We all received our completed tops back last night at guild. I am thrilled with mine. I put the pictures up on facebook ("round robin" album) http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=132101&id=654552313&l=eb7d60b2f9 and in webshots, (user kratersge, album "quilt...

I've never made this quilt and need some help. I want to make a queen log cabin and don't know what size block to make. I got a fella in mind that just built a log cabin and want to give it to him. any suggestions on block size and colors. Any of you gentlemen quilters have any suggestions for...

Our women's club in Munich supports a school project in Burkina Faso, in which one of our members is very much involved. She got this contact from a Peace Corps volunteer in BF who is trying to build a library in her village. So please go vote, if you feel like it. See below. Our club member...

On Jan 12, 1:19*am, amy in CNY wrote: On Jan 11, 7:29*pm, Sally Swindells wrote: Eye bolts at B & Q, but couldn't find any traces of the mini loo-roll holders. Sally at the...

This is on Shorpy this morning, a great picture of a quilt made from the clothing of "celebrities": everyone from Eleanor Roosevelt to Haile Salassie! http://www.shorpy.com/node/7438

One of my surrogate kids who is 13 just received a very good Janome for xmas. Her mom says auntie was at a trade show and thought she would like it. This is her first sewing machine. Auntie spent more then $800 on it. This is so wrong in so many ways. I think that's way too much to spend on a...

http://shorpy.com/node/7438 I have no words for this quilt. Taria

A friend of mine called to tell me he had been feeling depressed due to the falling value of the dollar, the falling value of his 401K, The Health Care Battle, The failure of the Republicans and the Democrats to work together , and the general trend of the country. So He decided to call the Suicide...

Of all things! I've been quilting inside under lights that produce some heat and using a steam iron - wearing my fur-lined boots and a flannel shirt over my regular tasteful ensemble of sort of matching sweatshirt and pants. Going to be 18° here tonight. On the Mississippi Gulf Coast? ...

If a household has duct tape and WD-40, they can fix anything. But Before you read to the end, does anybody know what the main ingredient of WD-40 is? WD-40. Who knew? I had a neighbor who had bought a new pickup. I got up very early one Sunday morning and saw That someone had spray painted red...

I have an antique treadle sewing machine sitting in my dining room! No, I didn't invite it over for dinner! I asked it to move in with me! However, this machine is very old, I have never had/used a treadle in my life, and I am not finding information on the net about this little girl. She states...

In my lack of sleep caused by frozen pipes and constant baling and dumping water, I remembered what I was thinking for using your striped fabrics. Some of these blocks are strip pieced, but rather than using strips your striped fabrics could be mock strip sets and simply used as the directional...

After the good news about DH's heart yesterday, we had some sad news. A call in the middle of the night informed us that DH's aunt had passed away peacefully. She had a long, happy and full life. So today we were busy making arrangements, making phone calls, etc. But, we're relieved to have...

Yesterday I was at Potomac Mills Shopping Center in Woodbridge, Virginia. The G Street Fabric store is gone. I wonder if the whole chain has closed, or just that branch. BTW: I went across the way to a Joanne Fabric Store and got the pens I need there. It is an excellent Joanne Store, and the...

I repeat- NAYY. ;-) Okay on to the good stuff! I received a snail mail catalog from Connecting Threads. Inside the front cover is the following- One yard of FREE fabric! $5.96 OFF your total online fabric purchase at connectingthreads.com Simply type CT596 into the Promo Code box at...

John, As you are the Master Carpenter and Wood Guru Extraordinair......Can you help me? I have a little dilemma...I currently have a dark cherry drop leaf table in my basement that I want to bring into my diningroom. The problem is, the person who gave it to me used a corner of it as a saw horse...

Hope some of you remember me. I lost connection with the group when my server no longer carried newsgroups. I am so glad I found the group again.

Hi all, I am thinking of upgrading my machine soon and wondered if anyone was using the Sapphire 875Q from Husqvarna. How do you find it? Have you used it with the fab-u-motion? Is that as good as it sounds? Any feedback from the group would be really useful. Thanks Jo P -- Jo P

Has any one heard from her? I miss her in the new year. Nana waving from winter to J* in summer..

You might remember that right before Christmas, I called 911 for an ambulance to take my DH to the hospital with chest pains. After being released, and taking a stress test a couple days later, he had an appointment with the cardiologist today. Off he went for a 7:45 am appointment armed with...