I want black and white (diagonal) checkerboard-pattern flooring in my kitchen and bathroom in my little cottage. I've never had laminate flooring and have concerns about whether it will be slippery if used in the kitchen with the miriad possiblilites of spills and in the bathroom with water...

Am I the only one that has these bad days where everything you do is wrong? I got my two different blocks done and the blocks that I did the applique on gave me the beginning of my problems. The applique made them shrink so when I put the two blocks together I am short by say 2/8 inch. Have you...

Hello!! Well, I went to the Really Big Quilt Show in Houston! Went on Wednesday, came home yesterday. Wednesday night: Show Preview. Vendors and quilts. Enjoy catching up with roommates, and running into a few old friends. Diana was the Quilt Angel in the Top Ribbons area!

Got my new cell phone in the mail today. (Battery on the old one was shot, and it was cheaper to get a new phone than a new battery. Something is definitely wrong with that picture.) By today's standards, this one has almost no bells and whistles, which means it's light years ahead of my old one....

Am I the only one who got an email from LN that said it contained the directory but had no attachment? I checked all my settings and I don't see anything that would prevent me from getting it. I also checked the headers and I don't see any evidence that Norton decided to strip it. -- Jeri "Change...

A friend of mine is being treated for a brain tumor. After sucessful surgery, he is now undergoing chemo and radiation. A Support Circle page was set up for him so that his status can be posted and friends and family can send messages. This is the OT portion of this post. A Support Circle can...

Thunderbird, my newsreader, decided to update itself. Now I can't find the 'reply' button when I read the messages. What I wanted to say was - John, you should start a line of Girly accessories on Etsy. They look great! But I couldn't find the button. Alas... I suppose that's what I get...

This the quilt I am working on right now. It is an old timey pattern made with 2 1/2 inch wide strips. Go to Missouri Star Quilt Company, open it, then go to the tutorials and ask for Card Tricks. Hope you try this one. Sandy$

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Since you all have given me fabulous and useful advice in the past - I'm going to ask for your guidance on one more topic. I received a huge plastic bag of vintage hankies that used to belong to my grandma. There has got to be at least 70 or 80. I instantly thought "quilt" when I saw them. They are...

Hello, I have been cutting 3 7/8" squares out of scraps for a long time. When I get a moment, I match a dark and a light together and make some HSTs. Now I have quite a few.... Does anyone have a good idea for a layout? I don't want them all to just face the same way. I want something with a...

I've now made two bed quilts, two baby quilts, and am finishing up a set of six placemats (using Timm's Convergence technique). So, I'm not exactly a total novice anymore, but I'm still very, very, VERY inexperienced. I've only used very basic piecing techniques. Ultimately, I want to make art...

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Hello! Years ago, I started what I expected to be a large wall hanging. This UFO colour study is 45 inches wide by 56 inches long. I would like to turn it into a decent sized lap quilt for my eldest child's dorm room. I know that I would like it to have two borders. I like the look of a thin...

Hi everyone: Hope you are all well. I haven't had any new threads (so to speak) in a while. I'm happy to have a question to ask after such a long time. Actually, it's more like I need some advice.... Basically my mother in law really doesn't like me but we have to give her a christmas present. DH...

I have sat up tonight scanning the material then drawing out in paint shop pro what I hope my first quilt will look like. The link to it is here. Not the best but it took me two hours to get this far, more epxlainations on the page itself. I promise this is not porn, well unless I get hacked...

This is a fun way to use those bins full of buttons. http://www.recyclart.org/2009/03/curtain-with-buttons/ taria

I feel like have haven't completed a thing, but have been sewing regularly. I have made and gifted 5 baby quilts, and I have 3 homemade quilt kits ready to take south. I also have 5 or 6 quilt tops with binding hanging in my closet - just not much completed. My youngest nephew is getting married...

I don't know what went wrong, but I think I need to start over again! DS wants chocolate frosting for his birthday cake (this afternoon!). I got out my trusty Betty Crocker cookbook and found a recipe for fudge frosting that sounded wonderful! I followed the instructions: 1/2 c sugar, 1 T corn...

Okay I'm going to give you all a challenge. I saw a square on somebody's ebay store and I'm trying to find the name of it or a book it's in something????? I'll try to describe it but I'm not good at that. Think of a center square with an on point sq in the center....then 8 star points with white as...