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Jacquie from Tallgrass Prairie Studios has a brilliant series of Quilting Basics tips scheduled to post throughout Quilting Month II! Jacquie is a Sew,Mama,Sew! Board Member, a member of the Modern Quilt Guild and an all-around extraordinary quilter. Today Jacquie kicks off our month-long celebration of all things quilting with part one of her Quilting Basics series. Today's focus: Preparing and cutting your fabric. Enjoy!
Seeing some of the beautiful quilts that are posted on Sew,Mama,Sew! and across quilting blogs can make quilting seem intimidating. Quilting is easier and more fun if you know some of the tips and tricks that experienced quilters use everyday. I'd like to share a few things that work for me. Please remember that these are not must-haves, or must-dos. Once you give it a try you'll find what works best for you.
Preparing Your Fabric
Preparation can be one of the keys to successful quilting. You have that shiny new fabric and want to make a quilt. So what's next? There are two camps in the quilting community, pre-washers and those 'I don't prewash' folks. There are advantages to both. Pre-washing removes chemicals from fabric and allows for shrinkage to happen before your quilt is made. Some fabrics shrink at different rates and your quilt can sometimes change size dramatically if you haven't pre-washed. Special care needs to be taken with vintage fabrics. I always pre-wash or at least test vintage fabrics for bleeding. It's heartbreaking to have a quilt ruined by bleeding colors. If you wash your fabric try not to use detergent. Detergents tend to strip color from cotton fabric. Dreft or baby shampoos are good choices for pre-washing.
On the other hand, some quilters prefer working with and cutting fabric that has the sizing in it which gives it a bit more body for handling and cutting. Some quilters also love the crinkly look created after washing and drying a quilt with fabric that has never been washed. I aspire to be a pre-wash girl, but I do enough laundry at my house, so I admit I usually don't. I do use Shout Color Catchers as a precaution against the possibility of bleeding, especially with dark fabrics. Color Catchers can be found in larger grocery stores and so far they have worked for me.
Whether you pre-wash or not, it is important to iron your fabric before you start cutting. Wrinkly fabric leads to crooked and inaccurate cuts and that's never good.
Rotary cutting can be fast, easy, and accurate. You'll need a rotary cutter, a 24" see through ruler and a self-healing cutting mat. The 24" x 36" mat size is perfect for quilting. Make sure you keep a sharp blade in your cutter. Dull blades make for jagged cuts and can be unsafe if you have to press too hard to make your cuts. I use an Olfa ergonomic rotary cutter. Get in the habit of closing the blade of your cutter when it's not in use. Safety first. Don't learn from experience like I did.
Fabric right off a bolt probably has uneven edges or may be folded off center. The first step in rotary cutting is to square up the fabric edge. With freshly ironed fabric, lay your fabric on your self-healing cutting mat. Fold the fabric in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Line up the two selvages and adjust the edges until the fold hangs evenly or lays flat without wrinkles. This will make sure the grain of the fabric is straight and you will get nice straight width of fabric cuts.
You may want to fold your fabric again lengthwise bringing the folded edge down to line up with the selvage edge. This will give you a shorter cutting length (you'll have 4 layers) and you won't need to reposition your hand when you cut.
I'm right handed. If you're left handed, adjust accordingly.
To start cutting, make sure the folded edge lines up with a horizontal line on your cutting mat. Then place your ruler along a vertical line on the mat for a straight cut. If you are right handed the bulk of the fabric will be on your right. The opposite applies if you are left-handed. The first cut you make will be to trim off the raw edge and square up the fabric. Cut off just enough fabric to make a straight edge.
Now you're ready to cut your strips. I'm cutting 2" strips so I line up the edge of the fabric with the 2" mark on my ruler. Make sure the 2" mark lines up all the way down the edge of the fabric, not just at one place. Check that measurement. Measure twice, cut once!
Place your left hand on the ruler, spreading your fingers for stability. Always cut away from yourself. Be safe. Rotary cutters are sharp. Cut along the right edge of the ruler and keep the blade flush against the ruler. Never cut beyond your hand position. Stop cutting, reposition your hand up the ruler and continue cutting.
I always open up my first strip and check that it is straight and even. If not I adjust the fabric and square it up again. It's better to check at the beginning than cut a bunch of crooked strips.
After your strips are cut you can line them up on the horizontal lines of your mat and use your ruler to sub cut them into the shapes and sizes that you need for your quilt.
Happy and Safe Cutting!
Next time:
The quarter inch seam, piecing and pressing.
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I'm just about to start my first quilt after making a few doll quilts so I could practice but this tutorial is just what I need.
thank you for explaining cutting; I have consulted so many of my peer who quilt and was still not clear on cutting.
Thanks for the tips!!
this series is gonna be SO helpful! I can't wait to get started.
Oooh! This is just what I've been looking for! I've been wanting to start quilting but have no idea where to start. Thanks!
I think I have been cutting backwards all along…so thank you! Also, I aspire to be in the "non pre-wash" group, I hate waiting to prewash!
I really need to get an inch quilting ruler – at the moment I'm using an inch mat and a cm ruler! Do-able (and sometimes very handy) but I can see from the photos that using the inch one for quilting would make it easier when trying to stick to inches, which I'm not very good at being a metric gal!
Yes, uhm, pre-washing doesn't happen much at my house either, but luckily, as you said, I like the wrinkled finished look when I wash it. And, even that evens out over time.
Thanks for the tips! They are very helpful for us newbie quilters!
Thank you for your great tips!
What an awesome tute! I am a dreadful cutter, but I'm pretty good at following good instructions, so I'm hoping that my next cutting adventure will work out better for me. Thank you for the thorough tips! I've done one quilt, a jelly roll, and I'd love to quilt more so I'm super psyched for Quilt Month here!!
Very wise advice on cutting. It all helps to avoid waste and mistakes. 😉
Great beginner tips. Cutting is still the part of quilting I hate the most, but getting a rotary cutter, good ruler and a big mat made it a lot better!
it is so good to repeat this advice! i love learning new little things as i read how someone else does something.
My cutting mat is the best sewing tool I ever invested in!
Great tips! Thank you! 🙂 can't wait for the rest of the month's articles!
I heed the voice of experience when using my rotary cutter 🙂 Now if only I could find the new blades for it….
just bought a 24×36 cutting mat and it is so much better than the smaller one i had… great tip!
I have an unfinished quilt stored away somewhere and this may be just the thing to get me going again.
Wow fantastic tips! Thanks so much.
Those color catchers are a great tip for prewashing!
I hope to follow this along all the way through! I've not yet quilted but I aspire to 🙂
Very helpful, thanks! Any suggestions for a rotary cutter that skips? I've tried changing the blade, adjusting the tension on the screw, and adding more pressure as I cut, but I can never get my cuts to look anywhere as neat as yours, since I have to go over them so many times. I rarely ever try to cut through more than one layer of fabric since it's so much work just to cut through a single layer. Ideas?
I can't wait to see what comes up in quilting month! So far I've made one big quilt and three baby quilts, I'm looking forward to learning more techniques!
I'm so excited that the basics will be taught here! I can't wait to learn step-by-step.
Oooh I can already tell… I'm going to love this month!
I love quilting but I can't seem to get the binding just right when I have to join the ends on the quilt. I need some pointers. Lots of good tips and information! Thanks!
Ahh, I'd never thought of using anything other than detergent to wash fabric in, great tip!
I'm not a knitter yet. This is something I want to learn when everyone goes to school so I'm reading and taking lots of notes! Great instructions- you make it look easy.
After about 10 years away from quilting (and a UFO quilt in the cupboard), I'm glad to read these tips and refresh my memory.
Thanks 🙂
Great information! I always prewash, because I am allergic to the chemicals fabric is treated with.
I didn't know about not cutting beyond your hand! Thanks for the tip.
Thanks for the great tips!
thanks for the great tips. i'm fairly new to quilting and am really looking forward to this whole month of info here!
Love the folding idea! Thanks!
I've made a quilt for each daughter this year–now it's my turn, and I welcome being reminded of the basics.
If you aren't a new quilter, it is still great to review the basics. Thanks!
Fantastic tips and oh so important to get it right at the very beginning of the quilt process. Can't wait for the next instalment.
Thanks for this post!
Thanks for the helpful tutorial! Looking forward to your next installment.
Oh! This is nice, I've been wanting to take up quilting but haven't managed to get around to it. I'm definitely bookmarking this.
(My sister bought some of the rulers and a rotary cutter for sewing and my father called us geeks when we were discussing how cool they were…)
didn't know about the detergent part. I guess that's useful when preparing fabric for any kind of project. thanks for the clear instructions.
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I want to begin in this great quilt-world!! XD
Thanks for the great tips!
What wonderful information! Thank you so much.
I always struggle with squaring up, feeling I am wasting fabric. But I was more time trying to get square cuts!
I'm just getting ready to start a quilt, so these tips are great to hear!
I am really looking forward to this series of step by step tips. That will be so helpful for me! Oh, and what a novel thought–check the first strip to make sure it is right before proceeding. That would help me out a lot if I did that!!
here is to a year of straight cutting!! i will master the rotary cutter!
Thanks for the cutting tips. It is always nice for a refresher. Do you have a tip for cutting bigger peices… Lets say like 18 inch?
Thank you for the tips on squaring the fabric! That really helps 🙂
I didn't know not to use detergent. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks! This is great imformation and the photos are extremely helpful. I heart Cath Kidson!
Oh, this is really wonderful. I'm one of those people who is always just winging it, with very little patience for instruction. You laid it all out so simply that I think I actually absorbed that information! I can't wait to see the next installment.
A bunch of useful points. I see I'll learn a lot during this month. At least in theory ;)! Thanks for providing those lessons!
thanks SMS for a stay at home crash course on quilting! really looking forward to a fun month here!
Great post! I am new to the quilting game, so I really appreciate the awesome tutorials!
When I was younger, I was never taught to prewash. Now that I am sewing again, I can tell the difference in prewashing. Makes me wonder about the fabrics on Project Runway…….
so nice to learn the basics from jacquie.
Great tips!! thank you!!
These basics tips are so helpful. Keep them coming!
No detergent–I never knew! Thanks for that information. Does anyone know if Woolite would be okay to wash with?
Great post! I learned a lot from the cutting tips, especially. Looking forward to the next posts in the series.
Jacquie you are AWESOME!!!! Thanks for the clear and concise instructions. As a new quilter I find this info very valuable. Looking forward to your next installment.
Great practical tips to get started! Thanks so much!
Very excited about this series. I am working on my first quilt and realizing there is so much more to learn.
Great tips! I have the most trouble with the cutting! Definitely just need to practice more!
Thank you for doing this series! I did not know that tip of washing fabric with baby shampoo. I tend to not wash fabric when making quilts, but I always use color catchers which have worked for me so far!
Great tips! Thanks so much!
Those are some great tips for a beginner like me. Thank you so much!
Great tips!
Just seeing that it is quilt month makes me want to drop everything and get to work! If only…
Good suggestions–especially ironing. I am a short-cut type person, but skipping ironing isn't a short cut, it is more like a dead end.
Jacquie and SewMamaSew, Thank you for this tutorial. I've never used color catchers, and will add this to my shopping list.
I definitely needed a rotary cutter before I try a quilt.
I was waiting for these quiting basic tuts to learn more. Thx. Looking forward to the next ones 🙂
I really appreciate this. When I think about starting a quilting project, I always feel like there is some secret trick to cutting the fabric that I was missing. Thanks for this!
I must admit that I aspire to be a pre-washer, but again, too much of normal washing to do. BUT, if I am using lots of red, I will generally pre-wash that fabric because reds are notorious for running. Your article reminds me that I have to get a bigger cutting mat!
Looking forward to quilting month. Thanks for the tips. I have learned so much from all the amazing quilters in blogland who have shared their knowledge with others!
Ahhh, cutting. I both love you and hate you!
Yeah! Tutorials for the beginners – totally needed by me as I have just started trying to make quilts. Thank you.
Thanks for the great start – I'm just about to begin my very first quilt for my little boy. Serendipity, I'd say!
On detergents – I use Ecover which is an eco-friendly laundry powder that is very kind to fabrics and it's colours(any eco-friendly powder will probably operate that same way).
i was realy looking for something like this to explain the basics
Thanks for hosting a quilting month, these tips are great!
Hot dog! These tips are just what I need. I'm a beginner and don't know anyone that quilts around me! I'll be looking forward to the next segment.
Nice, clear instructions, Jacquie! I just wanted to add that a grip handle on the ruler is a great safety enhancer, and it also makes cutting accurately a lot easier… I love my Gypsy Grip Handle.
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I'm so glad you started with the very basics! Quilting will be a new addition to my craft repertoire, and I want to start right!
This month is going to be fabulous! I have been a reader of sew mama sew since about 4 months. And I come beck here EVERY DAY for my dose of inspiration.
Quilting is something remote in my country (India) and I dont even get batting here. But I do try hard to use what is available in the local market to the best of its ability. (I use flannel for batting!)
Your blogs have been very inspirational. Thanks for introducing me to the world of quilting which I am enjoying very much!
Thanks for this great tutorial!! I'm new at sewing, would love to make something beautiful but am still testing my skills on scraps as I'm afraid that I'll ruin the fabric. I have been looking everywhere here for beautiful fabric but haven't found any nice printed ones. Maybe today I'll take the leap and start something.
This is great. Thanks!
It is so important for everyone to learn the basics, regardless of the style of quilting. Good job.
I will make my comment, though, that I prefer to get my fabric to hang right before the first cut by holding it in my hands, not laying it down. Any wonkiness is more obvious this way, and sometimes selvage to selvage is way off when it comes to lying flat.
I alway wash first, but I had never heard of not using detergent. Thanks for the tip! Can't wait to read the rest of the series. I am a beginning quilter, so I really enjoy hearing different folks talk about the process!
Great tips…look forward to this month of quilting!
My rotary cutter doesn't even HAVE a safety cover… eep, it must be older than I think.
Thanks for solving the mystery of how you get that nice quilt-y effect– I never would have known it was from not pre-washing, as I always have!
I love reading your website. It's such a great resource! Thanks,
Add me to the group who never heard about not using detergent. I didn't think dreft was actually mild???
Last week I was pre-washing fabric for my first lap quilt and couldn't decide whether or not I should use detergent. Now I know (for the next time)!
this is great… can't wait for the next one
Thanks so much for these fantastic tips!
This is really helpful! I'm looking forward to the rest of the series – you never know, it could result in a proper quilt in no time!
I've been doing all that, learned through trial and error. Nice to know I'm on the right track!
They say that God is in the details; I think also that success is in the details! So grateful to gain access to such a gifted quilter's tips!!
Thanks for the great tips. Always good to start with the basics!
great tutorial! V. helpful for me (a beginning quilter)
I'm so happy you're doing this series. I've dabbled in patchwork and quilting but have no real skills built up. So I'm looking forward to learning some basics.
Ahhh to prewash or not to prewash that is always the question and I am always afraid to prewash dark colors! Thank you SOOO much for this tutorial!
i've always been intimidated by the "perfect" square so I've always made crazy quilts.
this tutorial makes it seem so much easier!
I'm still on the fence of pre-wash vs not. I do a little of both right now until I'm confident that I don't need to. I hate washing fabrics and getting all those pesky fraying threads.
great reminders!
I'm also a new-ish quilter. I am intrigued by the way you square up your fabric… would you (or anyone else) be willing to make a video of this?
I took a beginning quilting class, and this looks MUCH easier than the way I was taught (which involves picking it up and hanging it and adjusting with your fingers – where, at some point, the fabric falls out of my fingers and I have to start over again for the 132nd time). I'll try just about anything else!
So true, measure twice, cut once. Too many times I have done the opposite. Thanks for the tips!
I love seeing the basics spelled out like this for me–thanks!!!
This is a great tutorial. I'm planning on starting my first quilt ever tomorrow and is definitely going to help with the cutting!
I'm a beginner quilter and I always prewash my fabric. The last thing I want to do isgive a quilt as a gift and find out that the colors have bled when they washed the quilt! How embarrassing.
Love basic advice like this–so helpful!
great tips, thank you! I have always had trouble with the infamous "v"'s after cutting my strips, and I'll be sure to be better about lining up my selvages better! Thank you!
I appreciate you walking us through each step. I tend to rush through the initial cutting/squaring up the fabric, and pay for it later!!
I learned a lot from your post. I am new to quilting. Thank you.
I'm going to try my rotary cutter again. I have trouble with straight lines.
I am constantly on the look out for quilting tips and time saving ideas…thanks for the quilting focus this month and I hope I win a prize!!!!
As a self-taught quilter I really appreciate the how-to's…I always learn things I didn't know!
Those beautiful fabrics are so springy! Would love to see how they pair together in a quilt.
We are so lucky to learn all of Jacquie's tips!! Thank you.
Super helpful!
all I know is that I need a rotary cutter!! then maybe I can try a real quilt
Excellent tips! I'm off to sew!
Great job, Jacquie! I see few instructions for beginning quilters that show or tell how to make sure you are cutting on the straight of grain — leading to needless frustration and crooked strips. Nice tutorial.
I wish I had this tutorial years ago. So well done. I'll pass it along to new-quilter friends. Thanks.
Yeah, not so much with me and the pre-washing. I'm impatient, I don't like to clean up the mess of fray and wrinkles.
Thank you for this. I just started quilting and can use all of the tips I can get. I have previously been cutting with the bulk of the fabric on my left (I'm right handed), and think I'll try orienting it this way next time.
I didn't realize you shouldn't use detergent either. Thanks for the review of folding and cutting.
Great tutorial…..First thing I learned today: Don't forget the ironing!
Kind regards
using baby shampoo for pre washing will make it easier to control my anxiety 🙂 thanks
Color catchers are indeed fantastic!!! My quilting teacher had told me that she keeps the used ones and uses them to make cards and things. 🙂 Great post! 🙂
I wish we had those colour catcher sheets in Australia…
This is Uekiya and I was wondering if anyone has had any trouble posting a comment here. I posted a comment about noonish, (it showed above the block where you actually type, stating it would be checked before publishing). I am sure that I did not say anything inappropriate, as it was all complimentary.
I am very new at posting comments so perhaps I am doing something wrong. Sure would appreciate any tips or comments as to why my post "disappeared".
Thanks! 🙂
PS…Your article was great, by the way. I have wanted to quilt for a long time but was not sure exactly how to begin. Now that you have given me the preparation steps and the correct way to cut, I will have no excuse not to actually make my first quilt. Thanks again for all the time you must put into this site!
As always, wonderful instructions! Thanks, Jacquie!
Thanks for this great tutorial!
I have been quilting for quite a while, but I love seeing the basics done up in such a nice manner! I am sure I will be sending my friends here all month!! Thanks
You can never Iron enough. Great information.
I don't usually pre-wash. I like the wrinkly look!
Brilliant series!We will be watching and learning…. Thank you!
I did not realize that detergent was not necessary for pre-washing. Looking forward to reading future quilting tips.
I've always wanted to learn how to quilt…with such a fabulous tutorial-it's my time!
this is helpful! i didn't know about the color catchers.
I so want to make a quilt, a big quilt. I know I should start small and learn the technique, but I'm sometimes impatient for the final product. I'm sure I'm going to learn some great tips here this month.
Ironing….that's a step I missed. Thanks for the reminder.
very interesting point about detergent and cotton….I'm going to have to watch that. Also, I was glad to hear a review of the Shout Color Catchers.
Thank you for the post. It's nice to see that I'm on the right track, and to read the reasons why someone wouldn't prewash their fabric! 🙂
I'm a pre-washer. I'm scared of how the project may shrink if I was after sewing!
I read the "if you're left handed adjust accordingly" and wanted to add something useful to that. If you're a lefty, purchase a left-handed rotary cutter. It will make ALL the difference both in accuracy and your safety. You can't properly see where you're cutting if you are using a right-handed cutter in your left hand.
I love my rotary cutter!
Thanks for the great tips! I am really looking forward to this month! 🙂
This is a great post – so clear and love the pictures along with the instructions! Thanks!
I knew most of this already (and yes, I fall into the "don't prewash" group), but I really loved the tips for evening up fabric off the bolt. Thanks for that!
sometimes you just need a reminder on the basics because i know i get a bit lazy, thanks for the post
Such a simple thing, but worth the explanation for us beginning quilters. Thanks!
Thanks for the tip about detergent and color. I'm glad to see that my first 'teacher' started me on the right path with pre-treating and cutting. Thanks for sharing 🙂
I would love some tips on cutting LONG strips of fabric. I have had a finished quilt top upstairs for about a year, just waiting for some backing. But, for the backing I have to cut 14″ by 93″ strips. I'm so intimidated, I just keep putting it off. Do I just fold and fold to try to cut thru as many layers as possible at once?
Thank you for the great tips… I'm new to this and need all the pointers I can get!
I actually never have straightened my fabric first by lining up the selvedges. What a great and easy idea!!
Thanks for the helpful post. I'm a brand new quilter, so the more simple the directions the better!
I've been pretending to be a quilter for about 3 months now– meaning that I have all this fabric and materials, but have been too intimidated to even start. This post will help take that leap! Thanks!
Thanks for this. I am such a lazy and frustrated cutter! These are some great tips to make it a little easier for me.
Thank you for these. I am committing this month to make a start at quilting.
Thanks for doing the basics. I'm just starting out, so breaking down the simple stuff really helps me.
Good basic info! Thanks.
I always pre-wash my fabrics, but never thought of washing them in anything but my regular detergent. Thanks fot the tips!
Great tips. I'm new to quilting and really excited to get started.
If I am making a quilt with red or purple fabric, I prewash no matter what. Lesson learned the hard way….:)
Good tips! I always struggle with whether or not I should pre-wash or not! Thanks for the insight.
I'm so excited about this month of quilting posts! It started out with a great tutorial. I'm a beginning quilter, so going over the basics again has reassured me that I'm on track – thanks!
Such a helpful series, even if you're not a quilter. Thank you!
Thanks for the tips! As a fairly new quilter struggling to get my pieces consistent, I am looking forward to more posts on tricks and techniques. Thanks!
Going to get some color catchers! Great tip.
These are great tips. I can't wait to start on my quilt!
Thanks for the tips!
I'm about to start my first (small) quilting project and am so excited about this series. Very helpful – thanks!
thank you, I am so pumped about quilting month! Can't wait to learn, learn, learn…this is a great beginning.
I am one of those "don't pre-wash" people….never seem to get enough steam from my iron to make it crisp again once it makes it through the drier…
Thanks for the tips!
Maybe this will help me get rid of that pesky v that sometimes shows up when I'm cutting strips!
I've been wanting to try my hand at quilting!
Hey, I love the color catchers tip, thanks!
Great tutorial! Looking forward to all the topics and quilts during April Quilt Month! Thanks!
Great tips here Jacquie. A good refresher even for those of us who quilt regularly.
Another case of the disappearing comment – Jacquie, thank you for the guidance – I've never tried washing fabric before cutting and have heard that some quilters even prefer to starch their fabric prior to cutting – I'll have to try out some of these techniques to see what's best for me. With long seams though I tend to snip and rip to get a long straight edge as I find a multi fold cut gives me a 'banana' edged fabric strip.
I have been looking forward to April! Yipee!
Great info Jacquie – these are perfect tips!
This is just what I needed to get started! I've never quilted and I'm looking forward to following along and starting my first project. Thanks so much!
Thanks so much for the great tips! I love your website. Looking forward to learning more from you this month.
Thank you so much for inspiring me to once again take time to quilt! Look forward to the next installment!
im glad you are starting with the beginning!! alot of us just jump in and never think about these things…
There was a lot of great information in that post. I love to quilt but I consider myself still a beginner.
Thanks for all the detailed tips. I'm a newbie so I'm soaking it all in! Thanks so much!
Oh yay for the basics! Thanks!
Thanks for the tips. I'll have to try that color catcher!
Fantastic! I've been wanting to start quilting, but have been hesitant to take the plunge without knowing a darn thing. This series is perfect.
Never heard of color catchers…thanks for the info.
I already love quilting month! This post and the ad for Modern Meadow fabrics make me want to play hooky so very badly.
The color catchers are a great idea!
I'm looking forward to tomorrows post!
I'm so excited about quilting month! 🙂
Have a new rotary cutter and was having a few troubles…thanks for clearing up the process. Note to self: get a clear 24″ ruler!
great reminders for safety and accuracy!
Great start to the month! Thanks so much for doing this!
Thanks for the great info! I can attest to the wonder that are Shout Color Catchers. I throw one the the wash with every quilt I wash and I'm always amazed to see what color they are when the load is done! They've really saved me a lot of heartache.
I've always been confused about the whole pre-wash or not debate. This helped answer my questions. Thanks!
I am going to pick up some of the Shout Color Catcher for my current quilt. The information was good and I look forward to more.
Such great tips. I wish I had had your tips when I first started quilting. Can't wait for part 2.
I really want to learn to quilt – thank you SO MUCH for helping me get started!
Thanks so much for having a quilting month! My hubby is so excited that I might sew him a quilt one day. What a great post to start quilting month. 🙂
Great tips! Thanks!
My hesitancy at even starting quilting isn't the sewing, but the cutting of the fabrics. Thank you so much for this. I'm so excited about this whole month of quilting helps.
Anyone with cats can note that closing the rotary cutter is essential…Mine just love to send it flying across the room when I'm not paying enough attention to them 🙂 Great tutorial.
Thanks for the tips. Every time I cut that way, people look at me funny. Many quilters I've met use the other way, and measure with the mat rather than the ruler. I prefer the ruler as I think it's more accurate, so I'm glad that you're teaching it that way! 🙂
Looks like fun!
Thanks for the tips! I'm right-handed, but for some reason I keep the fabric to my left and cut off strips on the right instead of the opposite.
This is so helpful for beginners, like me!! Thanks!!
I am definately a pre-wash girl! I love the ritual of bringing home new fabrics, washing them immmediately, ironing them and placing them neatly on my shelf as they await a great new project idea!
Some great info Jacquie – thank you!
Brilliant! I've always wanted to make quilts so been looking forward to quilting month 🙂
This is great! I've been thinking of making quilts for my daughter's rooms, but wanted to get started on the right path so that I would be happy with the finished result. This looks like all the things I need to know. Now just to decide on what exactly I want the finished product to look like.
I guess I had never thought about the product I used to pre-wash my fabric…I am going to have to start thinking about this.
Great topic this month! I liked reading these tips- can't wait for more quilting direction.
Color catcher, huh? Never heard of it before. Thanks for the tip!
I see that you didn't cut the straight edge based on getting the circles or design. I am never sure what to do about that. Also, I tend to be a prewasher when I don't have fat quarters or jelly rolls or other precuts to be used.
I love the wrinkly look, yet I always prewash. I don't know why or when I started but I have a fear of not prewashing. Thanks for the tips if I forget.
This is a great tutorial!
I always feel a little lost when trying to square up fabric for my first cut. Your way is wonderful.
thanks for the great tips !
Just one quick comment on the pros of prewashing. I have a friend who developed serious skin allergies after working in a fabric store. Most fabrics are treated with some nasty stuff, giving that nice sheen and crisp feel. Better to prewash to protect our families etc. However if you are making something that will never be washed, you could decide to risk it.
This post couldn't have come at a better time. I've just started the cutting process for my first quilting attempt…look forward to all the quilting posts!
I never knew that you shouldn't use detergent for pre-washing. Thanks!
That combo of fabrics in the first photo is absolutely charming!!
I've just started sewing and crafting and just recently found you website. What a wealth of wonderful information.
Thanks for these "basics" tutorials – I've done some quilting, often skipping important steps, like squaring the fabric, so I can get to the good stuff. I'm looking forward to the rest of your lessons.
Helen in Malden, MA
I have never pre-washed material…. however, I am working on a red and cream quilt right now and I think I may regret it. But I couldn't bring myself to prewash. I just love that puffy look after you wash the quilt the first time. 🙂
Thank you for your clear, concise explanation on straightening the fabric! That's a step that seems to get left out of a lot of quilting instructions and it's the one that always confuses me. I must buy really crooked fabric!
The tips are very helpful! Especially for a 'newbie' me. Thanks!
Thank you so much for posting this series! I'm getting ready to do my first quilt and although it's a little overwhelming, I'm very excited, too!!
Those shout products are great, but not fully reliable. Ask my husband who now wears light pink underwear and socks.
Can't agree more with the pre-washing advice (but sometimes I just cannot wait to start on a project and then washing is out of the question ")
These are all very helpful tips! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks for the tips. Can't emphasize enough closing the rotary cutter each time you lay it down!
Thanks Jacquie! Can't wait for the next one!
This is great info — I'm looking forward to the rest of this series!
I love the wrinkle pucker look, although I tend to prewash in fear of color bleeding. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you so much for starting this topic! I've recently learned how to sew and am hoping to start quilting. I have a huge pile of cut squares that was given to me! Can't wait to start putting them together!
Thanks again!
Great post for beginners! Thanks for the tips and hints!
Great post for quilting beginners! And pre-washing with baby shampoo… I never thought of that, thanks for the great tip!
I am excited about this month's topic. I love quilting but consider myself a novice.
Are you cutting through the fold when you first trim? How long is your final strip, is it the width of the fabric?
Thanks for the tutorial.
i thank you for the great explanation of cutting — the scariest part for me! Scared no more! But i have a question: do you sharpen the blades or are there replacements?
I never thought to wash my fabrics before.. Good tip!
This is a great tutorial. Also love your fabric choices and would
like to know where to find the flower fabric on top in the first picture. (mfg.and collection)
I follow your blog and enjoy it so much. So glad you're part of Quilting Month.
Thank you for these great tips, Jacquie!
Great tips, Jacquie! I used to pre-wash everything….then I started building a stash, and having even less time to sew all the wonderful things I wanted to create…I gave up on about two years ago. I may go back, though….
love that polka dot – thanks for the tips!
I am so ready to for this month! I have always wanted to learn how to quilt. Lesson one was wonderful and useful! Thank you
i havent even started to make a quilt yet but i really want to. this helps me is starting to think about what i need to do!
Hi, thanks for this month of quilting poss.
I have heard people talk about things they throw in with their laundry to catch the colors, but I never really knew what was being talked about. Now I have an actual image of what I need to go buy.
– Thanks
I have been a fan of Jacquie's for quite some time; she even responds to my email questions, which I find remarkable. She is such an inspiration — we all can learn a lot from her.
Oh I'm so excited as this is exactly the lessons that I need!!Thank you so much.
This is so exciting. I'm hoping to get my quilt mo-jo back.
Thanks for a great start to the month.
I'm new to this quilting malarky and am becoming way obsessed. Not sure I'd have taken it up if I'd realised how much ironing it involved 🙂
I really don't know how to thank you for this, I was on the lookout for some tutorials on quilting and you start THIS!
Thank you so much for all the help and support you provide through this site for all of us who love some sewing/crafting!
The dots not being straight would drive me NUTS! What do you do about that?
Great tips – I look forward to more from this series and the entire Quilting month.
Very well done. I like reading Jacquie's blog too. She's an amazing artist.
This is quite helpful – especially the bit about not cutting past your stabilizing hand. Thanks!
I love quilting and I'm so excited for a month of tips. I have a bunch of quilt squares that someone hand appliqued for my grandmother in the thirties and she wants me tomake them into a quilt and then hand quilt them. It's a bit of a daunting task.
Looking forward to this month…the perfect impetus for me to clean up my sewing room!
I can't live without color catchers, jacquie!
This is such a helpful post, especially as I have just bought a cutting mat and rotary cutter. Now all I need is to actually start cutting!
good reminders. I need to get some Color-catchers. what a brilliant idea!
Great tips. I can't wait to see what else you have in store for quilt month!
Very informative! I love tips like these!
I'm so glad I read this…I've been sewing for quite a while now and fussing about uneven fabrics and never once thought of squaring them off like this… duh! I feel slightly silly now…
Very informative. I hope to be able to remember the tips for my next project.
Thanks! I am so looking forward to this month.
I'll be busy this month with quilts, quilts, quilts! Thanks for all the great info!
Great article!
Love seeing someone else as paranoid about rotary cutter safety as I am! Great tips!
Thank you so much for having this! I am just getting into quilting and love that you have the basics here for us!! The only thing I have made was a smaller rag quilt for my 3 year old daughter. Been wanting to do something else but not sure where to begin. Thanks again for you great site!!!
What a wonderful post for beginners. I have some friends whom I plan to point toward this.
I a quilting virgin, I am reallt looking forward to this
Yay! I'm so excited for quilting month!
I plan to pre-wash and hope all goes well!!
Great tutorial!!
thanks for the great info. I never iron my fabric before i cut, I will do that now
Thanks for the great tips. I've always liked the idea of making a quilt but just the thought of where to start leaves me confused so I have yet to make that step. Definitely bookmarked this post under the 'craft' file for when I do finally give it a shot!
Great tutorial about cutting and fabric preparation! Thanks Sharonj.
Great tips! I may need to pick up some of that color catcher!
Thanks for the cutting tips, they'll certainly come in handy!
Thanks for the tips. I'm a new quilter and can use all the help I can get, especially since there are no quilters that I know of in my area!
Also, thanks for the opportunity to win one of these great prizes!
I've always wanted to make a quilt, but I haven't attempted it yet. Thanks for the tips for those of us that haven't tackled quilting yet!
It's great to see this special month on 'Sew Mama Sew' get underway. I've never tried pre-wash before cutting so must give it a go sometime soon. I have to admit though that as I don't have a lot of space for long cuts I do tend to nick the seam and then rip the fabric, ensuring a relative straight edge and non of the banana bowing I get with a multi fold / rotary cut seam – I also do the same for non bias strips for bindings.
We're off to a great start, the very basics. For some reason the squaring of the fabric is one of the hardest parts for me.
I do think it is all about the right tools and knowing how to use them correctly. Thanks for this.
Yay, I'm so excited for Quilt Month. Thanks Jacquie for your series…can't wait to see what is up next.
Thanks for the tip!
Dear teacher,
thank you for the lesson.
I am a 'good pupil" and I already knew eveything, but it is good to have it here, if a friend of mine wants to begin!
Thanks for all the great information and illustrative pictures!
I simply cannot do the double fold. no matter how careful I am, I end up with a crooked strip. bummer!
Jacquie, I love everything that you do :)…thank you for bringing us back to the basics, it's so good to refresh and review.
No one ever stressed the importance of preparing fabric the right way when I started quilting, so I fell into a lot of bad habits. This has really inspired me though. It's never too late to start doing it the right way, right? 🙂
Hmmm. Didn't know that about not using detergent. Glad I found that out!
Great tutorial with pics…
ah…ironing is where i fail…


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The cabin was charming and delightful...the pictures on VRBO really didn't do it justice! We grinned when we pulled into your driveway because it looked like a storybook log cabin! And the first thing Baxter our dog did, was to jump out of the car and roll in the grass, and then he proceeded to sniff every last inch of the front and back yards. To say he was happy would be an understatement, which I really appreciated because he's very old and his days are numbered. When we walked into your cabin, we grinned even more because it was decorated just the way we would, if we had a cabin in the mountains! The bed in the master was comfy, the kitchen was fully stocked, and I loved the sewing machine on the second floor because it's the same model my grandma had, and used to make my Mom's wedding dress!
The location of your cabin is pretty perfect, too, because we had quick and easy access to Boone, Valle Crucis, and even Blowing Rock.
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Apolipoprotein CII (apoCII) is a protein found in large fat particles that the gastrointestinal tract absorbs. It is also found in very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), which is made up of mostly triglycerides (a type of fat in your blood).
This article discusses the test used to check for apoCII in a sample of your blood.
ApoCII; Apoprotein CII; ApoC2
A blood sample is needed.
You may be told not to eat or drink anything for 4 - 6 hours before the test.
When the needle is inserted to draw blood, you may feel some pain, or only a prick or stinging. Afterward, there may be some throbbing where the needle was inserted.
ApoCII measurements can help determine the type or cause of high blood cholesterol. It is not clear whether the test results improve treatment. Because of this, most health insurance companies will not pay for the test. If you do not have high cholesterol or heart disease, this test may not be recommended for you.
The normal range is 3 - 5 mg/dL. However, apoCII results are usually reported as present or absent.
The examples above are common measurements for results of these tests. Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Some labs use different measurements or test different samples. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
High levels of apoCII may be due to:
Low apoCII levels are seen in people with a rare condition called familial apoprotein CII deficiency. This causes chylomicronemia syndrome, another condition in which the body does not break down fats normally.
Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other. Obtaining a blood sample from some people may be more difficult than from others.
Other risks associated with having blood drawn are slight but may include:
Apolipoprotein measurements may provide more detail about your risk for heart disease, but the added value of this test beyond a lipid panel is unknown.
Genest J, Libby P. Lipoprotein disorders and cardiovascular disease. In: Bonow RO, Mann DL, Zipes DP, Libby P, eds. Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine. 9th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 47.
Robinson JG. What is the role of advanced lipoprotein analysis in practice? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2012;60:2607-2615.
Semenkovich, CF. Disorders of lipid metabolism. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman's Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2011:chap 213.
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WACO — Every little error is magnified at the state level.
While the Antonian boys didn't have any catastrophic mistakes, they made enough little ones over the two days at the TAPPS State Track and Field Championships to fall to a third-place Class 5A finish, just eight points behind the winner.
"It was just one of those (things) where we made a lot of mistakes and it caught up with us," Apaches coach Devlyn Lovell said. "But I can't neglect to say the kids worked really hard. ... If we would've run like we did at regionals, we would've won. But that's why it's a state meet."
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Lovell said a few bad handoffs in relays and not scoring as well as hoped in some field events Friday kept Antonian from catching Austin St. Michael's, which claimed the title with 88 points. Houston St. Pius X was second with 86.
Antonian's final chance came in the 1,600-meter run, where Andrew and Matthew Gazda entered as the No. 2 and 3 qualifiers. They needed to finish 1-3 to tie for the lead with one event left, but went 3-4 instead.
Meanwhile, it was the St. Michael's duo of Dennis Hodapp, who set the 5A meet mark with a time of 4 minutes, 20.01 seconds, and Elliot Peterson who finished 1-2 and rocketed their team up the standings.
"You always want to win, but it takes so much to be successful," Lovell said. "There are so many events and so many good teams."
Antonian's best finishes Saturday were seconds from Ezekiel Rozmus, Brandon Parker, Ricardo Delgado Jr. and Christopher Ivone Jr. in the 800-meter relay and Ivone Jr. in the 200 dash.
St. Anthony's Jean Deason won an area-best three medals in five events. She was second in the long jump and the shot put, and also placed third in the pole vault.
The big mistakes came from the Antonian girls and Central Catholic boys in the 800 relay. Antonian was heading into the final leg when it botched the final handoff, while Central Catholic was among the leaders at the second exchange, but couldn't complete it.
Blaire? Sullivan earned Central Catholic's only medal with a silver in the 400, while St. Anthony's John Ceruti grabbed silver in the 110 hurdles.
San Antonio Christian's Peter Martin blew away the 3,200 field by almost 19 seconds for a gold in the 4A 3,200 with a time of 9:49.88, and won silver in the 1,600.
SAC's girls' 800 relay team picked up a silver, while Texas Military Institute's Cheyenne Mangold came away with 800 gold in 2:23.32.
The Boerne Geneva School's girls earned the Class A team title, nearly doubling their nearest foes with 122 points. Plainview Christian and Universal City First Baptist tied for second with 65.
Geneva's Krysten Budde and Lauren Finley went 1-2 in the 1,600, and Budde also took gold in the 800. Finley ran the opening leg on 1,600 relay team that closed the meet with a win.


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Input level -10dBV (0.32V)
Minimum Input Level -22dBV (0.08V)
Maximum Input Level +6dBV (2.0V)
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Backlight HIGH / LOW / ALL OFF
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Connector miniHDMI (Type C)
Tripod Mounting Thread 1/4"
Power Supply
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TASCAM PS-P520 AC adaptor (sold separately)
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Dimensions (WxHxD): 70mm — 131mm —28mm
Weight: 157g (Batteries not included)
Operating temperature range 0 - 35"ƒ
2GB microSDHC card
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Chris Ryan couldn't have had better company while surfing off Black's Beach yesterday.
When a large wave knocked him cold, he was rescued and revived by three strangers: an off-duty lifeguard, a doctor and a medical student.
Ryan, 49, was pulled from the water about 7:30 a.m., said San Diego Fire-Rescue Department spokesman Maurice Luque.
Luque said a surfer who was paddling out saw Ryan catch a large wave that closed out on him and knocked him off his board. The paddling surfer, medical student Phillippe Duhaime, waited for the man to surface but then saw him floating facedown in the water.
Duhaime was holding Ryan's head above water as more waves rolled through when a second surfer, Dylan Jones, an off-duty lifeguard-paramedic from Los Angeles County, noticed the rescue taking place.
Jones caught a wave over to the two men in the water and worked with the first surfer to carry the unconscious man into the beach, where they began administering aid, Luque said.
Mark Barcker, a doctor who was surfing nearby, came to assist. Barcker performed CPR while Jones gave Ryan mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, Luque said. They worked on him for about three minutes before he "came back," Luque said.
"The people that were attending to him knew exactly what to do and how to do it because of their medical backgrounds. They didn't lose a minute," he said. "Everything was aligned perfectly. … The consensus is had he not gotten that kind of immediate care, he would have died."
Because it was high tide and a lifeguard vehicle could not reach Ryan, surfers carried him about 75 yards to a waiting ambulance. He was reported in serious condition at a hospital yesterday afternoon, a hospital spokeswoman said.


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THREE talented children are celebrating after winning a poetry reading contest at their village primary school.
Hyde Primary held its sixth annual Off By Heart competition, where children as young as five learned and recited a poem with judges taking particular note of presentation, expression and imaginative use of costumes and props.
This year's judges were former teacher Andrea Rix, who set up the first Off By Heart, and one of the school's ex-pupils Alex Crossley, now in Burgate's sixth form, who was awarded a place with the National Youth Theatre at the age of 14.
The judges chose Eliza Cowdery as the worthy winner of Class One, Charlie Woodley as Class Two's proud victor with Faye Ward-Jones taking top place in Class Three.
They each won a trophy as well having their names engraved on the plaque hanging in the school lobby.
The school is passionate about the arts, encouraging pupils to perform to increase their self-confidence and imaginative and presentation skills.
Headteacher Julie Dalziell said: "The standard of the Off By Heart competition this year was incredibly high.
"It never fails to astonish me how immensely brave, confident and talented our children are – the youngest of whom, performing for the first time, was only five years old.
"They should all be very proud of themselves."
The school is holding a Mad Hatter's Tea Party on the Common at 3pm on Friday, June 27, to which the public is invited.
It will hold its summer show at 2pm and 7pm on Thursday, July 10 at Ibsley Village Hall.
Visit www.hyde.hants.sch.uk for further information.


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I live in a shared house and this is the washer that is available to use. So far we have had no problems with it and I have always been impressed with how clean my washing is....am sure that is a little to do with the products I use too though :-)
The washer has a variety of settings including:
*cotton 40-95 degrees
*synthetics 30-60 degrees
*delicates 30 degrees
*wool 40 degrees
*handwash 30-40 degrees
*spin/ gentle spin
*rinse and spin
I think these settings are fairly general for washers but the positive for this machine is that they are easy to use as. I tend to use the 40 degrees cotton setting for most of my washes, unless I am doing a white wash and then I tend to use a higher temperature, and have been pleased with the wash results. I find that the time taken for a wash is dependent on how big the load is (the max it takes is 5kg)...this can be a bit frustrating when I am in a rush to leave and think it'll take 1hr 40 (as the previous wash) and turns out taking nearer 2 hrs!
It has 1400rpm spin speed, I have found this to be good as it really removes the water from your washing and thus reducing drying time which is a bonus :-)
The only downside is that the machine can be pretty loud and so trying to do the washing over night seems to disturb my sleeping housemates :-(
Having a very quick look on the internet- this washer retails at around the £295 mark.
This Whirlpool AWOD4605 1400rpm spin speed washing machine offers a large 5kg load along with an A+ Rated energy and A Rated wash performance / It also features a multitude of programmes to suit your wash requirements, including automatic half load for smaller loads, 30 minute quick wash when time is of the essence and a wool programme so there''s no need to wash by hand / Short name: Whirlpool AWOD4605


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Jeffery Deaver
Tonight @ the Brookfield Schwartz Bookshop - 7 p.m.
Jun. 24, 2008
Suspense novelist Jeffery Deaver returns to one of his favorite creations in his latest novel, The Broken Window: the unflappably heroic NYPD detective Lincoln Rhyme. In this, the eight Lincoln Rhyme novel, the detective hunts down an identity-theft criminal framing innocents for his crimes, and Rhyme's estranged cousin is framed with murder. Deaver reads from the book tonight at 7 p.m. at the Schwartz Bookshop in Brookfield.


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There are many risks associated with using P2P file sharing networks, including severe criminal and civil penalties from exposure to copyright law infringement. Even sharing movies and music with friends is considered a criminal act.
Criminal penalties for first-time offenders can be as high as 5 years in prison and $250,000 in fines. Individuals who illegally reproduce or distribute copyrighted material may face criminal prosecution even if there is no monetary gain or commercial benefit.
Civil penalties have minimum statutory damages of $750 per song or movie. Statutory fines may be assessed without the copyright holder proving actual damages of the copyright infringing activity. Fines for willful cases of infringement can be as high as $150,000 for each copyrighted work.
Students who illegally copy or distribute copyrighted material or use P2P file sharing networks on campus may lose computer and network privileges for up to 30 days, and in some cases privileges may be lost indefinitely.


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A star fell this morning: Elizabeth Taylor, one of the greatest Hollywood stars who ever lived, died on Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 from complications stemming from congestive heart failure. She was 79 years old. Words fail us. Taylor was famous for many things, of which her eight marriages to seven different men (twice to her frequent co-star Richard Burton) and her passion for jewelry were among the most trivial. Elizabeth Taylor was a movie star back when the title meant something, appearing in more films that we'd care to count, including more classics than the average videostore 'classic film' section could carry.
National Velvet, Little Women, Father of the Bride, A Place in the Sun, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, BUtterfield 8, Cleopatra and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? are but a small sampling of Taylor's work (she won two Oscars for Best Actress, for BUtterfield 8 and Virginia Woolf, and racked up three more nominations and a Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award while she was at it). We'll always love her best for her sweeter roles in such films as Life With Father and the original Father of the Bride series. Younger viewers may also remember Taylor from her later work in family-oriented fare such as The Flintstones movie and an appearance she made on Captain Planet.
To prepare a proper obituary one would need to write a book. Fortunately there have already been many: we recommend the recent release Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, RIchard Burton and the Marriage of the Century by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger to all those interested.
Crave Online sends our best wishes and condolences to Taylor's friends and family. She will be missed.


text: Hi, version 0.7 of debbuggtk is now in the Debian repository. This is a set of tools (bugwatcher, bugviewer and buglister) to help manage Debian bug reports. This is useful because: - Bug listings can be filtered, so it should be easier to find particular reports. This includes searching titles, bodies and limiting by tags and severity (bug age and logical connectives should be added in the future). This is very useful for finding duplicates in large bug listings. - It allows you to easily see reports when offline (for those of us with pathetic connections) - It shortens the headers of reports and splits them into individual messages, removing duplicates, so is hopefully nicer than the web pages. (advice for improvements welcome) - Reports can be 'edited' - This brings up a form to aid generation of an email to send to the report and/or control server. (The message is then opened with the gnome mailto: hander) - New or modified reports are highlighted until read. For large listings, this enables you to easily look at which reports have changed since the last time you checked. - 'Virtual listings' allow you to group reports which you are interested in, e.g. reports which you will fix, or problems which you would like to track. (more work needs to be done to make this more user friendly) - Bug listings can have columns for most important features of the bug reports. These can be sorted. - it gives me a good way to mess around with my other project, java-gnome :) These programs are written for GNOME in Java, using the Java-Gnome library. This is probably the largest program written with java-gnome so far and so has contributed many improvements to java-gnome. To put it another way, we suffer lots of bugs and sometimes have to do a lot of work to use parts of gnome/gtk/... The main problem at the moment is that the program crashes with large bug reports (such as #186350); I have no idea why. At the moment, the programs are in contrib and depend on Blackdown java. This is due to poor support for linking with native libraries in free JVMs. sablevm developers are looking into this, but it may take some time. More help would be appreciated for all free JVMs. Being Java, people might expect performance to be poor. It does take a while for the program to start, but after that it is like most other applications. Some parts of the program are slow unrelated to the gui: Bug reports are currently created by crudely parsing the html of the web pages at bugs.debian.org. We need to write a machine readable interface to the bts and support that in these programs. This will also (hopefully) allow us to have more sources for the programs, such as old, unreproducible and help tagged bug listing. I have also started work on bugreporter, a graphical form of reportbug. This will use the same bug listing and viewing features as the other programs. This is still in the planning stages and will not be ready for at least a couple of months. Please file any feature requests as wishlist bugs on the debbuggtk package, keeping to one request per bug report. If anyone has any advice about improving the user interface, this would also be appreciated. -- .''`. Mark Howard : :' : `. `' http://www.tildemh.com `- email@example.com | email@example.com | firstname.lastname@example.com


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1 Hiro Hamada Hiro Hamada is a fictional character who appears as the main character in the 2014 movie Big Hero 6 and is in the Big Hero 6 comics named Hiro Takachino
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He's baymax! That's all I have to say! That is the word that shows how awesome he is "Baymax".
4 Tadashi Hamada Tadashi Hamada is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' 54th animated feature, Big Hero 6. The film is inspired by a Marvel comic book of the same name.
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Thank celestia hans is on this list. He has one of the strongest character traits while pulling off he best Disney betrayal. Elsa and Anna are nowhere near as strong and as interesting characters
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Easy Peasy Look Book for Cards with Christy from Whimsical Whimsies.
I am an organizer. Not by profession, but definitely by personality. And there is never enough time to organize everything. My eye is twitching just thinking about it (seriously). I feel that I've been doing a pretty good job lately, keeping things organized and organizing what still needs some help…which brings me to the cards.
Here is my situation: I have but one method of storing cards that I've been given for any occasion. It's nothing spectacular. In fact, it's efficient if you don't care about looking at them….okay, it's not great and I've been wanting to do something different. That's right. It's this big old envelope that has to remain upright because the top flap is not able to be sealed.
Today, I thought I'd do something with the cards. Finally. And, it took me about 10 minutes to complete–with three small children climbing about, which tells you just how easy and quick this is.
I decided to make a look book for our wedding cards. Our anniversary is approaching in a couple months. I thought it would be fun to make something that we could take out for the occasion to read through and remember the moments from the day. With three kids and one more on the way, there aren't many moments that are just for us. And even though it's not something big, it's still a way we can focus on the two of us and our marriage, which is always something we need.
To make the look book for cards I used:
- cards
- a pencil
- a hole punch
- rings to hold the cards
I began with the smallest card and punched holes in either end. This card became the template for the rest of the cards. I just laid it on top of the rest of the cards, one at a time and marked where the holes would go with the pencil. A couple of quick punches later, I was ready to assemble the book.
These rings can be found at craft stores. I found a package that had several different sizes in it. After placing the cards in the rings, I had myself a pretty little book that we can take out for our anniversary or whenever. I am thinking of expanding it (which makes all the different sizes of rings that came in the package handy) to include anniversaries and other momentous occasions that we've come upon in our almost 7 years of marriage.
Look Book for Cards
Thank you for reading! Please check out more tutorials, crafting, and our homeschooling adventures at Whimsical Whimsies!
Thanks so much for sharing your Look Book for Cards Christy!
I keep everything, especially cards. I love the idea of keeping them all together like that.
Do you keep special cards you receive? How do you store your cards? In a box, in a bag… ?
Have a FABULOUS day!


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03/12/2012 (press release: bmartin1739) // Richardson, Texas, USA // SDD
Bruce Martin and Professor Gary Dill got in touch after many years, in order to develop a Lethal defense-tactics system for the active Law Enforcement and Military Special Forces Community. This system is based on the original form of JKD (Jeet-Kune-Do). The way Bruce Lee intended for it to be perpetuated before it became, watered down versions of others. Professor Dill, is one of the original Oakland, CA. students taught personally by Bruce and James Lee (James is Bruce's Cousin). He has over 40 years experience in martial arts as a Grandmaster. He was the Chief of Police for two cities and a Federal Law Enforcement Officer. Martin, also is a former Law Enforcement officer. Professor Dill's resume is truly too extensive to include, in its entirety, in such a short cover story. So, we suggest that you visit his site (www.jkd-garydill.com) or google him and Martin for their extensive and specialized backgrounds.
Martin is a former student of Professor Dill's many years ago in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since their time apart, both have been very active in their own careers. Martin, as a law enforcement officer and "serial entrepeneur" and Dill, continued his efforts in building the Jeet Kune Do Foundation, which he founded. And, continues to operate all across the world and has trained and developed many defense tactics systems for; Homeland Security, Military Special Forces ( Navy SEALs, Green Beret's, Air Force Spec Op's), as well as, local and federal law enforcement agencies. This training has been geared towards anti-terrorism tactics since 9-11. A-TAC defense tactics portion is based upon many of the same principles of Professor Dills Homeland security Anti-terrorism tactics program which includes mostly of; bone breaking, neck snapping, joint locking, empty hand JKD trapping and striking techniques which, is developed to cause immediate termination of your opponent(s). With A-TAC, we are training students to recognize the true level of threat and how far one must go to get the situation under control. Hoping that it rarely ends in termination of life but, if deadly force is necessary, the student WILL have the training to execute just that… in a very quick and effective manner.
Martin explains that this NEW system is so incredibly intense and lethal that, it is currently only being offered to active police officers and special forces operators and even then, They too must submit to a written test and oral interview before being either accepted or denied as a student. Dill explains that, it is very important that we weed-out the "Cowboys" and "Hot-heads." This is NOT something we wish to teach individuals that are already prone to taking the violent route in problem solving when on duty or deployed overseas where, there is very little oversight. These folks are pretty much on their own when in these environments and must rely upon instant good decision making abilities. Sometimes, these decisions end in termination of life and is necessary and warranted. Other times, it calls for just the right amount of force applied to capture control of the situation and, individuals who know how to do this effectively are the profile of individuals we seek.
Martin states, we could very easily begin to market, advertise, and teach anyone that is willing to pay to learn this new combat system but, as corny as it may sound, we are NOT trying to get rich…we are trying to save lives!
This system is part of a program Martin has created under the company name URBAN WARRIOR, LLC and the program is called, A-TAC (Advanced Tactical Achievement Certification).
It comes in three levels and Instructor certification. Every aspect of the program becomes more intense and more educational as you progress through the levels.
For example; LEVEL 1 (20 of the 100 total hours) is: 50% defense tactics, 25% PT (physical training), and 25% book work which, covers many aspects that patrol officers face on a daily basis. Active LEO's will gain recognition through credits added to their respective States certification program. Martin explains that, he is currently in the process of developing a relationship with a local police academy in the East Texas area which will allow the academy to send its students through the A-TAC program. Martin states that..NOT everyone is going to pass! Just because you or your department has compensated Urban Warrior, LLC to take the time to train you, necessarily means that they will pass you. Martin explains that, the A-TAC certifications are not going to be like anything these men or women have ever seen before. Many times, training facilities will pass anyone who pays, shows up, and does the best they can. Well, we think some folks are going to be in for a rude awakening as soon as their first day of LEVEL 1. All I can tell you is that, you better hit the gym, run some miles, and catch up on CCP because, showing up alone is NOT going to cut it! Upon completion of LEVEL 1, these folks are going to know that they truly have accomplished something that, not just anyone can show up and successfully complete. And, they realize that they are in much better condition both, mentally and physically, and leave wanting to return to see if they can complete LEVEL's 2 and 3.
Upon completion of LEVEL's 1 and 2, the student will receive a certification of completion and a "one-of-kind" shirt displaying the soon to be known A-TAC logo.
IF the same student returns and completes LEVEL 3, there is a brief moment of recognition as well as the awarding of their own A-TAC3 ring, shirt, and challenge coin.
We want to make a big deal out of this because it truly is an accomplishment for any person to complete all three levels of A-TAC. Upon completion of all three LEVEL's, it is NOT overboard in stating that, they will have received the same, if not more, all around training than one of our own military special forces operator.
In fact, with the exception of some mild "tweeking," germane to defense tactics and anti-terroristic based education…it is the SAME training we would provide to the military and their special forces community.
Martin has chosen both the city of Canton, Texas and their local police department as the "Beta" site and class for the A-TAC program at his Urban Warrior Tactical Training Compound which, is located within the city limits of Canton, Texas.
When asked…why Canton, Texas? Martin replied, Canton is the biggest smallest town Ive ever seen!
The people are progressive in thinking, aggressive towards business development and growth, and they have an outstanding police department which is led by a Chief that, truly believes in his officers being as well trained as possible. The officers I have met and spoken with are; intelligent and highly trained professional's who remain hungry and eager to learn as much as they can, in order to serve and protect their City to the absolute best of their abilities. That, is truly an instructors dream!
Location wise, it is approxiamately 40 minutes east of Dallas and has a major interstate running straight through it which, allows easy access in any direction for over 150 miles for officers wanting to attend the program. Currently, there is very little, by way of additional training facilities available to officers in this area so, we get the sense we will be well received by the folks in Canton. For many years now, it remains famous for its 1st MONDAY event (vendors from all over come to sell their specialty foods, products, etc..). Hopefully, it will also be known for its one of a kind Tactical Training Complex.
In addition to the A-TAC program, URBAN WARRIOR has many acres available for tactical driving, K-9 search/tracking training, and a soon to be world famous obstacle course. Its 6,000 square foot covered area also offers an on-site supply store for members, weight training area, regulation boxing ring, a gallery area for working on defense tactics techniques, cuffing, ground fighting, etc. in additon to, being a SpeedTech Lighting reseller-installer. Officers or departments will have the option to have their personal or city/county vehicles wrapped and fully kitted with lights and radio. URBAN WARRIOR has two full time installers which happen to be Master Mechanics and have both worked for large cities in the D/FW area for many years.
Martin says, these are the same guys that build and mantain their cities police cars, city trucks, etc. So, they are more than capable to execute these type of installs as, they have been doing them for years already. Martin added, we also will have at least 3 URBAN WARRIOR LE kitted vehicles members can rent by the hour to practice their driving tactics, traffic stops, and felony traffic stops. Seminars will be scheduled with well known and respected guest speakers twice a year and will be available for members to attend at no additional costs. Access to all of the above mentioned (A-TAC PROGRAM not INCLUDED) is included in their annual membership dues which are $399.00 per year (option to pay monthly). Martin stated that, until May 1st of this year, he has reduced the membership dues to $249.00 per officer.
Urban Warrior is also offering department packages. An entire department can join and if they add additional officers throughout the year, they too are welcomed… at no additional charge.
Urban Warrior's Virtual Reality Training Module Instructor states that, the VirTRA system that is going to be shipped will be one of five in the entire USA. It is a five screen 360 degree view of the most realistic simulator anyone has ever seen. The officers have the option of using their own weapons and can go through scenarios alone or with their partner. It has a special "surprise" option that he refuses to tell us about but, will tell us that when it was cutom built, we made sure to add as many distractions as possible. It can go as far as adding a helicopter, chain link fences opening and closing, babies crying, people screaming, shots being fired, etc. The instructor has the option to determine the outcome of the session. Within seconds he can direct the session to either compliant behavior to deadly force. He states, the officer MUST be aware of activities on all screens at all times. If he must fire and seek cover… after his 15th shot he will hear a 'click!" Now what?! He must either reload or access additional weapons from the trunk area or possibly the shotgun located in the front seat. VERY realistic training. Many large departments want this particular model badly but, Mark says, they cannot seem to budget in a VR training machine that costs their city in excess of $100,000.
So, their officers are welcome to join URBAN WARRIOR and rent time on the machine by the hour.
URBAN WARRIOR TACTICAL TRAINING COMPOUND is for active LEO and Military personnel ONLY. It is open 24X7. Officers who work deep nights that wish to work out on their nights off at 3am, they are free to do so or, if they would like to spend time in our R&R area (small corner area with several comfortable chairs and couches, flat screen TV, snack bar, and small library). If they need a piece of equipment during their late night shift, say a holster for example, they are welcome to either come by and pick one up or if their department is within a 25 mile radius, we will deliver it to them at no additional charge. We believe that officers should have operational equipment in the field and many do not have the option to, shop between the hours of 9-5. So, if they are working…so are we!
Martin stated that, a small portion of the compound WILL be made available on certain days and times of the week (TBA) to financially challeged women and their minor children living in a battered environment. Martin says this has always been a sensitive spot for him for many years and is pleased to make a portion of the facility available to them as they are taught by URBAN WARRIOR instructors how to protect themselves and their small children. If the children are old enough and capable of retaining the information (usually around the age of eight or nine) they are welcom to learn as well. It's our way of contributing to the community. Canton is a GREAT city and we do not want to put on blinders to such a huge and serious problem across this Country. Changes ONLY happen when people in a position to help…actually do just that! SDD


text: John Reed Poulton7/4/1920 ~ 3/8/2012John Reed Poulton, 91, returned to his Heavenly Father on March 8, 2012. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family and eternal companion of 66 years. He was an all-American boy, born on the 4th of July, 1920. He grew up in the Yale Ward, attended East High School, where he lettered in football, baseball, basketball and track. He attended the University of Utah where he was a member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, Phi Kappa Phi and business manager of the Utonian. He earned a Masters Degree in Marketing from New York University. He served for 2 1/2 years in the Spanish-American Mission. He married Nancy Jane Richards in the Salt Lake Temple in 1945. He was a very successful life insurance salesman with Equitable Life Insurance Company where he was named to their Hall of Fame and was a lifetime member of the Million Dollar Round Table. He was a faithful and devoted member of the LDS Church; serving as Bishop, Stake President, Regional Representative, Mission President (New Mexico Albuquerque 1977-1980) and temple sealer for nineteen years. He also served 2 additional missions with his sweetheart to Israel and the Dominican Republic. He was known and will forever be remembered for his honesty, integrity and graciousness in all aspects of his life. He is survived by his wife, 5 children; Rick Poulton (Carla), Marianne Tower (Mike), Janet Spilker (Clark), Don Poulton (Amy), Kathy Morgan (Bret), sister, Marilyn Smith, 22 grandchildren and 50 great grandchildren. Preceded in death by parents Donald Glenn Poulton and Annie Mary Vetterli, and brother, Donald. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in the Foothill 7th Ward, 2215 East Roosevelt Ave., Salt Lake City. Friends may call on Wednesday at Russon Brothers Salt Lake Mortuary, 255 South 200 East from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and at the ward prior to services from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, 3401 South Highland Drive. Online guestbook available at www.russonmortuary.com. Special thanks to the staff at Highland Cove Assisted Living and Affinity Hospice. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the LDS Church Perpetual Education Fund.


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I'll be in town for three days. I live five hours away so a trip to the city is not happening often but since I moved here from NY I have went to SF just one other time. That was during the World Cup over the summer and it was a fantastic experience. On that trip I went to:
Nopa, which was amazing.
Lafitte which was impressive and original.
Tony's for a pie, it was good but I was too drunk to really enjoy it.
SPQR where I had some delicious pasta and pig.
Monk's Kettle, food wasn't bad, beer selection was better.
Zazie for breakfast. Wow.
I was happy with what I was able to get in having been there just for the weekend. I will have an extra day this time and want to take advantage of it. Money isn't an issue but I don't need two star places. This time, I'm dying for some good Italian food again, I like small plates so I can try different things, love charcuterie and cheeses... Here's what I'm thinking, I appreciate any and all input. I literally walk around and eat for three days.
Sentinal for sandwich lunch.
Mr. Pollo because it sounds impressive and cheap.
Barbacco because Perbacco sounds too fancy for me, and better suited for dining alone.
Wexler's because I need one of those scotch eggs.
Beretta because they have a million choices.
Flour & Water or Delfina, maybe both. Maybe A16?
Alembic because I like bars and need a good place in Haight.
Heart sounds interesting as well. Haven't been able to find too much info on it.
Thanks for the help.
230 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111
2355 Chestnut St., San Francisco, CA 94123
Delfina Restaurant
3621 18th St, San Francisco, CA 94110
941 Cole St, San Francisco, CA 94117
560 Divisadero St, San Francisco, CA 94117
Mr. Pollo
2823 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110
1911 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA 94115
The Monk's Kettle
3141 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
230 California St, San Francisco, CA 94111