Hello rctq, My name is Anne. I don't have a newsgroup-ish handle, but my CB handle many years ago was Ditch Witch. Maybe I'll become Stitch Witch. Gotta think about it a bit. Since the last census, we are supposed to refer to the San Francisco Bay Area as the Greater San Jose Area because SJ...

I just finished a WUH that I started about a year ago. I saw a Lynette Jensen segment on Simply Quilts and liked the pattern. Did some fiddling to make it the size I wanted and, voila! Alpine Star was born. http://community.webshots.com/album/120900431HXWsHA Now the man on the galloping horse...

I just found out that my LQS designed and set up a sewing room for a house on this show. It is, tentatively, scheduled to air on Jan 23. One of my favorite employees there has a crush on Ty -- this project made her day! Made her year, more like...

I hereby nominate georg as Official Sheriff and Troll Herder of RCTQ. She has demonstrated great ability to say, "**** off, bub!" to our numerous latest trolls and keeps the streets clean of riff-raff. Yay, georg! insert two-fingers-in-the-mouth-whistle here Do I hear a second? -- -- Anne in CA

My block is done. I have a lot of these vintage-y calicoes so this is going to be a scrappy blue and brown (my absolutely favorite combination) sampler. http://community.webshots.com/photo/120900431/266564406saIKpq Yay Melissa, for coming up with the idea! This is fun! -- -- Anne in CA

I used to be a favored handmaiden of the Queen of Procrastination, but this time the baby quilt is finished before the baby is!! Baby due early May; baby shower in early April; and Grandma finished the quilt on March 1 -- Ya-hoo. The pattern is sort of made up by me, the fabrics are all 1930's...

.... but it is a TOP!!! http://community.webshots.com/photo/120900431/291641729AvVnoq Just needs borders, sandwiching, quilting, yada yada yada :-) The blocks came from a swap hosted by Terbear last fall. This is a blatant plug for Teri's Swaps: she is a great hostess and manages to nag without...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4330501.stm -- -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://community.webshots.com/user/annerudolph3 http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm

I plan to do the entire BOM quilt from stash -- browns and blues, mostly tiny print calicoes. Some of these are quite old (60's and 70's) and a few are downright u-g-l-y! But even ugly fabrics can make up into pretty nice blocks if they have pretty friends to play with :-).. The brown is the one I...

I need more things to put on my wish list for gifts *from* the DDs and was thinking about a magazine subscription. So here goes a silly question :-) -- does anyone have a recommendation? -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." --...

I got squished today. It wasn't a surprise, I knew it would be coming. But when I held the envelope and felt it go "squish" in my hands, I got such a warm and fuzzy feeling . (The sender has been thanked privately, but here is another Thank You to her too :-) So, if you ever get the urge to...

Larisa, I did that with an antique quilt top my great-Gram had made but not finished. I just added a back and some tie strings inside at the corners to cover a Goose Down duvet. As I recall, I made the back longer than the front so it could fold inside, envelope style. -- Anne "It's not having...

Hi all, Can someone/anyone help me get my brain in gear please? Here is the situation: I have three nieces for whom I want to make quilts when they graduate from high school. The oldest, "R" graduates in June 2004 -- lots of time. "L" graduates in 2006, no problem. "H" graduates in 2008,...

I agreed to do a quilt tree/chain but having trouble finding people who want to do this. Is anyone interested?! (I need 4 more people - from anywhere!) Details: I send you two 6.5" purple fabric squares along with instructions. You send 2 squares to the first person on the list (in the...

My news server is acting up and won't let me reply so I am testing to see if it will at least let me post new messages. I know that telling you lot to ignore this is useless, so I won't bother. -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." --...

Is there going to be a new edition of this anytime soon? Can I get into it please, so I can get a copy? How? -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm

Wow, Kate! So totally glam! I haven't been visiting asdww lately but it looks like you've been doing well with that part of your life too :-) -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm

http://wandascountryhome.com/grandma/11.html -- Anne in CA "It's not having what you want; it's wanting what you've got." -- Sheryl Crow http://home.covad.net/~arudolph/annes.htm

.... and brought me a Babylock Quilters Choice machine :-D How come nobody told me the newer (post-1968) machines did all that neat stuff? It cuts its own thread, threads its own needle, makes about a bazillion fancy stitches all by itself, makes buttonholes all by itself. Man, I have to un-plug...

My third darling grandboy has arrived -- a bit earlier than we expected but not a preemie. His mom and dad (DD#2 and SIL) thought they had another two weeks to finish getting daddy's home office moved out of the nursery and to finalize a name. He was born Monday and finally got his name today:...