tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302142022228564326.post1714651432575955846..comments2023-07-25T11:48:39.285-04:00Comments on The Free Motion Quilting Project: Day 92 - Leaf VeinsLeahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03674869334249298532noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302142022228564326.post-70330868633792652332009-11-24T02:42:56.437-05:002009-11-24T02:42:56.437-05:00Another winner Leah - I've even started FMQ - ...Another winner Leah - I've even started FMQ - made a bag yesterday for a Secret Santa gift and FMQ for the first time - I need though to get my quilting space sorted to make any quilting go smoothly - make an extended table bed and cover it in teflon materail (don't have a fancy sewing table - just a pasting table with an off cut of kitchen worktop to strengthen it)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05386852386404591819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302142022228564326.post-534291732855511112009-11-23T22:22:07.104-05:002009-11-23T22:22:07.104-05:00Ooh! Ooh! I'm liking this one a whole lot! I...Ooh! Ooh! I'm liking this one a whole lot! I'd love to use it as a background fill for a medallion applique quilt. Hmmm... I wonder what's in my UFO pile???<br /><br />(Thank you!)Fiber Babblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01428452420851112349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302142022228564326.post-28996589732285181702009-11-23T21:21:54.012-05:002009-11-23T21:21:54.012-05:00and from what I understand, the *term* "Black...and from what I understand, the *term* "Black Friday" comes from the fact that after ALL THOSE PEOPLE have emptied their wallets into the stores by heavily shopping, the retails store books have finally gotten "in the black". Most retail stores receive the majority of their sales in the last quarter of the year .. due to Christmas shopping.Shelley: the Dread Pirate Rodgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13431557867878383150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302142022228564326.post-53048080770493466402009-11-23T20:56:37.593-05:002009-11-23T20:56:37.593-05:00Wow, the first to comment, that always feels like ...Wow, the first to comment, that always feels like a treat. :) I wikied Black Friday and it's always interesting what comes up. There's the discussion of Black Friday in 1929 when the US stock market crashed... that's what always comes to my mind when I hear the term - but the day after Thanksgiving sales Black Friday, wiki says, refers to retailers being in the black instead of in the red. Thanks for the push to come to understand my own culture a little better. :)Lesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07369925218442518383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7302142022228564326.post-2432834273628488852009-11-23T20:39:45.642-05:002009-11-23T20:39:45.642-05:00The "Black" of black Friday is because t...The "Black" of black Friday is because this is when retailers usually get out of the "red" column, and into the black - and are actually making money. If "black Friday" sales are bad, they may be in the "red" for the whole year.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12449351458689631173noreply@blogger.com