Thank you betty I am going to give it my best shot or stitch. I have a Brother sewing/ quilting machine with a lot of stitches which one is the best one to applique with. The machine is smarter than me. My DH wanted me to have one of the best because I wore out a couple of cheap machines over the years. An what would be a good applique to star with? Thanks Laura

Like that story Betty how fun was that, do you have any marbles left?

Well I have a Brother's also and even though mine is not an expensive machine it is also an embroidery machine. But Brother's has a feature that I use all the time when I do stitching around an applique. I use the Satin Stitch...

Look in your manual and it will tell you how to set up for satin stitch... once I have the control set for width...which is usually a 3.0 - 3.5 for me and for length I always use a 0.2 or 0.3.... If the thread is the same as the background a 0.3 is good but for a contrasting thread color the coverage is better at 0.2.

The feature the Brothers machines have is the width control of the satin stitch. I'm not sure which machine you have but I go into menu and keep going through selections until I see the width control "on or off" I select on.. That will keep you width nice and smooth.

Also you can use the Blanket Stitch...which is 4 stitches forward and one bites into the applique and then back to the edge for 4 straight stitches. Play with your machine for the stitch you can control and looks the best to you. Play with some scraps...

Betty

Glad to hear that my jars of pencils arrived safely. Everyond's jars are so neat.

Barb Mcf

No Michelle, I don't have a one. Isn't that horrible?

The dratted boy who lived 2 doors down won all my marbles... I knew he cheated.... he's in jail today so what does that tell you?

Betty

OKNANA, to make it easier for you to swap the jars I will make 12 instead of 8. Hope this helps. Holly

Yeah and thanks so much Holly~~~

Jay, Welcome! I knew we hooked ya sooner or later! Glad to have ya along!!!

The album is so full of pretty pretty jars!! Wha-Hoo!!! Looking so GOOD!!!!

Debbie, I am glad you are mailing me some marbles, because I think I lost mine long time ago!! LOL!

Laura, you practice, practice and that satin stitch and buttonhole stitch for applique will become second nature to ya!
Speaking of nature, I wished I would of thought and looked for sticks to put in my jar!~~~
I just about found DIRT though! But it looked more like MUD, so changed my mind about buying it!

Buttons! Linda, those buttons reminds me of when I was 5, I was playing underneath my Mom's old treadle sewing machine, and guess what I was doing to entertain myself??? YEP! Stuffing my nose full of buttons from the button jar that was in the cabinet of the machine!!!! I can still remember that doctor scolding me for that!!! Wish Moma was still alive so I could ask her just how many I had stuck up there!!!!

Maybe this swap should of been called the Memory Jars!!! Because it sure has stirred up a lot of memories for us all! How fun!!!!
I have had a blast with this and you ladies have made it so much fun to be a HOST!!!
How can I resist the Butterfly!!! (Thought I'd throw that in there!) ( will be After this Jar swap is all mailed and rec'd back to each of you though! So be thinking about it!~~
Betty I am going now to check out that BPS II butterfly and see which I like the best!

ONLY A SHORT SHORT TIME LEFT TO SIGN UP FOR THIS JAR SWAP!!! iT ENDS TOMORROW AT NOON, DON'T FORGET!!

Hi all,

Got my jelly beans posted in the album!

If tomorrow at noon is the absolute deadline for letting everyone know how many I'm making, then I have to stick with my 11. If we can change it as the month goes on, I can probably get all 22 done.

Let me know when you need to know.

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Good Morning!

Mary, those jelly beans look good enough to eat!

Dorene, I am going to send you:

12 jars of chocolates
3 jars of gum drops
3 jars of lollipop swirls
3 jars of gum balls
3 jars of gummi bears

For a total of 24 jars

(Please keep any extras for your own quilt.)

Thanks so much for running this swap!!!

Well. I am off today to do a quilt shop hop ... where I will very likely find tons of fabric for more jars that I would like to make