Hi All, I just got the word that I'm going to be living in this wheelchair permanently. I need to make a totebag that will fit over the handles so that I can carry stuff like my accessories for the oxygen tanks etc. It doesn't have to be big but I'm sort of in a fog right now about where to...

Hello my quilty friends. I'm not much good for anything useful right now- sitting in a wheelchair shifted to the left since the right "check" is too swollen and tender to allow sitting level. VBG The hospital stay was a nightmare of neglect and abuse with complaints filed with several...

The Master of the Remote is considering a September holiday in NZ. What is the weather like at that time of the year, please, when is Spring in the Land of the Long White Cloud? Ruth Sydney

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I found this site on Kim Komando (a computer wiz) so you are able to post your email address without spammers geteting it. It actually gives a contact form for someone to fill out to email you. Confusing, I know. Anyway, you can email me safely by using the link under neath my siggy. See it...

Hi, I set myself some creative goals at the beginning of the year, and one of them was to finish a quilt for the local guild's show in May. Another was to learn to machine quilt, including free motion. Well they go together because I never would have finished it in time by hand. I looked at the...

Do any of you have one of the mid-arm quilt machines? The HQ 16, Voyager 17 or the stretch Singer? Please tell me what you like and don't like about the machine and frame set up. I've been appointed to do research for my guild. We have a Pfaff Grand Quilter and are considering upgrading to a...

Pat's Original Virginia Fife and Drums Corps is playing happy songs to salute John on his special day! Since he is just up the pike, at the Virginia Quilter's Place, I guess he can hear the music. ;)

Hi Guys, I am soooooo excited because I just got my new Hancock's of Paducah catalogue and have ordered PIRATE fabric! Raechel -- the SMDGD -- thinks she is a Pirate! She loves Captain Jack Sparrow and was absolutely thrilled when she saw him and had her photo taken with him when we were...

Ok, after much thought I have decided to try once again to hand quilt a few quilts. I have exhumed the beautiful cherry hand quilting frame that I bought when I first started this madness. It was made by a local 80+ year old craftsman who has since passed away. I tried to get up and running with it...

Hi everyone, Life is indeed hectic the last 9 months or so. Norah will be a 1 year old next month. She is an adorable child (bragging Nana here). Jack is 7 months old and stays with me 4 days a week while his Mom & Dad work. He is a delight! Norah is talking and calls me Nana, a sweeter...

Just in case you've missed it, I think maybe the postage rates went up this morning. If you're paying bills or writing your congressman, you'll need a 41¢ stamp. That probably means that our online S.E.X. just went up 5%. And furthermore, if you want to really impress your friends, you can...

The dry weather in Florida is really causing havoc with fires. Just call us the Western Australia. I am sending a link to a map showing how the state is just filled with fire. Every morning I wake up and can smell the smoke. http://www.fl-dof.com/wildfire2007/wildfire_map.html -- Boca...

A word from the Hunky Mr. Collins - Hey everyone, She's home now. The surgery was much more intense than expected. The doctor went in expecting to replace a part that was worn out, and said after the surgery that the doctor that did the original hip replacement DID IT WRONG, and that was why...

There is a new quilt shop in my home town, and it's great! It's in Greenville, IL, which is about 70 miles south of Springfield, 50 miles east of St. Louis, and dead center between Highland, Vandalia, Hillsboro, and Carlyle. It is called Farmland Quilting and Embroidery and run by a very nice...

I have spent the last hour searching for a growth chart pattern for my grandchildren. I found some dead links for a giraffe pattern, but no live patterns. Can anyone help? -- Boca Jan Florida - Land of the Hurricanes http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan

Cut resistant gloves can be found in the fishing section of Sporting Goods departments. They are sold for hand protection while cutting fish. They are called a Filet Glove. The ones at Walmart are gray. I gave one to my Mother yesterday. What better gift could I give her than safety while...

It is the Ottawa guild's annual quilt show this weekend - I enjoyed rootling around at the vendors' stalls - lots of items to choose from - I came home with 2 charm packs, 4 scrap bags and 11 fat quarters and best of all - I came home with a Husqvarna embellishing machine! I had been talking with...

Hi, I don't post often, but I am moving this next week from Idaho Falls, ID to Casper, WY. Quilting wise I am looking forward to it because I haven't quilted this year at all. Getting the house organized, decluttered, etc., before putting it on the market was a couple of months. But we sold...

For the first time since my little 4 yr old Becky has been born I have kept her without her sister. She insisted on comeing to Grammy's even though sissy didn't want to come. I left it up to them since Daddy couldn't come, it was his week-end. She kept telling me she didn't want to go home, she...