A Little Off Topic

seazr · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 10:58 pm Post subject: A Little Off Topic

If I buy this will somebody volunteer to be my second??? Evil or Very Mad

Has anyone ever made a custom tablecloth??? Rule #1. You must NOT know how to sew . . .
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MaxandMe · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:08 pm Post subject:

hahhahaaaaaaaa Diane, do tell honey...what happened when you made this tablecloth the other day ?

i was wondering how it came out .........wanna fess up Wink

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seazr · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:20 pm Post subject:

Oh . . . yea . . . Guess I've been working on it for awhile . . . in my head it was so easy. I'm not watching tv, but the girl on tv sounds like she's having more fun than I am!!! Shocked

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Tink · Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject:

I must have missed a thread Diane. What kind of tablecloth are you working on?
I love doing home improvement projects even though my skills will never match my ideas or ambition. LOL

We actually built a padded headboard for our bed today. I've been asking dh for months to help me with it, and he'd kept putting it off... so today was my birthday and I talked him into it. I made sure to take full advantage while I could. Not only did I get it done, I used a floral fabric on it that he'd normally have objected to! Sometimes it pays to time things just right.

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MaxandMe · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:50 am Post subject:

T I N K

ps Tink you didn't miss a thread...diane had pm'd me about this tablcloth she was soooooooo excited she was making the other night Very Happy

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annabelles mom · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:54 am Post subject:

Diane - what kinda of tablecloth were you making? Any pictures yet, I love seeing homemade goodies !

Happy Birthday Tink - share pics of your headboard

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Jac · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:49 am Post subject:

Happy Birthday Tink!!!

Diane...you didn't show it to me????
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seazr · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:49 am Post subject:

Linda · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:10 am Post subject:

Happy Birthday Tink!!!!!

Pictures of the tablecloth would be great!!!! Such talent on our board!!!

River Rat · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:54 am Post subject:

Happy birthday, Tink!

It was it was your birthday
Not the pickle's or the pear's
Not the beaver's or the bear's
It was it was your birthday
Hope it was a happy one!

Diane, I've never made a tablecloth but I'm trying to teach my granddaughter and daughter-in-law to knit. Friday gd had no school and I got her to clean out her toy closet because she kept leaving the door open and Chouette would be found chewing a Groovy Girl dress or, most recently, a plaster head from a small figurine! I think she viewed it as her backup toybox. So in straightening up we found a knitting kit that I'd bought her for Christmas last year and she wanted to try it out. You can imagine how frustrating it was for a ten-year-old to master that skill! She kept wanting to give up. But she finally got it, although she still isn't holding the thread correctly. Then my d-i-l reminded me that she'd like to learn, too, so yesterday we had a knitting class. I ran to Michael's first for some yarn and needles and then they came over for lunch and a knitting session. It was almost harder for my d-i-l than for my gd! At one point I was rolling a ball of yarn and suggested to gd that she help her stepmom, who was in a muddle. Gd was so proud she could do that!

I knit Continental style, having been taught by my Hungarian grandmother, so I found a book at Michael's with diagrams for my "students". Now we're all working on scarves. Odd, I wasn't having trouble with my carpal tunnel syndrome through all this until I cast on my own scarf, by myself, last night and started working on it! That's why I stopped knitting in the first place. But you do sometimes get the urge to create something useful, don't you?

Are we going to see photos of the tablecloth?

Leslie

sessa35 · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 9:49 am Post subject:

MaxandMe · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:25 am Post subject:

Diane YOU have NO choice in this matter..take out that AWESOME OLYMPUS E510 camera and show us a shot of the tablecloth, PLEASE Very Happy

i've made flannel baby blankets in the past almost like a 3 piece quilt. I cannot do patterns on a sewing machine ...i either have an "idea" of what i want or see something and then try to make it.
Diane, here i was dying to ask you how to do a tablecloth cause i have a LONG dining room table...care to give me any advice Very Happy

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Tink · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 11:00 am Post subject:

Thanks all!

I even got to put up a floral pattern (which DH normally would veto) since it was MY birthday treat. LOL It's definitely the most "girlie" thing in the whole house.
We used a sheet of plywood, then put foam padding and a couple of layers of batting inside and attached it directly to the wall; so it will be comfy to lean against to read or watch tv.

The next project in there is to get a bunch of white wood shelves up for my vase collection and replace the ugly ceiling light over the foot of the bed with a cute little crystal chandelier I picked up. I have only the one blue wall in there, but wanted it to bring out the blue in the fabric. I have mostly white with other colors from that fabric accented through out the room. So I'm finally getting the comfy-cottage bedroom I've been wanting!

With that fabric, I'll have a taste of spring even with winter coming. Wink

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seazr · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:28 pm Post subject:

Darling Tink!! Good for you!!!!! Very Happy

And yes Leslie, we do get the urge--sometimes, unfortunately!!! Wink

Sorry your hands are bothering you. I heard about an herbal something that helps; when I remember, I'll pm you. And NO, Jac--didn't show it off, yet!! MAYBE . . . , the "Oly" will snap a shot of the Tablecloth from Hell on Wednesday!!! Maybe . . . I'm making it for a table at the lake house, so only if it fits . . . Shocked

At 2:00am my husband said, "Hey hon, do you want some help?" Question

No, thanks, "hon", let's go to bed . . . sheesh!!! Well, at least he asked!!!
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Raleighsmom · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject:

Hope you had a terrific day Tink!!!! You did a great job on your headboard! Have you too been watching HGTV???? Shocked

Come on...fess up!!! Wink

They have so many wonderful ideas...hibby hates to see winter coming, as thats when I get creative...hahahahaha....
Wonderful job! Wink

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