http://www.pineneedles.com/download/NewWords.pdf this is from McKenna Ryan. It's beautiful and I couldn't harly believe it was free! Donna in WA

A quilting friend who mostly hand quilts told me today that experts (she thinks it was Fons and Porter) say batting has a smoother and a rougher side, and they recommend putting the smoother side up because it is easier to needle that way. Has anybody tried this? Or even heard of it? Roberta in D,...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSfFYxSdKdo -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948?vhost=community

Is anyone attending? It runs from July 30 - Aug 1. DH and I will be there on the 30th. We're having a mini-vacation..... -- Susan quilting as usual...... http://community.webshots.com/user/sbtinkingston

For those of you following my anniversary quilt journey I reported earlier tonight that I have finished block #30. This leaves me only 10 more blocks to make to commemorate our 40 years together. I think the final 10 blocks will be as follows: Crow's Feet (commemorating our growing old...

I am in need of yardage from the Laurel Burch Mythical Horses collection. The one I am looking for is call Blue Wave. If anyone has any and would consider selling it to me please let me know a.s.a.p. I am in the middle of a project and ran out. Thanks for your time....

I usually buy my batting at Walmart (don't roll your eyes, I don't have much choice in our small town ;-). However, the batting available there now is totally unacceptable. So I need to buy online. What are your recommendations? TIA! Michelle in Nevada, USA

A friend and I are headed up to Augusta, ME tomorrow (Friday) for the Maine Quilt Show. Hopefully the weather will be nice - but we'll be busy indoors G http://www.mainequilts.org/Quilt_Show/index.html ME-Judy (who's looking for unusual fabrics and quilting notions -- like I don't have...

Is there any use for a serger when you are a quilter? I've been looking at them for the last couple of years and never have bought one. Is there any process in making a quilt that you use a serger for? Could you piece blocks together or would the seams be too bulky? I'm just curious if you use...

I have a lovely pkg of Civil War reproduction quilting fabric, that is in a Fat Quarter bundle, 10-1/2" square. . This is the first time I have dealt with a fat quarter sized group of fabrics. The edges of these pieces of fabric are "Pinked" with a pinking shears. I normally pre-wash all of my...

http://www.electricquilt.com/Users/FunStuff/Kalei/June_Reveal.asp i should go look here more often. this shows ya paper pieced design for a kaleidoscope quilt. looks easy enough for those paper piecers among us. http://www.electricquilt.com/Users/FunStuff/ClubEQ/ClubEQ.asp Diamonds are Forever is...

Hi All Was checking out Yahoo News and came across this segmant from "So You Think You Can Dance." I don't watch the show but clicked on the link anyways. Beautiful dancing choreographed in honor of the choreographers friend currently fighting breast cancer. Emotional reviews afterwords. ...

Tomorrow a person is coming over with baby-toddler clothes of her daughter, and she wants me to make a quilt of them. Is there anything I should do specially, or watch out for? Also, the advice that this group gave me about square-in-a-square was MOST useful! I've made a couple of quilts with...

This has been spoken for.....YAY!!!!! -- Cindy from MO

Learn to make a free-standing butterfly: http://www.arbeedesigns.co.nz/butterfly-design.php Enjoy, jennellh

Not sure how many of you are familiar with the type of fabric used to make colorguard flags for the high school marching bands. Anyway, I am in the process AGAIN of making these flags even though my DD just graduated........I will have several pieces left over in 4 different colors. There will...

Does anyone have the book "Quick Star Quilts and Beyond" by Jan Krentz? From what little I could glean, it appears you need special rulers or templates (I.e. diamond shaped) to do the quilts. Is this true? The cover quilt is just gorgeous, but I don't want to purchase more templates/rulers if I...

Hi All I finally got back home to Alaska last Friday. So good to be eating home cooking and sleeping in my bed again. Family visits were really good. Arrived in time for my niece's HS graduation party, took Mom to her class reunion, visited my aunts, did some maintenance around Mom's house,...

Just an update on the pending 'tater. Now at the end of 37 weeks and no sign of baby Willow yet. The good news is the doctor says she has grown and will be a little over 5 pounds and most likely will not need to be in the NICU. My DD is feeling fine but can't find enough stuff to dust! Can...

And how do you do it, exactly? L:ynne in Toronto