did you guys see the news? -- Praying for the health of strangers who have undergone heart surgery has no effect, according to the largest scienfic study ever commissioned to calculate the healing power of prayer. In fact, patients who know they are being prayed for suffer a noticeably higher...

Just popping in briefly to say I received a gorgeous packet from BackForty - compliments of a kind squisher (thanked privately). I can see why everyone loves this stuff. It's beautiful! I can see some applique visions realising soon - maybe pansies! -- Cheryl and the rather cold and grumpy

I just finished a lap quilt top using fabric I had tie-dyed myself. Every summer we go to family camp at a Bible camp in Wisconsin; every year tie-dye is one of the most popular crafts. Last summer I took along 2 yards of white cotton fabric to dye. I used the dyed fabric in a Minnesota Hot Dish...

Yes Yes Yes.... I got my first squishie, a lovely fabric and card !! and it is so lovely i don't want to use it.. nope.. i am thinking of framing it as it is and hang on my wall. My very first squishy.. sigh... now i feel like i belong here... i am part of this quilting family.. you can think of me...

I like to hear about good shops from which to order on-line, so I thought I'd give some kudos to Batiks Plus (www.batiksplus.com). Just one order, but I'll definitely check there again, especially if I'm looking for a specific Hoffman batik. I was doing exactly that on Sunday afternoon. They are...

Hi everyone, I have been looking for the cocoa pink FQ collection from Michael Miller. fatquartershop.com had it awhile back...and I didn't get it then, cause I didn't need it...anyways, have you seen any shops that have this collection in a FQ pack? -- Terbear~Curator of the HUG...

A few weeks back I asked for sizing help to make stack n slash blocks. I ended up using 20 inch blocks, cut down to 14.5 inch for the final block size. Twenty inches was way too large, as I only did six cuts, but I made use of the extra by putting it in as part of the backing. My niece...

Has anyone tried these needles? They look like just what I need. Let me know how you liked them before I invest in them. Thanks! http://www.quilterswarehouse.com/ -- Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/ "Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a

I can't decide what to do.... I've been approached by the art coordinator of the new hotel/conference center being built here in town about making a quilt for the hotel. She had a difficult time convincing the hotel powers that be to include quilts in their artwork plans. They could only imagine...

So am I to understand that the consensus is to keep the logo (which I actually wasn't aware of) that it seems we already have? http://www.geocities.com/heartland/ranch/4775/ If you aren't able to see this logo - please contact me so that I can send it to you. Musicmaker bettinger at consolidated...

Thanks! That was a sweet surprise! Ellen

Hey y'all, NAYY up front. The Albany Quilt Shop in Albany LA is going out of business 4/29. Their sale started last week and is ongoing until the last thread is sold or the 29th, whichever comes first. The owner's daughter says they have tons of batiks too (like 300+ yards!) and everything is...

I got a birthday squishie today for my birthday! The sender has been thanked privately! Thanks again, I love it!!!! Diane S. Keagy

I was cruising Marcia's site and saw the Alzheimer's quilt link on the pattern page. Seeing as how my family is dealing with my grandmother, whom we have "lost" to Alzheimer's (no more lucid moments in her future...she just looks right through everyone now) I decided to take a peek.... And I...

Just want the anonymous squisher from Waleska GA to know how much I appreciate it! Lovely, lovely fabric. Thanks so much! :-) Michelle in NV

Howdy! Anyone here win anything from this? I didn't and somehow that doesn't bother me at all. BG Just wondering if any of you eager quilters have your name on the Winners List. ? Ragmop/Sandy-- handquilter ;-D

DS told me today he got a grad school acceptance for SUNY Albany in Art! This is the kid I had to drag to school in his younger days. He dropped out of college for a while to figure out what his calling was. I guess he's found it. Anybody here live in Albany? Finding housing, etc from this...

Thank you Lynn for the Liberty prints! They are quite loverly! -- L. P. Skeen, Summerfield NC Organized people are just too dang lazy to look for things. ;)

A while ago someone mentioned seeing a Gordian Knot quilt or book. I took a class today at my LQS and the class was based on Mary Whitehead's book. My top, so far, is available for viewing at http://community.webshots.com/photo/120900431/2892723100030878969cfdslO I plan to make a pieced border of...

What type of material do you use to make the quilt labels? Muslin? or some other? thanks, Jamie