Took about three weeks of evenings and weekends, and finally replaced my "temporary" (couple of years worth) plastic tablecloth kitchen curtains (very raggedy) with real curtains! http://www.faloshi-studios.com/curtainkitchen.jpg Basically, it's "summer quilt"--no batting--but done in a "quilt as...

My stash of small pieces of fabrics was getting completely out of hand -- I refuse to start a second laundry basket of that sort of thing! So, I've been making rag quilts -- one as a "temporary" quilt for my bed while I work on my 100% hand-pieced and hand-quilted one for that bed -- one as a lap...

On the last page of my Webshots Quilt album. The drunkard's path table topper was made using a machine applique process for doing the quarter circles. It's not the best thing I've ever made, but I hate to waste anything, and it's perfect for my bachelor son's apartment! The Log Cabin quilt...

Sorry for the poor picture quality - there was so much sun in the room! This is a quilt I made for my new office, since I work at a college I thought a library quilt would make me look smart :) It was a combination of 'free hand' blocks, along with some designed on EQ6, then some of the blocks...

I'm fairly new to machine quilting on a frame. I pinned a zigzag hug on my Little Gracie II this week. The borders are lined up nicely but the center has way too much fullness to lay straight. I think it is because of all the bias edge seams thoughout. Is there a good trick to get it to lay...

Wonderfully Whimsical Quilts by Carol Burniston was a recent and delightful gift. I'm having a happy time doing her Sheep in Dreamland. Love the book. I just LOVE it. She calls it 10 playful projects to make you smile. After getting burial wraps off to Newborns in Need - those of mine and...

Several years ago, I took part in a swap with other RCTQers. We were each given a piece of red and white fabric and were to put our own black and white fabrics with it. Each of us then had 16 blocks. I FINALLY finished mine. It's in my 2010 Quilts folder (I should have put it in 2007, 2008, 2009,...

Just like several quilts I have are WIPs, so is the Directory. My plan at this point is to have it published by the end of June if not sooner, but I can't commit to more than that at this time. I owe everyone a stiff apology for the delay but events related to my mother have taken the highest...

Awhile ago, this pattern link was posted here, forgive me I can't remember who posted it but, it's a Moda bakeshop recipe called Sweet Menagerie by Roslyn Mirrington. I decided to use many of my Moda scraps to make my own version. The directions were wonderfully easy and it went together in a...

Hi! This is Kate in MI -- and I'm writing from Rouen, Normandy, France! Truly enjoying my travels up the Seine. My husband (Bob) and I will be returning to spend a few days in Paris -- and if I know where a fabric shop is... he has promised we can seek it out! So please -- if anyone has any...

Does anyone here buy batting by the roll, and if so where? I have previously bought rolls of 48" wide batting to use in quillows from JoAnne. The batting I bought from JoAnn's website before was low loft 3 oz. batting. Reading their site recently I saw that people were complaining about the...

I have let all but three of my quilt magazine subscriptions expire in the past 6 months. Now I have to figure out how to cull out the past issues. What to keep? How to catalog? (are you kidding? i would never catalog anything.....I'd lose interest and start doodling pictures on the covers and...

My local guy who refurbishes older Kenmores has one of these for $35. Cannot seem to find very much info on the machine. Does anyone know anything on this model? thanks in advance, Ginger in CA going to try to trade him a very heavy duty Brother in table for it!

Dear all, I'm on furlough from hospital and have run out of UFO's I can do there. So need to set up a new project. I want to use this fabric as the backing, but I can't find it anywhere. Does anybody recognize it and perhaps know the...

It's been a while since I've read the Piece O' Cake blog, so I browsed through it some this morning and found a few interesting items ... Funny pincushion ,,, http://pieceocake.typepad.com/.a/6a011570df09d5970c012876720746970c-pi Would this encourage you to take the...

While you were making the little quilts, did you get a chance to change the thread on your serger? Was it a little easier this time? Sure hope so. You had some good suggestions from different friends a week ago. Barbara in SC

From another group: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/01/mac_spyware/ -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

This technique has interesting possibilities! http://www.filthwizardry.com/2010/03/iron-on-decals-from-plastic-shopping.html

Wow! It has been awhile since I've posted anything, but I have been reading along the way. I took classes for two semesters at our local college and as the second semester was coming to an end I became sick with a cold and my fibro flared up so bad I decided I'd taken on too much and needed...

Son number two will be married on Sunday. The bride and groom decided on an immediate family only wedding in Key Largo, Florida near the bride's parents and brother. We will fly to Florida early Friday morning and return late Monday night. It will be a quick but fun trip. The entire family is...