I finally got a Freecycle sewing machine (this will be the third) that actually has a chance of working again. (The others went on to Goodwill, for the chance someone who can actually fix things would get them). This one is the cutest little Singer Merritt 212 you've ever seen. All she needs is...

No not mine, exactly. This morning as I was getting ready to go teach a class the cat who has decided that I am her person, was really "clingy". She, along with most of the female cats in the neighborhood, is very pregnant. She was wandering and actually meowing---something she very seldom...

So, I've pieced my Bricks quilt top (thank you, Quiltville!) and it has diagonal 3" WOW squares. The rest is very scrappy (and looks pretty nice, I think!) For the back I have some royal blue yardage with 4" chartreuse frogs (playing drums and guitars, if that matters ;-) which the recipient...

http://outonalimbpatterns.com/136.html I just finished this top. It's by far the biggest I've ever attempted - 50" X 50"! That's huge for me, I usually deal with minis. And don't usually finish those, so this is a real milestone for me. Now I have reached the stage of the instructions that I...

Hi all. Have just been talking to the DH of my BKF (best karting friend) and she is in hospital. I spoke with her on monday when she was in there and hoping to be out today but alas no. She has had a hysterectomy and some of her bowel removed. The op went well but she then had a collapsed...

I know one person here said that they had once purchased a 100ct. pk of machine needles at JoAnns. I check my local JoAnns and either they no longer carry them, or they are not carried at my location. Where do the rest of you get your bulk machine needles from?? Any online places to avoid...

Here is a photo of the winning quilt, before it was quilted. The quilting is just diagonal lines through the blocks. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2894904480056829410EdbyzQ If this link doesn't work: http://community.webshots.com/user/nbhilyard in the "2005" folder, at the end. Of...

My QI Kyra is my best friend and we need your prayers and good thoughts.. She is almost 13 and is diabetic but full of life and love..The greatest dog i know.. I noticed that sometimes she had trouble standing up but i thought that was because i have laminated flooring.. but it got worse and now...

I need your input here. I've been thinking of starting a pattern production side line to augment the family income (which is pretty low as a SAHM). I used to have a quite successful graphic design business (pre-kids) so I have all the software tools, production experience, etc. My experiences as...

I am the proud new owner of a stack of batik squares. There are around 30 of the 4-inch size and 20 of the 5-inch. No two alike, probably. I bought them with an eye to applique, but now looking at them I am just mad to have them all in one piece. Problem is I have no batik yardage and right now...

I have a Singer sewing machine that is over 20 years old, and I think I deserve a new machine. I've been looking at all different types of machines. I just came from the local shop that sells Bernina. I was looking at the Aurora 430 and the 440QE. They both look so good. I'm trying to get some...

Hi folks... Not able to really read the group right now but wanted to let those around the country (esp in the severe weather areas) know that I'm keeping them in prayers.....the weather reports have been horrid.... I'm asking for some healing prayers as well......I'm recovering from rather...

Here's a pix of a 2-day workshop sampler done at the Australiasian Quilt Convention in Melbourne, Australia in February. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/album/144617897rRwYZY Workshop by tutors, Beth & Trevor Reid of Canberra. Topic was Contempory Quilts. Their speciality is simple but...

Hi all - Looking for instructions to make Christmas ornaments and/or Pinecones using squares of fabric, folded like Prairie Points. I believe these fabric squares are then pinned around the round or egg shaped styrofoam shapes. I made them many years ago and can't recall how they are done. ...

I've just spent an absolutely wonderful afternoon! Kathy A. was in town with her DH for a conference, and we arranged to meet this afternoon -- something I was particularly looking forward to, since I admire not only her generous posts here but her amazing quilting. I wasn't disappointed! Not...

Hi everyone, I've got a few quilt tops that I guess I'll never get around to quilting-so I figured I'd put them up for sale. If I can sell them someone who loves to quilt will get to baste them and quilt them and these tops will get finished - finally. I've got too many commission quilts to work...

Here's a site with all the Ocean Songs fabric and a free pattern. It's tempting. http://www.clothworkstextiles.com/collection.asp?ID=44 -- Gen http://community.webshots.com/user/Coren920

KJ's post about her "aha!" moment with measuring borders got me thinking. What's a quilting aha moment you've had (that you're willing to confess to)? We might all learn something. :) Mine was that the quilt police would not come and arrest me if I drew on my ironing board cover. I took a fine...

Last evening I was making a quilt. My Hunky Mr. Collins peeked his head into the room and asked "how is the quilt coming along?" I said I was in a complete panic because I had run out of fabric. He glanced around the room- there were stacks of fabric on the sewing table, the cutting table, the...

Ladies and gents I need some advise on how to gently get out of a situation my neighbor has gotten me into. My neighbor's brother has rental property and an elderly lady rents from him. She decided last month that she wanted to start making quilts. She sent her first ever quilt to my neighbor...