Took my long awaited (I've been gathering my courage) into free motion yesterday. While I didn't notice any tension problems on the block I've been practicing on, I'm having problems with the quilt. It looks okay on the front, but on the back it's as if the top thread is too loose (looping...

Hi Mary Did you keep the replies?? Please may I have a copy of them ??? I had some flannel scraps from ebay that i was going to use to make a Raggy quilt but most were too small to use for this so I am using them for Chinese Coins instead. Due to the price of flannel I think I will be

If you were to choose just one quilting book for a present to yourself, which would it be? The way I get "just what I've always wanted" is exactly that - I get it. Just wondering if there's a special new quilting book out there that you have found that is a "gotta have". Since there are now...

Down in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Boudreaux gets a job with BP helping with the oil spill cleanup. He reports for work and is told to speak to a supervisor about his assignment. He finds the man and asks, "What it is I supposed to do?" The supervisor tells him to go to the animal shelter and...

I got tired of chasing my foot control around the rug while sewing. I have tried mouse mads and other things to no avail. I had some rubber under carpet stuff that we use under some oriental carpets to keep them from slipping. It is thin and rubbery and works well for the carpets so I thought it...

Hi! I’m new to this forum. I started quilting for the first time last year. I’m still a beginner, but I’m having a great time learning. I finally worked up the nerve to join in the conversation because I have a question. I’m a teacher and writer. I’ve been thinking about writing an article about...

In November I went off to a sewing retreat and had a great time. At the end of March I went on another and had a great time...one problem, I couldn't find my legs! To my acrylic sewing table! I searched high and low and could not find those puppies. Now I'm getting ready to go on another...

Hi everyone, I purchased some Peltex to try out. It is in NO WAY comparable to Timtex. I used it to make a Fabric Box and it just doesn't stand up. Soggy and floppy, yuck! Cost was $5.99 yd (22") at TSWLTH. The price for both is about the same, but Peltex is just not in the same league. HTH,...

NO Gators will be fed in this thread: ) Got the last Vampire report : ) Can cut the Potassium dosage in half!!!!!! WBC seems to stabilize--still 'high' but NOT bouncing like it had been : )YAY!!!!!!!!! And the sun is shining Butterfly

Today I won a quilt at a church raffle. It is an embroidered quilt. The fabric was purchased with the blue dots for the embroidery and for the hand quilting stitching. The maker finished the quilt and did not remove the blue dots. She may even have pressed the quilt top. In any case, the quilt...

I am a quilter and it is really important to me. I am also a 50 year old woman who has had severe RA (rheumatoid Arthritis) for 13 years with an added complication of neurological damage and pain on my right side for the past 3 years (a side effect of one of my meds.) I quilt as much as I can...

I got fabric in the mail today -- an Ebay purchase from a seller I've not had problems with in the past. But this time there's a problem: All 100 4-inch squares reek of cigarette smoke. And even worse, they reek of whatever she doused them with to try and cover the cigarette smoke. I really don't...

Did anyone else catch Judy Matheson on Simply Quilts yesterday? She has a new technique for doing her Mariners Compass quilts using freezer paper. It was fascinating. She staples her pattern to a layer of freezer paper and then perforates them with an unthreaded sewing machine needle. Then she...

Jiji is going to be just unbearable for a couple of weeks now. He caught himself a mouse. He has taken it into every room with someone in it dropped it, put a foot on it, and proclaimed his hunting prowess loudly. Now he is merely lounging with one foot on the thing and telling us all about it...

I just read the posts under breast cancer/OT and I can't thank you for the support. Today my husband and I went to see the surgeon. We layed all the cards out...this cancer is very agreesive. I did mention to him I worked in at a very popular manufacturing plant years ago and it's still in...

I finally have Web Shots figured out (I think), and posted pictures of my sewing room and a few quilts. Gen http://community.webshots.com/user/Coren920

I'm having a problem with my keyboard going dead. If I reboot the computer, it will work again....maybe for days or maybe just for a few hours or minutes. I have NO idea what could cause this. DS bought me a new keyboard after the first one went bad.....(but maybe it was only as "bad" as the...

I'm doing backflips over the fact that Houston Comcast and Earthlink have now gotten my news server back up. I don't like that I am back in Outlook Express, but maybe it won't be too long until I can use Thunderbird again. Hugs to those who have needed them, cheers and happy dances to those who...

I really don't know when or if I will ever be able to adopt a kitty. Our beloved Sweet Pea died of Addison's Disease more than a year ago and it was such a hard time for all of us. But - assuming we take a deep breath and dive in, what do you suggest? Our local newspaper bombards us with...

I once again find myself in a fix. I started a quilt back in April before I was hurt I had the top finished, it just needed to be pined and quilted. Today I got to pin the scrappy quilt ( its about twin size, or just a bit smaller) I took it to the sewing machine, and started quilting it ( with...