I just posted 2 pictures of my queen size log cabin (barn raising style) and one one my Purple Haze a.k.a. Green Haze. The log cabin is not yet quilted but will be starting that next week end. Finished valences to match and will be making the curtains too. The class I took to make the Purple Haze...

There is one right here in town. They meet a couple of different times during the month. One will even work with my hectic schedule! I'm so excited. I can't wait go to to my first meeting! Sindir

The other night I was invited out for a night with "the girls". I told my husband that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!" Well, the hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easy. Around 3 a.m., a bit blitzed, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock in the...

Inspiration struck in the middle of the night and here it is 5 a.m. and I'm still awake! My church is having it's "Annual Christmas Craft Bazaar and Bake Sale" Friday and Saturday- I need to turn in my project by Thursday. I'm making a landscape wallhanging quilt "Ozark Spring". I just knew...

A few weeks ago, I went to Springfield for my annual exams (all negative- yay!) and while I was in the big city, I stopped by the LQS to reward myself. There I spotted a luscious mottled navy batik with small bursts of various colors and brilliant, little, tiny, metallic silver stars sprinkled all...

Hi Guys, I know that several of you have embroidery machines and I have a question. I have a Janome 9000 that I absolutely *love* but the #1 hoop that came with the machine does NOT like to hold heavy fabrics! I have the devil of a time getting towelling or polar fleece to stay put when I want to...

Ladies, I must confess I tried the Parkin recipe I found online. The recipe was from an English cookbook. When I tried to convert the amounts I made a dreadful mistake! I'm very happy I now have a self cleaning oven. The parkin flowed like lava all over my oven. My husband and I put the light...

Did you get my email yesterday morning? Just checking -- I've had a couple of outgoing emails get lost in cyberspace lately. :( -- Kathy A. (Woodland, CA) longarm machine quilting, Queen of Fabric Tramps http://www.kayneyquilting.com , remove the obvious to...

I am still new here, but I was hoping that you nice people could keep everything you have available crossed for me and my DH. We are going through some tough financial times right now, trying to buy a house, etc. I put in an application for a job that I would really love to have. Every place I...

Oooooh, it's a beauty.....I'm jealous! Enjoy!!! Lorraine "M. Wetmore" wrote in message ... Ok, you wanted me to name her. Not very original but since I call my Bernina "Bernie", I figured my Featherweight should be...

Wow! I didn't think I could be as impressed with the show as I was last year (my first time), but I was. It's *so* amazing. This year's show started early for me, since Ally arrived in Las Vegas for a visit with us before we both left for Houston. What fun! I can see why beading is gaining...

Hi folks. I am sitting here mid day and the sky has become dark and orange. There is a huge billowy cloud of smoke just pouring out of the hills and into the air all around. Really creepy. There have been several fires here in So. Cal. this week. We are sitting right between two. Planes and...

I decided that I just had to have a design board. There was a sheet of used paneling left over from our remodeling project standing in the garage. We cleaned it up and brought it in. Didn't know if it would do or not, but I covered it with some cheap, stretchy baby terry. Had to unearth very...

Wow! Did I have a good time and got some great freebies! I got a very nice sample of Warm & Natural in Black, (who knew it came in black) Samples of Printed Treasures for the asking. HP has a new thing on their website where you can print your own fabric from templates. They had sample of...

Does anyone know where I can find the patterns for Ann and Andy. I've done the google search and I've found the cheater quilts and dolls but no patterns. I'd appreciate your help. Kate T. South Mississippi

DH and I are off to Melbourne, FL on Thursday to see the adorable grandchildren. We will get there on Friday afternoon so we can go Trick or Treating with them. We don't know when we are coming home. We will leave Melbourne on Monday, but we plan to take a while coming home. Anything that we...

We are "test driving" a new dog. Gaby is a 5 yr old lab that was returned to the breeder. The only thing that has me hesitating in loving her to death right away is that I have noticed a marble sized lump by her ribs. DH called the breeder and was informed that this is common in Labs. Most...

who is willing to correspond with a class of six year olds (through me) by email who are learning about Thailand. They are the most gorgeous bunch of kids. They recently (yesterday) went to the Melbourne Zoo and are now writing a letter to their "imaginary" friend in Thailand, telling him...

Has anyone ever hand quilted a quilt using fusible batting? I read a bunch of past posts saying it's not recommended, it's stiff, and the (machine) needle gets sticky (when MQing)...but I wanted to know if any of you REBELS out there tried to HQ with it yet. My mom's Singer hates me and my...

As a newbie to quilting I have a really dumb question. How do you transfer the quilting diagrams to the quilt top? So far I have only done free motion machine quilting or straight line, but would like to try machine quilting with some of the lovely designs I've seen, but how to get the design...