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Skriven 2013-10-07 14:07:02 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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-> -> I like to do the traditional patterns but I guess it's in the choice 
of
-> -> fabrics I use that make stand out. The one I just finished was an 
Attic
-> 
->  RH> It all depends on what you're going after.  Sometimes the fabric 
tells
->  RH> you what it wants to be.
-> 
-> Sometimes, other times I tell the fabric. (G)
-> 
Sometimes the fabric develops a mind of its own.

->  RH> Want to do another one?  I was gifted with an attic window quilt,
or
->  RH> at least all the pieces for one.  They're all cut but no one ever
->  RH> sewed it together.  It's not my colors, but it's also not my style
->  RH> pattern.
-> 
-> Send it down this way. What colors are in it? Depending, I might use
-> pieces of it in various projects or I may just do it as originally
-> intended.

A lot of greens; it would work nicely as a guy quilt.  Someone's granny cut 
this out but never sewed it together. The family put it out at a yard sale 
for two bucks, but with no takers.  Somebody spent dozens of hours cutting 
this out and they couldn't sell it for two dollars. She also cut a
gazillion 
strips, but I'll make use of those. I need to stack up some baby and other 
emergency quilts this winter. 
 
->  RH> Ack.  81 fabrics?  I guess you don't have to worry about
duplicating
->  RH> something by accident!
-> 
-> Not planning to; I'll match up pairs before cutting. I'm not sure how
-> many different fabrics this Double 4 Patch has in it but there are 4
-> different alternating squares to the 4 patch blocks.

You could always paper bag it and see what happens.

-> -> We couldn't even fit one into the living rom or kitchen; they're the
2
-> -> biggest rooms of the house. Can't deprive Steve of some space to work 
on
-> -> computers not me, my sewing so will have to do without a long arm.
-> 
->  RH> Add in that they cost about the same as a compact car, new, and
....
-> 
-> I've got a smaller set up that wasn't as expensive but it still takes up
-> space.
-> 
Mine take up an entire room too, and I still can't do my cutting in it.
 
-> -> We tried pork roll in NJ a few years ago, less than impressed. Kinda
-> -> reminded us of spam. (G)
-> 
->  RH> It reminded Dad of his childhood, I think.
-> 
-> Was he raised in NJ? That's been the only place we've seen it on a menu.

Maplewood, in fact. Right on the nose.  

-> We had spent the night in Edison and had breakfast in a diner the next
-> day, saw it there. I don't recall it on the diner menu in the Green
-> Brook area tho, but then too, I wasn't especially looking for it. My mom
-> never mentioned anything about pork rolls and she was brought up in
-> Plainfield.
-> 
That makes sense, the Oranges are in that same neck of the woods.  It turns 
up in Pennsylvania too; I'm not sure how much further South it goes or how 
far West.
 
-> -> He still uses the CPAP--will be getting a new one next week. He also 
has
-> -> tinnitus, pretty much constantly and other sleep issues. But, he's 
doing
-> -> better now that he doesn't have to wear that brace at night.
-> 
->  RH> Now he can sleep on a heat pack if he wants one.
-> 
-> The back is doing pretty well, even considering he was up and down on a
-> ladder a lot on Friday over at the church. His hip was bothering him a
-> bit but the feet, even more so as he wasn't wearing his 'rocker" walking
-> shoes. He still can't use NSAIDS (because of the back) and tylenol was
-> barely cutting the hurt for a while.
-> 
Ow. Tylenol is good for nothing when stuff really hurts.  I was told an 
icepack works better.  Aleve does better on joint pain, I'm told, although 
it never did much for me.  It can also wreck your stomach.   There are 
stretching exercises that help feet, but with the back he might not be able 
to do some of it.
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