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  1. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    Thank you! Right now I'm finishing up a couple of Block of the Month quilts, and trying not to start too many new things! I should put a "Finished Quilts" tab on the sidebar of my blog. I haven't tracked every quilt I've ever finished, but I have some good pictures from the last 18 or 20.
  2. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    OK, mine are in the mail, both sets! On to some block of the month sets that have been waiting patiently.
  3. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    OK, this might be a little silly, but how is everyone mailing their blocks? They're too big to mail flat... folded in half in a padded envelope? Rolled, and mailed in a tube? In a Priority box, squashed in however they'll fit? Are you putting them in a Ziploc? I think only a 2-gallon...
  4. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    Working on my second set of blocks all weekend. I took this picture as I was finishing up the trimming of the half-square triangle blocks (always takes the longest, for me) while watching Bonnie Hunter's QuiltCam (via YouTube) on my iPad mini. I also found a mistake, when doing final...
  5. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    I'm finished with the first set of blocks (just need to iron the final seams) and working hard on the second set. I saw the previous post about the next swap - I don't know yet if I'll be participating in the next one, but I'd like to find out more about it! ETA: Never mind, found the thread...
  6. CarolineNH

    New treadle sewing machine!

    The White Rotary isn't a vibrating shuttle - it has a round bobbin and a teardrop-shaped bobbin case. The New Home I brought home with it is a VS, though! That one came with a shuttle & bobbin; the cable lift was broken, but I repaired that with a quick trip to Home Depot. Just waiting on some...
  7. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    As I understand it, it's any two greens you like, with white. There are no hard & fast rules about where the greens and white have to go, either. There was some talk earlier in the thread about using one of the greens for the background, and making the "blades" of the Hunter's Star in green &...
  8. CarolineNH

    New treadle sewing machine!

    Another one followed me home last weekend. This is a White Rotary, circa 1913. Came with 3 bobbins (and bobbins are still available!), and takes standard needles! Sews beautifully!
  9. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    Nothing like a finish to get the creativity going! I took this off my quilt frame (Inspira frame with a Pfaff Grand Quilter machine) two weeks ago. The pattern is "Hubble" from Miss Rosie's Quilt Company. I finished the quilt around Christmas, and it took me a couple of months to finish it up...
  10. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    Working away on my quilt blocks, using a new-to-me sewing machine that I picked up this weekend. This is a circa 1913 White Rotary treadle sewing machine, and it sews beautifully!
  11. CarolineNH

    New treadle sewing machine!

    ...got a few - a 1914 or so Reliance treadle (from T.E. Eaton Co in Canada) - that one is another vibrating shuttle/ leaf tension machine. That's my *favorite* machine! I picked that up at a yard sale for $20, and it works so smoothly and easily! Also, a plain black Singer class 66 machine (it...
  12. CarolineNH

    New treadle sewing machine!

    I used a couple of things; first of all, I used "Liquid Wrench", which is basically kerosene. That's what is recommended by the people on the TreadleOn.net board for cleaning machines without ruining the decals. I have another machine that I used Formula 409 or something like that on, years...
  13. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    Finished some sample blocks today. These were made from two green batik fat quarters; not nearly enough to do all the swap blocks, but I'll save these to add to the swap blocks I get and make the final quilt a little bigger. I went to a quilt show today, too, and found a couple of fun...
  14. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    Thank you, majack! I had not even considered the size of the thread! I have been using Connecting Threads Essentials for quite some time, but recently had the chance to pick up a couple of spools of Aurifil. The Aurifil seems quite thin, but works absolutely wonderfully! I do think I'm going to...
  15. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    OK, so in this situation, I have a couple of things to say: 1) For me, if I was making blocks for my own quilt, I would like 1/8" or less of difference. BUT, you're right, we'll be putting fabric strips (or alternating blocks, or alternating squares, or something) in between them. I've had...
  16. CarolineNH

    New treadle sewing machine!

    ...This is my favorite type of treadle - vibrating shuttle machine, with a top leaf tension. I scavenged a belt from another machine (I have *ahem* several treadle machines) and have it cleaned up & running! The full write-up on this machine, along with more pictures, is on my blog, if...
  17. CarolineNH

    Treadle Power!

    You can still buy leather treadle machine belts. Here's one place: http://sewingmachineparts.net/leather_treadle_belts.html Google "treadle sewing machine belt" and you'll find lots more. They only sell one size; you buy the belt, put it on the machine in the path it will need to follow, and...
  18. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    Wonderful! Can't wait to hear about it once it's back from service and running. I'm sure it'll be great!
  19. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    Very nice! I'm doing some practice blocks, too; I'll be using some green fat quarters I found. It wasn't enough to do the 16 blocks for the swap, so they'll be extras that I'll add to the quilt during assembly. Love your patriotic color palette!
  20. CarolineNH

    June 1st Quilt Block Exchange

    HillbillyHeart, your block is beautiful! I have now found my fabrics (from stash), one piece is washed/dried, had to wash/dry/ iron the other. (Unless I change my mind about which fabrics I'm using.) I think I'm ready to start cutting.
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