Earlier this year I bought a wonderful group of fabrics: a print with pink, green, yellow, purple, turquoise leaves on a mottled blue background; plus a yard each of tone-on-tone in those colors. I thought I'd make a summer dress and top, though I didn't have a pattern in mind. On Monday...

Art Quilt Permanently Mounted on Stretchers Greetings: I am finishing up an 'Art' Quilt and want to permanently mount it to a frame / stretcher to use as a wall hanging. I think my technique will be to sew a 4" border of canvas around the outer edges of the quilt in place of binding and then...

Dear Gator's. I am sending you a new VAMPIRE to eat and I want you to mince them finely before scarfing. Seems like they MESSED up the blood I gave on Mon. So Thurs, I tentatively have to go back for another poke. My Fam Dr has heard about this tomorrow. Whole reason I was seeing him tomorrow was...

I have an old old old wicker bassinet that I am fixing up for the grandbabies. I "attempted" to make a bumper pad/liner for it out of some really cute flannel fabric with rainbows and clouds on it. I measured the inside, top and bottom, since the bottom is smaller than the top. I had just enough to...

Now to get them quilted. Pictures of Bella's Butterflies and Iris are uploaded. http://community.webshots.com/album/348519420svowpw -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948

is completed. That was easy. http://community.webshots.com/album/251370673ZrFhwE -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948

Less than 16 hours remain on this eBay auction of 3 quilting pattern books. The starting bid is $0.99!! The lot includes: A Quilter's Companion by Dolores A. Hinson, One Hundred & One Patchwork Patterns by Ruby McKim and, Patchwork Patterns by Jinny Beye Lot of 3 quilting pattern books - Beyer,...

finished the embroidery on DD1's quilt top! Have the backing and the batting - now i need time/skill and ideas for quilting.... sigh. This is not one i will send out. Figure my kids quilts should be made all by me ownself. quilting ideas? Want the embroidered areas to puff up a bit so that's...

I took a class in invisible machine applique this afternoon - I think it may be addictive :-) I really enjoyed it..The teacher was very good and she chose a very simple tulip applique. I am really excited to try something else. Sharon in Montreal

Well, just got back from the vets with my sweet Miss Paisley. She has been getting more frail with each passing month. She started having seizure-like episodes last fall which scares the bejesus out of us. She could be just standing and all of a sudden she just topples over onto her side,...

I just made my first quilted fabric bowl. My gosh - they're fun and quick. When I can, I'll post a picture. They are great for taking a break from any involved projects. And they are so rewarding. It's almost instant gratification. Rhonda in IL, USA

Has anyone done the Judy's Fancy pattern before? Is it safe to cut all the pieces before I start sewing? It's my tendency to do so, but then, I've never made a quilt from a pattern before. I just sort of wing it. But this one is different. Thanks! Karen, Queen of...

I have so far managed to stay away from blocking quilts, but it is a finishing skill I'd like to incorporate - no point in making a nice quilt and making it look worse than it otherwise could at the last minute...

My mother, daughters and I have made it sort of a tradition to "do" garage sales in the wee hours of the morning. I shop mostly for clothing - for the girls. Today I happened upon a really cool thing :) I found a quilt hanger - not sure what else to call it. It is very long and has little knobs...

Way to Make Money TURN $6 INTO $42,000 EASILY!!!FOR REAL!!! THIS IS REALLY EASY MONEY!! TRUST ME IT WORKS !!! BUT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW IT TO A LETTER FOR IT TO WORK!!! A little while back, I was browsing through newsgroups, and came across an article similar to this that said you could make thousands...

One week and 2,600 miles later! Had a great time with my mom, son and DIL. My mom just loved my DGS and seeing my DSD again. The baby did great on the way down and back! Ate and slept, ate and slept, ate and slept. It was a very relaxing ride and I enjoyed my daughter's company immensely. ...

I did too want to make the queen size quilt. I did. Only....only after I began and I saw what it looked like, I had some doubts. Oh, all right, I had more than a few doubts, but I plunged ahead. Oh, well, it kept my mind off the election and Popser had something to write about. Joan Story #251:...

I figured out how to attach a piece of cotton fabric to a piece of freezer paper and run it through my printer. Naturally, I did a test and washed a portion of it and the whole pictures disappeared. Is there a way to run this through your printer and put it on a quilt? I'm thinking of having my...

Lots and lots of embroidery floss, and it's yours for the begging! :) I considered marking this OT, but since it could be used in a crazy quilt, I guess it's ON topic. *grin* Many skeins are new, some have been used a bit. But since I can't do hand work anymore, no sense in me keeping it. I'm...

And well she should, it's very lovely! Karen, Queen of Squishies .....was finally delivered! We got a nice enough weekend day last Saturday to make the trip. My dear Aunt Rosie loved it. Here it is if you would like a peek: