Many of the flannels and the corduroys are very beautiful now; and unless you are making an heirloom, the machine stiched ones are the way to go. Jacquelyn got a quilt rack for Christmas from her sister; an antique wooden one. She is delighted. We enjoy quilting to- gether. It took ages to get her interested in quilting but now she has taken flight like a kite on a March afternoon. I would love to see the photo also, Jean. I love quilts and am currently planning some projects (in my head at the present... have to mull it over until I come up with what I want. Take care, Glenda >It would be nice to see the photograph. > >Quilting is catching on a bit here nowadays, although I think of it as a >Canadian or American thing. Saw lots of displays in the Calgary region, >both at >the Stampede and at the Heritage Park. > >I notice I said ours was hand stitched - I believe it was, but I didn't >examine >it myself. > >Marged > > >| Well mine was made by a volunteer locally. It is machine pieced. To >speed it >| up it was tied rather than quilted. Still the colours and design are >lovely. >| It is made out of cotton fine wale corduroy and cotton flannel on top >with a >| fine cotton backing. The materials are very good quality. we are >| photographing it so I may send a photo someday. >| >| Jean in Nova Scotia

'have to mull it over until I come up with what I want' That is my method for most things. When I have solved the problems then I am free to go ahead and just do what ever it is. Do you have any photos of your quilts, Glenda? in JPG form? Jean in Nova Scotia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Glenda R. Wilson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 7:48 PM Subject: Re: [NTH-ENG] Volunteerism > Many of the flannels and the corduroys are very beautiful now; > and unless you are making an heirloom, the machine stiched ones > are the way to go. > > Jacquelyn got a quilt rack for Christmas from her sister; an > antique wooden one. She is delighted. We enjoy quilting to- > gether. It took ages to get her interested in quilting but now > she has taken flight like a kite on a March afternoon. > > I would love to see the photo also, Jean. I love quilts and am > currently planning some projects (in my head at the present... > have to mull it over until I come up with what I want. > > Take care, > > Glenda > > >It would be nice to see the photograph. > > > >Quilting is catching on a bit here nowadays, although I think of it as a > >Canadian or American thing. Saw lots of displays in the Calgary region, > >both at > >the Stampede and at the Heritage Park. > > > >I notice I said ours was hand stitched - I believe it was, but I didn't > >examine > >it myself. > > > >Marged > > > > > >| Well mine was made by a volunteer locally. It is machine pieced. To > >speed it > >| up it was tied rather than quilted. Still the colours and design are > >lovely. > >| It is made out of cotton fine wale corduroy and cotton flannel on top > >with a > >| fine cotton backing. The materials are very good quality. we are > >| photographing it so I may send a photo someday. > >| > >| Jean in Nova Scotia > > > ==== NORTHERN-ENGLAND Mailing List ==== > Don't forget you can also post your surnames or any other messages you may want to share in our on line forum message board, > http://amazingforums.com/forum/NORTH/forum.html > >