I've got a lot of corduroy in pinks and blues. It's nice soft stuff that will probably be even softer after washing. Can I use it to make a quilt top? Will I need to use big seam allowances? Debra in VA See my quilts at http://community.webshots.com/user/debplayshere

The Irish Chain thread reminded me of something I've been thinking about off and on. Classic color combinations Blue and yellow Blue and white or red and white Black and brights Red/black/white Gold/Burgundy/Green

Hey guys, it is Marissa, or Dr.Quilter. I am back! Got a new laptop (through my new job) and requested my login info from the newsserver.. Not too many news, Sofi is 3 and a half, we are still in the Seattle area, well, I got the new job, and I am quite involved in guilds (this is the second...

I do not like cleaning my house- but I try to do some cleaning every day so it doesn't get out-of-hand. I know some ladies/men get a great deal of satisfaction from and enjoy keeping a clean and neat house. I like the results but NOT the process. I'm trying to re-adjust my thinking into it...

Sure hope Ms. Tina is doing okay today. She has been heavy on my mind so have been saying the rosary and praying everything turns out well for the kids. -- http://community.webshots.com/user/snigdibbly SNIGDIBBLY ~e~ " / \

Just checked my gmail account and I have 3 invites - so I was wondering if anyone on the group wanted one? E-mail me privately, as I don't know when I'll be checking the newsgroup, way too much stuff to do at the moment..... I'm in the directory. First come, first served - now back to finish my...

After 30+years of waiting, we have a new baby GIRL in the family!! I shall now start thinking pink at long last. She was born at 8pm tonight and weighed in at 7lb8oz - as yet unnamed - brown hair and eyes. She is the second grandchild for my ob/gyn nephew (who managed to get there in time for...

How do you clean your quilts? Do you machine wash them or have them dry cleaned? All mine go into the washing machine on the gentle cycle and I use regular detergent and fabric softener. In winter they're tumble dried and in summer dried outside on a shady line.

I am looking for a small and easy item to sew to sell in our guild's quilt show in October. One lady makes paper pieced pumpkin pins and she sells out of them every year. I know another lady this year is making covers for your purse size tissue packs. I need something catchy maybe something for a...

After 5 weeks hard work, anguish, ups and downs, I have finished my latest quilt project. It is a wall hanging 52x52 inches. Inspired by a pattern in EQ5 and the twinkling city lights at night viewed from my home. I set myself a lot of challenges with this quilt, some met, some not, and have lived...

Nothing, nada...can you believe it? I've had no energy to really do much, and don't see much happening until sometime mid to late April, unless it's hand work. I've been making jewelry, though...but i guess that doesn't count, since very little of it was for me. You can take a look anyway. ...

As the long time posters know, we left Oregon where most of our children and grandchildren live so I could care for my ailing mother. After 10 months she graduated from hospice and DH and I got an apartment here in northern Idaho. After a lot of looking, I finally got a job as a motel...

I am about to reorganize my quilt room for the umpteenth time. After sharing my quilt room for a few months with my boomerang son, I am ready to get everything put back where it belongs. My quilt room is beautiful and large with everything I need, but I find myself getting very frustrated when...

Okay. When I finish a quilt thru the quilting and do my squaring up, I have always just laid rulers to the quilted sandwich and squared it with my trusty rotary cutter. Now, I have heard (on this ng, no less!) that my binding needs to be "full". How does one square the quilted sandwich and still...

I just found a new acronym (is taht spelled right?) that we can use. I'll tell you, this totally described many of my projects. The acronym is PIGS -- Projects in Grocery Sacks. How may of you have PIGS too? Now come on, be honest. We're all friends here!! :) Zo

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...

Yesterday I was talking to my Sister-I-L who is manager over the Sewing & Crafts at a WM near Savanna, GA. She said is definite that ALL WM's are in the process of closing out ALL fabric & sewing items. She has been with WM 20 years. She said they were going to close the dept. a few years back...

Hear ye, hear ye! All who see this: Know ye that The Umpteenth Annual Quilting Week for Residents and Visitors of RCTQ Land shall commence on Saturday, 20 January 2007, and shall continue through Sunday, 28 January 2007. Enjoy this time for practicing and

I am hoping someone here can tell me what I should do about our cats. We have three cats in our house. Tic Tac is about 5 years old and she has always been aggressive/mean. We have had her since she was a kitten. She is spayed. Chloe is about 6 and very lazy. She will go after Tic Tac when she...

I have been looking, and looking, and then looking again at the BOM photos. I look at mine, then I look at others. Some I love, some I hate...we all have that with our personal color preferences. Regardless of the color preference (and no, I don't even like mine, I'm just using up some old fabric...