I am now the historian for our quilt guild and have been given a budget of under $500. (Canadian) to buy a digital camera. To date our present historian takes pictures of all show and tell quilts, our charity quilts and any workshops we run with guest speakers. I have two questions: 1. I have never...

I finally figured out how to add the pictures of the quilts I finished last week. You can see them at: http://www.peek.org/quilting They are the top two quilts: Little Gem and Twirl. marcella

I just finished a Yellow Brick Road baby quilt (the instructions were screwed up something AWFUL) and I was wondering how it should be quilted. My guess is in the ditch. The other couple of full sized quilts that I have done have lent themselves to obvious quilting designs. But this one has me...

Hello, everyone, I'm not one to ordinarily ask for anyone's help since I figure I should be able to take care of myself and if not, and really desperate, then I ask for help. This time it isn't for me, but my son, Mark, and his wife, Tina. They took off for the weekend for a usual weekend drive...

Someone posted a while back on this subject but I can't find the post, so here goes: When you are piecing with multiple different colors of fabrics, what color of thread do you use? I am working with deep, jewel-toned pieces. Trixie

I'm taking a week off from making samples for my Block Party (I'm the guild committee for this) to make this quilt for my mom. She just turned 75 last week, and has been asking me for a quilt for some time. Now that my shoulder has recovered somewhat, I started working on hers. It will be...

My best friend Debbie was taken to hospital this morning after the ladder she was on broke and she fell onto it, initial reports say that she has broken her back but that the spinal cord has not been severed... we'll know more after the CAT scan tomorrow morning. Debs is recently divorced and...

For the first time ever, I've canceled a magazine subscription rather than just letting it run out. I'm sure QNM's surveys told them that everyone wanted more patterns. Alas, that seems to be all the magazine is now. :( Silly me, I thought if I wanted a magazine of patterns, I would have already...

I'm not au fait with Berninas, but this sounds an OK deal, to get something you are happy to work on, with a few fancy features to boot! My DH always says it is best to stretch to buy something really good and advanced if possible, or you will be wanting to change again in a fairly short time. So,...

Well, at long last, the quilting/sewing center that I designed is done. It's small but works great. If you're limited on space, this type of design may work for you. I've been following all the conversations here about thread racks, desks, organizers, etc and took this all into consideration for my...

This is a link to some layouts for my sewing studio that I'm trying to set up. http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/sewcenter.htm The design plan currently calls for a peg board over my main sewing machine (not the one used for machine quilting) as this is how I have it set up in my present sewing...

Greetings! Color in quilts is a personal preference. Some like cool colors, some like it hot! Some have a favorite color, some like many colors. But I guess that nearly all quilters like to consider, and discuss, the effects color has on our projects. A while back, I got a note from a friend. She...

Hi, Finally finished the Halloween WH. The skeleton glows in the dark. I also posted a photo of the orphan Log Cabin Top that I bought on E-Bay. Now it is quilted (on my HQ16), bound and has a real home. Last is a WH titled "Sew Spoiled", it needs no explanation. :-) Linda -- Sugar & Spice...

Recently an author provided information to the news group concerning the availability of a recently published book. It was encouraging to notice that the "defenders" of their "no advertising policy" for the newsgroup remained silent and didn't chastise the author for breaching that...

Hello, everyone, I have been looking for Butterfly for some time now. BF- If you are out there, drop me a line. I got your card and wrote to you, but don't know if you ever got it. (It didn't bounce back.) Hope all is well with you and Joe. Hugs & Stuff, Dave PS-Miss this board. I found it through...

Well, I got up this morning to let out my Westie pups who measure 15". I opened the door to the deck to 16" of snow! Plus they are white pups! Well, I did the only smart thing to do in a case like this - I woke up my DH to shovel the deck! So, we have about 16" on the ground and the snow is...

The Big Dallas quilt show is coming up next weekend March 11-13. I will be there most of the day Friday this year, as DH and I are leaving that Saturday morning for my spring break vacation. We are going to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, and then up to Niagara Falls. Anyone going to...

In 2 weeks time we are having visitors from Kentwood LA to stay with us. If you were coming to visit me in rainy cold England what would you like to see and or do ? I want to make this visit as enjoyable as possible so all suggestions will be gratefully received. As an American what English foods...

I'm right here. I had to move last summer because of all kinds of reasons, mostly health and lost my sewing room. Had to get rid of LOTS of things that I had become quite attached to, like my grandmother's bed and my mangle Ironrite ironer and Lord knows how much stash and craft stuff and two...

Hi Everyone, We have an older cat that has been suffering some with arthritis, the vet has him taking a low dose aspirin every 3 days. That seems to help a little but Tigger is having more and more difficulty doing all the things he needs to do to be a cat. He needs to climb up on the bed using...