In regards to this swap, have you seen the quilt at The Quilt Index? It's called "The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue" and it has Sue offing herself or being sent to meet her Maker in many ways. Macabre, but funny. http://www.quiltindex.org/basicdisplay.php?pbd=quiltdata-a0a0a2-a -- Debi Ever stop to...

I brought Bob home this afternoon. And now - we shall sleep for about 3 days. Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar Wilde * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I'm looking for a pattern I saw quite a bit a year or so ago: it's a whacky looking bird with long legs and in each panel of the quilt, the position of the legs are slightly different. (The body of the bird was sort of tear-drop shaped, IIRC.) When I saw it, the background fabric was black and the...

Has anyone tried making a quilt back from scraps? What I'm thinking of would, more or less, be a crazy quilt on one side and different block patterns on the other side. If you have tried this, how did it work out? Too many seams, too much bulk? Or was it okay? Thanks! Robin

I met a woman at the opening reception of a quilt show last week and liked her. A friend who also knows her knew that she was organizing a quilt-a-thon through her congregation and invited me to come. I jumped at the chance. A quilt-a-thon is an organized event in which volunteers show up with...

I am a member of a mini group. One of the members will be moving in 5 months or less. We'd like to make her a quilt. I was wondering besides the friendship star what other type of block could be use as we want to sign the center of the block we make. As of right now we want to make it a two...

Wishing you the happiest of Birthdays! May your bobbin never run out in the middle of a seam, May you never run out of ideas May your children go back to school soon so you can have a quilting day! Diana -- Weird people need beads, too

I just switched my internet service to a wireless internet provider only to find out that they don't provide newsreader service. So, I downloaded Forte-Agent thinking I could use that. Well! It wants the info about my new internet provider and then tells me that it doesn't work (in their...

I found a nice little site that has a BoTM for free on it. The problem is, I can't print out the pattern so I've been drafting up the blocks from the instructions. I'm having a problem figuring out one piece of the pattern and I need someone who thinks more mathematically than I do to tell me if...

My wife is looking for a quilt pattern that has butterflies in it. any ideas as to where she can find a pattern like this? Thanksin advance.

This is a long shot, very OT so please skip if you want - I fully understand! But I'm hoping someone can give me some guidance, or at least a bit of moral/mental support here... I work part-time in a local craft shop - I'd be there full time but Karen can't afford to pay me a proper wage - at...

I was just surfing e-bay and came upon this sale. All these fabrics are on for $4.95/yard until Jan. 30th. So here's the website if you are interested. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=71211&item=8161798122&rd=1 check here to view the...

Okay, I finally finished one of my UFOs and I'm sitting here cutting the fringe into a flannel shag quilt. Do I remember these nexts steps right? 1.) Wash it 2.) Dry it a little, shake it out outside, clean the lint trap repeat every 15 minutes until shagged as desired. ? Giselle (that's IT? )

for all the prayers and good thoughts. Last update, MIL is still very heavily sedated. When they tried to wake her earlier she started fighting so they will try again tomorrow. DH's sister is doing hospital duty tonight so he is going to dinner with one friend and will stay with another...

I've dipped in and out of this group over the past three or four years (mostly lurking). Delighted to see so many familiar names each time - love the roll call. Need to find a few hours to read through it all!! I would like to quilt blocks separately (so a hand quilting project is more portable)...

I finished the binding on DD#2's quilt. http://community.webshots.com/photo/113209455/257016022RoNiKb I also got a lot of organizing done in my sewing room. One of these days I might get it set up to where I can actually sew in there. With everything sorted I can really see that I need to reduce...

Let's hope the link works, this is the first time I've tried to send just the link of the picture. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/luxy2/detail?.dir=81f7&.dnm=aa13.jpg (that's not me, that's Cheryl. She did one of the prototypes, and the rest of us learned it this weekend) The black portions are...

We like fudge, don't we? Possibly not all of us like it quite as much as chocolate... However, in this instance, fudge is what we need, and chocolate will have to wait until later... Remember before Christmas that I got yelled at by a Fat Quarter book quilt that wanted to be made? Well, I did...

Remember that drain problem I was having while Bob was in the hospital? Well, it got worse. We can run any water at all. No dishes, no toilets, no showers. Of course Bob only has the use of one arm and can't fix anything right now. Can't pay a plumber Saturday wages. So-o-o-o......... it...

I delivered Nikki's quilt and matching cushion tonight - she was very happy with it, and put it on the bed straight away. We filled the pockets of the jeans in the quilt with her bean bag animals... and I took photos. That was the end of the roll, so I'll get them developed tomorrow! She said her...