My LQS is having a 40% sale early early Saturday morning (7-9am only) and I hope to get there to purchase some fabric. I made a Drunkard's Path table runner last year and DH really liked the pattern. So I thought I would make him a quilt. Actually myself one as well.....twin sizes, one for his...

I have some quilts I've never washed and a brand new front loading washing machine. I'm still experimenting with how much detergent to put in ... it has no window and the door locks, so I can't tell how much water it uses or if there are suds. Is it a good idea to use the longer faster spin on...

OK, this is the thing. I know this might sound weird to some of you used to getting new clothes all the time and giving the old ones away, but I am thrifty. might be cultural, or it may be that my mom grew up during the post civil war period in spain where my grandma made potato tortilla for the...

I am thinking ahead on my blue and yellow log cabin which is 120 in. X 120 in. I plan to mq it by outlining the appliques and using a McTavishing technique in the open spaces- but a larger more open quilting pattern than shown in the book to save time and effort. I will buy the thread when I go...

When you see a fabric you REALLY like but don't have a specific project in mind, how much do you buy? 1 yd? 2? -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948

If I recall there was a thread on this. While surfing the net, instead of working on my paper due tomorrow, I found this site that may be of interest: http://www.quiltersdirectory.com/directory/quilting-guild.html Carole Champlain, NY http://photos.yahoo.com/ceridwen_rhea

This is a true event that happened to me about two years ago. Some of you here may remember this story from my original post, but I thought I'd repost it for all the new readers here who haven't seen it before. It is as educational as it is funny. I've got a friend who decided to make a cross...

I started this as an "in between" project. It was to be a baby quilt for a new grandbaby of one the guys from work. I had the center squares already embroidered, just had to think of something to finish with. So, I decided to make an attic windows quilt out of it. I already had some material in...

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FYI, here is a nice site that shows how a stitch is formed. http://home.howstuffworks.com/sewing-machine2.htm We've seen this before, but newcomers to sewing will benefit from this little lesson. We seasoned stitchers may want refresher course! ;) PAT in VA/USA

So, I finished a baby quilt today, flannel on both sides, non-flam batting in the middle. All basted. There's a pic on the last page of my quilting album at webshots. Just says "Baby Quilt". I know I want to do a stencilled cable in the outside border (yes, it is black). Does anyone have...

I've just finished piecing this, http://www.ddixon.force9.co.uk/imgp3094.jpg but I don't know what to do about quilting it. I'm going to hand quilt and it is for a Christmas present so I don't want to do anything to fancy. Any ideas Sarah

I have made a pretty bed quilt for my daughter, the top is done and sandwhiched but.... I do not know where to go from here. It is a bunch of squares. Pastel colored, about 5in squares, and mixed in the nunch is a few 5 in minkee squares. I thought of just tying it, but the minkee squares are...

I have finally entered the no scrap zone! My scrap basket was a huge laundry basket, the scraps were flowing out of the basket and I was tried of walking around the overflowing basket! I found some patterns that were very scrap friendly and have cut my scraps accordingly. Now when I prepare for...

In the "Why do you quilt?" thread Roberta wrote: I voted, but you left out a reason: obsession. Addiction. Compulsion. Can't stop! To put it a more positive way, it alows me to make some order out of chaos. I can't control the world, but I rule the Scrap Basket! Bwahahaha! Roberta in...

I have a friend named Donna. Her and her husband own a decorative glass & mirror business. A year ago they were working in this lady's house, and she asked Donna if she knows anyone who would be interested in buying an old treadle sewing machine. Donna gave her my number. So last year this lady...

Some of you may remember that I was going through some really horrendous bleeding problems. That finally stopped (after 8+weeks, a trip to the emergency room, and a total of 3 10-day rounds of Provera) But it looks like a hysterectomy is going to have to be scheduled soon. I am *not* at all...

I am new to this browser, and I know how it annoys some of you to see unsigned messages.... help?

Hi all, I love quilting... but sometimes I feel like I want to hurry up and complete a project, to start another. This mostly happens near the end of a project, and when I get an idea for another one. I guess I just get excited :) Do you have any tips to help me be more productive and quicker...

This is the last of these things I am going to do. They are just too hard to sew. When you have to sew together 4 layers of canvas, two layers of batting and Pellon stiffener, it is more than a simple mechanical sewing machine can handle. I had to hand sew the bottom to the side by rotating the...