Thanks to Diana's rather strong suggestion, Lisa Caryl contacted me when she and her DH were about to arrive in my area. G They were only here for a few days, and I was busy with seasonal stuff for a couple of those, but we managed to clear our calendars for yesterday morning and met at a LQS not...

A few years back the soldiers under my brother in law were in Bosnia over Christmas. To keep them busy and distracted from being homesick, they were sent to visit an orphanage. My sister asked me to ask you all to send quilts so the soldiers had something to give the children. Many of you...

Gillian, did you receive the email I sent??? Cindy

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Hi there! This is for all of the chemical engineers in our group... grin I have now two busted rulers. They are the lime green plastic w/ the lines laser-cut in to them. Nice clean breaks. I can fit the pieces back together and it feels like they've never been apart. Until I lay them down...

Hint, hint. -- Alice in NJ, Royal Cybrarian http://www.ourcyberfamily.us/ "Just about the time a woman thinks her work is done, she becomes a grandmother." Edward H. Dreschnack

Pumpkin Dip in Pumpkin submitted by butterflydog from NY, US 1, 16 oz can of pumpkin 1, 8 oz cream cheese 1 cup white or brown sugar or to taste 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice dash salt

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Wonderful surprise in today's mail...alas, my email address is rejected by webtv server so I can't send a personal thanks! Lovely to receive the gorgeous swirly print. -- Kim Graham http://members.shaw.ca/kigraham Nanaimo, BC, Canada THE WORD IN PATCHWORK

NO MEASURING OR PINNING. You need flannel and polar fleece. The flannel will be narrower then the polar fleece. Cut your flannel to the size you want the quilt. Make sure you square it up. Lay your flannel on top of your polar fleece and cut it around 2" bigger then you fleece. Take your fleece...

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Boy my typing went bad!

Miss Fussy Rose was telling us at dinner about 2 of her male classmates who had been discussing Star Wars during recess. (MFR is quite enamored of one of the boys - he is a frequent topic of conversation) DH countered with... "I was just thinking about SW this morning...." which got me...

I am taking a break from my doodle pad to ask opinions. A young person of my aquaintance needs a quilt. Since he is a huge Studio Ghibli fan I am doodling Castle in the Air blocks. brief explanation: Draw a nine patch and divide it up as for a Card Trick block except for the middle square. Make...

I made it back! I was lost in Computer space. Royce is lost out there now. I found out I had to reset my list to get you guys back. I thought I had lost you guys for ever. That would have been terrible. Royce is trying it now. We hope to get her back. She in PA

Well I had to do the dreaded grocery shopping over the weekend and our local grocery store had a giving tree for Seniors this year. I normally grab a child one from our local GS office but I am not working there this year, so I thought 'What the heck? It'll be nice doing something for a different...

trish, Please email me at quiltngryhndlady at comcast dot net Just want to check in on your ATC's for the ATC swap as you have been quiet on the yahoo group. Thanks!!!! Melissa in NJ

Okay - it's borderline off topic . . . I bought one of these at a Xmas boutique the other day & they seem like they'd be pretty easy to make. I know there is a quilt shop quite a distance from me that offers a class, but it's a bit of a drive. Does anyone know how to make these? It seems like it...

I got my Janome 6500 last year for about $1,000 and I love it. It has the larger harp area, needle down, knee lift, self threading, acrylic table, etc. It has some decorative stitches that I'm finally getting to use since I have a new baby niece in town. I've never regretted buying it. Denise

I got a surprise secret squish in my mailbox today (timing couldn't have been much better -- I'm SNOWED in -- am surprised the postal person made it up the drive to deliver the mail -- I *did* shovel the walk this afternoon so I *tried* to make it easier for him) Beautiful stars and palm trees --...