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system: You are Julia Sidebottom, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dorothy Ferris about "Your block".

They wrote:
> Well if my DH remembers your block will go out today.  Hope you like
> it.  It's a little different from most house blocks that I've seen.

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assistant: HI Dot!
*** Quoting Dorothy Ferris to Julia Sidebottom dated 07-28-97 ***
    I will be watching the mail for it...!  I am hoping to get to the last of
my July block obligations real soon and then be doing my August blocks at the
same time... and both of those will be done when I can get to the fabrics
again... and that should be in the next couple of days!!! The cabinets will
be installed tomorrow morning so I know that I will be a very busy woman for
a couple days getting things organized here... and then look out world I am
in business!!!
Thanks Dot...
Julia
system: You are Julia Sidebottom, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Dorothy Ferris about "Quilting Hand-Stitchers".

They wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone still hand-stitches quilts and quilt blocks?
> Being a hand-stitcher I am curious to know how many people actually
> hand-stitch these days.

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assistant: HI Dot,
*** Quoting Dorothy Ferris to All dated 07-28-97 ***
Though the majority of my quilting is done by machine... I have just finished
hand quilting at scrappy mini-9-patch of 1930 reproduction fabrics... it was
definitly a challenge. I am also working on a wall hanging that I started
just before I moved to my new home... it is taking so much longer than I had
hoped only because of getting things settled. <sigh>... but I am not that far
from being done with it...
  I do my blocks by machine routinely as I want that tight stitch and my hand
stitching is just not that good any longer.
  I know i prefer to machine stitch my quilts as well as machine quilt them
for the speed in which I can complete a project... now that I have a pretty
good idea though of what I am doing, I am not working on improving my skills
at machine quilting... and I expect I will be spending a great deal of time
doing that in the months to come...
  Right now I have a bunch of XMAS blocks for a sampler that I want to get
done before the holiday season begins so that will be my next quilting
project to complete...
Julia
system: You are Kathy Oganezov, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Suzanne Pratt about "Mqbe-aug".

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assistant: Hi, Suzanne!
Now *that's* what I call jumping right into the thick of things!  You
just join the echo & WOW!  You've won an exchange already!  Double
that!  Congratulations - twice!
I just received several msgs from Teresa Herman.  In 1 msg she told me
who was eligible for the MQBE drawing from the blocks she'd received.
I thought "Gee, it would be nice if Suzanne won since she just
joined."  In the next msg I read the winner Teresa's DH picked.  Do I
have ESP or what?  ;)
All you need to do is decide what block you'd like us to make for you
(probably the most difficult part of this exchange!) & post any
pertinent info about that block in a message addressed to ALL.
(Post-script: I saw where you posted your choice to Pat - can you post
msgs to ALL with your Neverending connection?  Just curious...)  A few
days ago I posted the MQBE rules.  Hopefully you have a copy of that
post so you can refer to it if you need to?  If not, I can forward you
another - or you could just ask Pat.
I'll post this list again to you around Aug. 20 so you can have it
handy for drawing the new winner.  But in the meantime, you can expect
blocks from anyone with a committment for August.  And me, too, OC!
                                FUTURE               ELIGIBLE TO
      WINNER                  COMMITTMENTS            WIN AGAIN
...------------------------------------------------------------------
Jan -  Brenda Burwell         Feb, Mar, Apr            July '97
Feb  - Julia Sidebottom       Mar, Apr, May            Aug '97
Mar/Apr - Shauna Charron      May, June, July          Sept '97
May  - Doris Wills            June, July, Aug          Nov '97
June - Maureen Hoffman        July, Aug, Sept          Dec '97
July - Teresa Herman          Aug, Sept, Oct           Jan '98
Aug - Suzanne Pratt           Sept, Oct, Nov           Feb '98
Oh, & welcome to Crafting!  Happy therapy! - Kathy
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system: You are Kathy Oganezov, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Pat Knox about "Purple Alert!".

They wrote:
PK>Kay Mainguth wrote in a message to Pat Knox:
PK> KM> Better not let her get within touching distance.......!!!!   :) ...
PK>Yes I am crazy, stupid I am NOT!!  :)

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assistant: ;-P   And a big raspberry to you, too!  :)
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system: You are Kathy Oganezov, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Pat Knox about "Qbe".

They wrote:
PK>July - Dorothy Ferris
PK>June - Pat Knox
PK>May  - Shauna Charron
PK>What does everyone think?  Is this something everyone can agree to?

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assistant: Hi, Pat!
   April - Julia Sidebottom \
   March - Julia Sidebottom /  carried over during her hectic life
   February - Susan Bewick
   January - Sylvia Lewis
Sounds good to me, mon!  Thanks for taking on yet another important
job in keeping this echo alive!
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system: You are Kathy Oganezov, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Teresa Herman about "Zapped!  :)".

They wrote:
TH>I can't say that I saw the log cabins ina streak of lighting pattern
TH> I was just messing aroundwith quiltpro and changing blocks around and
TH>with it in that process.  I'll try to draw it out in asci art, and put it
TH>here later.  Can't have you not being able to envision it.

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assistant: Hi, Teresa!
anywhere
came u
int
This sounds really interesting!  Kay mentioned a book she lent me
whiles ago, but I don't recall having seen anything with that title.
:) - Kathy
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system: You are Kathy Oganezov, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Kay Mainguth about "Streak Of lightning".

They wrote:
KM>KO>Glad to hear it - thanks!  :)  Can you tell me where you found the
KM>KO>particular block setting you mentioned - Streak of Lightning?  I'd
KM>KO>like to see what it looks like.
KM>Don't you remember seeing it in the book I lent you.  Can bring it with
KM>me when we get together.

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assistant: Umm... Nope.  Was there one?
(You're not really seeing this - I'm not really here!)  Long story -
tell ya later.  :) - Kathy
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system: You are Roseanne Coulter, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Pat Knox about "Secret Pal?".

They wrote:
PK>>Wendy Apgar wrote in a message to All:
PK>>
PK>> WA> Who is in charge of the secret pal exchange now?
PK>>
PK>>I am afraid that Robin Payton still is.  Since she is no longer
PK>>on ANY of the echos, and it doesn't seem that many of the secret
PK>>pals are following through, what would everyone think about stopping
PK>>this exchange and getting someone else to reorganize it and start
PK>over

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assistant: Hi Pat,
I wouldn't mind stopping for now since I have only received a couple
of packages for the year so far.  Have one more package all ready to
send to my pal so I will send it as the last for this year.  Also the
one I send to hasn't been in the echos since last April so I have no
idea if she has even received the last package or two that I sent.
TTYL...Roseanne.
Rosebud@outer-net.com
bp112@freenet.toronto.on.ca
 * DANGER! DANGER! Craft store ahead, hide wallet!
system: You are Teresa Herman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Suzanne Pratt about "Re: lighthouse".

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assistant: Hi Suzanne:
I am glad that it arrived safely.  That train is a fun block to make.  It
oes
have lots of little pieces, but it also has some big ones to help even out
he
work.  That block is just like Julia's block, with the exception of different
grass.  I had no more scraps of her grass, so used a different one.  I did
that one from a picture of a train and drew it out on graph paper, then put
t
into Quilt-Pro.  I really love Quilt-Pro because I can make my blocks any
ize
I need to and it has over 1000 blocks in it, and I am always sticking more in
it.
I am looking forward to your posts about what you want to recieve on the
QBE.
 After all I did draw your name.
TTYL,
Teresa
system: You are Teresa Herman, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Suzanne Pratt about "Re: QBE & MQBE Block for month".

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assistant: Hi Suzanne:
You did one small thing wrong.  You left your address off so that we will not
know where to send these blocks to.
I am glad that you asked for these particular blocks.  I was playing around
n
my mind with trying a tree block, and then using my fancy stitches on my 1630
to decorate the tree.  Now it looks like I will get the opportunity to do 2
trees.
I hope you get lots of wonderful blocks this month.  I want to get mine
orked
on this weekend.
Teresa
system: You are Christi Walkup, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Pat Knox about "Secret Pal?".

They wrote:
PK>I am afraid that Robin Payton still is.  Since she is no longer
PK>on ANY of the echos, and it doesn't seem that many of the secret
PK>pals are following through, what would everyone think about stopping
PK>this exchange and getting someone else to reorganize it and start over
PK>at the end of the year?  My secret pal has been great all the way
PK>through, I am running behind a bit.  Mainly my problem is that I never
PK>seem to have a vehicle on the days that I need one!
PK>So, what does everyone on this echo think? Should we end it now or
PK>continue? I know that some people in the exchange quit receiving from
PK>their secret pal ages ago and have now gotten so disgusted that they
PK>aren't sending any longer. That hurts their pals who might also get
PK>disgusted and quit sending to their pals.  So more and more will be
PK>effected by this.  I say that we cut our losses and stop.  (To my

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assistant: Hello Pat,
Does that mean you want to organize it. I have been sending to my secret
pal faithfully but I have never seen any messages saying if she is
receiving them or not. so that does get a little fruestrating. and
you are right I have not seen Robin on here in a while and she just
lives about twenty minutes from where I live.
pal, PK>if you even know who I send to, I will have another package out
to you PK>very soon).
My pal has been pretty good and since I have sent to mine almost all
year I would not like to have to start over. Her birthday is this month
and I just mailed her a package.
Christi Walkup
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system: You are Janet Mccain, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Pat Knox about "HI!".

They wrote:
PK> CAROL SURZINSKI wrote in a message to PAT KNOX:
CS> Sooooo, where have you been this week.  Been missing you on CHAT!
PK> Mowing the yard, the dentist, and a door prize committee meeting.

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assistant: On (31 Jul 97) Pat Knox wrote to CAROL SURZINSKI...
  What did the dentist and committee think about getting mowed?  <g>
  Janet
...    jmac@bv.net          http://www.bv.net/~jmac
system: You are Charman Adams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Julia Sidebottom about "Hello".

They wrote:
JS>  I was thrilled  to hear from you yesterday to say the least. It was a
JS>pleasant suprise!!!! I just hope I did not talk your ear off with
JS>  Sandy Colby and I are taking a Pergamano class on Saturday... we are
JS>excited about this opportunity!  it is hard to wait another 36 hours till
JS>time of the class!!!  I will get a small tote bag ready later today to
JS>with me for the class... old habits die hard... we are not suppose to need
JS>anything for this class but I have learned that if one brings along some
JS>own supplies and such it is better.

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assistant: Hi Julia,
most
everything
Of course not, I always enjoy talking with you.
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th
ake
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You should have a lot of fun with this.  It is a beautiful craft.  I'd
love to learn it, but the money just isn't there for me to start on a
new craft right now.  Maybe sometime soon.
Take care,
Charman
system: You are Charman Adams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Tips".

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assistant: Hi everyone!
I saw these tips from fellow crafters in Crafting Traditions magazine.
Hope someone finds them useful.
1. When using 10-count plastic canvas, I take one strand from
   4-ply worsted-weight yarn to stitch my design.  A single ply is the
   right size - and less expensive than canvas yarn.
2.  Using a variable speed electric drill, place its tip at the end of
    your paper twist and turn the drill on low speed.  In a matter of
    seconds, your paper twist will be untwisted.
3.  To insulate my pot holders, I stuff them with cotton padding and
    pieces of silver-coated Teflon fabric I've snipped from old ironing
    board covers.  Those covers are easy to cut, and they keep the heat
    from coming through.
4.  To make realistic vines on wood projects, dip a piece of thread in
    green paint, making sure the thread is coated.  Gently put it on the
    wood project, adding curls and swirls as you lay it down.  Let it
    sit for a minute before carefully lifting the thread off the wood.
5.  Convert burned out Christmas bulbs (large outdoor type).  Dip bulb
    in paint, sprinkle with glitter, tie a silver/gold thread around top
    and hang it on your tree (inside or outside).
6.  Using a sliver of soap or an erasable marker to mark darker fabric
    can leave a line that often doesn't disappear completely.  To fully
    remove such lines, rub over them with a used dryer sheet - the marks
    will instantly disappear.
Enjoy!
system: You are Charman Adams, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Julia Sidebottom about "Pergamano".

They wrote:
JS>Well at least now I can spell it!!!! And the class was great!!!! Sandy, my
JS>for the installation of my cabinets... YES they have arrived and will be
JS>installed tomorrow!!!! I am just so excited!!!  Of course I had to pull
JS>out of a box just to look <G>... and they are beautiful!!!! The builder
JS>be here first thing in the morning to do the installation! So by tomorrow
JS>afternoon I will be filling them up with all my crafting goodies... I will
JS>  Now as to keep some of my dear friends off my back <lovelingly>... I
JS>to go slow.  I will not over do things I give you my word... I know that
JS>are a bit concerned right now about my current health status, but not to
JS>worry, because I am not going to do anything that will put me in
JS>you can be assured of that!

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assistant: Hi Julia,
Oooooh, I wish I could have been there too. :(
ne
will
Great.  I know you were anxiously awaiting them.  I have decided to get
an estimate on building me some cabinets in the back room too.  Yep,
it's contagious!  Don't know yet if I have the funds, but a friend will
do the labor for next to nothing.
promi
som
jeopardy...
Good!  You know we love you and just want you to take it easy. :)
Take care,
Charman
system: You are Julia Sidebottom, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to All about "Finally Done!!!".

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assistant: Yesterday and today have been nothing short of exhausting but exciting at the
very same time! MY STUDIO IS DONE!!!!!
  My cabinets arrived on Wednesday and were installed yesterday... and they
are to die  for!!!!  So of course I spent the day today unpacking all my
boxes and filling up all these shelves and drawers and just feeling good
about getting things out of boxes....  and believe me there is hardly an inch
to spare already! I need more room and more cabinets!!!! But of course that
is most unlikely at this point in time. <sigh>... I still have a few things
that I must go through and take care of... and there are still a few things
that I have not found yet that I know I have somewhere... but that only means
that I have more boxes to unpack buried in the mayhem here...
  I definitly have my fabric stash already stored as best as possible... but
have already run out of room in the cabinet for the fabrics... I am not sure
yet just what I am going to do as far as that goes...I suppose there will be
many hours of organization that I will have to do to get things in order.
 I can harldy wait to get my fingers into some of these goodies again!  The
smell or fabrics and rubber stamps is just about more than I can bear as they
call me to play and play and play!
Julia
system: You are Julia Sidebottom, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Charman Adams about "Hello".

They wrote:
> You should have a lot of fun with this.  It is a beautiful craft.  I'd
> love to learn it, but the money just isn't there for me to start on a
> new craft right now.  Maybe sometime soon.

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assistant: HI Charman,
*** Quoting Charman Adams to Julia Sidebottom dated 08-01-97 ***
The class was wonderful! I learned a great deal and the good part of it was
that many of the supplies I already had here .... I have several things that
I purchased including some books on Pergamano and of course they cost dearly
<sigh>...  I have been having a great deal of fun just playing with the card
designs I have here... and I am looking very closely at the many wonderful
ways I have in mind to incorporate this into my RS'ing...
take care
Julia
system: You are Valerie Murphy, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Julia Sidebottom about "Quilting".

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assistant: Hi Julia!
Thank you for the wonderful letter on Quilting.  I printed it out and I'll
put it in my bag that I take to work. I'll also save it to a file here.
 JS�   And that is another thing... the monthly/bi-monthly or special
magazines
 JS� come out on quilting... so many stores do not carry them or have them in
ve
 JS� limited supplies... I have already spend I cant tell you how much time
look
 JS� for the current Better Homes and Garden's Quilt Sampler that came out a
cou
 JS� of weeks ago and cannot find it anywhere... <sigh>...
 JS� Best of luck as you learn... maybe we will make a quilter out of you
yet!!!
I will look and see if we have the magazine in our store if you want me to.
I can buy it and mail it to you if you want.
Now I'm also wanting to do a ribbon embroidery.  I want something simple. I
don't know ANYTHING about ribbon embroidery.  I used to do regular
embroidery when I was a kid, but I don't know if this is anything like that
or not.  I want to try to do as many things as I can that we carry in the
store so I'll have at least a bit of an idea when someone asks me about it.
We had a sale a couple of weeks ago where every yard of fabric in the store
was on sale for no less than 40% off.  I cut yard after yard of material
for quilters.  I had no idea so many people were quilters.  It was amazing.
Say do you know of any Chat rooms or Craft chat rooms on the net?  I am
looking for some on AOL, but so far haven't been successful.
How are you doing?  I hope your feeling better!  I will be sending prayers
and hugs your way.
{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Julia}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}
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system: You are Ruth Haffly, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Jo Anne Faerber about "HELP!!!".

They wrote:
JA> I have a friend that is madly looking for a book that has Chicken
JA> Scratch, she remembers on of the patterns has a star.  Sound familiar

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assistant: Hi Jo Anne,
I've got a couple of books on it; will look & see if either have stars &
get back to you on it.
Catch you later,
Ruth
Geoworks Ensemble & Professional Point - High performance on a budget!
hafflys@primenet.com    FIDO 1:309/63.2
... Computers run on smoke. They stop when it leaks out.
system: You are Jo Anne Faerber, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Vicki Oldfather about "Re: HELP!!!".

They wrote:
JF> I have a friend that is madly looking for a book that has Chicken
JF> Scratch, she remembers on of the patterns has a star.  Sound familiar
JF> to anyone?
VO> If I get time this weekend I'll go through my stuff.  I think I
VO> have several books on Chicken Scratch.

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assistant: Hi Vicki,
 Thanks so much.  In talking to her she said she also remembers it was done
 on gingham.  Thanks for looking.
 Happy Stitching.  Jo Anne
... Cross-Stitching forever, Housework whenever!!!
system: You are Jo Anne Faerber, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Crafting message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to Ruth Haffly about "Re: HELP!!!".

They wrote:
JA> I have a friend that is madly looking for a book that has Chicken
JA> Scratch, she remembers on of the patterns has a star.  Sound familiar
RH>
RH> I've got a couple of books on it; will look & see if either have stars
RH> & get back to you on it.

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assistant: Hi Ruth,
 Thanks so much.  She said she also remembers it being done on gingham.
 Thanks for your help.  Happy Stitching.  Jo Anne
... Cross-Stitching forever, Housework whenever!!!