All this chat about frames and hoops has given me the bug to start in on the hand quilting that's been on my frame for 2 years (not quite - it will be 2 years this summer). Because I'm such a rigid, right brained person, I've set small goals for myself to complete the project. I moved the frame...

Has anyone in here made one? What two blocks should I pick? There's too many to decide!

piecing a jigsaw puzzle quilt.... http://community.webshots.com/photo/113209455/121771201nZBZzV -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948

We're getting ready to launch our own e-commerce web store specializing in only the highest quality lighthouse-related collectibles. We are looking for people who build truly unique crafts, not the usual gaudy mass-produced stuff that can be found in any catalog. We are interested in...

then use this to release that frustration... http://fun.from.hell.pl/2003-11-24/bubblewrap.swf -- 8-) Jessamy In the Netherlands http://www.geocities.com/jess_ayad/

I got my birthday prez a day early: a Pfaff 2044 from a local Pfaff dealer store tonight, 90 days same as cash. I got the floor model that has been a demo for 3 months. I am so pleased! DH gave me a certificate for any new sewing machine I wanted, so we drove over to the local Pfaff store and I...

Okay, let's say that hypothetically one had quilted and then bound a quilt, but decided that it really needed a lot more quilting. Is it possible/okay/QP acceptable(!) to add more quilting without taking off the binding? The hypothetical quilts (there are two of them) are single bed size, so that's...

Quality vs. quantity ... In pursuit of a process of completing projects and commissions on time, I have abandoned time-consuming, fine hand applique on large, abstract wall hangings for the quicker, albeit attractive machine applique option. Am I betraying my concept of art, or just redefining...

For Jessamy..the rest of you have been forewarned.......... my EMAIL to you is still coming back to me saying you do NOT exist : ( 3rd day in a row..... BUT I KNOW YOU DO!!!!!!!!! Ok.....now the rest of you can return to your regularly scheduled

I tried to email you asking what form file that you wanted on that quilt frame, but haven't got a reply back. You seemed very interested in that, I do have it, and would email you, but want to make sure of the email address. Maine-iac Rose @--- remove the thorns and add a hyphen between the 2...

DBF would like to get a steam press for my soon to be sewing room for my birthday in April. Looking on the net we've found these four pop up over and over on a google search: Singer Steam Press CSP-1 Steamfast SP-660 EuroPro ST-103 CHEF'S professional steam press Does anyone have any experience...

Please look at the first photo in the WIPs folder. There are two solid blocks there that will eventually form a sort of circle in the middle of the quilt. Is this fabric too strange here? The color is just about perfect (at least in real life), but I'm wondering about the pattern. Whatever I...

My daughters study tae kwon do and one of the uniforms they have to use in tournaments has a black front and a white back. Well, I washed the things exactly by the directions and you guessed it, the black faded onto the white. The school took them back and gave us some new one's. This time I was...

I know, I know... Not another sewing machine question! But here goes... I like my existing sewing machine (Janome 5000). However, it doesn't allow me to do the mock hand applique stitch because I can't vary the blind hem's bite size. I thought about trading in my machine for one that does,...

Quilt Show this week in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. As usual we will have a RCTQ meet up at the Quilt Show site. Who will be there? The "Meet Up" is still on for Friday at about 9:30 at the Marriott Coffee Shop, out on the 'mezzanine' as we've done before. Just look for beautiful women and...

Monday, March 1 my quilt will be on the show! Yippee! It's the quilt I made for Anita Solomons book Make it Simpler Paper Piecing and she is the guest on that episode (#935) She took my quilt with her to the filming, so it should be seen at some point. It's made with 30's fabric and has an...

I'm so excited...I'm going to my first quilt guild meeting tonight with my new quilty friend. (no, she hasn't *been* quilted...she is a *quilter* rofl) I'll let you know how it goes! Hugs Karlee in Kansas Queen of Packrats "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving...

Hi Quilters- We have EQ 4 and are looking for the 4-to-5 upgrade. Offers, anyone??? Anything is possible. Bill.

Hi gang! A friend of mine is making a 'holly' quilt in which each block consists of three appliqued holly leaves set together in a 'v' formation. At the base are three little holly berries probably the size of a dime each. Can any of you think of a fast way to do these? She appliqued the holly...

My king-sized pieced-on-both-sides quilt for me (and DH, of course) is done! I constructed it in quarters, then halves because it was so large. DH has said at least a dozen times that I did a great job and he *really* likes it--could that be because he picked the pattern (Chinese Puzzle)? I...