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Spring 2007 Friday Fives
Jan. 4th, 2015 03:07 pmNotional Friday Five
Apr 6, 20071. What is your favorite quilting notion? Are rotary cutters a notion? If so, I would say my pink rotary cutters, I am inordinately fond of them.
2. What was the last notion you purchased? a pincushion, of all things - also one of those round things that bobbins go in
3. What notion have you purchased and don't or rarely use? I think there's a lot of these - a chalk marker comes to mind right off the bat. I like to buy notions, but I don't always use them as much as I think.
4. Do you have a wearable notion? I have a couple of those things that attach your scissors to your clothing, does that count? Oh, and my aunt made me a chatelaine for Christmas.
5. What do you consider a notion? hmm... just about anything for sewing that's not the fabric or the sewing machine, I guess!
Friday five, mechanical edition
April 13, 2007
1. What is your sewing machine? (please go online and find a picture to show) A Janome Jem Gold (probably a little older than the model in the picture!)
2. How long have you had your machine? a couple of years, I guess
3. Are you planning to purchase a new machine soon? no, because I just inherited my mother's bigger Janome - I don't know what model it is but it sews really well
4. What is your dream machine? one with a stitch regulator
5. Have you taken classes for your sewing machine? no
Classy Friday five
Apr 20, 20071. Have you ever taken a quilt/sewing class? I took a bunch of them a few years back, but I stopped when I realized that I came out of every one with a project I wasn't finishing. :)
2. What do you enjoy the most out of classes? (oops, I missed one) I always come out of them withsomething I didn't know before. Plus, the company is always fun.
3. What is one technique you would like to learn in a class? I said a couple of weeks ago that I would like to take a class from the woman who did this quilt, but as far as I have been able to tell, she doesn't teach. (Anyway, I thought at the time I said that that those were pieced blocks, but it turns out they're not. They're raw-edge machine appliqued.) There are a lot of things I am interested in, when it comes right down to it. Way more things than I will ever have time to actually do!
4. Do you teach classes? No. I've thought about it, but once again, I don't have time.
5. Do you know where you can find classes? Around here, they're alll over. My guild has classes more-or-less monthly, usually at a reduced rate from what you would find at the many local quilt shops that offer them. And since I live in the Houston area, there is always quilt festival (which tends to be very expensive, which is the main reason I have never taken classes there).
Retreat!
May 4, 20071. Have you ever done a quilting retreat? yup, just went to one last weekend
2. Would you ever go on one? so, um, yes
3. What would you like to do on a retreat (besides not worry about laundry and kid's homework)? get a lot done. And a little shopping is always good.
4. Where would you like to go on a quilting retreat? somewhere scenic - but on the other hand places where there's TOO much to see are not good. Too many temptations to do other things than quilt.
5. How many people do you think would make a nice size group for a retreat? One of the ones I go to is about 50 people, and the other one has been a good bit larger than that in the past. Between those two options, I think the smaller size is better. At the larger one, everybody can't be in the same room and so you don't really talk to everybody anyway.
High-calorie Friday five
May 18, 20071. What do you tend to munch on while quilting? I'm a bit of a messy eater, so I don't generally eat while quilting. I don't want grease on my fabric, thanks.
2. What do you enjoy drinking while quilting? Iced tea. (I can usually manage not to spill this.)
3. Do you notice that if you are quilting, you tend to skip meals - including dinner? I am bad about skipping meals anyway. I don't know that I do it while quilting any more than any other activity I tend to get highly involved in!
4. White, Milk, Dark Chocolate? Milk.
5. What is your favorite comfort food? Depends on my mood. M&Ms, maybe. And if I really want comfort I have been known to hit the cookie dough. :)
Memorial Friday Five
May 25, 20071. Have you seen a memorial quilt? Sure - since I am lucky enough to live close by, I go to IQF every year, and they usually have several, at the very least. (Often dozens, if they have a special exhibit.) Here's an example - this one is a memorial to murder victims in Juarez, by Sabrina Zarco.
2. Have you ever made a memorial quilt? No.
3. Do you think memorial quilts are important? Absolutely.
4. If you made/make one what would it be for? I have (somewhat vague) plans to make one for my grandparents.
5. What are your quilting related plans/goals for this 3-day Memorial Day weekend? Not to order too much fabric, because I've been bad that way lately. To organize some of my quilting stuff. Actual quilting will probably be impossible, I'm afraid.
Semi-organized Friday five
June 1, 20071. How do you organize your fabric stash? In plastic boxes, sorted by color. If I have a specific project I'm planning and I'm collecting up fabrics for that, those usually get their own box.
2. How do you organize your UFO's/projects? Well, first of all, I seem to define UFOs differently than some people around here - I assume if you haven't started something you can't really call it unfinished. So I don't count things that I haven't started yet as UFOs. Anyway, as I said above, I have usually have boxes for future projects. And since I have always done the majority of my quilting at my mother's house, I usually keep my in-progress projects in some portable form - this may just be a shopping bag. (They're lighter than the plastic boxes.)
3. What is your most creative organizing feat? Um... being organized at all is a feat for me, I am not a naturally organized person!
4. Do you regularly go through your items to reorganize? From time to time, yes. Lately I went through and pulled out all the fabric I really hated and didn't want to have to look at any more - I figured if I feel that strongly about it, why keep it?
5. Do you spring clean your items in aiding you to organize? Spring cleaning is not something I've ever gotten into. :)
Phat Friday five
June 8, 20071. Do you collect Fat Quarters? Not really "collect" per se - I buy them a good bit, though. What I mean is, I don't buy FQs just for the sake of buying FQs. I just buy them if I see something I like. I don't keep them segregated from the rest of my fabric or anything.
2. How many Fat Quarters do you have? Oh, lots, I'm sure. I bought a big set of indigo batik FQs and I won an eBay auction for 50 taupe FQs, so I am awash in them right now. I'm sure I've bought many hundreds over the years, but I have no real count to give.
3. Have you ever made a quilt just out of fat quarters? No.
4. What color do you have the most fat quarters in? Well, at the moment it'd have to be those taupes!
5. How often do you purchase fat quarters? I think they have gotten awfully expensive, at $2.50 at most stores around here, so I don't buy as many as I used to unless I see a deal.
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