Friday Five

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This week’s theme is unusual, and might not be to everyone’s taste is doing: State of Mind

1. Do you find times where you just don’t feel “into quilting”?
2. Is there a season that you tend to be more quilty?
3. How do you pull yourself out of a funk?
4. Do you find that quilting is good therapy when you are down?
5. Are there times when quilting is a wee bit consuming in your life?

My Answers

1. Yep.
2. Not really, but if I picked one season the most I quilt in, it would be winter.
3. I’m trying to figure that part out, hence the Friday Five questions . I think the best way for me is to find something related to quilting to keep me “into the mood”. (like designing a quilt, reading a magazine, shopping
4. Oh yes. When I need a serious distraction from stress that is out of my control, I turn to quilting. I use to clean when stressed, LOL not no more.
5. LOL, ummm yes. There are weeks where all the days revolve around quilting to get a project done.

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This week’s theme: Sales!

1. How often do you use coupons for quilting related items?
2. Do you find coupons for local quilt shops?
3. Do you shop online with coupons?
4. What was the best coupon/sale you took advantage of?
5. What would you like to see your local quilt shop often in a coupon or sale?

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My Answers

1. Very often, though because I get a discount where I work, I use most coupons/sales online now days.
2. Not really. They don’t seem to be available.
3. Yes. Since I joined the Fab Shop Hop, I get sales info all the time in my emails.
4. 50% coupons that come from Joann’s…I get rotary cutting stuff there and books.
5. Buy one, get one free – either fabric or notions.

Friday Five

This week’s theme: Computering

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1. Do you own/use any computer programs just for quilting?
2. Which ones?
3. Do you use the internet for tutorials?
4. What other communities do you participate in that involves quilting?
5. What is your favorite website for quilting?

My Answers

1. Yes!!
2. I use EQ6, the most. I also have the Dear Jane program from EQ, The Foundation Factory (all), Sew Precise (all) –last two are paper piecing pattern programs.
3. Yes. I am mostly self taught and I have seen some great tutorials out there done by regular people (verses professionals in the business).
4. I am apart of several yahoo groups – The Quilting Post and Quilting Corner Club, Nickel Quilts, and Stash Busters. I also bounce around through verses other forums.
5. I visit soo many, but I guess the one I visit the most is: http://www.fabshophop.com/

Friday Five

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Today’s theme is randomness.

1. Have you ever done any redwork (machine or by hand)?
2. Do you measure your finished rows to be sure they are the proper length?
3. What did you sew/quilt this week?
4. Share a random quilting picture.
5. Why did you share that random picture?

My Answers:
1. Yes and both. Of course being I have an embroidery machine for the past 6 years, I do it all by machine now days.
2. Um….no. It was weird for me doing a row by row swap this week when I had to verify and check the length of the row to be exactly 54.5″ long…it was a pain.
3. I finished 6 rows for said above swap and started 2 other swaps where you send finished projects. I like those kinds of swaps, because I don’t have to worry about adding borders, binding, or backing to them
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5. That is most of my autumn stash, which I’m about to use to make two doll quilts for swaps!

Friday Five

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This week’s theme: Appliquéing

1. Do you appliqué?
2. What method do you prefer – machine or hand?
3. Are you self-taught or have you been to a class?
4. What kind of thread do you prefer using while appliquéing?
5. If you do hand work, what needles sizes/brand do you prefer?

My Answers

1. Yes – but not much.
2. Machine. I have done hand, but I’m impatient and prefer machine.
3. Self-taught. I have taken patterns that really teach me step by step with using fusible webbing to lay down pattern pieces and machine stitch them.
4. For machine appliqu̩ing, I like to use poly blends because it accents my pieces better and prettier Рespecially with variegated thread.
5. I like straw needles the best, best they are long and thin and I prefer a size 9.

Friday Five

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This week’s theme: Batting & Backings

1. What batting do you prefer to use?
2. Do you purchase batting by the yard (off a bolt) or in a bag?
3. Do you purchase batting for more than one project at a time?
4. When do you purchase your backing (after a project is completed or while you are picking out all the fabric in the beginning of a project)?
5. What do you do with all the leftover strips of batting?

My Answers.

Friday Five

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This week’s theme is: Borders.

1. Do you find borders challenging?
2. Have you ever miter your borders?
3. Have you ever used a border print?
4. Have you ever used a flange?
5. What is the hardest border you have created? (insert picture)

My answers are here.

Friday Five

Normally, when I do these I can easily pick a theme based on my quilting projects throughout the week. This week I’m actually pretty clueless to a theme. Oh wait, I got one!

This week’s theme: Color Choices

1. Do you notice yourself choosing light, medium, or darker tones the most?
2. Which specific color group do you tend to gravitate towards?
3. What colors/themes/genres fabrics do you consider “outside your comfort zone”?
4. Do you notice, over time, your color choices change?
5. Do you ever purchase fabric out side your comfort zone?

My Answers

Friday Five

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This week’s theme: Swapping

1. Have you ever participated in a quilt block swap – online or with a guild?
2. Would you be interested in doing one?
3. What reservations would you have to not participating in a swap?
4. Ever hosted a swap before?
5. Where do you find online swaps?

My answers can be found here.

Friday Five

Here’s this week’s theme: Shop Hopping.

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This week’s theme: Shop Hopping.

1. How many quilt shops are within 2 hours of your home?
2. Have you been to them all?
3. Have you visited other shops while on traveling in different states?
4. What is your favorite quilt shop?
5. Do you plan your trips around visiting quilt shops?

My answers are here.