I was just cleaning out my sewing room, when i got distracted, started cleaning my bedroom, ended up in my closet, and came full circle back to sewing when I discovered a bag of 15 old spools of thread I brought home from my grandmother's house a few years ago. Most of it is polyester, about 1/3...

I know that I always like to read reports on gimmicks and got-to-haves, and those that aren't worth getting. NAYY with Curvemaster - but I have had a good experience with them. Bought a Curvemaster at the end of 2004 and had Pati Cook send it on to me from the US with some other stuff (Hi Pati,...

Happy dancing cos its my birthday and I got some money from the in-laws and I'm off to a craft show/sale on the weekend!!! Now I can go and spend as well as look !!! Well last week was a disaster, someone stole our credit card details and tried to have a spending spree (the issuer realised and...

I'm sure there are some wonderful, quilty women out there who are much more organized and on the ball than I - so, here's my question. Being new last year (and for the first half, not being a Directory member) I didn't think about keeping track of squishies sent and received or keeping "notes" on...

Hi gang I would hate to miss out on a squishie this year, but, inexplicably, I gave an incorrect snail mail addy to LN and Alice. Silly me, must have had my mind on something else - like quilting! So here it is: PO Box 3444 Burleigh Town PO Qld 4220

As some of you may have seen, I've been having serious computer problems. I've recently traced it to a conflict between my all-in-one printer/fax/copier/scanner and my computer. After hours/days on the phone with an Apple techie and reinstalling my OS several times, that's the only thing that...

She's come to live with me! I'm hoping I can get her fixed up and running. The lady who Freecycled her to me said she ran over a pin recently and now it acts as if something is 'catching' inside. David's pretty handy with mechanical things so I'm hoping he can fix her for me. I got a little box...

I'm taking a class at the community college (where DH teaches) called Chemistry of Chocolate. Very interesting but it has convinced me of one thing -- I cannot give up chocolate for Lent this year -- we are each assigned a class period to bring in chocolate something for everyone in class and so...

You've just got to see this. Our own Mickie has a quilt in March/April '06 Quiltmaker named Duck Puddles. It is just absolutely wonderful. Way to go, Mickie. For those of you wanting to know why I have my copy before you do, it's because I'm special. And important. Lucky? I dunno, but our...

I am planning, hoping, dreaming of getting a quilting machine and frame in the next (hopefully) few months. So I wanted to get some opinions. I know this has been done lots of times before and I could google it all but opinions do change over time. So it's highly possible that some opinions have...

Looking for something to do this evening? Before I put the general notice out, I could sure use a tester or two. The first block in my new series has some odd shapes: I know the measurements are right, 'cause I've done my sample block, but I do want to be sure my instructions and diagrams...

For those in the Seeing Stars Swap who donated an extra block (or two) towards the Red Lake Reservation Hug Project, I pieced the top today. Here's a preview of what the final quilt will look like. Boy is this one a stunner. Great job...

Oh My Gawd I just simply cannot begin to explain how delighted I was with my swap partner's gift that arrived today!!!! Curious as to how many still need to arrive? Please email me and let me know so I can do a peek into what happened or where it went ok? Trish in Sydney has been thanked and...

I just found out that my cousin goes to church at the Baptist Church where everyone is staying at down the road from the mine. She has been there since it happened. I haven't talked with her but I am sure she knows they families involved. I have been watching Fox News they have the most...

I really appreciate the feedback and help that I have received with choosing how to complete my Snowflake quilt WIP. I knew I could count on this group :) I have updated my webshots album. Some options were removed. A few popular options were revised to create new choices based on...

for me and the girls and DH and his parents. DH has transferred to a different dept in Symbol which means (effectively and hopefully) the end of all his major travelling. This also means the end of all the frequent flyer points. So we've decided to use up the last ones with a big knees up...

Today has been a day-and-a-half. I won't bore you with details - no one is hurt, or really sick and no major property damage. Just a culmination of several expensive and/or annoying things going wrong at once. It doesn't help that DH is off traveling for the week, either. I made some time this...

I picked some peas from my garden today..YAY!!!!!!!!! Mr. Joe watched me to make sure I didn't lose my balance--uneven ground with da boot on--even used my cane. They were soooooooooooooooo good : ) Love this mild winter we are having G Yeah, I know--storm coming in tomorrow for the...

lisa skeen wrote: Anybody using one of these? Was just introduced to it today. Looks interesting but computerized things make me nervous.....expensive to fix! The fact that I see so many Brother machines on ebay, 'factory reconditioned' make me very wary of all Brother machines. They are...

Hi, I need to make a block that is 12.5 inches. That way it will be a 12 in finished size. I have a pattern, and i have made it twice, being super careful second time around and that thing is only 12 inches... how do I make it bigger by 1/2 inch? it is a 9 patch variety. I would think I...