8th Annual DG Christmas Floormat Workshop pt 2

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2014 - 8th Annual Workshop Sign-ups

LindaKay. Pmt received - received floormat
Pat. Pmt received - received floormat
Terri. Pmt received - received floormat
Thunder Pmt received -received floormat
Barb Pmt received - received floormat
Sean Pmt received - received floormat
Julie Pmt received - received floormat
Liz. Pmt received -received floormat
Joyce. Pmt received - received floormat
Judy Pmt received - received floormat
Debbie. Pmt received - hand delivered
Dianne - received floormat


SUPPLIES

Optional:

. dryer (helps dry your painted areas if you are short on painting time)
. permanent pens - wide and thin (used for facial expressions and outline) Make sure
when you use these and wipe with water for testing they don't bleed
. stero meat trays to hold paint..I use stero paper plates bought at $$$ Store
. your choice of saran wrap or plastic bags
. Ruler
Paints:

$$$ store has pretty well all the colors you need...would suggest having a liner brush as well
which they seem to have in all our $$$ stores should you not already have in your painting supplies



. cream or white

. Medium and dark blue (white/cream can be added to make different tones of blue)

. Medium green and a bright green (if you don't have it you could put yellow in the medium)

. Black (adding white/cream will make your grey

. Red

. Orange

INCLUDED in KIT

. sealant (either in a small bottle or your linoleum will already be sealed)
. pattern for 2 floormats so you have a choice of either
. piece of graphite
. few sparkles (can't have a DG Christmas workshop without sparkles)
. posting of the kit
. hand cut stencil of snowflakes




All but a few have their floormats

I'm SOOOO looking forward to watch how your mats progress

This message was edited Nov 20, 2014 5:48 PM

Must get in touch with Stace and find out when Sean will be "available" - he is really busy with indoor baseball... I can't imagine playing baseball in November.

Indoor baseball?

That's a new one for me! Indoor baseball....must be a big place!! Love to follow along with all you crafters!

Yes, I keep eagerly checking, asking my guys to be sure THEY haven't gotten my packet and forgot to tell me... it can happen here!

Good morning.
Saw a few smmoshed mats already started, so smiling you did a good job.

Ok got mine unrolled and rested...
Um really stupid question...but is the dark side what jas been sealed? Just making sure.

Inside base ball? Cool and warm too!

Inside baseball, how wonderful, keeps the youth out of mischief

Judy, not the wood design you would normally put on the floor but the underneath is what you paint

Almost grey tone

Well, I have mine put away for a few days, till I get back from Michigan.

Have a fun trip, LK!

Linda be sure to bundle up, we have that Arctic blast heading this way.

Here is my mat with faces done. I am doing something different with the border. Will post another pic tomorrow!

Ahhhh, thought all were going to do the large snowmen..so glad you did this one

Now what will you do for a border?

Safe travels tomorrow lindakay

It's a surprise! Got to wait for tomorrow when I post the picture! I do plan on doing another mat to put in front of the sink, but it has to wait until I finish my other projects. That's when I'm trying the other pattern!

Julie that is awesome. Can't wait to see your border.

Looking good Julie, your Dresden plate does too.

Still no package here... I look everyday and quiz the guys. I'm afraid it will come and they won't tell me! LOL

Thanks, LK and Karen. I'm very proud of that Dresden plate. Sewed another today. I'm thinking of getting ambitious and trying to make a queen size quilt with the Dresden plate after Christmas. I bought a queen size bed frame, but have to wait till Christmas is done before I buy the mattress set. Would be a pretty quilt for my new bed.

Pat, I hope your package comes soon! It's nerve-wracking when you're having to wait to join the fun!

Betty, thank you again for doing this every year! :) Sure brings a lot of fun and happiness to the family!

This is a Dresden Plate I saw at the last quilt show. I went to tutorial on it, Easy Peasy, just gather the center until the petals have the dimension you want. You can either just tack down the tip of the petals or sew them all the way. I want to do this one for sure.

Pat,
Checked my mailing slip and yours was on it

If it doesn't get there beginning of next week I will mail another

Pat, says its on it's way

Going to Kennewick aw
Says expected delivery date 8th

Guess longer for you because of the distance

Soooooo maybe today

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Betty, I would never expect you to bear the expense of sending another. It's not like you are making money on these! LOL

Guess, like you said, I live FAR away from you!

Julie, Love the mat, wonderful! I still haven't had time to start mine, so much going on this weekend.

Yesterday was a town hall meeting on a solar energy co-op and then we (DH and I) had to pick up and move 93 folding tables into our trailer for this coming weekend's holiday fair sponsored by our local business women's association. I'm not a member anymore but I do like to help the community in small ways and this is one of them. My back hurts a little but not as bad as I thought it would; I tried to be very careful how I handled the large tables.

Karen, very pretty that Dresden Plate, could you post the tutorial link?

Pat, have my fingers crossed you receive your kit today! I know what it's like to be waiting on packages, we live about 1/2 mile away from our mailbox which is on the main road. Things would sometimes go missing if the mailperson didn't want to take a trip down to our house to drop the package off. I finally caved and pay for a PO Box now, the savings in aggravation is more than worth the cost for me.

Gals,

Major water damage at the house , 7"
Been up all night
Called my insurance , say no coverage

No phone or Internet connection, at a friends to tell you not to worry

Damage put phones out

Be back as soon as I can

Was up all night trying to rid water , guess nerves got best of me, vomiting and other

Terri the tutorial was live at the quilt show. If you've ever made a Dresden plate, you know they are easy. To shape into a flower, simply run gathering stitches around the center and pull up until you like the effect. Then put on center circle. You can either sew it down completely around the outside edges or just tack the tips of the flowers, whatever appeals to you.

Thanks Karen, stupid question but they are appliqued to the background square, right?

No question is ever stupid.

Yes they are appliqued either by hand or machine.

I want to try this really soon, Thinking I can make them look like poinsettias on a tree skirt.

Thanks! That's funny, I was thinking about that too, making them in red for a tree skirt! The store ones are sooo pricey!

When I first saw it that's what popped into my head. Poinsettias.

Back up and running

Both mentally and physically exhausted

Will keep checking should some have questions

Pat, did you get yours?

Nope, not yet. Betty, what caused the water problem? Did I miss that part?

Will look for receipt Nd see where it is at present..sump pumps didn't kick in, apparently they had mega rain on Saturday

Should be able to get all cleaned up today, Saturday DS Greg will make a trip to the dump for me

Survived it though

My DD and DSIL had a back-up system for their sump pump after it failed and they had a flood. I don't know exactly what it was, never having had dealings with a sump pump, but they never had a problem again.

Sorry to hear of all the damage Betty. Wish I was closer to help you clean up. What all was damaged?

Karen, I have a regular sump pump then put a backup one run on battery incase power went out so double duty so not quite sure what happened..by end of today all but the dryer will have been fixed..getting rid of the debris might be the problem

So sorry to hear of your flood Betty!

I asked my husband (he is a former insurance agent) and he says here in the States most normal insurance covers internal floods, e.g pipes bursting, high winds blowing a corner of your roof off causing a leak - all except damage caused by neglect such as a pipe that leaks for many years and causes mildew, roof collapse, etc.
He says floods caused by rising water are not covered, however, if the rising water causes a short and a fire, then you are covered for the fire loss,.

Do you know yet where the water came from, was it external or internal? Is it possible it was a leak in the roof somehow? we had a roof leak in a brand new house where a lower roof attached to the house and the seam leaked but we found the water in the basement, no sign of it on the floor below the roof leak.

Flood at DD & SIL's was a small ball that got into the sump hole and blocked the arm that starts the pump. They had 3 small boys at the time. They then added a battery back-up and an alarm.

So much rain, sump pump and back up battery usually handles it but think the float was the problem, moved it around and started to work

Sounds like it was an internal flood caused by a defect in the sump pump and not an outside flood, any chance the insurance company might reconsider if you brought that up?

Can always ask Betty.

She asked I leave it with her for a few days, will do so then ask
Tks for your thoughts

Just went into my fabric stash cupboard, bottom layer damp so will wash when I get the dryer up and running