 01 2009 : 08:01:54 AM
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lol potholders are not easy! I do more hand sewing lately, it's easier for me.
Linda in Scranton, PA
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EastTXFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
731 Posts
Victoria
Farmgirl #549
TX
USA
731 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 05:24:03 AM
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Now see Linda I originally thought just the opposite. I just had to have a sewing machine so all this would be faster and easier. But it really is easier to sew by hand that machine gets going and before I can catch up with it I've sown my pants leg closed.
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dutchy
True Blue Farmgirl
4427 Posts
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Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 05:52:45 AM
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LOL !! I did that once, I was sewing and sewing and when I was finished....my skirt was also sown duh. Had to take it all out again and start over, YIKES
Hugs from Marian/Dutchy, a farmgirl from the Netherlands :)
My personal blog:
http://just-me-a-dutch-girl.blogspot.com/
Almost daily updates on me and mine :)
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melanie47601
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Melanie
Boonville
IN
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 2:43:14 PM
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Cathy- okiequilter Got your potholders in the mail today.
Too funny Victoria. I don't feel so bad now. I had some fits trying to sew up my potholders too.
Melanie
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the devil says "Oh Crap, She's up!"
Blog~ http://wheelsarealwaysturning.blogspot.com/
Swap Blog~ http://mels-swapshop.blogspot.com/ |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
3557 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 8:41:02 PM
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Has anybody heard from Grammy Goose /Sue I am wondering if she got her pot holders I sent them some time ago.
Diana
Farmgirl Sister #273 |
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antoinette
True Blue Farmgirl
826 Posts
Toni
East Freedom
PA
USA
826 Posts |
Posted - Sep 02 2009 : 9:03:39 PM
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Glad to hear I am not the only one having trouble with potholders.
I thought how hard can this be they are only little things. I hope my
Partner likes them though. They will be in the mail this weekend. Toni |
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*Farmgirl Barter™: New pot holder swap! Deadline Sept 1st! |
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New pot holder swap! Deadline Sept 1st!
