On one of the groups I read someone posted instructions with photos for a simple "bag" with plastic bags in center for storing needles, thread, etc....and instructions for children's "bag" to hold crayons ....NOW I can't find it ....can anyone help please?....Was it here on this clever...

It's on the bed and looks great if I do say so myself! Unfortunately I can't post pix--but I know you all have great imaginations! It's a scrappy string quilt, strings sewn to 10" muslin squares, half light/half dark on the diagonal, laid out so they form an 8-point star in the center and then...

Does anyone know where I can get brother embroidery cards at a good deal? They sure are expensive. Thanks! Critter Comforts: Quilts for Homeless Animals http://community.webtv.net/crittercomforts/CritterComforts

Hello, I delivered a new, reversible quilt to a friend yesterday. Chikako is 7 months pregnant and flying back to Japan next week, so that she can give birth there in October. I think this may be the first time I finished a baby quilt before the baby was born! New photos in the quilts album,...

We had just the most fun this morning that I had to share with you all! Maybe some of you have seen that Yin-Yang handbag pattern by Jamie Kalvestran (NAYY). Well, my little girl saw it quite a while ago at the old Connecting Threads retail store (now gone) and it was made up in animal print...

We have a new kitty in the house to replace our beloved Whiskey who went to the Great Saucer in the Sky in June (result of accident). Ringo is so named because everyone thought Whiskey II was a cop-out! Ringo's pedigree name is Cenglow Ring a Ding. He is an Abyssinian purebred. He is a real cutie...

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 think I've mentioned before that I get together every Friday with 6 or 8 others to quilt, visit, drink coffee, have sack lunch, etc, etc. We get together for about four hours. When I moved into this house 3.5 years ago it was a cold Feb. day. But soon after that I had a spring garage...

Does anyone have any comments about this machine? I just picked one up at a store that's discontinuing the brand and now I'm wondering if I was too hasty. (I bought the floor model, so I can't actually take the machine until all his stock has sold...probably a week or so.) -- Kim...

So, since we are off topic and talking about water, I'll keep it semi-related and ask a question about flavored water, specifically the tea that is served at Chinese restaurants. What is the brand or type or whatever? I really like the mild flavor. It is soft and calming and just what I...

Well, last week I did finish my Hoffman Challenge quilt and got it off in the mail. I am not sure the quilt came out the way I wanted it to, it was a big change in style for me. BG All hand pieced, but machine quilted. Hexagons, starting out with a traditional Grandmother's Flower Garden,...

I believe A H Rice is out of business now. I love the texture and strength of the thread mentioned in the header. Anyone know of a good substitute thread that comes in size B spool?

Has anyone heard from Jessamy lately? I'm waiting (not too patiently :) at this point 'cause I want to try the applique technique I just read about in Ami Simms' "Invisible Applique") for the August BOM. I e-mailed her a few days ago but haven't gotten an answer. Meanwhile, I DID finish her July...

Finished a quilt top. Still needs basting together, quilting, and binding of course. It's a year-old project from Carol Doak's Quilting Yahoo Group -- June 2006 Celebration blocks. It is first in the "Paper-Piecing" album at http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr I might actually truly...

and pix! http://www.flickr.com/photos/28328779@N00/1007688529/in/photostream/ (hopefully) joan

Last night I finished #2 of the three Jennie Rayment projects I started at camp. :) This one is called Tucked-Up Circles, and it may well be my favorite of the three. It's at http://www.sandymike.net/fabmanip.html#Tucked-Up_Circles; I've also added a detail photo of Twitch, Twiddle & Tweak,...

While at the LQS I was accosted by a couple who decided I looked like a quilter and before I knew it I was enlisted in helping them figure out what batting was, how to use it, how much to buy and all the rest. The entire time the woman's husband was going on about the quilting his grandmother did,...

Not sure where to post this??? I have some old, worn, rustic linoleum. Some of it looks like it's pressed onto a rough burlap / type material. I'd like to stain some hardwood plywood, and "mount" the linoleum pieces to it. Then put some sort of coating over the linoleum. These will be hung on...

We just heard that an interstate highway bridge over the Mississippi River in Minnepolis collapsed about an hour ago, during rush hour. Obviously there are injuries and probably fatalities; however not much is known at the present. There are at least 50+ vehicles involved. Some information at...

This week three of my finished works are on display in my local quilt store. It's my first time showing quilts, and the first time for any art or craft in many years. It was pretty scary to bring them in, since I can see the flaws in all of them. But now I want to go back and look, just to see...