Thank goodness for my local library!
#1
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Usually in my sewing room
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Thank goodness for my local library!
I have a couple quilts that needed to be sandwiched. One of them is 68"x68". I really didn't feel like crawling around on my kitchen floor on my hands and knees so I packed up my quilts, backing and batting, scissors, green Frog tape, spray baste, and headed to the library.
As luck would have it, the meeting room at the library wasn't in use (on a Sunday afternoon). Yeah! I probably should have called just to make sure, but I had faith it would be available. I happily moved tables together and started working.
Best idea I've had in months! No killing my knees and working in odd positions and kneeling all over and potentially marking up or damaging my quilt tops.
Both quilts were sandwiched and ready to go 2 hours. Yeah....
Now it's on to practice more FMQing.
As luck would have it, the meeting room at the library wasn't in use (on a Sunday afternoon). Yeah! I probably should have called just to make sure, but I had faith it would be available. I happily moved tables together and started working.
Best idea I've had in months! No killing my knees and working in odd positions and kneeling all over and potentially marking up or damaging my quilt tops.
Both quilts were sandwiched and ready to go 2 hours. Yeah....
Now it's on to practice more FMQing.
#4
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,515
Several of my quilting friends meet once a week in the meeting room of our library. We sew all day. The tables are so handy for lay outs and basting. The room is free so take advantage of it. We had our day put on the schedule so it's always available for us.
#9
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Texas
Posts: 2,369
I cannot imagine our local library allowing this, especially the spray starch which, at home anyway, always results in overspray on whatever is nearby. Our library staff is not even that accommodating or friendly when you want to check out a book, so I can't think what they would say if you wanted to sandwich a quilt in the meeting room!
Glad for you that yours is more customer friendly, though!
Glad for you that yours is more customer friendly, though!
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