Anyone have a favorite new quilting book?

I once had awesome "Hogs on Hogs" ("Hawgs on Hawgs") fabric ... probably
still have a scrap or two. It is a lively print of pigs riding motorcycles.
Grins, Pat in Virginia

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
...
Around here, Janner, a hawg is just a really big pig, wild or not. Can
have 4 legs or 2. Or 2 wheels; isn't there a Harley motorcycle that's
also called a hawg? As to your being So attractive to mosquitoes, try not
to smell pretty when you must be outdoors. I'm not suggesting that you
get downright disgusting but mosquitoes seem to be quite attracted to
sweet scents such as hairspray and perfumed soap. Polly

"Janner" OK, I've a question, what is a "Hawg" is it a wild pig - ie
hog/hawg?

Here's what I so with the Skin so Soft. I fill a spray bottle about 1/2 to
2/3 full of the oil, top it off with water and shake. When I go out to
garden or picnic, I spray that liberally over myself. It seems to work, but
then the 'skeeters do not like me! I've also heard some people clip a new
fabric softener sheet to a shirt or belt as a deterrent.
NAYY. PAT in VA/USA, where we have lots of 'skeeters

"Lizzy Taylor" wrote in message
...
Janner wrote:

Oh yes, anyone got any ideas on stopping being bitten by mossies? I
don't particularly like using harsh repellents, as I've sensitive skin,
and don't fully understand the side effects of long term use. I spend a
lot of time outdoors and I'm sure that there is a neon sign saying come
dine, above me!!!

Hi Janner,

I know people who swear by Avon Skin-so-Soft body oil. Not tried it
myself - I just take DH along, 'cos he tastes even better than me!

Lizzy

Eat more garlic? Some people just are more tasty than others, and
those are the people the rest of us like to sit next to :-)
Roberta in D

On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:41:55 +0200, Janner
wrote:

OK, I've a question, what is a "Hawg" is it a wild pig - ie hog/hawg?
We have wild boar here, quite timid but very fierce if they have young
with them. No gators, although a local store sells gator heads with
solar panels on their heads, so you can place them in your pond and the
eyes bring an ambient glow in the evening!!! If they were cheaper, I
would by one, because they are just so bad! Mind you, it would probably
scare the frogs and they eat the mosquito larvea.

Oh yes, anyone got any ideas on stopping being bitten by mossies? I
don't particularly like using harsh repellents, as I've sensitive skin,
and don't fully understand the side effects of long term use. I spend a
lot of time outdoors and I'm sure that there is a neon sign saying come
dine, above me!!!

Janner
France


On 02/06/2010 06:42, Polly Esther wrote:
I know you folks below the equator do things backwards, Jeanne - but it
would be 'feed the occasional hawg to the gators'. Population he
8,500 gators; hawgs? not enough to mention. Only four that we've seen
but they are fierce. We see them frolicking over in the south pasture. (
We guess that's what they're doing.)
When I do my evening jog, I carry a weapon with me. I haven't actually
encountered a hawg but I truly am afraid of them. I only hope they can't
run as fast as a scared-to-death old biddy can. A gator can do 35 mph.
Nobody's ever clocked a hawg. Polly


"J*" cant ya just feed the occasional alligators to the Hawgs without
going to
the Feed store?
j.

"Polly Esther" wrote ...
Wonderfully Whimsical Quilts by Carol Burniston was a recent and
delightful
gift. I'm having a happy time doing her Sheep in Dreamland. Love the
book.
I just LOVE it. She calls it 10 playful projects to make you smile. After
getting burial wraps off to Newborns in Need - those of mine and those
of so
many precious rctq-ers that joined me in giving the little angels a
respectful swaddle - I needed some fun stitching and this was it.
All of the sheep in this quilt have 4 legs and that's no fun but it was
survived while sort of watching late night tv movies. The sheep are
just a
hoot!
Do you have a new quilting book that makes you smarter or inspired or
just plain fun? Share with us. They don't sell quilting books down at the
Hawg Feed and Copper Tubing* store. We need to know what you have
discovered. Polly ( In case I shot way over the head of our British
friends, copper tubing is a necessity in the care and maintenance of
moonshine stills.)

My parents are the same way- 'skeeters like her and not him. Her defense is
that "Mosquitoes love Pork!" (My 'pig-headed' daddy. According to her.) Or
another variation of hers is "Mosquitoes prefer Turkey to sweet!"
(Sometimes he acts like a turkey- according to her. While she is *always*
sweet. That according to her, too)

After 63 years of marriage, dad just laughs.... while she scratches and
itches.

Leslie- ALL biting insects love me! & The Furbabies in MO.

"Janner" wrote in message
...
On 02/06/2010 15:46, Lizzy Taylor wrote:
Janner wrote:

Oh yes, anyone got any ideas on stopping being bitten by mossies? I
don't particularly like using harsh repellents, as I've sensitive
skin, and don't fully understand the side effects of long term use. I
spend a lot of time outdoors and I'm sure that there is a neon sign
saying come dine, above me!!!

Hi Janner,

I know people who swear by Avon Skin-so-Soft body oil. Not tried it
myself - I just take DH along, 'cos he tastes even better than me!

Lizzy


Unfortunately, they don't like DH!!! So he just laughs, grrrr not fair!!

Janner
France

I'm going to try the "B"s and eating more garlic, well I live in France
after all, perhaps that is why my French friends don't seem to be
attacked as much.... I don't actually mind garlic, I just forget to add
it to my cooking and at the moment it is wet garlic season - which are
delicious in salads.

Janner
France

Gone to make a salad with garlic for tomorrow......

On 02/06/2010 19:09, Roberta wrote:
Eat more garlic? Some people just are more tasty than others, and
those are the people the rest of us like to sit next to :-)
Roberta in D

On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:41:55 +0200, Janner
wrote:

OK, I've a question, what is a "Hawg" is it a wild pig - ie hog/hawg?
We have wild boar here, quite timid but very fierce if they have young
with them. No gators, although a local store sells gator heads with
solar panels on their heads, so you can place them in your pond and the
eyes bring an ambient glow in the evening!!! If they were cheaper, I
would by one, because they are just so bad! Mind you, it would probably
scare the frogs and they eat the mosquito larvea.

Oh yes, anyone got any ideas on stopping being bitten by mossies? I
don't particularly like using harsh repellents, as I've sensitive skin,
and don't fully understand the side effects of long term use. I spend a
lot of time outdoors and I'm sure that there is a neon sign saying come
dine, above me!!!

Janner
France


On 02/06/2010 06:42, Polly Esther wrote:
I know you folks below the equator do things backwards, Jeanne - but it
would be 'feed the occasional hawg to the gators'. Population he
8,500 gators; hawgs? not enough to mention. Only four that we've seen
but they are fierce. We see them frolicking over in the south pasture. (
We guess that's what they're doing.)
When I do my evening jog, I carry a weapon with me. I haven't actually
encountered a hawg but I truly am afraid of them. I only hope they can't
run as fast as a scared-to-death old biddy can. A gator can do 35 mph.
Nobody's ever clocked a hawg. Polly


"J*" cant ya just feed the occasional alligators to the Hawgs without
going to
the Feed store?
j.

"Polly Esther" wrote ...
Wonderfully Whimsical Quilts by Carol Burniston was a recent and
delightful
gift. I'm having a happy time doing her Sheep in Dreamland. Love the
book.
I just LOVE it. She calls it 10 playful projects to make you smile. After
getting burial wraps off to Newborns in Need - those of mine and those
of so
many precious rctq-ers that joined me in giving the little angels a
respectful swaddle - I needed some fun stitching and this was it.
All of the sheep in this quilt have 4 legs and that's no fun but it was
survived while sort of watching late night tv movies. The sheep are
just a
hoot!
Do you have a new quilting book that makes you smarter or inspired or
just plain fun? Share with us. They don't sell quilting books down at the
Hawg Feed and Copper Tubing* store. We need to know what you have
discovered. Polly ( In case I shot way over the head of our British
friends, copper tubing is a necessity in the care and maintenance of
moonshine stills.)

I had a BIL that would walk through a house and come out with fleas on
his socks. Nobody else got bothered in that house. Guess he was more
tasty or just a dirty dog himself! Really nice guy, really worthless
husband. : (
Taria
"Roberta" Roberta@Home wrote in message
...
Eat more garlic? Some people just are more tasty than others, and
those are the people the rest of us like to sit next to :-)
Roberta in D

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 08:46:30 -0500, Lizzy Taylor wrote
(in article ):

Janner wrote:

Oh yes, anyone got any ideas on stopping being bitten by mossies? I
don't particularly like using harsh repellents, as I've sensitive skin,
and don't fully understand the side effects of long term use. I spend a
lot of time outdoors and I'm sure that there is a neon sign saying come
dine, above me!!!

Hi Janner,

I know people who swear by Avon Skin-so-Soft body oil. Not tried it
myself - I just take DH along, 'cos he tastes even better than me!

Lizzy

'skeeters eat me alive all summer. I've tried Skin-so-Soft but it doesn't
help *me* much. About the only thing that works for me is a repellant with
DEET. And then I have to keep reapplying.

I hate 'skeeters. They can ruin a nice evening really fast.

Maureen

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 11:24:35 -0500, Sandy wrote
(in article ):

In article ,
Janner wrote:

On 02/06/2010 15:46, Lizzy Taylor wrote:
Janner wrote:

Oh yes, anyone got any ideas on stopping being bitten by mossies? I
don't particularly like using harsh repellents, as I've sensitive
skin, and don't fully understand the side effects of long term use. I
spend a lot of time outdoors and I'm sure that there is a neon sign
saying come dine, above me!!!

Hi Janner,

I know people who swear by Avon Skin-so-Soft body oil. Not tried it
myself - I just take DH along, 'cos he tastes even better than me!

Lizzy


Unfortunately, they don't like DH!!! So he just laughs, grrrr not fair!!

Janner
France


That's exactly what happens to me, too, Janner. They love me and hate
DH.



Same with me. They completely ignore David, while I'm an all over mass of
itchy, red, somtimes oozy welts.

Maureen

Oh no, not fleas in the socks! That brings back bad memories, When I
lived on the farm, our bedroom carpet got fleas---from the cats. And
they attacked me, no one else. That's the same as mosquitoes, and
those gnats, they love me. I get eaten alive.



On Wed, 2 Jun 2010 12:56:26 -0700, "Taria"
wrote:

I had a BIL that would walk through a house and come out with fleas on
his socks. Nobody else got bothered in that house. Guess he was more
tasty or just a dirty dog himself! Really nice guy, really worthless
husband. : (
Taria
"Roberta" Roberta@Home wrote in message
.. .
Eat more garlic? Some people just are more tasty than others, and
those are the people the rest of us like to sit next to :-)
Roberta in D

Thank you, Pati. I just ordered Color Mastery. My sheeps quilt needed a
bit of color and I added lime to the design wall. To my surprise/dismay - it
didn't do what I wanted. Maybe magenta?
Ah yes. Some color mastery is needed around here. Polly


"Pati, in Phx"
I have recently gone on a book buying binge... or two. (With DH's help
I might add....G)
A couple I have been very impressed with a
Thread Work Unraveled by Sarah Anne Smith (??) Great info about
thread, using it and babying the specialty stuff. Also info on needles
and so forth. Lots of inspiration and neat pictures.
Color Mastery by Maria Peagler. This is a great book about color for
fiber artists. Exercises to work through using your stash and so
forth.
Then there are a bunch of other books that are more project oriented.
G

So many projects-so little time. (So why am I on the computer instead
of sewing??)G

Have fun,
Pati, in Phx