Hello all, I've had Poppy and Daisy for nearly a year now, and I suspect that they were outdoor cats before I acquired them. However, I have a bus stop in my front garden and one across the street, and buses going each direction every 1/2 hour. So the kitties are indoor cats who go outside on a...

I belong to a Yahoo group of French-speaking quilters who had a BOM over the course of the past year. I had originally intended to use my 4" blocks at the background of a quilt I had in mind, but I stupidly used some fabrics that were just too strong for what I wanted; I discovered this fairly...

'Erbert and hi hare deelited to hannounce that hour royal barge is docking in the RCTQers pool and all of you 'oo nose us are welcome to partake of scones and cream and a nice cuppa tea whilst I rests me creaking bones.VBG. Those of you 'oo ain't nevah met me afore, well you might want to stay...

The good news is that Mark and I are expecting our first child in January, and are planning to get married later on in the spring, possibly June. We had planned to marry first, but the baby news surprised us. The bad news is, the moment I told my manager, she made my life hell at work, was...

Hi - Back again to beg you creative ones for your good ideas. September is our guild birthday party. In the past we've been given a little something as part of the festivities. Most often it has been a fat quarter (often of quite dubious fabric). Last year we were given a nice notepad with...

Prednisone round has ended after six weeks worth. And now I am breaking out in itchy spots all over again, more every day. And I'm ON my new diet! What IS this stuff? So thoughts and prayers appreciated. I need to figure out what is causing this. Quickly. Karen, Queen of Squishies

I have a new Mac laptop. Now I need to figure out how to get newsgroup access without using Outlook Express. I know we've hashed this in the past....but at that time it didn't pertain to ME! So far I like it, but I wouldn't say I'm in love yet. I have a lot of work to do to get programs...

My cousin has been in a real b!@#$% mood for a couple months. You know, that not speaking crap. Now she wants to be friendly again. She went to a yard sale and bought a couple quilts. Thinks she got a real bargain on two handmade quilts. She sent pictures. I told her to take them to a LQS to...

I have the ambition to make an 18th C style quilted petticoat, and am looking for patterns, both for the quilting and the petticoat itself. Any clues? You lot know everything, between you... -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate...

Fabric! To whomsoever finds the person responsible for putting the "print screen" button directly above the "insert" button on a computer keyboard, and beats them unconcious with a queen sized batt! Or a copy of Strunk's "Elements of Style", your choice. Oh yeah. Guess what I did? I thought I...

My mom and I started this quilt together in the summer of 2007. We'd hoped to have it done by the spring of 2008.... LOL! Well, we're only a year off. The quilt uses the Oregon Trail block and has a star themed fabric running throughout, so we call it Starry Night on the Oregon Trail. The...

Just curious. When you run across a fabric that you just dearly love, but have no idea what you're going to do with it, or nothing at home that really complements it, how much of it do you buy? Just in anticipation that you WILL use it in a quilt pattern some day? Sherry

Where to even start........ Louise and I decided to finally meet up at a local quilt shop and then have some lunch. We poked around the quilt shop for a bit, then went out to the car to head to lunch. Louise said she had something she wanted to show me....she had a quilt in her bag. Oh...

I told my future daughter in law that I would hem fabric that her bridesmaids will wear as long scarves. She and her mother thought the bridal shop was being unreasonable....I'm now not so sure. It came today. It's a chocolate brown chiffon. GULP! Well, in all honesty, I knew what the fabric...

I am going to be Co-Librarian next year. That means in 2010, I'll be the main Librarian. We have too, too, many books. We meet in a church, the church is running out of room. We are down to one book cabinet. No one wants to get rid of any books. I think when it's my turn, I am going to be...

Hi All, The Greyhound rescue, I work with, is having a fashion show fundraiser next spring. The theme for the show is "Traveling across America". Each table will have a different state theme. I was wondering if anyone would like to help out with a postcard from their state to be placed on the...

Sometime back, one of my 'down through the hollow and around the bend' neighbors received a recall notice about his truck. It suggested that there was a problem that he needed to have checked out. Neighbor tossed the warning aside assuming it was only an opportunity for the dealership to...

Well It appears that my wife has convinced me that we need to head south for the winter next year. This presents a series of challenges for me, as to the things I need to do so that I can accomplish this time honored tradition of midwesterners and head for Florida or other points south to escape...

I just added some pictures to my 2009 album. The blue and yellow quilt was made using a BOM pattern from Fat Cat Patterns. I hand appliquéd the blocks during the summer, then finally found a use for the blue and yellow stripe print that I bought many years ago. I had fun quilting, using...

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...