Not sure how close the latest fire is to you or loved ones Ginger. Over 100 homes gone is tragic. Hope things ok for you. Taria

I've been looking into crazy quilts lately and some things I've read have confused me... I read that crazy quilts are constructed by "appliquéing" (sp?) all the pieces onto a single backing piece and then attaching that to another backing piece (or did I misunderstand that) without fill...

Howdy! Brace yourself, because this is really sad. Donna A (in Idaho) let me know that her husband, Wayne, passed away this evening (Thursday). He was suffering from ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, aka "Lou Gehrig's Disease". http://www.alsa.org/ This situation has happened quickly, and

I thought you might like to see a small project of woodworking that I conceived of and completed, (as far as the woodworking is concerned, and not the varnishing), in one rainy day in the shop downstairs. The genesis of this little table, is the recent moving of a wing back chair into my sewing...

The raggy side is the inside side, as it turns out...... http://www.faloshi-studios.com/sofa.html Down at the bottom is a couple of bonus pix of a drawstring backpack I made with musical fabrics..... --pig

I'm due sept 4 with this surrogate baby but I don't think he's going to wait. Which is ok I'm far enough along and everyone is healthy. However I would really like some prayers for a normal delivery and quick recovery. I'm worried about baby coming too fast because this is baby #8 and that my...

Ok, since you folks know EVERYTHING! Some of my tee shirts have come out of the dryer with little spots on them. Looks like the effect you'd get if you got a drop of something oiler on them (butter or corn oil not car oil!). It seems to be those that are cotton with a bit of synthetic. Any...

No noisy adverts, but every time I tried to look at anyone elses pictures on Webshots I kept getting the pictures overlaid by a link to a dog picture site. I found this irritating when I wanted to look at quilts, so to avoid this for others I've changed to Flickr (actually I set it up ages ago...

Well he finally decided to make himself know. Sept 5 @ 4:10pm. Weighed 8lbs 5ozs and was 21 inches long. Labour was very long, longer then any of my others, 12hrs. Dr suspects that he was face up at first and that was the issue. After having 7 other kids he said it's unusual to have a labour...

I have a bad feeling that I've accidentally KF'd Jeanne. Eke! However, I don't know which one she is so I can remove her. Can someone repost one of her posts so I can see her newsgroup email addy and get her outta there? Sorry Jeanne! Best regards, Michelle

I have been wanting a Featherweight for the longest time, and when I started seeing ones painted other colors, I decided that was exactly what I wanted for my 50th birthday (which was last year....) I found someone to restore and paint one for me, and it arrived...

I know for many of you that isn't a big deal but for a so cal gal. Over 4" so far. This is the most I have seen here in 19 years. Dogs don't quite get it. One having fun the other sort of grumbling. What fun, at least it is for a day. TAria

Platelet count is over 100 now YAY! And he went back on the Coumadin too soon.thus the headaches. So he's off it for now. Has another count done on Mon and see where we go from there. Right now is when the platelets are re-forming themselves. Dr said to expect him to be tired and naps were the...

I had a special request for a pecan pie for tomorrow. Now, I made ONE pecan pie many, many years ago (Dear Abby's so-called famous recipe) and it was pecan syrup in a crust when it finished baking. I'm generally a good cook and was so unhappy about that failure that I never tried making one...

Some day I hope to be out of the brain fog that has settled in my head. I finished the quilt I was making for my soon-to-be DIL's great grandmother in time to overnight it to her so that she got it on Christmas Eve. Close call there. I was going to make my 3 y/o grandson a SuperHero quilt for...

I've been 10 days clearing the sewing room for the new floors. Proud to report that it is possible and that I've unearthed lots of good stuff, passed on treasures that were warmly received and now think maybe it can be done. There were two quilts that I'd used (and abused) as sort of...

Thank you all for the kind words about the Directory form. I had hoped to have it out earlier but Murphy had moved into our guest room this week. As many of you may remember, my DH suffers from diverticulosis. Well he thought he was having another attack which started last Thursday. He...

I know I don't post often, but this is an extreme circumstance. My oldest DS, John, and his SO, Stephi, have been together almost 7 years. This morning, she packed her things (clothes, jewelery, etc) and left. She also left my grandchildren, aged 4, 18 mo, and 8 mo, with their daddy. He's a pretty...

Ok, so I'm learning applique. So far I like it, but I'm sure I'll like it better using a good needle instead of a regular sewing needle. I'm finding it very hard to push the needle through the fabric! Tell me what your favorite applique needle is! What about your favorite piecing needle? And...

they are in my Webshots directory -- in the RCTQ folder.... what a cute little chocolate lab puppy! -- Kate in MI http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves