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    1. Re: [KILGORE] Are there computer and quilting experts out here?
    2. Robert W Baker
    3. Randy, My suggestion for transfers to cloth would be to look up a co. that xfers picures to t-shirts , as a logical place to start. Cuz Bob in California On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 12:56:56 EST Rkkcak@aol.com writes: > Hi there to all the Kilgore gang! > > I have an idea for our (my wife's and mine) 25th wedding > anniversary, but > have absolutely no idea if it can be done, or where to go to find > out, so I'm > going to seek the wisdom of the Kilgore Family Council. > > I've put together a collection of the kids drawings from their early > years to > the present, along with some cards and letters my wife and I sent > each other > when we were dating (she doesn't know I've kept them all this time.) > What I'd > like to do is to transfer them from paper to cloth so they can be > sewn > together for a quilt. > > Is there a way to do that? And how do I go about finding someone who > does > quilts? I've looked in the local yellow pages, but find no one who > does > quilts. Also, our anniversary is in August; is that enough time for > me to get > this done? > > By the way, you'll likely get a kick out of this, and maybe learn a > lesson > also. I can tell you with absolute certainty that scanning the > picture into > your computer, and then inserting a piece of cloth into the printer > in the > hopes that the picture will emerge on the cloth IS NOT A GOOD IDEA!! > Unless, > of course you enjoy taking things apart, pulling tiny bits of thread > from > around intricate pieces of plastic and metal. > > So, if any of you can help me with any part of this dilemma, please > let me > know. I think it may be that it isn't possible, but I don't want to > give up > on the idea unless I have to. My wife is not generally the romantic > type, but > I think this one has the potential for making her feel warm and > fuzzy. > > HELP! > > Warm regards, > Randy > > > ==== KILGORE Mailing List ==== > "How can a tangled web that appears so open be > so impregnable when we try to pierce it as when > we delve into genealogy!" -Jerry A. Penley- > > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.

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