http://community.webshots.com/album/118789305CkPAsX I put one pic of how my brother's wedding quilt is coming along (the quarters will be mixed so that the red/yellows/oranges/pinks for some kind of gradient across the top, but for now I am just putting them by colour to keep track of how many I...

Someone posted a while back on this subject but I can't find the post, so here goes: When you are piecing with multiple different colors of fabrics, what color of thread do you use? I am working with deep, jewel-toned pieces. Trixie

She's going back in hospital this PM. Pray for her if you have a spare one! I'm getting very worried about both the IL's. May have to gallop North at short notice again. Damn - Next time you re-shape the world, God, just make South shields 300 miles closer to Kent, please! Prayers from here...

A honkin' big thunkie arrived on my doorstep yesterday. Spike and Giles cooperated nicely and carried it in for me. Open it, Mama! It's for you! Full of thread it was. It was like Christmas in July in June! (now, why does that sound familiar?) Sender has been thanked, and the package has been...

Went to the opticians today and got my eyes tested. I knew I'd need new specs as the current two pairs (distance and sewing/reading) are all wore out as well as my prescription having changed a leeetle bit in the last couple of years... Gone for some nice varifocals so I can sew without...

Does anyone know of any other fabric swaps coming up? I don't use much Christmas fabric, but am itching to participate in my first official swap. Lynn

Thank you for the wonderful way the Hug List is growing back together again! The emails are coming in nice and steady. I work on it frequently throughout the day and it is going very smoothly. Please spread the word, in case someone hasn't seen the post about what's going on. Try to minimize my...

Earlene Fowler's series are also fantastic. I have Jennifer's Sugar Creek and Earlene's Broken Dishes both set aside to read on the plane in a couple weeks when I go to Washington DC. Can't wait to read them both! Debbi in SO CA Charlotte Hippen wrote: I just finished reading Jennifer...

I made a quilt top for my cousin's new baby, Elizabeth. It's a Hunter's Star, and I have absolutely no idea how to quilt it. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kimenews/album?.dir=/943c&urlhint=actn,ren%3as,1%3af,0 Kim

I have mentioned before I have 12 blocks with yellow centers plus 6 more without centers for which I bought a solid lilac 'antique' fabric. Some of these centerless ones are not uniform - while all the others alternate 9 blades in a solid colour and 9 of the same print, for these obviously the...

I need to make a gift for my previous boss as a farewell and thank-you gift. He is Hawaiian and I thought of making a breadfruit block that I could have framed for him. I understand that this block is the first one that should be made and it represents "new beginnings". If this is indeed true,...

Did anybody see the post about my disastrous attempt at appliqué? I know I left it around here somewhere. Cindy that's what you get for trying to post during a thunderstorm

Now taking sign-ups for the Harry Potter Block Swap. This swap is due September 1st so there is still plenty of time to join. The background fabric you use MUST BE BLUE. You may use any shade of blue which will depict a day or night sky or complement the indoor scene you are making. Background...

I'm enjoying quilting my nine-patch colour wheel quilt right now but it's way too hot to do more than a few minutes at a time. Usually, I have at least one quilt top waiting to be done, if not more but the 9 patch was the only one that was waiting as I've not been enthused by any pattern or...

Now DH has added Louisiana to our road trip What are must see and do Quilty or not. He enjoys driving and I am a great passenger. g This is our first vacation since becoming empty nesters. We are really looking forward to this trip and Saturday is our 21st wedding anniversary. Diana in Dallas

Yep, now DH has added Memphis TN to our road trip Any must see or do things in that area. okay now its Arkansas, Memphis TN, upper Louisiana What can I say DH is a wonderer when it comes to travel..... Diana in Dallas

Howdy! Oh, no, you don't! Come back and explain yerself, city slicker! Ragggggymop/Sandy "John A." wrote in message ... oops. ignore.

DH started a job last night. It's part time and not much over minimum wage but it will put food on the table. Now that I'm off restrictions from my surgery, I can start looking for something as well. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948

The following is an excerpt from the book Passing on the Comfort: The War, The Quilts, and the Women Who Made a Difference by An Keuning-Tichelaar and Lynn Kaplanian-Buller Published by Good Books; May 2005; $14.95US; 1-56148-482-2 Copyright © 2005 by Good Books, Intercourse, PA 17534 Lynn --...

LOL- the queen of freebies has forgotten who asked for info on some celtic patterns....would she please re-contact me?..Lisa