Life has just gotten to be so overwhelming for me and I dearly miss you all and your inspiration. I miss my sewing room even more..... it has now taken on a new life as a dump :-( , the room where the "I don't know where to put it's" go to live out the rest of their lives. We have had nothing but...

I had to go find my Julia Child book on the Way to Cook. We hadn't been able to find a turkey the right size until yesterday and it is frozen harder than . . . well, you know. And so - if you just must thaw a turkey quickly, Miss Julia says to submerge the well-wrapped bird in a sink full...

Hope I got the name right, anyway, it's the Brother, designed for quilters machine, I went into the local shop that I've been very happy with in terms of supporting my non American machine (they don't even sell Janomes, but they could still get me replacement bulbs for 240V). The two machines...

First I'm going to torture you with some bragging! VBEG I was looking for 2 nightstands for my bedroom since I'm doing some painting and making the new pansy quilt and draperies that's about to go into production. Welllllll.... I went into an antique shop this afternoon and found a vintage...

http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/blog/cloth_shoe.pdf just another freebie i came across today. this came up a couple of months ago so thot someone might find this a handy pattern. jeanne

I have been working on some holiday shirt appliqué. I don't remember buying it but I had some Sulky Metallic in gold. It sewed up like a dream. I hadn't bothered to change my needle and this thread still didn't cause a fit. If you need any touches of gold in your work give this stuff a try. My...

Ok I hope I'm not making you all nuts with my indecision. I'm looking at new laptops....my first laptop actually. Best Buy has iMacs....and they looked very tempting. I have to get Windows put on for a couple of the programs I use. No way around that. Do I need "Parallels"? They come with...

------------------------------------- Does anybody have a coupon for the store for that would be valid for Nov 24th, 2007? Your help is much appreciated.

http://quiltmaker.com/webextras/patt321.pdf I'm making this as a QOV block today!!! As soon as I hit the shower, have some coffee, and get to the quilting table. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address

My computer crashed and I lost some of my designs that I didn't have backup on. Does anyone know the embroidery site that has the free state outlines that have something in the middle of the state on it? I had all of them done except about 10 states. Right know I am broken hearted over it....

International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women Sunday, 25th November. http://www.apwld.org/elimination.htm we are over half the population of this world. we give birth to every person of this world. we nurture the babys, both male and female, of this world. and yet.... in some...

Look what this guy wrote in the year 1999, about our present day wars with Iraq, about the World Trade Center bombings, and about what our every day life would soon be like in America. All of it obviously describing these and a zillion other things, years before they ever took place. As...

------------------------------------- Does anybody have a coupon for the store for that would be valid for Nov 24th, 2007? Your help is much appreciated.

http://www.michaelmillerfabrics.com/Blog/yo_yo_flip_flop.pdf these would be cute for an end of school gift for little girls in the spring or perhaps on top of the easter basket where the weather is warm enough then to wear them. another thing to add to the 'on my lap while watching tv'...

Hi all.. I have to make this quilt for a woman at work that is retiring... i found a BEAUTIFUL quilt but it requires applique and i have no idea what to do .... is there anyone in NJ that is willing to help me when i get to that point??? please please please.... Thanks! Michelle in NJ

does anyone know of a free xmas placemat pattern . thank you -- Jezza

My LQS just moved into bigger digs, and it's a pretty good store for the size of the town. I certainly found a lot of pretty fabric. BUT when I asked where the hand quilting thread was, they looked at me like I had two heads and pointed to a display of big cones in about 12 colors. No...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28328779@N00/2052285079/ What color sashing do you think would be best? (Given, of course, that I can find the 'right' fabric in that color/colors.) These blocks were an experiment. We've got a book in the store (forgive me, I've forgotten its name) that uses a...

hi, here is a link for free Embroidery designs http://embroidery-space.blogspot.com/

Makes you think just a little..... Michael Jordan having 'retired,' with $40 million in endorsements, he makes $178,100 a day, working or not.