aha! I had no idea.. just figured they used plain ink.. thanks for the info! Dragonfly wrote: The "regular ink" signatures that have lasted were written with india ink, which is (I think) a pigment ink. I'd think any pigment ink would be as permanent...and the Pigma pens are pigment ink. ...

Does anybody have a dead fashionmate for parts so I can fix the tension in mine? it is my backup machine, but I'd like it to be up and running since I am teaching quilting to some friends who do not have machiness... Dr.Quilter

playmat for my co-worker's kid, who goes to sofi's dayca http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2542237100043213071RNTIlH inspired in a kaffe fasset quilt called 5 de mayo or sth like that - that one is all red. really liked the unusual shape. RCTQ...

I need Dreamweaver's addy to send her some quilts for the Red Lake Project. Has anybody heard from her or know if this is still going on? I have a third one to finish, but I want to know whether I should or not... -- Dr.Quilter

After a long hiatus, I am back - my mom was in town for 6 weeks, my laptop died, and the newsgroup went to the back of my priority list. Unfortunately so did my quilting. I haven't done much at all, besides completing a changing pad and diaper bag for my brother's baby to be... anyway, I just...

After seeing the antique quilt display at the local APWN, I am trying to make an album of all the ones I have, their pattern, where I bought them, how much I paid, and how I have restored them (if needed) or plan to. Maybe you guys can help with with naming a few patterns/estimated ages? Here...

I forgot to mention that the other show at the La Conner Quilt Museum was a show of landscape quilts made by canadians! Some very creative things with threads, special fabrics, textures, transparencies. I think my favourite was a huge one with a barn scene, just struck me as a nice painting. But...

can you guys tell me if these look like clamps to hang a quilt, and if so, how to use them? I got them at an estate sale, they were with a bunch of cross stitch and knitting items, they looked useful, but I cannot figure out how to use them... :o) They are in my webshots album "other quilty and...

nobody answered this one... :o( so I googled and found these instructions for flying geese that use rectangles, not complicated squares (I had already cut the fabric! :O): http://www.azpatch.com/bom/bom2003/easygeese.htm guess if my units come to 6 x 3 1/4 I cut one rectangle of that size plus...

I am wondering if people had trouble seeing my webshots site or if I am just being too anxious, but I have not seen more than one or two replies to my previous post. Believe me, there are new pictures! :o) http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali -- Dr. Quilter Ambassador of Extraordinary...

I was only seeing messages up to dec. 21st and I could not believe you guys had not posted since, even with Xmas and all. Besides it was doing that duplicated header that won't go away thingy that we talked about the other day (in my case it does not matter how many times I read it or mark it read,...

I got an ad for this machine for that price, and my birthday is coming up. is this a good machine? there is a cheaper and a more expensive model too listed in the leaflet... any advice? -- Dr. Quilter Ambassador of Extraordinary Aliens

Not sure how many of the old timers are here, but I've decided to take another peek at the newsgroup... brief update: still living in Seattle, I am a Staff Scientist at the SBRI working on finding candidates for a malaria vaccine, Fernando still works at the UW and Sofia is 5 1/2 and starting...

With the recent loss of my companion/therapy dog, I'm on quite the emotional rollercoaster today. DW has gone back to work after a week's vacation and the house is the emptiest it's ever been, so I'm trying to keep my mind off things and spirits up any way I can (hence the bad jokes in other...

A while back I got chided for not posting a local event. That's cool, but a couple more are coming up shortly, so... 1. North Chili Quilt Show - Sep 18 - 19, 9am - 5pm both days http://www.umcnorthchili.org/14.html 2. Central New York Shop Hop - Oct 15 - 18 See: (and scroll down a...

OK, Ok, ok... here's the situation... I'm working on a section of my CQ where I want to trapunto (can I use that as a verb?) a piece of shiny fabric to create a "rib" effect (several rows of adjacent parallel ribs - like a washboard) and thereby make use of the highlights as light reflects off of...

On Oct 19, 10:48*pm, "Polly Esther" wrote: snip * * What a show! * Comment about your "buggy" aside... 8^D I agree, the other SWLTH is an untapped source of entertainment value. I prefer the 2am - 6am show. We like to do groceries there about once a month to stock...

Parents, Grammies, Bubbies... If this don't beat all: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hCHNHQco9s98ruRro8qyPD2vwB_AD9C2K4TG3

Boomer was a no-brainer (which works on a couple of levels...) Everything he had was red; he looked GOOD in red. Fudgey is another story... What looks good on dark brown (that I'm likely to find at a pet supply store)? Boomer's old red stuff is functional, but just doesn't quite go (not to...

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