Okay, now that I've decided on the batt I'm going to use - How many of you actually pre wash the batting? At this time, I don't intend to do this step. -- Bonnie NJ

http://community.webshots.com/user/robertaz102 It's somewhere in the BOM folder. Still needs an outer border -I have an idea but am open to suggestions! Roberta in D

Finished up stained Glass Wall Quilt last night (instead of working on more postcards). It was fun and a new learning experience for me (of course almost all the projects are new to me :)) I have plans to make a hummingbird stained glass quilt sometime in the...

Bought a new gadget and it's way too much fun -a power cleaner! Hooked it up to the hose, and all the dirt on the terrace paving just blasted away! (You can do calligraphy with the nozzle if you get a little bored.) It came with an extension handle, so we may try it out on the glass carport roof,...

Somehow I have 5" squares of 6 different -yet similar colors of fabric. The light and dark of it are only a few shades apart. Too similar and I cant think of anything that would contrast in a good way. They are all in the "peach" hue. I think I have enough of them all for a couple quilts....any...

Anyone else from Chicago area have problems with water in the basement last night? A very bad storm hit about 8:30 p.m. last night. Our electricity went out by 8:45 p.m. When it hadn't come back on by 9:15 my son decided he should go to the office and check on his computer equipment. We decided to...

Just finished the other quilt I was stitching for a Christmas present. Only finished it today, but the recipients aren't back from visiting family until this evening, so just in time! It was started as part of a Christine Porter class I attended in Bath. I wasn't sure I had chosen the right...

Here is the picture of the companion piece for The Quilt From Hell. It is in the Trip around the World pattern. It measures 75" x 75" making it a large lap quilt. They are hanging on the quilt rack ajacent to each other and so represent a pair of studies of uses of the same squares, but in both...

Hello All! Remember me and my Scuba Red Sea Quilt? Guided by my wife Sue it ended up in our local Quilt show. Well last year I started on another. HMS Daring has been launched and is going to sea for the first time next month on trials. The ship commisioning is 18 months away. After 6 months ...

to date, I have posted all pictures I have received. If you do not see your block in the gallery, that means I do not have it. click on the link provided: http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/RCTQ-BOM it will take you to the BOM galleries, from there, click on any pictures to check to make sure your...

Truth is, I know nothing about batting or quilting requirements for batting types. (I make the tops for Quilts of Valor and let the longarmer figure out the details!) DH and I just went through both quilting and clothing fabric stashes and came up with fabric for two adult quilts and eight...

Only thing that it doesn't say is WHAT do you do with the water? Butterlfy (gonna make at least an attempt att hese later ter tamorah next week is over gone by past ago g'nite ) Subject: FW: Christmas Cookie Recipe

I started off Jan 2004 with EIGHT unquilted tops in assorted sizes. I finished quilting the THIRD one on Monday and about to start on a FOURTH :) Feeling good abt my that! I have enough batting to do the 4th one and the 5th one but will need to buy more batting--Joann's, here I come:) After this,...

Ok, now everyone who fell over from shock can get back up and read the message...And here ya'll thought I'd just disappeared, huh? Nope, just not online much lately. So, news from here....I lost my Zena on January 5th. I still miss her tremendously but I do have a new puppy, Amber, who keeps me...

Sometime this holiday week end I posted about what I called my ultimate scrap project. Several of you had questions so I thought I should explain more. The only preparation for the project was to press all the fabric scraps. They had not been pre-washed so did not need starch. If I wanted to do an...

I'm making a quilt for my DH and he likes the feel of minkee for the backing. I only have 2 yards of it (bought at a quilt show) and will have to buy more, however I don't know much about it. How would it be for backing and should it be washed first. Thanks for any help. Barbie C. in FL

Hi, I'm new to the forums .. and kinda new to quilting but i'm already hooked! I've just finished my 4th baby quilt (Hungry Animal Alphabet by SSI) .. of course all of them were given as gifts... and my son, now 2 is starting to wrap himself in the one i just finished and say it's his.. so I guess...

In a few minutes I'll be off to take a Feathered Star class from Marsha McCloskey; I signed up for that way back in January. Our quilt show was this past weekend, as was DGS#3's fourth birthday, with a family dinner Saturday night and a kiddie party yesterday. Yesterday I also attended MM's lecture...

I found this ad while perusing Craig's List.......The last line gave me chuckle. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Free older model Singer: this machine works, but was designed very poorly. It has an unusual drop in bobbin, which causes it to skip stitches unless the tension is adjusted...