Hi All, I had no idea that all gel pens weren't permanent until I reviewed the responses to my last post. Sure enough, the pens I chose are not colorfast. Is there any way to set the ink or will this have to be a "no wash" quilt? There are over 200 blocks and I have other things to do so I have...

I bought a bolt (not a full bolt) of BCA fabric, and lots of swappers offered to make blocks so we can make a quilt, that can be auctioned off for breast cancer research....I got so many blocks, enough to make TWO quilts. Well, I just finished up quilt top number one, and will be working on...

I took a class in invisible machine applique this afternoon - I think it may be addictive :-) I really enjoyed it..The teacher was very good and she chose a very simple tulip applique. I am really excited to try something else. Sharon in Montreal

Teri, looks like I forgot to send you my photo for August: http://community.webshots.com/photo/268167274/505262096GbsoTG I also redid my may: http://community.webshots.com/photo/268167274/505260252MSncuT. Boy, now I am 3 months behind, and I took apart my april to change the outside fabric and...

And well she should, it's very lovely! Karen, Queen of Squishies .....was finally delivered! We got a nice enough weekend day last Saturday to make the trip. My dear Aunt Rosie loved it. Here it is if you would like a peek:

I was wondering where you were; glad to know there was nothing 'new' wrong. Coincidentally, we saw a few snippets of the current state of New Orleans in our news bulletin at lunchtime. It doesn't take much of an imagination stretch to think what the rest of Louisiana, and the other badly affected...

A woman and a baby were in the doctor's examining room, waiting for the doctor to come in for the baby's first exam. The doctor arrived, examined the baby, checked his weight, and being a little concerned, asked if the baby was breast-fed or bottle-fed. "Breast-fed" she replied. "Well, strip down...

I'm in a week long quilting course. We have a Finnish teacher who lives (and works) in England! Just had to come and brag. Johanna

Well, Judy, if these pieces are actually cut accurately, I had a thought for which you would need to do no extra work at all!!: divide them into two piles - light and dark (arbitrarily decide on whether mediums are dark or light!). Sew a light to a dark, then take pairs of these, turn them so...

Have just finished September and October's BOM's and posted th pictures. I was quite surprised when October's appeared - I thought it was still the middle of September! I think next year will be spent putting these two together! -- Sally at the...

AHA! My test worked. So here is the message about Tyler's Hug. The top is assembled and posted at http://community.webshots.com/album/426041188AUoVly Please forgive me, those whose blocks have not been acknowledged or posted. Friday I dropped all projects, wiping my table clear to make blankies...

It looks like we're losing another nice quilt shop. Yesterday's mail brought a postcard from Quilts by the Falls in Cannon Falls, MN (between Rochester and the Twin Cities). 30% off - Nov. 1-13 40% off - Nov. 15-20 50% off - Nov. 22-27 60%+ off - Nov. 29-Dec. 4 Samples and fixtures will be sold...

I finally have the first of two I Spy tops completely pieced with borders added. This is for my DGS, Gavin, either for Christmas or for his birthday depending on when I get both quilts totally done and quilted. ; ) I added two of each fussy cut square to the top so he can play match games...

Can anyone recommend a good fat quarter quilting book? I have several bunches of matching fat quarters and think I could make a nice quilt out of each, but I'm too lazy this close to Christmas to design them myself. Thanks! Boca Jan

I posted some new pictures of a Mariners Table Center I made as a sample for a paper peicing and free motion class I will be teaching. Also new QI photos. Mary in Washington http://community.webshots.com/user/moondancewa

About three weeks ago, I was up at the crack of dawn finishing up some floral arrangements that needed to be out the door by 9:30. I had the local PBS channel on in the background. One of the quilt shows had a woman demonstrating this nifty plastic template for a quilt-as-you-go wedding ring...

I've a notion to make my mom a quilt. I know that this is a hazard, being as how she generally has always felt about homemade, but there you go. I was thinking of a Path Through Jerusalem quilt, problem being that I haven't seen one for at least 20 years, though I saw several as a kid traveling...

All the auto manufacturers are offering new car buyers their "employee discount" on their television commercials. I just got an email from Joann Fabrics telling me I can get *their* employee discount of 15% off. Sheesh! I'd much rather have a new pick-up truck! Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

I have blocks that finish at 6". I want to put these on point and use cream fabrics for the 4 corner triangles. How large should I cut the squares for this? Do I want the bias edge on the hypotenuse or on the short sides? -- Jo in Scotland

A while back I mentioned that I will be hosting a swap for bird seed/bird house fabrics after the first of the year. We will be swapping twenty 8" x 10" squares of 2 fabrics per swapper: 1) something that looks like bird seed (pretty small scaled) 2) something that looks like a bird...