Hi all! I recently got some pictures in the mail from Kathy in AK. She did a lovely job on her first two quilts and I'm proud to show them off to y'all. :) Just go here and click on her album. http://www.picturetrail.com/lnw7 Enjoy!

My news server is acting up and won't let me reply so I am testing to see if it will at least let me post new messages. I know that telling you lot to ignore this is useless, so I won't bother. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." --...

Wow! That's wonderful! Great work, RRers! -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ...

I just wanted to say thanks for the postings on Christmas Stockings! I didn't start it, but I had never thought of using denim for them. And wouldn't you know, while I was collecting jeans for quilts, a friend had given me large size red and large size green jeans that I hadn't used yet! ...

I've had a lovely couple of days with my non-quilting friends from where I used to live. But when I signed on to see what was new here, I was greeted with over 600 new messages! Since DH very cleverly put lots of fertilizer (manure-type) on the lawn as I was leaving, I don't have time to read...

Nadine: Although I have not yet made a quilt with necktie fabric, I can recommend a book. Janet Elwin or Elwen wrote a book all about using ties in quilts, including cleaning and preparing them for patchwork. I can't remember the name of the book, which I borrowed from the County Library. Try to...

My DH is out of town for the weekend so I made good use of my time. I went to a small flea market that happens every Saturday in one of our small malls. There is a lady there selling fabric! I had such a great time! She had such beautiful batiks and I bought some blues. 7 metres worth! I guess I...

I spent a couple of days at my mother's this weekend in Northern Ill., while there I picked up a crzy quilt she has had for years.....I had forgotten how stunning it is. Wheels of two inch wide spokes of very fancy fabrics, silks and brocades, heavy embellished with embroidery, a spider web of...

I managed to bind and label the quilt for my friend's one month old baby before they arrived for dinner last night! When they called saying they were going to be 15' lates because the baby was hungry I cheered,since I still had some invisible stitching to do in the back.. :o) Tossed it in the...

Hmmm... does it count as being a Fabric Tramp if my fling was at my own Guild's show? Sure does in my book! Spent yesterday white gloving at our Guild's show. Lots more fun now that we give out plastic gloves, because I can spend my time answering questions instead of showing what's behind door...

I just finished a paper piecing class and wanted to share a tip for anyone who wants, since I saw all the paper piecing posts flying by. I used freezer paper for my patterns. I traced the pattern on the non-wax side of the freezer paper, and put the fabric on the side with the wax on it. When I...

How wonderful! Sounds like a dream come true. My dad always told me to do what I loved to do but find a way to get paid for it! You did it - well done! -- Alice in NJ www.ourcyberfamily.us "In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends." John Churton Collins

Any pros or cons? Any success stories? Can't have chocolate but you can have red wine. Guess I can still quilt!!!!!!!! HAHA Hugs to all, Carol

Hi there Do you all have special sewingmachines that do special stitches? - is there a secret... -- Kærlig hilsen

From my brother the reporter: I'll bet your group will like this one: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap031017.html And I did. Hope you do, too. Connie from ND

Well with all the inspiration of so many here and listening to discussion on table runners I decided to do some more. Years ago I made a good number of them for holiday gifts. Of the dozen or so sets I kept one for myself. Then I was inspired here.... my own 2 daughters did not have a set so...

OK, help out a Dane who is somewhat out of her element wrt language. Is it All-American or All American? And what exactly does that mean to you? I'm making this flag (US) banner quilt (or quilted flag banner?) for some friends of mine, and I was thinking of calling it "All-American Colours"...

Hi Guys, I bought myself a can of this stuff for use in making some placemats and it's great!!! I don't know that I would use it to baste a large quilt but for something like placemats, it's wonderful. I was going to make a regular "sandwich" of backing, batting (using up the leftover poly junk...

I've finished the main quilting and the background quilting on Halloween II: The Sequel. I'm taking a break from it while I figure out what to do on the border. And while I figure out what to make for dinner! The quilt is a modified split-rail, with large rectangle blocks of Halloween fabrics with...

Is there going to be a new edition of this anytime soon? Can I get into it please, so I can get a copy? How? -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm