Here are some pix from a workshop I attended last week. "Fabrication Fantasia" http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2603574380055460043NyHUFw The tutor was Australian, Lisa Walton of Sydney. Her website is dyedheaven.com It was great fun and a wonderful technique of making your own...

Here are some pix from a workshop I attended last week. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2603574380055460043NyHUFw The tutor was Australian, Lisa Walton of Sydney. Her website is dyedheaven.com It was great fun and a wonderful technique of making your own fantasy fabric using threads,...

Where The Deer And The Antelope And The Bear Live Ahhhhhhhhh, springtime. A time, when Momma's are having babies in the Wilderness and on the farms.

I opened my mail box today and found this big package that was soft and squishy. To my surprise it was a big, beautiful hug! Thank you thank you thank you to you know who. It is so appreciated. I have been so depressed lately with pain that won't go away, and this lets me know that there are...

I'm working on a Thomas the Tank Train quilt for my #4 grandson. It's his big bed quilt and he will received it for his 3rd birthday in November. Yup, it's paper pieced using Carol Doak's #183 from 300 Paper Pieced Quilt Blocks. I'm still tearing paper from Bella's purple and pink and hope to...

Somebody just sent me six yards of to-die-for red! And she didn't even know I was needing red!! Also included were 2 yards of batik, and a yard of turquoise that match. OH MY!!! Thank you, somebody, from the bottom of my very-low-on-reds heart. OH MY!! Karen, happy Queen of today's...

The new owner of the yellow table runner sent me a cheque today (said to call it an early Xmas gift!)...last week, I had told him about my wish for a Dyson and that I'd like to use a post-dated birthday cheque to pay for it - would he please change the date and I would destroy the Sept.cheque? He...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/onetexsun/?saved=1 Here is the photo of the mini Texas star I just finished making from one of those QuiltSmart patterns. It's all flip and sew and then fuse to the backing. The information calls the patterns easy and fool proof. Hah. I'm clearly a better fool than they...

I talked to the Child Abuse Lady Fri and told her what I knew. Son called and asked me if I knew about ex-DIL leaveing the girls in the blazer with the keys in the ignition. Told him yes but had forgotten to say anything. He will call and tell the athorities Mon. Please keep them in your...

I went on Saturday, with my Mom and 2 of her friends from her quilt guild. One of them had a quilt entered and got a 3rd prize ribbon, so she was very happy. There were many beautiful quilts there, but I have to say over all I was not as wowed as last year. Last year was my first time at a large...

to get rid of a computer virus called X-Max.net? It is some kind of a redirection nasty & DH can't get rid of it:-( Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA Nana

If you have dogs you might want to take a look at this. I came across a page that you might want to look at as the weather heats up. It has been over 100° here for days and days. Looks to be a long hot summer ahead of us. http://www.jrt-research.com/Heat.html Also if you remember Spencer the...

FINISHED Knitting that 25" x 9 "panel. Can't do anything with it now until I can: bend over the bed, take measurements, and play with the lay-out. do the blocking (May need to 'stretch' a block a bit and then I'll start sewing it together (With yarn--ladder stitch. don't want to crochet it...

Last night I went to a production of the venerable play, The Quilters. It was staged by the Tidewater Repertory Theater, a new professional troupe. I'd seen it a few times before, about 20 years ago in California, and about 10 years ago locally. Last night's show was excellent, and the high...

I guess that this means either well-used or newly acquired helpful hint that you might have found useful in your quilty life! I was reading a page of hints on one of the bunnyhop pages recently - this hint stood out! I have always had a problem with threads strangling the vacuum beater bar - the...

Here is a look at a new cabinet that I made out of leftover pieces of Cherry that I had from various projects. Measurements are; 12" wide x 18" deep x 24" tall. It is my entry into the Cutest Cabinet in the World Competition, Munchkin Division.:) I realized I had enough wood left over, from...

We've had terrible storms and this may be a duplicate post. If 'pride goeth before a fall', I am about to break my neck. The quilt I made for DH is now safely quilted and home and it's a Knock your Socks off beauty. The quilt began as a Christmas quilt from Fons & Porter '05. Naturally, I...

My mother died in March. In April I had to have Shoulder surgery because the bone in my shoulder was dying and it needed scraped. The pain doctor Igor to treated me terrible about my surgery and I complained to him about my previous office visit and he had me in a room yelling at me for about 10...

I posed this question a bit ago and didn't hear anything. Maybe it was missed, or I missed the answer. Does anyone know anything about Connie "Sewverycreative"? I think they might have been moving? I miss her friendly messages. I just hope all is well. -- Kathyl (KJ) remove "nospam"...

O.K. everyone lets get after her. She has always said she could never do a quilt that would stand the test of a quilt show. The bi-annual show in Hattiesburg, MS is coming up this fall and she still has time to enter. The show has re-located to the convention center and will be held for three...