Well, I have finally finished piecing my patriotic quilt top. I joined a club last year, and had almost all my blocks completed....the club ended in September. Well, I took out my blocks & decided it was time to focus on the quilt... Here is the completed quilt...

I finally got the Minkee backed quilt mailed and it was received with a grand welcome. That was nice. Here's nicer. I want you to see tonight's email from the mama - " I just wanted to let you know that we had our first Minkey emergency tonight. She wasn't feeling very well and was quite fussy....

After all the heartache with Leslie's wedding quilt (one of these days I'll post pics of The Quilt That Went Bad), I just had to do this one. I pieced the little log cabins at the hospital on a 24-hour on-call shift--and left the on-call room covered in threads--but had no idea what I was going to...

Hi everyone. I've just put together a draft web page for the hospital gown pattern that I mentioned recently. http://www.lazygirldesigns.com/hospitalgown.php This is a private page for now, so click on the link above to view it. Also, the pattern is there in its 'almost final' format. I still...

Just had a call from the nice secretary bird at the pain management clinic. I need to go for an assessment next Tuesday to see if I'm eligible for a place on a pain management course starting in April. OK, so it's short notice, but I had nothing booked, so that was easy to arrange, and the...

first off....thanks Liz!!! Second, I think that my basket could be better, but I'll tell you this hubby, was blown away with this basket. It was really fun to make & you can bet I will make more. I used that really fun "feather" fabric, which looks like hand dyed ones. Here it...

Just wanted to let you all know there is a picture of Keith with his hug quilt on the website listed below. This is from another newspaper article on Keith and Julie and their battle with cancer. There is also a picture of Julie's "unquilted" quilt. It has been machine quilted by our local QS and...

I took my once-a-year piecing class this last week. What a blast! Our quilt group decided we all wanted to take a class together, so after evaluating all the classes our guild was having this year, we decided on Louisa Smith's Strips and Curves class. (http://www.quiltescapes.com/tools.htm , NAYY)...

It takes only a few minutes for a quilt world to become disorganized. When starting a new quilt project, it becomes necessary to look around to see if everything is in order before starting to quilt. If not, well, then it's time to take the time to organize the chaos. It was beginning to rain, and...

I just bought this machine but before I open the box I need an answer to a question. If I put a quilt sandwich in the machine and am using the walking foot, can I use a decorative quilting stich or will it only work on a strait stich...hate to wait until monday to check with the dealer. If you...

In addition to quilting, I also love music, most especially folk & Celtic music. Several years ago (during Napster's heyday) I found and downloaded a delightful song about quilting. It's called Memaw's Quilting Frame, by Archer's Meadow. Do any of the posters here know of any other music...

I just got this from another group I'm in. It's sooo funny I had to share. I have a really BAD habit of sayin "fixin' to". Babs SOUTHERN GIRLS Someone once noted that a Southerner can get away with the most awful kind of insult just as long as it's prefaced with the words, "Bless her

Grrrrrrr.......can someone tell me where you buy this? I have just been out to 4 stores and cannot find it anywhere. I live in Canada and I've been to Zellers, Wal-Mart, Canadian Tire and Home Depot. Of course I just ripped all the fabric into strips, took off threads and ironed them ready to...

I received a few requests from folks who have just joined us in the newsgroup -- and others who for whatever reason missed the original posts.... So one more "last call" for folks to join the fun! Challenge yourself to finish some of those UFO's! Or finally get that one special project out...

You won't believe what I've done. I don't believe what I've done. I don't even know what I've done. Our telephone area has just gone to this tedious system where we have to dial 10 digits to even call next door. Well, not exactly. Some of us but not all of us, and we were not one of the 10 digit...

Just a few weeks ago one of you very kindly posted a source for fabric with US Military Motif. I thought I'd saved the site, but I goofed. Tried searching Google but couldn't' get in. If anyone can update me on this, I'd appreciate it very much. TIA, PAT in VA/USA

I found a CD called Celtic Quilts by Daniel Kolbialka on www.half.com. I just put in "Quilt" and all sorts of cd's came up in my search. Don't know if they are quilt related. I love the harpsicord music CD's I find in Eureka Springs, AR. They are always sold in Quilt stores...

http://www.mariaelkins.com/links.asp This page of links to other quilter pages is just the best! A great variety of quilt and artists. Make sure your coffee cup is full and your chair is comfortable! -- Kathyl remove "nospam-" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz

pre-wound bobbins with fine polyester thread. Plastic sides (not paper!) and sideless bobbins available! for sale on ebay, search for pre-wound bobbins from Kittyshack!

Couldn't really find this out when Googling... Do I put all the alphabet items in order? Do I have to have a list of the "answers" somewhere on the quilt? (as in a label or whatnot) What do I put in the extra blocks? I think I have 32 hexagons. Thanks, experts! -- Anita --