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Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 23, 2008
09:13 PM Post #4579441
| 1 skirt, 2 dresses, and 2 1/2 yds corduroy material from the thrift store helped me make this blanket top, sorry the photo is so dark, I'll take a better pic tomorrow. This will be my Summer in Winter blanket. I've been a little preoccupied with cone flowers this year.. hopefully, I'll finish it soon. Will use flannel for the back. 
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Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 23, 2008
09:16 PM Post #4579457
| close up.. my camera probably needs replacing, the photos are getting worse. 
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cactusfan
Webster, NY
(Zone 6a)
February 23, 2008
09:25 PM Post #4579507
| That is just wonderful - I REALLY like your cone flowers!!!!!!!!!!!! |
plantladylin
East Central, FL
(Zone 9b)
February 23, 2008
10:38 PM Post #4579835
| Love it! Wish I had such talent! |
denimangle
Oakwood (Butler,TX), TX
(Zone 8b)
February 23, 2008
10:41 PM Post #4579851
| very pretty Gourd |
lilyhostaky
Flemingsburg, KY
(Zone 6a)
February 23, 2008
11:23 PM Post #4580005
| I Love your quilt!!!
You sure do know how to put colors together...
Pauletta |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 24, 2008
09:31 PM Post #4584017
| Thank you guys,
today I found some red flannel for the backing... I may make a couple of butterflies to go on top of some of those cone flowers. I've been trying to grow some from seed.. lol.. so far I've got some seedlings but they grow so slow. Maybe next year they will bloom. |
dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
February 24, 2008
10:37 PM Post #4584300
| Beautiful quilt Gourd, another project to be proud of. |
sugarweed
Jacksonville, FL
(Zone 9a)
March 01, 2008
10:26 PM Post #4610838
| Gourd I thought I needed a new camera too, but it didn't help. I too often find fabric in clothes from thrift stores.
Your quilt is beautiful.
Sidney |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
March 02, 2008
04:53 PM Post #4613383
| Thank you Faye and Sidney,
I signed up for a beginner's sewing class and it starts this week! Hopefully, I can learn how to put the edging/binding on my blankets..lol. and how to quilt.
This is so much fun for me. |
2pugdogs
(Linda) Winfield, KS
(Zone 6a)
 March 03, 2008
01:42 PM Post #4617113
| gourd that is a beautiful quilt. You do have an eye for color. That is my downfall. What I think would look good together doesn't. Have fun at your quilt classes you will have fun. |
denimangle
Oakwood (Butler,TX), TX
(Zone 8b)
March 04, 2008
08:51 AM Post #4620621
| Gourd I was in shock after reading you taking a beginners class to learn to sew .. after seeing your Quilt top. Your way past beginner class!!!
Maybe you can skip past what the rest of the class is doing and just pick the teachers brain for what you need ..
I signed up for one 100 years ago took the first class and never went back.
I found a few books to answer my questions & a few older Quilters brains to pick .
Have fun
Cheryl |
2pugdogs
(Linda) Winfield, KS
(Zone 6a)
March 04, 2008
09:49 AM Post #4620765
| Yes but getting together with a bunch of quilter even beginners will be fun. But there is a lot to be learned especially on putting the binding on I don't know how many quilts I had made until my friend told me I was doing it all wrong, I had followed directions with my first quilt on how to do it and didn't read it correct and did it wrong, So I think she may learn something unless she is going to be the teacher. |
sugarweed
Jacksonville, FL
(Zone 9a)
March 04, 2008
10:16 AM Post #4620868
| I think even trachers learn.
;) |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
March 04, 2008
12:28 PM Post #4621466
| Carolyn, thanks for the compliment...
Well, Thursday night is my class.. I am very excited too. I do have several quilting books, I guess I should try the bordering my self. Lugging my sewing machine there is not a good thing for me, but the things we do when we want something bad enough lol..
Thanks everyone.
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Brender
Topsham, ME
(Zone 5a)
March 04, 2008
12:37 PM Post #4621515
| Do you have a luggage cart things with wheels? If not, they are fairly inexpensive and that would make your machine easier to haul around.
http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/webstore/product_page.jsp?PRODU...
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Gourd
(Zone 4b)
March 04, 2008
04:39 PM Post #4622340
| OOOH, I guess I wont' be needing the cart... they just called and cancelled the class, not enough people.
Shucks. They have a couple of other classes for table runners, etc. I guess I could sign up for those and learn some things..lol. but I really want to learn the borders.. I have a book on borders, I need to sit my butt down and try it.
A. |
MaypopLaurel
Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
March 04, 2008
07:11 PM Post #4622826
| Gourd, this is an overdue compliment as I've been admiring your quilt top for days. It is beautiful. I too love the cone flowers. Butterflies should "guild the lilly", or cones in this case, in the nicest way. Lilyhostaky said what I was thinking; you have a way with colors. The table runner class sounds like fun. Can you do a quilted one with a border? |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
March 07, 2008
02:11 AM Post #4632768
| WOW Gourd, that is great! I can't wait to see your other quilt blocks in our swap! |
Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
March 08, 2008
12:41 AM Post #4636607
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| Quoted: | | I may make a couple of butterflies to go on top of some of those cone flowers. I've been trying to grow some from seed. |
I had no idea you could grow butterflies from seeds! LOL
Your quilt is beautiful! and with corduroy and flannel it should keep you toasty warm on the coldest of winter nights. |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
March 08, 2008
06:47 PM Post #4639354
| That is just too funny...lol.. I've got to go take a photo of a pair of leaves that grew in the shape of a butterfly... lol.. it does sound like I grow butterflies from seeds, or at least I try to.. I'll go take a photo and come back.
A.
edited to say: I forgot to say thank you Maypop and psych
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Gourd
(Zone 4b)
March 08, 2008
07:02 PM Post #4639400
| Zany, this is so funny,
look at this MG seedling, it's first leaf is in the shape of a butterfly.. how strange, I don't know what happened.. of course it could all be in my head, does it look like one to you all?
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Zanymuse
Scotia, CA
(Zone 9b)
March 08, 2008
08:37 PM Post #4639757
| HA! You are growing butterfiles! Bravo! |
dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
March 12, 2008
12:50 PM Post #4654716
| Looks like a butterfly to me.. Grow more, bet you could get rid of them..LOL
Faye |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
March 12, 2008
04:31 PM Post #4655439
| lol.. believe it or not, there are two more plants with leaves like that.. you never know.. now if only I could grow Dollars..lol |
MaypopLaurel
Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
March 12, 2008
10:07 PM Post #4656647
| Does the MG belong to you or the DH? 'Scuse my ignorance, but what is an/a MG? I am working to turn trash to treasure=$ this week, so I'm laying low. Will post pics of the employment as soon as I can breathe. I design and maintain costumes for children for the traveling Maurice Sendak exhibit as well as the Super Heroes/Marvel Comics exhibit. The Sendak exhibit is coming from Australia and going to N.Y. (I think). I'm on a deadline, so I'll take pics and share next week. I refurbish or replace the costumes as they come back. As these exhibits are childrens' interactive experiences, things come back well "loved". Makes me so happy!!! |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
March 12, 2008
10:29 PM Post #4656769
| Maypop... MGs are morning glories..lol
Here is the one I showed in particular (hopefully I can keep it alive long enough for it to bloom) this photo is from last years plant.
Your job sounds like a great adventure and an exciting way to make $$... we would love to see photos when you are able to post them. Do you make quilts also?
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digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 28, 2008
03:19 PM Post #5016217
| gourd, you probably know by now, you cut binding on the bias so it doesn't "walk" on you when you turn it over.use lots of pins. sally |
MaypopLaurel
Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
May 28, 2008
06:23 PM Post #5016957
| Sally, you're on my DMail list. Give me a few. Thanks for everything. Do you quilt too? I've got to post photos. If I just wasn't sooo tired. Got back to Atlanta two hours ago, after picking greens, turnips, snow peas and fresh herbs for the week. Time to put on the city hat.
I had been working on an old-fashioned Southern garden block collection. I am designing turned needle applique blocks that are then quilted and I have an unorthodox plan to join the pieces. Getting the veggie garden in has halted progress. Maybe I need to wait for 90 degree weather. That should be around the corner, right?
P.S. Don't forget to join your bias on the bias.
Laurel |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 28, 2008
08:34 PM Post #5017610
| i quilted years ago when all you had was feed sacks , and wore out clothes for material. i have since discovered wall mart for throws and pennys for down comforters. sally |
dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
May 28, 2008
08:57 PM Post #5017705
| Me too digger... |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 29, 2008
07:33 AM Post #5019562
| dahtzu, i don't want to go back, do you? just would like to be able to move that easy again.(and be that slim) |
dahtzu
(Faye) Henderson, NC
(Zone 7b)
May 29, 2008
04:03 PM Post #5021654
| LOL digger, careful, you are about to sound like me and that ain't young.
The quilt tops I made many years ago, and still have, were never quilted. |
MaypopLaurel
Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
May 29, 2008
04:39 PM Post #5021869
| You mean this was not the quilting you were doing during the days of tie dye, scented candle making, batiking and macrame? Lordy Lou girls! (lol) |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 29, 2008
07:32 PM Post #5022684
| couldn't afford all that stuff to work with . those were the days of 1.00 being good wages.iremember 10cts for campbells tomato soup or save a little money and buy a&p brand for 9 cts |
MaypopLaurel
Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
May 29, 2008
07:42 PM Post #5022721
| Well, that means you have a lot to teach me and I hope you will share. Growing up on Miami Beach was a unique experience, but I didn't learn much about how to make do and get by.
Laurel |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 29, 2008
09:18 PM Post #5023291
| you can do anything if you don't have a choice.my husband wouldn't let me work,none of the women in his family worked,sooooo we got by on what he made.we had meat 2 meals a day.pancakes or eggs for breakfast.we ate pretty good ,but sirloin steak was 79 cts a pound .gas was 15 to 19 cts a gal.everything was revelent he brought home 38 dollars a week, and you gould get an apt. for 40.00 a month, bills paid .that leftabout 112.00 to get by on,but as cheep as stuff was,it really wasn't hard.you just watched what you spent. and no credit except for washer and dryer |
MaypopLaurel
Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
May 29, 2008
10:31 PM Post #5023782
| Well, my DH started here as the ad mgr. for AG, so we might have had tomato soup for 9 cts a can, but I remember spaghetti and ketchup for many meals because we were living in a basement apt. on the RR tracks by public housing in Decatur. We ate a lot of out of date cold cuts. I won't touch bologna today. We used to pay the gas bill one month and the electric bill the next. Life probably would have been healthier in the country.
I grew up in a very different life and it was hard for me to learn how to be poor. My folks started off poor, so poor was not a bad thing. We loved and respected our folks, but did not want to be beholdin'. We earned everything we have on our own. Started with nothing. At this rate, and in this economy, we'll probably end up with nothing too. It's been a good experience though. Filled with lots of love for life and each other.
Laurel |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 30, 2008
06:36 AM Post #5024876
| when you'r young ,you bend so easily.i feel sorry for the youngsters today,they don't know how to do with whatcha got . they'll get along, but it will be so hard on them. there will be things like, a package of diapers ,or a gallon of gas to get to work and make a dollar.gosh, these guys may have to go back to cloth diapers and wash them.i probably would have already.i'm tight, and there is a lot of water in that well.soap is a lot cheaper than pampers.lol sally.what's ag, laurel ? |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
May 30, 2008
09:25 AM Post #5025433
| Disposable diapers were starting to be "the norm" when my kids were young and I used cloth. The boys had skin problems and I was then forced (by the skin condition) to switch to disposable. I remember getting chewed out by the MD when the kids were in cloth! |
MaypopLaurel
Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
May 30, 2008
05:09 PM Post #5027336
| Gourd, I was going back over this thread and saw the MG post. Boy have I had an education from you DG folks in such a short time. Anyway, here's what I learned on my own this week...
Have you ever heard of allelopathy? That's when a plant or seed gives off an inhospitable chemical that prevents another plant or seed from germinating. Anyway, I planted half a pack of Scarlet O'Hara MG seed in a concrete pot and the other half in a raised planter. There is an Artemisia 'Powis Castle' next to where I planted the seeds in the planter. All the seeds came up in the pot, but none in the planter. While doing some seed research I ran across the fact that artemisia gives off a chemical that inhibits seed germination. I know sunflowers do too because I had a problem years ago. Anyway, just a heads up if you're doing seeds.
Sally, AG stands for "associated grocers", the old co-op association for independent grocers. DH was fresh out of art school and had a job making the stencils and silk screening those big paper window signs for the 10 ct soup we were all eating. Not exactly his career vision, but he did work his way up in the company and then moved on.
I too tried to be "green" with cloth diapers, but baby was red and the diapers...well need I say more?
Laurel
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digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 30, 2008
08:00 PM Post #5028041
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mama had 4 under me, the nearest was 6 yrs younger+ she had 2 grandkids that my bro& his wife left with her while they traveled in thier job.she also raised 4 little brother and sisters after her mama died .she always washed diapers in ivory flakes and a little purex bleach. when the washer was through,she ran a full cycle with a little vinegar in the two extra rinses.,and only hot scalding water. i guess i picked it up from her, but her kids or mine never had red butts .my own son was half grown when disposibles came out. i used a lot of vaseline in those days.that's all that was avalible to us back then . my sister had a kid that was alergic to everything except kimbies.she had hell finding something he could wear .oh well , funny how you can remember things you hadn't thought of in fifty years . lordy, we are way off topic,so i have to tell you about a perfectly good gazing ball i salvaged today. stuck a fiberglass stick in the ground and set it over that lol sally |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
May 30, 2008
08:04 PM Post #5028072
| I have found some stands for BIG candles that have worked well for gazing ball /bb stands. I also have spray painted rebar and used that. I have a new ball that is getting closer to being done and can't wait to finish & display it! |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 31, 2008
06:51 AM Post #5029798
| psychw2, i do have some rebar and was gonna use until i remembered it was down at the shop and it was probably locked.that's a long walk back uphill for me . sooooo, grabbed a plant stake. what the heck,it was the right length anyway .am getting a little lazy. sally |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
May 31, 2008
11:05 AM Post #5030662
| Not lazy, SMART! |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 31, 2008
03:49 PM Post #5031683
| lordy,girl, thanks |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
May 31, 2008
03:51 PM Post #5031693
| As my Grandma used to say, "use your Head to save your Heels". |
digger9083
Dahlonega, GA
May 31, 2008
03:59 PM Post #5031728
| if i don't start getting some honest exercise,i'm going to get to heavy to even get up the hill. guess i should do that at least once a day |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
June 02, 2008
01:39 AM Post #5039485
| maypop, yes, I knew that about sunflowers... but, is it only the wild sunflowers or all of them?
Talking about rebar... I found those finials that are used at the end of the Curtain rods, THEY work GREAT at the end of rebar... I am making some tippy pots and have the rebar going thru the pots, but the top was looking yukky... anyway... I found some finials for curtain rods that fit right on the rebar at the top and look great... you just need to paint them the same color... I'll take photos tomorrow...
Sorry I haven't been around, have company for another week or 8-10 days. |
MaypopLaurel
Cleveland,GA/Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
June 02, 2008
10:27 AM Post #5040410
| psychw2, I like your Grandmother's attitude. My Mom used to say, "Save your breath to cool your soup." If you asked her for advice she'd say, "Don't stuff dried beans up your nose." I have always been better at following the last bit of advice better than the first :).
Laurel |
rookiepainter
Tulsa, OK
June 05, 2008
12:08 AM Post #5055998
| I love your blanket!!!! I am attempting my 1st try on a t-shirt quilt - I want to flannel the underside so it will be warm at football games. my problem... dont laugh is cuting a straight line so the whole is square. I know that sounds so stupid but I always seem to stray off I dont have alot of equipment like the great ones I have seen on tv. No budget for it but I have to get it right Im making one for my daughter for a wedding present. In it I am using part of a baby dress and so many other items that I have kept over the past 20 years. I envy your skill. |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
June 05, 2008
11:11 AM Post #5057516
| Get a heavy/stiff cardboard or other firm surface. MEASURE like crazy and cut this to the right size. TRACE around this pattern onto the tshirt and cut on the line. This is not as fast or accurate as a rotary cutter with all the other stuff but if will fit your budget. ;-) |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
June 05, 2008
04:16 PM Post #5058812
| Yes, I used a lid from a coffee can to trace the circle, then, I made a square out of a cardboard for the squares that go inside. Also, WEAR your gloves, I got blisters cutting all those circles..
Stick with us, we can give you ideas and we welcome other's ideas, sometimes we just need a little nudge... (help) |
quiltygirl
Wildomar, CA
(Zone 9a)
February 10, 2009
01:07 PM Post #6120067
| Gourd - I just found this thread and am amazed to read you were taking a beginning quilting class just last year and by the end of the year were posting such beautiful quilts. And you quilt so prolifically too! Great work.
How do you use rebar or plant stake to hold those bowling/gazing balls?
We get a lot of wild sunflowers and last year I learned to yank them out early because, whil they may look nice in an open field, when they grow in and around plants and trees I have planted in garden, they grow so close that they put their roots down under and around the plants roots and kill them! |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 10, 2009
04:00 PM Post #6120688
| Hi quiltlygirl,
believe it or not, I have not finished this, right now, i've hand tied most of it. They cancelled my beginner quilting class, so I never took the darned thing.
You know those sunflowers (the wild ones), when I lived in Southern Cal about 2 1/2 years ago, I found out that NOTHING will grow under them. It's true, I had all these wild sunflowers, and I planted several other seeds and plants under them and nothing grew there. They have some kind of toxicity to them, I think I'll google and find out what exactly that is. |
quiltygirl
Wildomar, CA
(Zone 9a)
February 10, 2009
11:24 PM Post #6122422
| Last year they were growing prolifically around established queen palms and my fountain grass. One of the fountain grass plants, that had the most sunflowers around it and the roots of the sunflowers surrounding and going under the grass roots, looks iffy as to if it will survive. My neighbor planted a new sequoia tree that the sunflowers surrounded and suffocated and they nearly got one of established Liquid Amber trees. Most people don't see the negative aspect of them 'cuz they 'look so purty'!
Gourd - where did you live in Calif, was it San Diego, I forgot if you had said. |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 14, 2009
10:31 PM Post #6140165
| gosh, I mean't to come here and respond and got sidetracked... sorry about that.
I lived right behind Perris Lake on the Moreno Valley side, in Moreno Valley... all farm land, then they started to build these huge homes (5 car garages) who in the world has 5 cars..lol.? anyway, we moved close to the end of 2006. |
Samigal
(Pegi) Norwalk, CA
(Zone 10b)
February 15, 2009
11:43 PM Post #6144764
| Ah yes, we go through Perris when we visit friends in Hemet. Years ago Hemet was a retirement community, well now they have everything like Wal-Mart, etc. and building still going on.
I was going to plant some sunflowers this year, but now I guess not after what I read here. I had them when I lived in Long Beach, but they were kind of by themselves against the back of the garage.
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JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 16, 2009
12:16 PM Post #6146505
| Now I know what happened to the plants that were around the sunflowers! I'll be planting them out by themselves this year, far away from the rest of my plants. |
quiltygirl
Wildomar, CA
(Zone 9a)
February 16, 2009
01:02 PM Post #6146740
| Samigal - you mean a SUPER WalMart! Just starting to see some of those. Was surprised to hear about the one in Hemet. When we were Living in San Diego COunty 5 years ago there was a big controversy about building the Super version and the powers that be outlawed them in the County.
JuneyBug & Samigal - don't know if the sunflowers you plant by seed, domesticated versions if you will, have the same problems with spreading and choking, but the wild versions do - at least around here combined with our hot, dry weather and sandy soil.
Gourd - know the area, so I guess you recognize Wildomar (near Lake Elsinore). 5 car garages - LOL - DH had our garage built 5 car size, but 3 oversized garage doors and we have ONE car inside, but a full garage! What made you move to Mesilla? |
imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
February 16, 2009
01:15 PM Post #6146816
| Nice quilt, Gourd! And even more impressive that you made it with recycled fabric! |
nanaka
Webster, WI
February 17, 2009
11:38 AM Post #6150996
| Hi Gourd!
Your talent amazes me! What can't you do?
I'm new here and very much enjoying all the great ideas and commrodary commordory comrodary
(none of those look right but you know what I mean!!!
no spell check on here?
Kathy |
nanaka
Webster, WI
February 17, 2009
11:42 AM Post #6151011
| camaraderie! looked it up!!! |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
February 17, 2009
06:04 PM Post #6152554
| She Gourd is a VERY talented lady and very generous with her 'tutoring" when asked. |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 19, 2009
04:19 PM Post #6161603
| We moved (Job transfer for DH) and I wanted to come back to my home state to get as close as possible to my family.
psychw2... thank you, if only ...???
nanaka,
there are a million things I can't do, but that doesn't stop me... lol.. I feel like a little kid now that I am not working.. I just found a little kiln that you can use in the microwave and I made this today, I was scared to death to blow up the microwave too. But, I've been wanting to try to fuse glass, and slump glass. It doesn't look that great, but it really worked.
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JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 19, 2009
04:45 PM Post #6161691
| "A little kiln that you can use in the microwave"???!!!!
OH MY!
I never would have guessed that someone would have invented that. I'm excited at the possibilities!
(and the probability that I'll have to get one!)
Where'd Ya' get it? What is it's name? I need a new hobby like I need a new hole in my head, but I love what I have seen so far on the new forum and this kiln has a lot of potential.
I dun'no if I can use it in my new apartment in Korea, but I'll see what I can study at the craft centers there... |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 19, 2009
05:19 PM Post #6161837
| oooh, I'm sure you can use it... I got it at Hobby Lobby they are 119.00, but with a 40 percent coupon, you can get it for 77.00 with supplies too..
It is made by Fuseworks and is called Fuseworks Beginner's Fusing Kit, it comes with several supplies to start you off... I saw them on ebay also, but waited for a coupon for hobby lobby.. I called last night and they had one in another town, so off I went with my coupon..lol (I LOVE IT) |
imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
February 19, 2009
05:26 PM Post #6161870
| I hafta tell you Gourd, that fused piece looks like a square eyeball to me...LOL! |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 19, 2009
05:34 PM Post #6161894
| Yeah, it does, I thought the same thing..lol.. it could be a fish, I used that millifori glass as an embellishment.. |
Bettypauze
Victoria Harbour, ON
(Zone 5b)
February 19, 2009
05:42 PM Post #6161944
| Drats, no hobby lobby this side of the border..wouldn't you know...
Love the quilt Gourd! |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 19, 2009
05:46 PM Post #6161956
| Bettypauze, I never thanked you properly, if it had not been for you, I would not have attempted all my glass panels.. I LOVE YOU.. and thank you for helping us. Look what you got me into..lol.. I really enjoy working with glass. You need to find one there because I just fused/slumped some scrap stained glass and it worked. |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 19, 2009
07:56 PM Post #6162436
| Stained glass scraps!? Yippeeee! I gotta' have it!
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nanaka
Webster, WI
February 19, 2009
08:47 PM Post #6162687
| Wow! It does look like a square eyeball!
How big is it and what are you going to do with it?
very cool! will have to look around here... but we don't have any hobby lobby's either:( |
quiltygirl
Wildomar, CA
(Zone 9a)
February 20, 2009
02:09 PM Post #6165566
| Juneybug - remember the other Thread you are part of - CRAP! No new stuff whilst needing to reduce stuff. Besides, it's probably made in Asia and cheaper in Korea.
Lynda |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 20, 2009
02:12 PM Post #6165586
| Yeah, but I've got it on my list to get when we move back to the states. I'm so thrilled that one for the !microwave! has been invented. |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
February 20, 2009
06:40 PM Post #6166744
| Oh goodness!! Such a "nasty thread" exists that demands we not acquire more stuff??? Tell me it isn't so!!! LOL |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 20, 2009
07:14 PM Post #6166890
| Yep! It is called CRAP - Clutter Reduction Action Plan. Gourd started it for those of us that need help reducing the crap that clutters up our lives.
I won't buy the kiln until we leave Korea since DH has found a nearby arts and crafts center that has ceramics, porcelin and pottery. Looks like I'll be too distracted by that. I've already given the tools a good once over and can't wait to get there. :-) |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 20, 2009
07:18 PM Post #6166903
| Oh no!!! it's true, I started the thread... but, it is a work in progess, more of an "encouragement"" thread..lol.. what can I say? Every time I clear some space, there is room for something else... I'm so bad. |
imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
February 20, 2009
08:54 PM Post #6167312
| I've learned that the problem is rooted in horizontal surfaces. If I had no horizontal surfaces, I would have noplace to "set" stuff, and my house would be pristine at all times. I'm working on making everything in my house go vertical. |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
February 20, 2009
08:58 PM Post #6167330
| Wellllll... I can't eliminate the FLOOR!!! I'm cleaning surfaces and the FLOOR between reading posts. |
imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
February 20, 2009
09:03 PM Post #6167357
| See if the floors were more like walls...I admit it's challenging, but I'm convinced I can make it work eventually. In the meantime, I have a "reason" for things being like they are... |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 20, 2009
09:40 PM Post #6167500
| All of my storage space was crowded with stuff. I now have lots of empty spaces and I've burned a huge amount of useless paperwork that had crowded out all of the useful stuff. My local charity thrift store knows me well from the many drop-offs of car and vanloads of it all. They are even part of my moving strategy: I ship all of the stuff that I want to keep to the apartment in Korea, all of the stuff that we need to keep otherwise goes to a gov. storage place, then I "camp out" here until the house sells with the furn. and stuff that the thrift store's truck will come and pick up when I leave. |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
February 20, 2009
09:53 PM Post #6167549
| Sounds like you have "a plan" that will work! I remember getting down to one folding table, 2 folding chairs and blow up mattress. Most of the kitchen stuff I kept until the last minute. I was "only" moving an hour away but I wanted the "big stuff" moved when I had help. I didn't know the exact closing date for the sale of the house and I wanted to be ready. I needed to be prepared to live there up to 30 more days. |
quiltygirl
Wildomar, CA
(Zone 9a)
February 20, 2009
11:29 PM Post #6167960
| Psychw2 - the CRAP thread is within the 'Clean and Clutter Free' Forum |
psychw2
Boise, ID
(Zone 6a)
February 21, 2009
12:41 AM Post #6168199
| I found it, I only had time to read a little but I enjoyed it. It even inspired to clean a little! (And then I went out to two thrift stores and shopped!! LOL... only bought some things I NEEDED and would have had to pay full price for I had not found them there.) |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
12:15 AM Post #6196261
| psychw2, I'm behind on my block for Feb... I wonder why?? Guess what I got off freecycle... a Armoir, that is just perfect for storing my supplies..lol I really need to put some things away so they are not piled all in my kitchen (stained glass supplies). I made this today from a gourd I was growing this past summer and it rotted some and caved in. Here is the big girl now, she is 20 inches tall and 20 inches around. I think she would have been bigger, but the tile guys dumped all their grout and bucket water into my garden and the vine died and this girl started to lose weight.
Here she is in her glory. 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
12:16 AM Post #6196265
| This is what she looked like yesterday. I worked on it half a day yesterday and all day today.
edited to say: I posted it on the gourd forum and stained glass forum, hopefully I won't get into trouble for posting the photos so many times.
This message was edited Feb 26, 2009 9:17 PM
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
08:29 AM Post #6196821
| Truly a trash to treasure! How wonderful that you "saw" what a beautiful thing that you could make of that. BTW, is that solder? Didn't burn the gourd? |
nanaka
Webster, WI
February 27, 2009
03:28 PM Post #6198607
| Beautiful Gourd!
I'm looking at it wondering, how did you attach the stained glass? With solder? And how did you get the beautiful red color on the gourd itself? Amazing!! |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
07:25 PM Post #6199475
| Hi guys, Thank you for the compliments..
I foiled it three times making sure I got the inside back part, then the middle and overlapped to the front, then ,,, I put the scalloped foil. then tinned it with solder, then soldered the window onto it. It was easier than I thought it would be.
The dye is shoe leather dye from the shoe store, I put brown on first, then used the red to drip it on while it was wet. I cleaned and stained it before I put the window on.
(and I spilled all the dye bottles, twice, I am so glad I had newspapers lining the table) It looked like there was blood all over the place by the time i got done. lol
When the solder rolled off onto the gourd, it did not burn the gourd, but it left a little trace mark where it rolled off, so next time I'll put some paper around the gourd to protect it, since I had already sealed it the dye wouldn't take on the solder traces. |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
07:48 PM Post #6199567
| You are soooo wonderfully creative. I admire that quilt in the opening of the thread so much.
Oh! If I just had a fraction of your talent!
|
imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
February 27, 2009
08:39 PM Post #6199757
| Fantastic---just your usual FANTASTIC creation!
OK, so if you can do SG on a gourd, I ought to be able to figure out how to combine it with clay...somehow. |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
08:44 PM Post #6199776
| You bet, anything that the foil sticks to, you can flux and solder to. Try it on a chard piece. I wanted to make a mission church and put stained glass windows on it, a small one, but I have not found any with windows big enough. You can always glue the glass to the window from the inside too. But the solder does something to it. |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
09:34 PM Post #6199985
| Juney, thank you, this is the first time in my life that I've had the time to make anything, so I'm going from one thing to another all the time. I don't know where to stop or when. |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
09:50 PM Post #6200037
| Well, just don't stop, ever! That is what makes not going to work every day sooo nice.
Unless this economy makes us un-retire, that is. |
imapigeon
Gilroy (Sunset Z14), CA
(Zone 9a)
February 27, 2009
10:20 PM Post #6200148
| Don't even think that. I'm retiring on Monday. I wouldn't mind working part-time, but I'm SO DONE with office politics!!!! |
JuneyBug
Dongducheon CpCasey
South Korea
(Zone 4b)
February 27, 2009
10:49 PM Post #6200291
| Congratulations!!!!
An early welcome to the relaxed life! |
Gourd
(Zone 4b)
March 01, 2009
01:32 AM Post #6205130
| You will be more busy now, only it will be fun busy. Congrats on your retirement!! Happy Day!! |
