I was driving home from Wal-Mart (oh joy.... NOT) and the radio was playing California Girls by The Beach Boys. I was born in Michigan and always considered myself a 'northern girl'. The song says "northern girls with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night". It got me...

My QI Kyra is my best friend and we need your prayers and good thoughts.. She is almost 13 and is diabetic but full of life and love..The greatest dog i know.. I noticed that sometimes she had trouble standing up but i thought that was because i have laminated flooring.. but it got worse and now...

I've decided to slow down a little and pay more attention to the details. Though my quilts will never be the artwork I saw at the Paducah show, I definitely could be more careful with the details, especially in the parts of quilting I don't enjoy, like borders and binding. Musicmaker ps of...

Well i just got back from the vet.. Kyra will be taken in tomorrow morning for x-rays to see what is going on.. That means she will have to skip breakfast and will get only 1/3 of her insuline which will make her feel bad.. but she will recover from that soon enough.. The vet gave her an...

I apologize for the confusion folks. I started to send out the Directory (starting at the top of the alphabet for screen names) and got an email bounce. I checked the newsgroup for this person's current email and corrected the Directory. But, I didn't want to continue sending out the...

Although many quilters find some oddball print has made it's way into their stash, those of us with inherited stashes have a great deal of prints that we would never buy for ourselves. I have stash from about four other people now and although most of it is wonderful, some of it just plain boggles...

I've been away from RCTQ, not quite 'off planet' but sometimes it felt that way. Since the Directory has just come out and I had to inform Alice of changes to 4 of 13 relevant fields for my entry I thought it might be time to re-introduce myself. So now I am back -- with a new name, new home,...

About half the lights in my studio have been energy savers for several years. Lately I have switched to all energy savers. These lights are fine once they warm-up. The only problem is each morning I find myself turning on the lights and then reading emails and news groups while the lights warm-up....

http://www.geocities.com/rctq_quilters/ As of the end of February 2007, RCTQ has a website listing photo links and blogs of frequent posters to RCTQ. There is also a list of RCTQ members who offer longarm services.

I am trying to find some fabric that changes shad across it's width. Does it exist? I need some that goes from very pale yellow to a middling yellow . I have seen some that changes colour but not any that changes shades of the same colour. Clues would be gratefully accepted. I know that the...

Have you noticed that most supply lists for classes and workshops include the 'basic sewing supplies' notation? I like to include the following items, along with the required fabric, thread, other project materials. BASIC NOTIONS Scissors, cloth & craft Thread clippers Seam Ripper

My DGD graduates from college (Old Dominion U. in VA) this coming weekend!! Seems like she was just born a few years ago!!! DH and I and one of our QIs will be making a quickie trip (?) down in a day or so. Don't plan on any stash raids, gals, unless ya wanta run into my 25 y.o. DS and some of...

I've been saving FQs for a lap quilt for my mom, who just moved into an assisted living facility, although she still drives and is quite independent. Anyway, I just got off the phone with her. She called to ask me if I could "whip out" a "little something to cover" her bed. Sure, Mom.... what size?...

I go along with this: http://tinyurl.com/n6om8 -- Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin

I apologize for not remembering who is in charge of putting information on the groups website ............so having said that, can the person in charge let me know what I need to do to add my photos page link? Or better still ~ use the webshots page link in my...

Here is a photo of the winning quilt, before it was quilted. The quilting is just diagonal lines through the blocks. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2894904480056829410EdbyzQ If this link doesn't work: http://community.webshots.com/user/nbhilyard in the "2005" folder, at the end. Of...

http://www.funforever.net:80/archives/dont-try-this-at-home/ Karen, Queen of Squishies

I just recieved mine. Well I guess I will get the updated email, but just the same THANK YOU :):) And I am so impressed too. I really had a hard time understanding the birthdays before, and now they make sense to me. That is a huge bonus. Thank you so very much for the hours upon hours of...

I got a test email, but no directory yet. I thought someone posted that they received theirs? I even checked my bulk file to see if it got spammitized.... nope. Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

And why I have been AWOL for a while... Larissa will confirm the Wombat Alert status! Nowt serious, just lots of STUFF getting in the way! No quiltilng, alas, but there are several projects on the go: Wedding dress based on McCalls costume pattern 155 Issey Myaki skirt out of silk dupion, to...