Comments on: Open Thread – Likin’ the Lichen http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/ Tiptoeing Through the Muck of Alaskan Politics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:08:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mlaiuppa http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63399 mlaiuppa Sat, 30 May 2009 17:36:16 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63399 I don't dye, too messy. I piece and applique. Quilt by hand and machine. Draft a lot of my own patterns. I think using batiks and then overstitching with contrasting thread could get you the effect you're looking for. Perhaps silk rather than metallic thread. I don’t dye, too messy.

I piece and applique. Quilt by hand and machine. Draft a lot of my own patterns.

I think using batiks and then overstitching with contrasting thread could get you the effect you’re looking for. Perhaps silk rather than metallic thread.

]]> By: Isabella http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63370 Isabella Sat, 30 May 2009 16:20:06 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63370 Anyone else smiling that almost 48 hours and no crappy leak to Us Magazine or People about Levi, from the Palin, clan? Must be something amazing he could tell he to shut them up because we know they do not care about continuing harassments against the best interest of the children or Alaska reputation. Rex Butler is my new hero!!! Tank is just pure comedy...VERSATILE VERSATILE!!! Anyone else smiling that almost 48 hours and no crappy leak to Us Magazine or People about Levi, from the Palin, clan? Must be something amazing he could tell he to shut them up because we know they do not care about continuing harassments against the best interest of the children or Alaska reputation.

Rex Butler is my new hero!!! Tank is just pure comedy…VERSATILE VERSATILE!!!

]]> By: Isabella http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63368 Isabella Sat, 30 May 2009 16:17:14 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63368 Austin Says:"Should’ve turned her on to Janeane Garofalo !!" Damn, J.G. is bright and quick. I remember her doing the rounds on the war to political news shows getting told to sit down/shut up because she was making too much sense. Austin Says:”Should’ve turned her on to Janeane Garofalo !!”

Damn, J.G. is bright and quick. I remember her doing the rounds on the war to political news shows getting told to sit down/shut up because she was making too much sense.

]]> By: tigerwine http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63323 tigerwine Sat, 30 May 2009 12:08:01 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63323 Quilters all - maybe we should take this to the Forum? I'm not too familiar with how that works, but if someone will start, Maybe we could even scrabble up a wall hanging for AKM!! Quilters all – maybe we should take this to the Forum? I’m not too familiar with how that works, but if someone will start, Maybe we could even scrabble up a wall hanging for AKM!!

]]> By: QuiltAK http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63250 QuiltAK Sat, 30 May 2009 04:08:00 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63250 mlaiuppa - thanks for the info on photo transfer. sounds like it is probably best for a wall hanging or something that isn't going to get a lot of use. I am a Batik nut - 95% of my fabric is Batik. The colors and textures are so rich and varied. Pretty sure I could find enough fabrics in my closet to match the lichen. I'm addicted, I'm afraid! A friend and I tried making our own a few years ago. The dying was fun and so was the Batiking (that is except for boiling the wax out!) My daughter wants to try this summer. I'm not sure if we can take over the garage or not yet. Do you dye your own? I missed InJuneau's comment about the art quilt earlier. sounds Beautiful! Art quilting is on my adventure to do list! mlaiuppa – thanks for the info on photo transfer. sounds like it is probably best for a wall hanging or something that isn’t going to get a lot of use. I am a Batik nut – 95% of my fabric is Batik. The colors and textures are so rich and varied. Pretty sure I could find enough fabrics in my closet to match the lichen. I’m addicted, I’m afraid! A friend and I tried making our own a few years ago. The dying was fun and so was the Batiking (that is except for boiling the wax out!) My daughter wants to try this summer. I’m not sure if we can take over the garage or not yet. Do you dye your own?

I missed InJuneau’s comment about the art quilt earlier. sounds Beautiful! Art quilting is on my adventure to do list!

]]> By: honestyinGov http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63245 honestyinGov Sat, 30 May 2009 03:54:11 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63245 Has there been any word/updates from the Hope truck convoy.... or any word on the progress.? Has there been any word/updates from the Hope truck convoy…. or any word on the progress.?

]]> By: mlaiuppa http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63230 mlaiuppa Sat, 30 May 2009 03:26:12 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63230 I'm a quilter. You can print a photo on transfer paper and iron it on. But it will probably fade over time with washings and will be difficult to quilt through. There are also chemicals you can apply to fabric and run it through a printer and then iron it to set the ink. But that limits you to the size of fabric you can put through the printer. And not all printers like fabric "paper". If *I* were going to do a quilt of the lichens, I wouldn't use a photo and try to print it. I'd go shopping for Hoffman batiks and I'd pick and chose areas that most closely matched or gave a feel for those areas in the photo, then I'd piece them together. Free form applique. If you're really adventurous...then learn to dye your own fabrics and reproduce the lichens that way. I’m a quilter.

You can print a photo on transfer paper and iron it on. But it will probably fade over time with washings and will be difficult to quilt through.

There are also chemicals you can apply to fabric and run it through a printer and then iron it to set the ink. But that limits you to the size of fabric you can put through the printer. And not all printers like fabric “paper”.

If *I* were going to do a quilt of the lichens, I wouldn’t use a photo and try to print it. I’d go shopping for Hoffman batiks and I’d pick and chose areas that most closely matched or gave a feel for those areas in the photo, then I’d piece them together. Free form applique. If you’re really adventurous…then learn to dye your own fabrics and reproduce the lichens that way.

]]> By: QuiltAK http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63229 QuiltAK Sat, 30 May 2009 03:24:12 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63229 ChicagoMom - definitely no judging here. We homeschool at the moment. Homeschooling is pretty big in Alaska for a lot of different reasons and there are a lot of options. It's not just for the wingnuts. both Homeschooling and Public schooling can turn out exceptional, average, and troubled kids. Depends a lot on all the factors involved. ChicagoMom – definitely no judging here. We homeschool at the moment. Homeschooling is pretty big in Alaska for a lot of different reasons and there are a lot of options. It’s not just for the wingnuts. both Homeschooling and Public schooling can turn out exceptional, average, and troubled kids. Depends a lot on all the factors involved.

]]> By: DrChill http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63209 DrChill Sat, 30 May 2009 02:31:03 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63209 AKM- Sarah- press release, giving foreign policy advise to Obama- May 29, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin called on President Barack Obama to take a firm stand against North Korea and defend the states and territories of the United States of America and American allies on the Korean peninsula. This morning, North Korea launched its sixth short-range missile since Monday’s nuclear test. North Korea has also stated that it is no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War. --------------- Ouch Sarah the armistice didn't end the war. Notice the troops on the borders, the mines , the DMZ... Nope the war did not end. -- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/5397767/South-Korea-and-US-troops-raise-alert-level-over-North-Korean-threat.html South Korean and US troops stationed at the North Korean border have been put on the highest alert level in three years in response to threats from Pyongyang of a military attack... AKM- Sarah- press release, giving foreign policy advise to Obama-
May 29, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin called on President Barack Obama to take a firm stand against North Korea and defend the states and territories of the United States of America and American allies on the Korean peninsula.

This morning, North Korea launched its sixth short-range missile since Monday’s nuclear test. North Korea has also stated that it is no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
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Ouch Sarah the armistice didn’t end the war.
Notice the troops on the borders, the mines , the DMZ…
Nope the war did not end.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/5397767/South-Korea-and-US-troops-raise-alert-level-over-North-Korean-threat.html
South Korean and US troops stationed at the North Korean border have been put on the highest alert level in three years in response to threats from Pyongyang of a military attack…

]]> By: Nan http://www.themudflats.net/2009/05/29/open-thread-likin-the-lichen/#comment-63197 Nan Sat, 30 May 2009 02:05:50 +0000 http://www.themudflats.net/?p=4162#comment-63197 crystalwolf aka caligrl The first comment I saw was the funniest I've seen in a long time: "With a signature like that, she's ready to start a collection of housewares. " Oboy. Nan crystalwolf aka caligrl
The first comment I saw was the funniest I’ve seen in a long time:

“With a signature like that, she’s ready to start a collection of housewares. ”

Oboy.

Nan

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