A fellow needleworker on RCTN suggested I send this design to your group. I'm hoping you can give me more information about my quilt design - Tree of Hearts (I think). I have had the quilt for over 20 years without being able to find the quilt design in any book or exhibit I went to. Finally, a...

Please help me welcome the newest member of our large family. James Richard was born this evening at approx 7:22; weighing 6 lbs 1 oz; 18 3/4 inches long. After weeks of false labor and hospital staff and doctors telling mom "it will be any day now" "probably in the next 24 hours" and such...

I've seen many posts about using Pigma Micron pens to sign your quilt blocks, etc. Has anyone actually washed a quilt that had this particular ink on a quilt block? They positively won't bleed, even under the "harshest" of condtions (such as "dad" doing the laundry!)? I'm beginning a project, and...

I've been quiet lately because I have been finishing a few projects that were piling up on the "nearly finished" pile. I got 3 finished...that called a hat trick in hockey terms...LOL I have posted pics. http://community.webshots.com/album/110770032jrFcCT New Quilts a 1) "KoolAid Cowboy" - A...

Yippee! Today our guild meeting was "Old quilts, New quilts" like you sometimes see in quilters newsletter magazine. You signed up and brought your first or early quilt and they put a number on it and hung it in the room. Then everyone got up and showed a new quilt and gave one clue to their...

Hi, i have signed up for a *dear jane* class at my local quilt shop. it will meet once a month for the next 22 months. i have a babylock ellure and it is heavy for me to be carrying around. i am thinking about buying a jem gold machine to take to class since it is so lightweight. does anyone have...

My name is Polly and I have made a mess. (Joining Alice, Kate, Leslie and the others who have already cleansed their souls by confessing their lapses.) I discovered labels at the office supply store made "for quilts" by the nice people who make all the really good labels for ordinary office...

I am so happy. I got a new toy. It's not very fancy. But it's white and turquoi.........(se) Ok, so I'm not good at writing poems...LOL But I tried. I was looking in

Hi, I'm Doug and am new to this group. My wife and I are looking for an embroidery machine so we can do sample infant clothes, bibs, blankets for a home-based business in So. Cal. She hasn't embroidered in 5+ yrs so she doesn't know the market, and after visiting a number of dealers in our area,...

How this BOM works is I will post block patterns each month near the beginning of each month. One pieced, one appliqué and one paper pieced. They will all be available for free from Marcia Hohn's Quilter's Cache website. It is up to you which one (or ones) you would like to do. You will work at...

I would like suggestions for a book or maybe someone here that can tell me how to machine piece curves, without tears, lumps, warps, cussing. Cyndi

I finally finished my Nana's Garden quilt. It was a WIP for quite a while. It's probably been 7 or 8 years since I bought the book and the border fabric. I finally got around to making the top about 3 years ago, and finished the top about a year later. Last month, I got it out, quilted it, and...

Yup! Butterfly was in town yesterday, so we had a lovely time together. :) Her DH and DS were spending the day on the lake, so I zipped over to their hotel and picked her up for a little S.E.X.-pedition at "my" LQS. Did I say "little"? Gosh, she bought out the store! She *says* she left a little...

Looks like this is a new show for our area. I've seen it a couple of times and it is interesting. DD was wandering through and stopped to watch for a few minutes. Her comment was "that woman should be training machine gunners". She just walked of shaking her head and sort of laughing. I'll...

I just got back from my LQS where they had a real live trunk show with Alex!!! She is so lovely and warm and personable, it was like having a show and tell in your best friend's living room (except there were about 150 other people there too). Seeing (and touching!) some of the quilts from her...

I get the feeling that I am missing a lot of posts. Every so often I get a post that is obviously "mid-thread", but I never see the originator's post(s). There were only about 20 overnight for me. Anyone happen to notice how much traffic there was so I can check? -- Cheryl in...

So who is doing the Mystery Quilt? Progress? Fabric used. Are you on schedule? Are you having fun? I am up to date! I love doing these things.....I am a very logical step by step person and love following directions. I am using Thimbleberries from my stash, but had to buy background fabric....

A "Guestbook" type quilt... what i mean is... I'm having a surprise 65th for my mom (hope she doesn't read this :) ) and I was thinking of putting out squares of fabric on each of the tables with markers and have everyone write something on their square and then make a quilt out of it.. So my...

Does anyone have a favorite site for FQ bundles of 30s repros? There is a feedsack collection from Windham that is very bright and pretty, but I haven't found a site that has a comprehensive FQ bundle. The Aunt Grace series is nice too, although a bit more subdued. I like the feel of the greens,...

I was sewing on a border tonight and hit a pin. I hit it head on, bent it down into my bobbin case and broke the needle! I got the fabric out without tearing it, but now my needle is way out of line and things don't sound right. I had planned to take my machine in on Monday for a servicing...