I use a combination of 3-rail floor frame, round hoop and Q-Snap-type frames for hand quilting. I do like my quilting to be portable, but I rarely need to carry it far, so I always baste it and then I can whip it onto the floor frame or take it off and dump it in my bag. I like the large frame...

I thought that one of the whole points of AAA was that they had rules and stuff that apply to the buisnesses they send to you when they call? So that it might cost you half the earth, but you weren't stuck on the side of the road for hours and hours. So the van was stuck on the side of the road...

I like to keep a few yards of Minkee here for the times that somebody needs a chemo hat or pillowcase or their baby is teething and needs the comfort of that very special feel. A dear friend of mine even kept a scrap of it in her pocket to rub when doing awful medical stuff. In shopping...

Well, there was a post titled "Hot and S*xy" posted by 'hot.' So, I deleted it. Turns out I deleted EVERYONE'S posts. :) LOL From Pat in Virginia

As I start to cut into these shirts I've been asked to make memorial quilts out of, I see that they are of very fine quality workmanship and fabrics. Some are cotton, others linen, and some are a cotton-poly fabric. Many are heavy fabrics made of heavyweight thread and high thread counts. The...

Hello. We are in the final days of our annual quilting week. Are you having fun? Did you get much done? Did you spend more time with your quilting than usual? It's not over yet. Even if you don't have time to sew or even cut fabric, you may enjoy shopping for supplies, or reading a quilting...

My DHs brother died today after 1 long year of illness. A benign tumour that just kept growing until it killed him. It has been removed one, but it grew back much more vigorously that at first. He is at peace now, thank God. It is such a relief for his partner and brothers but so sad for us...

Nurse said it is a viral infection and put him on strong antibiotics. I don't think they are working because it is getting worse. PLEASE keep praying,

Ok, so I was lucky enough to meet Jinny at her shop when I went on a shop hop with a friend a few months ago. I was actually excited to be in the presence of "celebrity" and was probably a bit shell shocked without even realizing it. I shopped, I spent too much money, I chatted briefly with Jinny...

Just sent DH and his son off to the VA. DH came home last night with a fairly large hard knot under his right eye and it was red. He woke up with it still there and under his eye was puffy. I am worried that it could be cellulitis again. He could use some prayers. I sent his son with him so he...

Dear friends, Perhaps the most touching part of my story is that 16 people who I don't know and will probably never meet saved my life. How? They donated blood. When I was in the theatre and they had to open me up again after the Caesarian section, I lost 9 litres of blood and required 14...

Howdy! Happy Birthday, Mickie Swall! Hope it's quilty, hope there's chocolate, hope you celebrate for at least a week! http://www.thequiltercommunity.com/Wc2af9c0b02098.htm http://www.punchwithjudy.com.au/shop/dreamcatcher_pattern-by-mickie-swall-fo

Discover the founding of New York City. Explore World's Largest financial center and office complex that came to symbolize the wealth and power of the world's financial capital that fell victim to a brutal terrorist attack on 9.11.2001. With highlights the Battery Park, Bowling Green, Fraunces...

Does anyone have one of these electronic calculators who would be prepared to let me have a copy (electronically) of the full size tutorial DVD. I would be most appreciative. Sheila

Help, please? I need to find more fabric from Laurel Burch's Ocean Songs line... but I can't remember the URL for the fabric shop site that searches many, many quilt shops. I think it may be the folks who sponsor the big online Shop Hop? I've searched online for it but only find her more...

Sounds like the one my mother made, though hers had raisins too. So, thanks, I need to try this one, but will probably halve it. Pat in Virginia "Sunny" wrote in message ... 3 Cups cooked rice 3 cups...

I am happy to report that I went back to the hospital yesterday and got a second fluid infusion. I feel great today!! The most gratifying part of this is that Dr. D. actually had one of the nurses call me yesterday morning to find out how I was doing. She wanted to be sure that I felt better...

Well, for the time being, I'm at home, but yesterday was: at the school, at the doc, at the xray dept, home, at the ER, home...then this morning it was to a different doc Rebekah and another student collided on the playground yesterday and she wound up with a broken nose - other kid just had a...

O.k., it's Australia Day here; I can't help it if I'm a day late there. I wish my DD and her family happy b'days a day late too, more often than not :)

Not OT. There's no LQS here, not even a WalMart with sleazy FQs. We have to drive many miles to shop for quilting needs and have to buy online most of the time. It just makes me angry enough to pop when an online shop gouges me with postage charges. I can read. I can weigh. I have...