Comments for TheQuiltingPot http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com A place and a voice to share my love for quilting with a little knitting and weaving sprinkled in. Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:33:57 +0000 http://podbean.com/?v=3.2 Comment on TQP #22 - Chunking by Colleen http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/08/05/tqp-22-chunking/#comment-763714 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 02:21:15 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/08/05/tqp-22-chunking/#comment-763714 Now it is. Now it is.

]]> Comment on TQP #22 - Chunking by Colleen http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/08/05/tqp-22-chunking/#comment-763273 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:35:39 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/08/05/tqp-22-chunking/#comment-763273 This hasn't shown up in Itunes yet, AJ. This hasn’t shown up in Itunes yet, AJ.

]]> Comment on TQP #19 - All Around Success!!! by Jan in SoDak http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/23/tqp-19-all-around-success/#comment-711598 Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:50:56 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/23/tqp-19-all-around-success/#comment-711598 Hey AJ, Just found your podcast and I've been having a Quilting Pot podcast marathon for the past week. The dogs are loving their longer walks because it's about the only time I have to listen! Hope your move went well, I just wanted to say thanks for all you do. PS: We may be kindred spirits with our crafty ADD similarities - it's so nice to know that other people enjoy LOTS of different quilty/crafty stuff! Hey AJ, Just found your podcast and I’ve been having a Quilting Pot podcast marathon for the past week. The dogs are loving their longer walks because it’s about the only time I have to listen!

Hope your move went well, I just wanted to say thanks for all you do.

PS: We may be kindred spirits with our crafty ADD similarities - it’s so nice to know that other people enjoy LOTS of different quilty/crafty stuff!

]]> Comment on TQP #19 - All Around Success!!! by Victoria http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/23/tqp-19-all-around-success/#comment-694345 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 00:41:05 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/23/tqp-19-all-around-success/#comment-694345 AJ you can give my website and podcast info to your new LQS. Vikki PeaceBrookQuilting.com PeaceBrookQuilting Podcast AJ you can give my website and podcast info to your new LQS. Vikki PeaceBrookQuilting.com PeaceBrookQuilting Podcast

]]> Comment on TQP #19 - All Around Success!!! by Debby, Chester NY http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/23/tqp-19-all-around-success/#comment-692944 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:58:31 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/23/tqp-19-all-around-success/#comment-692944 Thanks for another great podcast. Glad to hear you found a quilt shop that you like where you are moving to. -debby Thanks for another great podcast. Glad to hear you found a quilt shop that you like where you are moving to.

-debby

]]> Comment on TQP#18 Off The Cuff by Vivian http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/10/tqp18-off-the-cuff/#comment-690832 Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:27:57 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/10/tqp18-off-the-cuff/#comment-690832 Hi AJ, I came out of lurking at Frances's podcast so need to do the same at yours! Was listening today when you mentioned liking the Quilt Pounce but that it didn't work on light fabrics. I assume you are using the white chalk pounce but did you know there is a blue chalk one as well? I don't think it irons off like the white chalk but the darker color will allow it to be used on light fabrics. Maybe try making Jody a little handmade knitted or quilted puppy toy and see if that gets him to leave your stuff alone. Although, if he's anything like human children, what you give them to play with is not what they WANT to play with, LOL!! Hi AJ, I came out of lurking at Frances’s podcast so need to do the same at yours!

Was listening today when you mentioned liking the Quilt Pounce but that it didn’t work on light fabrics. I assume you are using the white chalk pounce but did you know there is a blue chalk one as well? I don’t think it irons off like the white chalk but the darker color will allow it to be used on light fabrics.

Maybe try making Jody a little handmade knitted or quilted puppy toy and see if that gets him to leave your stuff alone. Although, if he’s anything like human children, what you give them to play with is not what they WANT to play with, LOL!!

]]> Comment on TQP#18 Off The Cuff by Ramona Sews http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/10/tqp18-off-the-cuff/#comment-689076 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:05:01 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/04/10/tqp18-off-the-cuff/#comment-689076 Hi AJ, I just have to say I love listing to your podcast - I just got caught up on the past few issues and enjoy hearing about everything you are doing. Love the diet idea... Although I don't know if I could be as strong as you. I too love gadgets. All my friends tease me about my habits but come to me to "borrower" things. :) I have a suggestion about sewing Biased edges. Try using the "little wooden pressing tool" and then starch and press - not iron your pieces. I find that the little wooden tool doesn't keep a permanent stretch but it opens up your seam enough to get a good press without the stretch. Try it and let me know what you think. Where are you moving to??? Hi AJ, I just have to say I love listing to your podcast - I just got caught up on the past few issues and enjoy hearing about everything you are doing.

Love the diet idea… Although I don’t know if I could be as strong as you. I too love gadgets. All my friends tease me about my habits but come to me to “borrower” things. :)

I have a suggestion about sewing Biased edges. Try using the “little wooden pressing tool” and then starch and press - not iron your pieces. I find that the little wooden tool doesn’t keep a permanent stretch but it opens up your seam enough to get a good press without the stretch. Try it and let me know what you think.

Where are you moving to???

]]> Comment on TQP #17- “Quilt Show Inspiration” by Victoria http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/27/tqp-17-quilt-show-inspiration/#comment-685547 Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:38:52 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/27/tqp-17-quilt-show-inspiration/#comment-685547 I also started the NYB quilt along. But life took a side step, so maybe I can get back to it someday. I agree the NYB has lots of appeal. Vikki I also started the NYB quilt along. But life took a side step, so maybe I can get back to it someday. I agree the NYB has lots of appeal.

Vikki

]]> Comment on TQP #17- “Quilt Show Inspiration” by AuntConCon http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/27/tqp-17-quilt-show-inspiration/#comment-682430 Fri, 30 Mar 2012 03:42:58 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/27/tqp-17-quilt-show-inspiration/#comment-682430 HI... you sound like me.. I love the getting of the stuff to do things and I have ufos everywhere... YOu do manage to get some done.. I need to be more like you... Take care of those puppies! HUGS AuntConCon HI… you sound like me.. I love the getting of the stuff to do things and I have ufos everywhere… YOu do manage to get some done.. I need to be more like you…

Take care of those puppies!

HUGS

AuntConCon

]]> Comment on TQP #17- “Quilt Show Inspiration” by NONNIE http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/27/tqp-17-quilt-show-inspiration/#comment-681005 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:23:43 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/27/tqp-17-quilt-show-inspiration/#comment-681005 put wood across the bottom of the book shelf so he can not pull stuff off the shelf. do not make him toys from fabric as suggested by some doggy lovers... it teaches him chewing fabric stuff is okay. Nonnie put wood across the bottom of the book shelf so he can not pull stuff off the shelf. do not make him toys from fabric as suggested by some doggy lovers… it teaches him chewing fabric stuff is okay.

Nonnie

]]> Comment on TQP #17- “Quilt Show Inspiration” by NONNIE http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/27/tqp-17-quilt-show-inspiration/#comment-681004 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:22:04 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/27/tqp-17-quilt-show-inspiration/#comment-681004 New products by c&t publishing BETH WHEELER WASHABLE FOUNDATION ... DISAPPEARS with spritz of water. We used it in our guild product testing blotto challenge. Everybody loved it. Paper pieced the blocks and then put them in a raffle. Then we loved it because blocks were consistent in size and there was no tearing out paper... I was bummed because I did not win the blocks. The lady who won brought the finished quilt top the next meeting. Puppy ... put a piece of wood board across the bottom of the Precision piecing: Harriet Hargraves suggests 60 wt/ 3 ply for strength and thinness.. very difficult to break.. holds up to piecing and FMQ. I use Precentia thread but I think Aurifil has similar thread. Loved the podcast. d/l via podbean....not i Tunes. New products by c&t publishing BETH WHEELER WASHABLE FOUNDATION … DISAPPEARS with spritz of water. We used it in our guild product testing blotto challenge. Everybody loved it.

Paper pieced the blocks and then put them in a raffle. Then we loved it because blocks were consistent in size and there was no tearing out paper… I was bummed because I did not win the blocks. The lady who won brought the finished quilt top the next meeting.

Puppy … put a piece of wood board across the bottom of the

Precision piecing: Harriet Hargraves suggests 60 wt/ 3 ply for strength and thinness.. very difficult to break.. holds up to piecing and FMQ. I use Precentia thread but I think Aurifil has similar thread.

Loved the podcast. d/l via podbean….not i Tunes.

]]> Comment on TQP #16 - Bias Blues by Torie http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/11/tqp-16-bias-blues/#comment-676045 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:56:28 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/03/11/tqp-16-bias-blues/#comment-676045 Hi AJ Thanks for mentioning me on the podcast; it made my morning! Thanks for mentioning the thing about the ironing board not giving things the sharp crease; I had not thought about that. I'm usually fighting the dreaded pin-tucks in my blocks. All the best. Hi AJ

Thanks for mentioning me on the podcast; it made my morning! Thanks for mentioning the thing about the ironing board not giving things the sharp crease; I had not thought about that. I’m usually fighting the dreaded pin-tucks in my blocks. All the best.

]]> Comment on TQP#15 Podcast Idles by Vikki http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/02/26/tqp15-podcast-idles/#comment-673023 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 22:57:46 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/02/26/tqp15-podcast-idles/#comment-673023 You will like the Deb Tucker rulers. They are great. Thanks for the quilt show review and hope to hear more as you use the new purchases. You will like the Deb Tucker rulers. They are great. Thanks for the quilt show review and hope to hear more as you use the new purchases.

]]> Comment on TQP #14 - Resisting Temptation by sandy http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/02/21/tqp-14-resisting-temptation/#comment-669792 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:16:55 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/02/21/tqp-14-resisting-temptation/#comment-669792 Loved the episode, as usual. Can you talk more in a future episode about doing your binding completely by machine? I've done it a couple of times and really didn't like the results, so I'm clearly doing something wrong. Would love to hear about your method and your tips and hints! Loved the episode, as usual. Can you talk more in a future episode about doing your binding completely by machine? I’ve done it a couple of times and really didn’t like the results, so I’m clearly doing something wrong. Would love to hear about your method and your tips and hints!

]]> Comment on TQP#15 Podcast Idles by NONNIE http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/02/26/tqp15-podcast-idles/#comment-668695 Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:39:42 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/02/26/tqp15-podcast-idles/#comment-668695 Do not know who DEB TUCKER is, so you are teaching me something. Some of your tools purchases sound like something interesting. Hope you will give a follow up after you have time to trial them. Hoping to see pictures of your purchases soon. Sounds like you had fun with all the girls but I would like more details. Nonnie . Do not know who DEB TUCKER is, so you are teaching me something. Some of your tools purchases sound like something interesting. Hope you will give a follow up after you have time to trial them.

Hoping to see pictures of your purchases soon.

Sounds like you had fun with all the girls but I would like more details.

Nonnie

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]]> Comment on TQP #13 - Life Changes by Mary Sarah http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/02/04/tqp-13-life-changes/#comment-660388 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:42:40 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/02/04/tqp-13-life-changes/#comment-660388 Hi! Loved your podcast! I listened to it this morning on my way to work. It was great to hear from you and I was beginning to worry. I love hearing about your quilting, knitting, weaving and puppies. I'm into the same crafts, have craft ADD and have a dog that just turned 2. I understand the chewing! Our dog loves to chew and was into digging. She went after the sprinkler system in the yard. She tore off every sprinkler head and then dug a hole or 2 and chewed off some of the line. We live in Las Vegas and sprinkler systems are important. We weren't as smart as she is because it took us awhile to figure out how to stop her of this. LOL. Anyway, glad you're ok. Good luck with the move! Hi! Loved your podcast! I listened to it this morning on my way to work. It was great to hear from you and I was beginning to worry. I love hearing about your quilting, knitting, weaving and puppies. I’m into the same crafts, have craft ADD and have a dog that just turned 2. I understand the chewing! Our dog loves to chew and was into digging. She went after the sprinkler system in the yard. She tore off every sprinkler head and then dug a hole or 2 and chewed off some of the line. We live in Las Vegas and sprinkler systems are important. We weren’t as smart as she is because it took us awhile to figure out how to stop her of this. LOL. Anyway, glad you’re ok. Good luck with the move!

]]> Comment on TQP#12-FMQ’ing and A-Longs by Mary Ann Cox http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/01/09/tqp12-fmqing-and-a-longs/#comment-654149 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 15:06:35 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/01/09/tqp12-fmqing-and-a-longs/#comment-654149 Love your podcast. Knowing about your daughter's love of Harry Potter I thought you might like this site if you haven't already been here - http://www.fandominstitches.com/. It has a lot Harry Potter based paper piece blocks. Mary Ann Love your podcast. Knowing about your daughter’s love of Harry Potter I thought you might like this site if you haven’t already been here - http://www.fandominstitches.com/. It has a lot Harry Potter based paper piece blocks. Mary Ann

]]> Comment on TQP#12-FMQ’ing and A-Longs by Victoria http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/01/09/tqp12-fmqing-and-a-longs/#comment-652498 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:26:39 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2012/01/09/tqp12-fmqing-and-a-longs/#comment-652498 AJ - Add a regular section about the puppy. Do we get pics in the next podcast? AJ - Add a regular section about the puppy. Do we get pics in the next podcast?

]]> Comment on TQP#11 - Joining the Fun, DBSI by Terje G http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2011/12/26/tqp11-joining-the-fun-dbsi/#comment-646959 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:27:00 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2011/12/26/tqp11-joining-the-fun-dbsi/#comment-646959 You continue to amaze me! Even with a "more than" full-time job you are doing some incredible things. I, too, am involved in the FMQ Challenge. One tip I have been having some success with is to practice the motion of fmq by moving a piece of paper under a pencil fixed in place from above (I affixed one to a crook necked lamp by my table.) It mimics the motion I need and has helped some. Keep up the fantastic podcast. You are such a gem and a wonderful resource for me. Terje in Colorado You continue to amaze me! Even with a “more than” full-time job you are doing some incredible things.

I, too, am involved in the FMQ Challenge. One tip I have been having some success with is to practice the motion of fmq by moving a piece of paper under a pencil fixed in place from above (I affixed one to a crook necked lamp by my table.) It mimics the motion I need and has helped some.

Keep up the fantastic podcast. You are such a gem and a wonderful resource for me.

Terje in Colorado

]]> Comment on TQP#11 - Joining the Fun, DBSI by verylazydaisy http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2011/12/26/tqp11-joining-the-fun-dbsi/#comment-645065 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:20:14 +0000 http://thequiltingpot.podbean.com/2011/12/26/tqp11-joining-the-fun-dbsi/#comment-645065 Enjoyed this episode very much. You kept me company for a bit while I am organizing my sewing room. I wanted to comment about the jerky movements in the FMQ that you said you're having trouble with. Like most crafters, I have a few machines and I have found that the cheapest one I own, which is a Brother XL-5340 has been the best for smooth FMQ. I have a singer that my mom gave me, and also a Kenmore that my husband gave me years ago. The kenmore does NOT like FMQ. She's a finicky lady. Something I figured out.. My brother does NOT have the ability to drop the feed dogs, and it's the best for FMQ so you may want to try with the feed dogs UP. The quilt still glides around fine, but it sort of regulates the stitch length and gives me more control. I use a FMQ foot and as old dad would say "go to town." Enjoyed this episode very much. You kept me company for a bit while I am organizing my sewing room. I wanted to comment about the jerky movements in the FMQ that you said you’re having trouble with. Like most crafters, I have a few machines and I have found that the cheapest one I own, which is a Brother XL-5340 has been the best for smooth FMQ. I have a singer that my mom gave me, and also a Kenmore that my husband gave me years ago. The kenmore does NOT like FMQ. She’s a finicky lady. Something I figured out.. My brother does NOT have the ability to drop the feed dogs, and it’s the best for FMQ so you may want to try with the feed dogs UP. The quilt still glides around fine, but it sort of regulates the stitch length and gives me more control. I use a FMQ foot and as old dad would say “go to town.”

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