At the recommendation of several gals at this NG, I invested in Wonder Under but I must have not used the brain that I have the first time I used it. I was not watching close enough as I was applying it to my fabric and I ironed part of it to my ironing board cover. Any suggestions on how to...

Murphy's Law of Sewing Fusible interfacings always fuse to the iron. If you need six matching buttons, you will find five in your button box. The seam you meant to rip out is invariably the other one. When you are in a hurry, the needle eye is always too small.

I didn't know how to get my name as it had been previously. Hope this does it. -- Marlys in Indiana

If anyone is interested, take a peek at my pics of projects completed this year. Hope you enjoy them. None of them are super special, just things I wanted to get done this year for Christmas for everyone. Quilt Album : 5 new quilts pics and pics of their labels (I had been working on these for...

Does anyone recall the name of the search engine in which all you have to do is enter someone's name and you can find their address, phone #, e-mail address, etc? Thought I had saved it but now I can't find it. TIA for any help. Marlys in...

Below is a message I just received today in my "inbox". Got to the website and I'm sure you will shed as many tears as I did. NOT!!!! Hope no one anywhere falls for this scam. Can someone say, "Work as hard to make money as you did in blowing it away." Am I right here???? I probably shouldn't...

Does anyone know of the possibility of being allergic to chocolate, one of the mainstays of the diet???? I have just been investigating the content of chocolate and I'm finding that chocolate is 50% cocoa butter to which I am very allergic when applied in any topical ointment, soap, etc. I have had...

I just got a brilliant (?) idea. For anyone who orders from JoAnn "Online" as opposed to "in-store" I have two different coupon codes that are good until Wed, 12/15 for online orders. These also are for 50% off the regular price of one item only, in your order. So the tip there is this: Enter...

The best life's motto that I've found. VBG EVERY TIME I HEAR THE DIRTY WORD "EXERCISE," I WASH MY MOUTH OUT WITH CHOCOLATE -- http://community.webshots.com/user/marletts

In my estimation ( which may not be worth much) the Americans should stop sending their tax dollars to all of these others countries who seem to hate them so much. How would that set with the rest of the world??? The Americans have most likely helped every other country in the world and each of...

What is your opinion on "batting" for tablerunners? I'm thinking that low loft batting is even too thick. Also thought of light weight fleece or flannel. And for potholders/trivets I have the Insul Bright, but I thought I read or heard that you should also use a layer of batting as well. Is it...

Please help with any and all comments (good and bad) about any vacuum cleaner that you have had experience with. I'm in the market for a new on and I have had an upright Hoover which is older than the dirt in the house and also have a Hoover canister that is now 10 yrs old and driving me...

Saw this in a quilt shop e-mail. ------------------------------------------------ A rabbi, a priest and a minister got together for lunch once a week. One day, one made the comment that preaching to people wasn't really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led...

Just want to let all hand quilters know that if they would like to have an actual thimble for the "under" hand while hand quilting, I came across a man on Etsy that custome made one for me. I call it my "Under-handed thimble". It is shaped much like a mushroom and works great. No more...

I haven't been paying close enough attention. Has there been any word on the directory? Sorry to be so lax in not paying attention. Thanks in advance. Marlys in Indiana -- Life is like drawing without an eraser.

A very Merry Christmas to those who celebrate Christmas and Happy Holidays to those who may have another holiday that is their custom. I thought this poem was kind of neat. Enjoy. Marlys in Indiana The Quilter's Night Before Christmas

Was it in this NG that someone mentioned her website? I tried to access it on Sunday and she has it disabled on Sunday. Now that it is past midnight, I tried to find it but couldn't. Would whomever mentioned her, please give me the URL? Thanks in advance. Marlys in Indiana -- Life is...

It is with heavy heart that I might as well start saying Good Bye to the group. Just got informed by my ISP that they are discontinuing newsgroups as of Sept 30th, this year. They claim that the demand has dropped so signficantly that they will no longer offer them. I really don't know of...

Hi, Long time no chat. Been having eye problems that seem to be gone now. And back into much "work". How can quilting be considered work. HeeHee. Anyhow, I've been fondling nearly all of my fabric and finding that I have so many scraps that I will never use and if anyone wants them or would...

What do all of you do when you get a quilters block. Something like a writter's block. We just can't seem to get it together and start again. We have tons of stuff cut and ready to go for shows etc., yet it all sits in piles as we can't seem to get the energy to get started. Checked with docs and...