Hi All Well, the stash is locked up and the alarms are set, don't even think about a stash raid while I'm gone. I'm off to Harrison Hot Springs Hotel for a 3 day retreat. It's about an hour and an half drive from Vancouver. We're staying in the hotel and having a UFO retreat. Apparently the Hot...

Hej! I have never really introduced myself here, but I've been reading rctq for a couple of years now. I usually make art quilts but my current project is a more traditionally styled lap quilt made with Christmasy-type fabrics. The problem is that the dye has crocked in two of the squares. You can...

Does anybody know if it is possible to buy fabric printed with books or library shelves - in fact anything to do with reading? Lyn

I need help on picking a machine that does a lot for quilters? What do I mean by that? I know there sewing machines out there to do everything, I'm looking for one that has features aimed to help quilters, or tips on a feature that other quilters have that they don't want to do without.. Like can...

Okay, maybe they have these all the time, but this is the first I've seen since I got here two years ago. I got a thing in the mail for a huge quilt at the Hague, Netherlands, in April. Can't wait Barb

I tried a usenet newsgroup forwarder for awhile...it let me "read" r.c.t.q., but I couldn't post. *That* was a bummer! Me, read messages but not reply?!?!??! I think NOT!!!! Now I'm trying supernews which is free the first 30 days then it will be less than $5 a month. AND (if this shows up), I can...

Hence the lack of Katenatter over the last day or so... Friday I spent pinging off the walls, getting ready for teaching on Saturday - I did take pix of the class, and they will be up soon. It went very well, but I was tired by the end of the day! Saturday evening I spent making Little Sis's...

Hello to all, I just want to let you know I've translated my Dutch website into an English version. On this site you can also find some free patterns. You can reach the site on this URL: http://users.raketnet.nl/miaverhoef/Engelse%20versie/IndelingEngels.html greetings, Mia

There is a picture of a stocking for Meg at the url below, in the Quilts folder. Its appropriate, the stocking is quilted. I borrowed the design from a table runner shown on the back page of the keepsake quilting catalog. He got a mitten and bells, real jingle jangle bells, added after the...

I have a huge bag of felt pieces and I'm at a loss of what to do with it? I'd love to use it in my classroom but need some ideas. I can sew or glue or whatever. I think you need to use fabric glue on this as I think regular white glue sort of seeps through and looks bad. Any ideas besides...

I figured out how to make my Nelco backstitch, hooray! At first, it worked fine, but yesterday I noticed that whenever I backstitch, the stitching on the underside comes out like a pile of spaghetti... just a big knotted mess. I chased my two-year old off the sewing table a few times yesterday and...

I need your screen name, or your email address, or something...... Thanks! Karen, Queen of Squishies -- My reply address is scrambled. Please change my address to hicall80 at earthlink dot net

Last spring, I bought an old Nelco sewing machine at a yard sale, and now I'm wondering exactly how old and what model it is. Sadly, there was no manual with it, and I haven't turned up anything through Google. It's a neat little beast, and doesn't appear to have a model number but it does have a...

Do any of you own this machine?(if so lets talk) I was gifted this machine last month. I found some on Ebay and they sale for $1200- $1900 . My dealer in the local JoAnns offers free classes so I will be taking them. The teacher says I was given pretty much everything available for this machine...

One of my Project Linus volunteers has a featherweight with worn out foot pads on it. It leaves big marks if you set the machine down on a tablecloth (there were tablecloths on the tables for our Make A Block for Linus at the quilt show). When she turned it over to see why, she discovered the...

My sister is looking for a quilt book for her stepdaughter for Christmas. This young lady has some sewing experience, but because she is a nurse on 'full-time casual', she doesn't dare sign up for classes for fear she'll get called in to work at the last minute. She's interested in machine...

I just asked my sons for a gift that would not cost them money only time. I asked that they prepare a web site for me so I can show you my quilt pictures. Establishing a web site is something I have been going to do for years. They want to see some samples of other quilter sites. Does anyone...

DD#2 painted her room last weekend in a pretty bright red. I'd like to show her some pixs of red & black quilts. Anyone know book & page #'s or web sites I can direct her to? TIA -- Deni from burnaby bc canada

Well, our Ash has survived his first day at school. His teacher and his speech therapist came to visit just before the bus brought him home. They are impressed by some aspects of him and had questions about others. About what one would expect. He took it all in stride, had no problem getting on...

I was wondering if anyone knew a good place to buy the socks to make sock monkeys. Any help would be greatly appreciated :o) -- HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Stephanie Bertels