Well, someone asked me for a tablerunner like the one I already made, but with a little more green in it! I made it and it turned out lovely! However, the photo on the WEBSHOTS page (URL below) doesn't do it justice! The colors look muddy in the photo, but trust me - they POP. The green is sage...

Butterfly wrote: Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear Linda Happy Birthday to you And Many MOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Butterfly (we celebrated ALL DAY for you today :)

I was on vacation last week so missed all the posts as I dont get on computer as much as home as I do at work! Besides I spent nearly the entire week sewing :) I started and finished 2 new quilt tops. These are different than the previous quilt tops I finished in that they are in colors I chose...

Jules, you've just done a very traditional one patch. One of the reasons that they're old favorites is because they are fun, easy, quick, and good looking too! Sometimes we need something that we can just "do" without having to agonize over a lot of details. Hope your shoulder gets better soon,...

I have a question? My sister gave me a handmade quilt she made and gave to me last Christmas. I have been keeping it in one of those vacuum sealed bags. I want to put in on my bed, but I would like to stain guard it before I do. I read on a web site that taking it to the dry cleaner would be...

I wanted to thank everyone who can sent me their scraps and unwanted fabrics. Because of you, I was able to provide over 100 small quilts to homeless dogs, cats and even rabbits at several rescues this weekend. You all should be proud of yourselves for helping to make so many rescued animals a...

Congratulations Lynn. There's nothing quite like finishing your very first quilt - thank you for sharing it with us. We do Happy Dances for finished quilts ( and shorter happy dances for finished stage!! - we enjoy dancing). So I'm tapping a few toes for you here, on a beautiful autumnal...

wrote: Hello, I have an opportunity to purchase a used Bernina 830 from a local Bernina dealer this Saturday for about US$600 with a one year warranty. Get there 1st thing Saturday and get that machine!

I finally took the plunge and tried paper-piecing today. I have some Amish diamond-in-square blocks and I wanted to them to be very accurate because of the bias edges. I don't have any fancy pre-printed papers, I just drew out what I wanted on some paper left over from computer print-outs and...

Hi, Friday night I walked into to climbing gym and saw that everybody was wearing skirts. Imagine (if you can) men climbing in dresses and heels, size 20 prom dresses, sarongs, or mini-skirts, and women climbing in cute, short little dresses from the 60's! I asked what was up and was told they...

Just want to jump the gun and welcome a newbie, Coleen. Welcome to wonderful and whacky RCTQ Land. Kate, Wendy, and I 'met' Coleen over in another NG and invited her to come over here too. With the three of us jumping up and down and waving at her, did she ever stand a chance? G PAT in VA/USA

Hi all, I haven't been around for a while, and actually have not been quilting at all! I had some complications with the chemotherapy I'm on, and ended up in the hospital, and most recently my littlest child has been sick with some kind of virus, and it's been HOT here, and believe it or not for...

Geez, Butterfly---maybe she wants to be Queen of the Brains instead of Slinkys. Did you ask her? We are, after all, short on royal brains around here. Let's find out DEB! CAN YOU HEAR ME? If you had your druthers, would you druther be slnky , brainy, or all of the above??? RedQueen

They will automatically send a 'notice' if you did it once with them. there is a place for you to unregister if you don't want to hear from them any longer. I have NEVER received any unwanted solicitation from these folks. I enjoy perusing the "new to me" shops on their list. Found a really neat...

How nice to have you back, Deb. Glad to hear everything is going well with your health issues. Take it easy for a while, though. Gusto is good, but do it in shot-glass size! -- Alice in NJ RCTQ - "Royal Cybrarian" www.ourcyberfamily.us "The older the violin, the sweeter the music."

I went to Pennington Quilts today, a very nice LQS in Hopewell, NJ to see their "quilt airing" today. I was so surprised. I had not heard of this before, but they have a wonderful wooded area behind the shop and they strung clothes line between the trees and invited those that had taken classes...

We had cancelled flights and collapsed train tunnels and Chocolate Bombe cake and gelato, good coffee and German sausages, we saw palaces and very dirty homeless people with cell phones, an escape artist like Houdini, a toilet seat that wipes itself, and boy am I glad to be back in the USA. Europe...

I bought this book on Saturday because I've had 2 rolls of quick bias tape that I've had for like 5 years! I'm a visual learner and was hoping someone would SHOW me how to use it...well, the book is very clear. What I couldn't get out of the written instructions was simply repeated in the...

With my challenge quilt due tomorrow night, I just made it! Finished the binding this morning, then bunged the quilt in the washer (I always do that, + needed to get pin holes out). However, my dryer is in strike (and knowing my appartment complex, it will not be fixed in time for this quilt) -...

Do you think it would be possible to use old towels in place of batting in my animal quilts? Has anyone done this? I guess they would wash and dry well. Thanks for any help. Jill Critter Comforts: Quilts for Homeless Animals http://community.webtv.net/crittercomforts/CritterComforts