pennyhal2 — Cute Embroidery

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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For those of you who quilt, do you serge the seams of precut fatric? Seems like the "zig zag" that they are cut would fray and make a mess. Also, when you measure the size of a precut, do you measure just inside the zig zag edge? or just inside

7 30 Sep 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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Finally, last night I got some sleep. My husband spent last week in the hospital. He's 92 and has very thin skin and is prone to get infections on his shins. He bumps the and it tears the skin. Someone now comes to the house every day for IV and wound ca

14 29 Aug 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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Thought I'd pass along an idea for making a quilt for children. I've made quilts that where half is a matching, game and the other half is a seek and find. It took a lot of shopping to find fabric that has objects in it and then buy enough to be able to

5 11 Aug 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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Do you have to do anything special when you stitch on faux leather or real leather? A special foot or thread? I haven't tried doing this yet, but thougt I better find out first!

4 12 Jul 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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Some times I go and buy all the thread in the brand used for a particular design. Other times, I just use what I have but do not always get a pleasing result. I know that there are charts that link different brands. Does anyone use those charts? Do they w

5 06 Jul 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Project

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I'm still on the search for just the right gift topper. Found these snowflakes that actually have little button holes to put ribbon through. I think a few rhinestones and maybe something special tied in the center would finish this snowflake. I'm trying

16 08 May 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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I haven't sewn a button on a garment for years! But, today my husband needs a button sewn on his pants. However, I can't remember how to make that little gap between the button and the fabric. It needs a little gap there to get through the thickness of

4 20 Apr 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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I keep having recurring problems with people stealing my credit card and making charges on it. I think that this is the third time this year that this has happened. My credit union is very good about this, but still, I hate having not being able to use my

9 19 Apr 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Project

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Seeing Basketcase's sharks reminded me of this mug rug of mine that I made a while back. Now, I want to do a new with one of her sharks! We rarely had sharks along the coast here in Southern California, but they have migrated south and are a new problem

8 07 Apr 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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What is "BX?" Is it a ME program?

1 30 Mar 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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A while back Sonia posted where she got the napkins that she uses for her projects. I thought I had saved the info, but must not have. Did anyone else note the place to buy those napkins?

2 10 Jan 2021

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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Does anyone make adult bibs? I've been thinking about doing this and was wondering if there is anything I should watch out for.

4 21 Dec 2020

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by pennyhal2 in Project

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I wanted to make something other than ribbon bows for package toppers. I got this design from EL, but did not make it just like the directions. I made only 3 layers instead of 4, and used gold beads for the center. I glued it together instead of stitching

13 12 Dec 2020

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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I euthanized my little corgi, Gummybear, this week. I'm still quite teary about it. She had a lot of health issues and was 13. She had become aggressive with the other dogs so I knew that she was in more pain. She had been getting monthly acupuncture tre

18 12 Dec 2020

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by pennyhal2 in Community

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Has anyone made a prayer pocket? I was wondering if there is any stabilizer inside of them? I saw a video, but it was just fabric which seem to me would not hold up very well.

4 11 Dec 2020