First DD is still in the hospital. They finally gave her a nerve block shot in her leg after her asking for it for 2.5 weeks. They did start light PT. Not sure how much longer she'll be there I went for my 2 week check-up for the broken bone above the newly placed plate in my foot.....bad...

Hi, I'm finishing up a few small gifts and have run out of Pel-Tex. If anybody has a spare JoAnn's coupon I'd really appreciate having it sent over. I'm heading to JoAnn's tomorrow. Oh, and keep your fingers crossed that they haven't run out. Sunny I love living in a small town .... but sometimes...

Anyone of you experts out there have a recipe for either or both of these? I am no cnady pro so easy in addition to tasty would be great. I amstill trying to figure out if my elderly crowns can take Leslie's caramel recipe this year. ; ) TIA, Taria

I just wanted to report back with my CC results. I used AnnaBelle's recipe with the butter Marcella assured me would work. It was a very successful morning. My kitchen was pretty sticky although not as bad as I expected. The recipe is very easy and tastes great. I walked on the treadmill but I...

Made for a (male) friend's 60th birthday gift. All Kona cotton solid colored fabrics, machine appliquéd, and machine quilted in sections..... and every possible mistake (and then some!) were made in the process. Now I have to un-sew the label and remove the straight pins I put over the boo-boo...

Thank you so much for the best sewing trick I ever learned! I just had to change bobbin thread about five times on a tote bag I am making. (The thread really had to match the pieces.) Your trick of raising the bobbin thread by pushing top thread under the presser foot is my most favorite of...

For those of you who remember Rhoda (quilter, author, painter), she has lost access to her newsgroups, but was able to contact me via Webshots (see, it's good for something besides loud, obnoxious commercials) and asked me to tell you that she misses you all. I gave her a couple of suggestions...

DD was in a bad near head-on in LA, Nov 30. She is still in the Trauma Center Hospital We're trying to get her transferred here to Mayo, as soon as they get her stabilized.. Had surgery, Dec 1, to put pins in her right hand, plate and screws in her shattered right heel, many fractures in hand,...

On 20/12/2010 13:33, John wrote: On Dec 19, 11:55 pm, "Donna in wrote: I love it! Thanks for the laugh! I just bought a little 5 drawer chest to store dishtowels in my kitchen. (My new kitchen only has 2 drawers! - I'm fixing that in a hurry). ...

This is for all of you texting and/or tweeting Seniors, I don't do either, maybe that is why our numbers seem to have fallen off. Bonnie, in Middletown, VA Since more and more Seniors are texting and tweeting there appears to be a need for a STC (Senior Texting Code). If you qualify for...

A friend has decided to be creative rather than buying her children gifts this year. Her daughter is almost four and loves to play dress-up. Since I don't have any little girls in my life I am helping fill a dress-up box. After Halloween I bought a tiara and little girl white gloves on a close-out....

Personally I think she should have given him a few more cracks while she was at it... http://hutchnews.com/Print/edit--old-lady-beat-down NightMist well stocked with cast iron -- I'm raising a developmentally disabled child. What's your superpower?

For several weeks my desktop puter has been shutting down on me several times a day- when I'm using Yahoo mail. It flashes a long message on the screen that I cannot read before the screen goes black and it starts the recovery process. I've picked up the first few lines- something about...

Just wanted to pass on this tip. A non-quilting friend of mine gave me '2011 Quiling Block & Pattern-a-Day Calendar' over the weekend. If you've never seen it - and I had not before - this thing is AWESOME! There are general quilting info and directions; paper piecing instructions and a plethora...

Inspired by the Sharon Schamber videos in the thread on an upright basting frame http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_EjBGz5vGQ&feature=related I want to ask you guys about thread or pin basting for machine quilting. I use safety pins, and...

Good morning all. I'm sitting here battling something that has all the signs of a good flu so please excuse me if I'm a little thick. Babyquiots are looming in my very near future; friends are declating pregnancies right, left and center! I want to make one of them an alphabet quilt using bright...

I sent a photo of the quilt to Bonnie, and received a reply with her oohs and aahs! I'm thrilled! She actually signed one of the blocks too. -- Alice in PA http://community.webshots.com/user/twosonsatpsu

Last April I took a class from Bonnie Hunter using her Boxy Star pattern. It was supposed to be scrappy, but I had to have a little control! I just finished it in time to give my 3 year old grandson for Christmas. You can see it on page 10 of my Webshots. If you go to Bonnie's website, you...

In the last two pages of my Webshots you can see some new photos. The first quilt, Party on the Block, was a class conducted by Karen Dumont. We made very simple blocks, then cut 1/3 of them in quarters, and the remaining 2/3 got cut in half on the diagonal. They they were pieced back together...

I had so much fun today. The young woman who is making one quilt for each of her six bridesmaids came over and I taught her how to sew. She had collected a lot of fabrics in pretty shades of purple, purple florals, light pinks and some greens that look great with the purples, and had cut them into...