Just had to share, from Friday evening until Saturday evening DD#1 (nearly 9) managed to sew all of her blocks (4-patch) and start to sew them in to rows. I have made a similar top for DD#2 (5yrs), which is my 1st attempt at machine piecing anything on this scale. We've had lovely fun. We...

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Thank you for the wonderful squishie and thunkie (they melted a bit, but still tasted good!). Your note was very nice too! I have my finals this week (Tue, Wed, Thurs) and I am managing to handle my stress. I DID dump the statistics class--will retake it in the Summer. I appreciate...

anyone coming to/going to the Dallas Quilt Show? It's this weekend at Dallas Market Hall. I am planning to be there Friday when it opens at 10 and will probably be there all day. It's my hubby's 40th birthday weekend, so I won't be able to go any other day. Was hoping for a meet up if anyone was...

LIFE is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, BUT rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, AND loudly proclaiming--

I want to do some ragged-edge applique with flannel... should I wash the flannel and then do the applique, and snip the edges, then wash again? Or should I do the applique before the fabric is washed? Won't that make the fabric crinkle and shrink quite a bit? Help! I want to start on this...

DH now involved ! The waxed sandwich paper roll ( Edsol) did not work at all -not even a trace of it stuck to the fabric, ditto the backing paper for computer label sheets and the blue paper inside Blu-tack packets. We even tried rolling a candle over plain paper- no good. The packaging of...

I suppose some people use needle books while hand quilting, so perhaps this request isnt off topic entirely. I need to make one, but havent ever seen one in real life. Can someone tell me how one is made? Is there a simple pattern online somewhere? Exactly what is their function? I decided to do...

With all the fuss being made over Press and Seal, I wonder if someone in the US would be willing to post some to a quilty mate of mine in Australia? She's quite keen to try it and I have had no luck unearthing it here in the UK. No doubt we will have it in another 6 months or so. This woman has...

Our guild is hoping to plan a retreat. We are a fairly new group and have no experience putting this together. We don't want anything too rugged :-) Any suggestions on how to put this together? TIA Sharon in Montreal

I am here using Dylon in the washing machine, dyeing some calico (muslin? USA). We've tied it, in the hope it will look tie-dyed. when the machine hs finished I have to wash it again, do I remove the string tying it then or afterwards? I still have over an hour to go anyway! -- Janner "Quite...

I have been looking on ebay for a while at cotton quilt tops. One called to me, a GMFG, feedsack prints, easy price, hand pieced. You might want to keep in mind here that I'm the one who adopts the Christmas tree that is warped, wobbledly and has a serious big hole about halfway down. I just...

Someone in my serger group mentioned this site recently and I thought you might want to take a look. It is for buying or selling a used sewing machine or serger and related good stuff. For all I know, they might all have been horse thieves in another life but it looks very interesting. Look...

I received a package of this product last week and yesterday I began testing various marking combinations: press 'n seal with pigma micron .0l red - some colour transfer which did wash out (white poly fabric/batt/thread) - lazy daisy design with tight crossovers of stitches.. ---with pigma micron...

I've been looking on the web for ideas, and haven't seen much to begin with, and certainly nothing to get excited over. Does anyone have a favorite, or an idea or a url/pic they might like to share? The finished quilt will be queen size, and the colors are bright jewel/rainbow scrappy tones on a...

DH was my chauffeur yesterday. We left home at 8:30 am and arrived back at 3pm. We drove 115 miles, visited 7 quilt shops, brought home 7 block kits, 5 fat quarters, 1 pattern, and 8 1/4 yard of fabric. (I would have picked up more, but we are heading back home soon, and the car is already...

Julie, An arrival came in the mail and I couldn't find your private e-mail address ( I'm still in the middle of switching fron aol to comcast). I loved that fabric when I saw you with it in Williamsburg. It will have to try using it in a special memorial quilt that I'm working on. Thanks...

It's that time of year. Actually, my DMIL-to-be feels there doesn't have to be a big day like St. Patrick's Day to make this ;)) At 92 active years old, she has what the family refers to as "a tremendous thirst"! Made this last night and wanted to share with everyone: Ingredients 3 large eggs 1...

I had occasion to use Betty Featherweight while Pfrieda Pfaff was in the shop for a tuneup. Betty stitches very well for a 69-year-old but on occasion the bobbin thread jumped out of the groove. It was easy to correct, but I had to keep doing it. The stitch tension (top and bottom) was fine...

It is that time of year when the small creatures are looking for nesting materials. I have been keeping smaller scraps of batting and flannelette for the last several months to leave near the ravine. The last pieces that I put out disappeared almost immediately - it was fun to watch the squirrels...