Hi! I was asked to write a glossary for a friend's latest quilting book. The book is due out on April 12 but last night the publisher let us know that they are going to also do an e-book download version that is on sale starting today. So, I'm here to brag that I'm sort of published :-) The...

Would someone who attended please report on the Long Beach show? Did they work out the long lines which were a problem last year? Did anyone notice The Quilt Merchant booth? It would have been all reproduction fabrics. Susan

Hi, I'm in a quandry and thought maybe one of you would know. I picked up Mom's Pfaff 2124 and took it to the local Pfaff shop hoping they would take it on consignment and sell it for me so I wouldn't have to fly it back home with me. The woman there curtly informed me that it was the worst machine...

Ok, so maybe I have too much time on my hands..? I went looking into the archives and of course totally forgot what I went looking for in the first place. I then noticed that there are some very short threads and some that go on to great lengths! Of all the ones I looked at from Jan 2006 to now,...

In my HD thread, someone (She maybe) asked about how my guild's UFO challenge works. In the Stuck thread, several posters ask about how to choose a project and move on. I think a description of the UFO challenge will answer that issue. Here goes. The Organizers (L&N) set the 'rules' as follows....

What am I doing wrong? I've broken 4 needles in the last hour. These were size 80 Schmetz needles too! I'm sewing a polycotton duvet cover, with polycotton thread, and the project is eating needles like there is no tomorrow. I've had enough. Even reading contract law is better than...

Well, I have finally gotten to the point in the sewing room that the Bernina 200 is ready to rock. ONe small problem. I cannot find the power cord. I do have one that I can use from the Bernina 153QE so it is not an emergency. It just bugs me that I can't find it. I was so careful to pack...

I hope all our RCTQ members are high and dry. The Northeast has certainly had some bad flooding. Have any of you seen it first hand? -- Kathyl remove "nospam-" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz

My dd is choosing classes for HS. She enters 9th grade next year (who knows how THAT happened. She's only 3!). She asked me to help her look at the different classes with her. They offer quilting as a class!!!!! She wasn't interested tho. I guess she feels she can get that at home. But they...

Hi gang, I've so much enjoyed reading all the posts about what we love/hate about quilting. MY biggest love is to start a new project! I find it very hard to resist doing this and must really hold back as I have many UFO's already. Lately, however, I have been working on some large UFO's and...

An advantage to having DH out of town, I don't have as many distractions to take me from my quilting. Today I finished piecing a mystery quilt and put the border on. Tomorrow I hope to get a ride to town and get backing for it. I got out some pre-quilted fabric that had been given to me. Cut it...

Has anyone seen this gorgeous collection? You can see it on p.92 of the Dec Quilters Newsletter magazine but I can't find it in any of the LQS. Jan

Hi all, I'm a newbie, although I've been an infrequent chatter/reader of rctq in past years! I'm delurking (been reading again for a couple of weeks) to request your suggestions for: an intermediate skill level queen/king pieced quilt to do using mostly FQs in retro 30's patterns for a "summer...

at www.fabshophop.com for you newbies... if nothing more -- you get introduced to dozens of online fabric shops! I'm down to just one lost lonely little bunny out there -- anybody want to share a hint... not the answer... I'm willing to look.. but a hint would...

First, I would like to thank everyone who made suggestions for my fan problem. You are all truly very kind and gracious! Now..... I went to a Sewing Expo in Chantilly, VA this morning and bought a Curve Master presser foot. What a neat thing! No pinning or cutting the curves. It took me a...

When you aren't sure of a specific purpose for a gift quilt, what determines how big you make it? When it turns into an odd size do you just finish it or do you try to make it a more useful size? One reason I like giving folks I love quilts is that they're very practical gifts--but not if their...

I have not found the time to right my own bio response but have enjoyed reading everyone else's. I plan to keep all the responses in a folder with the directory. Someone please remind me who started this thread. I think they deserve a reward (soft of course). Susan

Nikki's purple plaid/denim quilt is finished. After sewing that binding on for hours each day, you'd think I would remember to post about it. I have to make a label, and I have to finish the 2 patching pillows, but it is in fact done. Her birthday is tomorrow, but she'll be away in Forfar to...

My best friend brought her sewing machine over to me last night to see if I could do anything with it. Her boyfriend bought it for her last Christmas so she has had it for a little over a year. It is a Brother XL6562. I think he got it at WalMart. sigh I don't know why he didn't ask me first. ...

Somehow quilting fabric that feels like crap sneaks its way into our stashes occasionally and stays for a very long time. What do you all do with it after you've decided not to use it in a quilt? Yvette