We got some rain today--a real gully-washer around 1:00. Thanks for the prompt response, Cheryl! Most folks in the US know that the desert southwest has been in a state of drought for more than 10 years now. Drought in the desert is really scary! Isn't it, Sandy & Pati & Butterfly?!? I've...

Your email got eaten by Mailwasher! This may be what's happening to the directory. Hit reply to this post: emeil isn't munged. :) BTW, your doing a fantastic job! :) :) -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate...

Hi all, I would love to make a Kaleidoscope quilt and can't seem to be able to find a pattern with templates to go with. Does anyone here know where I could buy a set? I don't want to use cardboard or any thing flimsy for the templates, so I don't want to make my own. Thanks, Judy

Hey, Jeanne, you need to check out this gorgeous quilt called Key Lime Pie! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2884868790084337580YgEwjS Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I just looked in for the first time in a couple of days and got - wait for it - about ONE DOZEN posts for nearly three days! Obviously I have "dropped off the loop" again. One of the posts said "Thanks Cheryl" and it was Patti talking about causing rain. Is there another Cheryl here...

Three times I picked out the seam, recut the little piece, marked where it should be stitched, restitched. The third time I opened the basted seam and saw that it STILL didn't match in the corners, I had a breakthrough. I finally realized what was going on. There, in front of me, was the perfect...

The Northern Lake County Quilters Guild (in Illinois) had its biennial show this weekend. I won first place in "bed size/machine quilted" and I sold two quilts totalling $375! Woohoo! Nann in Winthrop Harbor, Illinois

I got my directory and it opens and reads perfectly. Thank you for your hard work in putting it all together! I have been away from here for a while, there is NO way I will ever catch up. I send out my good wishes, healing thoughts and happy dances to all that require them. My life is just...

I HAVE A SINGER SIMPLE MACHINE. IT HAS THE BUTTONHOLE ATTACHMENT. I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE IT. I PUT THE BUTTON IN THE ATTACHMENT. I PULLED THE LITTLE ROD DOWN. WHAT I DON'T KNOW IS WHERE DO I PLACE THE LITTLE ROD THAT PULLS DOWN? I MADE A BUTTON HOLE BUT I CAN'T REPEAT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I DID....

Mom and I were invited to a stash raid today. We got some goodies! Since I joined Terbear's Your Pick Swap I knew I had some colors I needed for making other people's blocks so I used the raid like a mini store and got some fabrics that would work with some of my swap block ideas. I also got...

Is there a consensus as to whether we should continue to wait... or start over? Has anybody heard from Alice W. lately? about 3 weeks ago she indicated that she was still traveling... but we're not to far from the year anniversary of taking information to start the directory. I have had...

If you piece your backs, do you make designs, or do big blocks, or just big scraps or what? I once made about a 24" sawtooth star for the back of a 60" lap quilt, then added BIG borders till it all got big enough. It looked really nice and dented the stash a tad more, but generally I don't feel...

glad to joined! I´m trying to create a cross stitch pattern to do it not by hand but through machine embroidery; Could you be so kind to tell me the pros and cons between http://www.hobbyware.com/ and http://www.planetembroidery.com/web-cross-stitch.asp Any clue on this topic will be a BIG help for...

I have sent out 25 Directory emails and one bounced. I was able to correct the email addy from a recent posting on the group, but that means that previous messages have an incorrect email address. In order to check the emails, I am going to do a quick email test. You don't need to reply - I...

There seem to be more sites for watching 'TV' quilty videos now. I subscribed to the Alex Anderson/Ricky Tims one, but am a little disappointed - too much like a chat show for me, and I find the cheering, shouting audience a bit much. I did enjoy Joen Wolfrom in the latest, but that was only a...

Hoping some of the European posters can help me out here as I'm sure I got the recommendation here originally. I bought twice from an American online store, definitely east coast, possibly Pennsylvania. I think the name had "fat quarter" in it, possibly not. Anyway, I used them because they...

I just got back from my month in the East getting my third book edited and also spending 5 days at the Hillside B & B in Lanchester, PA. I was given a hand full of corrections to make-made them and burned a CD which I mailed yesterday pm. When I get caught up from having spent a month away I hope...

http://www.doodlepress.com/store.php I'm doing the Variegated Vortex, which is a bit down the page. Mine is all in blue and saffron batiks. Well, not exactly. I got bored with blue and saffron and stretched them out a bit to purple and red and orange and turquoise and ..... All of the blocks...

Yikes! My memory is really failing me! I can't remember who it is that is maintaining that wonderful list of our quilty web sites for us. :( Whoever it is, and I'm truly sorry my mind is a blank at the moment (is it Kay?), would you be so kind -- when you get a moment -- as to change the URL...

My ISP has done an "update" to our email service and it's about as successful as Google's latest update- NOT successful. We have no email at all- not sending or receiving. If you emailed me yesterday or today, I will not get it. And won't for who knows how long..... Phooey!!! A Frustrated...