I went over to the new flat today to discuss some details with my new landlord, and he surprised me by saying I had post already! Well, what to my wondering eyes did appear, but a squishie, all for me! Thanks Boca Jan, for welcoming me to my new home. What a bright and sunny envelop and a nice...

Hi Everyone...I am new to this group but not to quilting. I have read several posts and it sounds like this is a wonderful group full of knowledgable people...So..I hope you don't mind giving me a little information..(I ask so much so soon) lol How do you think quilt shops arrive at their Price per...

Ok, since I finished the baby quilt, I'm in a "finishing" mode. I have the top and the back done for a monster (queen size, 86.5 wide, 99.75 long). This is the John Deere fabric one that I started last year. I want to "birth" it, as my dear godmother thinks she'll like that best (no binding for...

I posted about my MIL expecting me to make a quilt for her two bosses for Christmas while at the same time commenting that the quilt I had made for her was going into a yard sale. I got some great advice from you all about how to handle that situation and the end result was..........I just...

Guys, Bonnie sent this to me and wanted me to let y'all know..she is still with us. I answered her questions about the directory, but couldn't help her with the baseball swap. Figured there had to be somebody else in the RCTQ group who was in it, so here's her message: Hi , This is Bonnie,...

Sun Bonnet Sue: Cheater blocks of the kind you're supposed to cut out, stitch up and stuff into SBS pillows. I've got blue and red. Some are stitched onto back blocks. They remind me of things my MeeMaw made back when I was a little girl -- think late 1950s, early 1960s. First email with a mailing...

I am new to quilting and to the group, but vaguely remember looking at someone's site which had a pieced BOM, a paper pieced BOM, and an appliqued BOM - with pics of folks completed blocks, etc. At the time I did not bookmark it. Now I am learning paper piecing and am particularly interested...

Mary, Please email me your new snail mail address. (My email addy is not muddled up.) Pauline Northern California

Tomorrow is the start of a new job...... I hope to have internet access on Sunday. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948

I am still here, I have a part time job I will be starting soon at our local post office as a fill in and working 1/2 day on Saturdays, I have been told when and if I am ready I can go to others PO our area and work too make a or almost a 40 hour check if I wish and when I am ready. ( I...

I meant to post about this some time ago, but for anyone within reach of Istanbul before early April there is an amazing artifact at this exhibition: http://muze.sabanciuniv.edu/cengiz_han/english/ It's a wall hanging from a yurt (Central Asian nomadic tent) dated to around 2000 years ago. It's...

bought a secure wireless router to replace my unsecured router. Once I changed routers, I lost the internet connection on my wireless laptop that I had had with the unsecured router. So began a 3 day frustration (whenever it got too bad I got out my scraps and started cutting pieces for a new...

Hi all, I just updated my photo's (see link in siggie) with stuff I have been doing lately: finished in 2007 - two quilts one I started in 2005 and the green one is one I made from scratch last Tuesday. Tops 2007 - 2 tops I have made out of UFO's - the smaller square one is made from blocks that...

Quick question: What do you think of Charm Packs (those pre-cut packages of 5" squares with one coming from each piece of a specific collection)? I know they're pretty much a rip-off so far as price per yard, but I'm just like a kid in a candy store with them. Anybody else? Sunny

One of the members of my quilting bee died almost a year ago. Her daughter gave us all of her mother's fabrics. Among the fabric were several unfinished projects. Our plan was to finish these projects and give them back to the family but we just never got around to it. Yesterday we had an all day...

http://pics.livejournal.com/annekrogers/gallery/000071ww I put the border on this evening, I had a bit of a moment where I put the final strip on right side to wrong side and didn't realise until I'd set the seam, fortunately the stitch length was long enough and the iron relatively cool, so it...

I've been googling for tips and one thing that has come up is using a straight stitch throat plate, which apparently solves lots of problems that appear to be tension related. I'm just using a regular zig zag throat plate, any thoughts? is this a worthwhile investment? Anne

The Festival of February Electric Quilt 6 Competition The great people at Electric Quilt have donated a full copy of Electric Quilt to Quiltzine - which we will give away on April 15th, 2007. This is a competition contest - which means you must create a block to enter. There are three prizes,...

Delays, router problems, broken appointments (I was the one breaking), big projects at school.... finally it happened yesterday and the computer fiber connection was moved into the "big room" downstairs and the former "office" is now my sewing room. Oh my gosh what a mess. My husband looked at the...

I just wanted to thank you for your time and information. Karen in Austin