I'm so excited...I'm going to my first quilt guild meeting tonight with my new quilty friend. (no, she hasn't *been* quilted...she is a *quilter* rofl) I'll let you know how it goes! Hugs Karlee in Kansas Queen of Packrats "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving...

Well, this has turned out to be a major project.! I think I have mended close to 2 dozen holes. A lot of them turned out to be in the red bandana material, a very busy print that mending completely disappears even if I don't match the fabric perfectly The places on the denim turned out to...

Many, many thanks to the wonderful squisher/thunker who sent the Press 'n' Seal and fabric. Sneaky lil devil signed the customs dec so that I couldn't make it out!! So public thanks are yours - you've improved my day and put a smile on my dial (and improved the stash for the blue and green quilt...

Hi, My company is clearing out a lot of home dec fabric - from tapestry weight to voiles and nets. There is a lot of different fabrics but its all short lenghts - 1-3 metres at the most. Some are on rolls./ They are all samples which have been sent to us for scanning, we're actually a software...

I hate to bother anyone, but some time back I remember someone posting a website that had hundreds of free patterns on it, but it seems I neglected to bookmark it. Would someone please be so kind as to post it again. I'm looking for the jigsaw pattern. Just looking at it, I think I...

We got our first ferret last weekend. She's a cutie pie, and named Cherry. Her family was moving and unable to take her with them, but I know she was very well loved. How? She came with her own quilt made out of fabric with cherries on it, and her name is embroidered on it. So if you have a...

So, the federal refund came in and we had lots of stuff that we WANTED and some things that we NEED. We reached a compromise of sorts....got a memory upgrade for the computer plus some computer games (1 for me, 1 for DS and 1 for DH). I ordered dvds for DH, and....wahooooooooooo!!! I ordered...

Subject line says it all... I've been battling this website all day. They were down for upgrading yesterday. Today I'm having all kinds of problems with uploading the pics. I finally got them uploaded... I can see them through "My Account" but not through "Community". Weird... -- Gina in...

I have been following this topic very closely and decided to write to the Audubon Society myself and see what they had to say. Another reason that made me do this, is because I received an email from my dry cleaner and in the text of her email, she gives monthly hints and tips. Well this month...

charity quilt is done!! FInished it last night and it will be going out in todays mail...Wahoo!! Nope, sorry, didn't get pictures, have to get this down in time for the auction before it disappears into the black hole that is my sewing table Larisa

Anyone headed out to see this show from this Wed to Sunday? I'll be there on Friday so if y'all are headed there I'd be happy to meet up! -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Queen of Down Under) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html

I am the lucky Aunt that gets to help with 2 wedding showers in the next 5 months. What kind of games and activities are "up to date" for the younger generation?

My king-sized pieced-on-both-sides quilt for me (and DH, of course) is done! I constructed it in quarters, then halves because it was so large. DH has said at least a dozen times that I did a great job and he *really* likes it--could that be because he picked the pattern (Chinese Puzzle)? I...

If there was anyone i was supposed to get blocks out to this past month, I'm sorry. Life has taken over, and so has pain, and other stuff and it just got put on the back burner. I don't know when I'll get to it, especially hug blocks. Sorry to let anyone down. This month coming up is gonna be a...

Does anyone know which quilt show these quilts were photographed at? I found the albums while browsing this afternoon and I thought that others would also enjoy looking at the photos.... ------------- Webshots Community - Quilt Show...

This group is so unbelievably helpful and full of answers and ideas. This time it is about mending. I made a quilt for my grandson in 1999, and it is back to me for mending, he has obviously used it heavily as a 10 year old does. The quilt is 8 inches squares of denim , blue, faded, new, used...

Hi gang! I was sent this today - thought I would post it all here as I know you all can identify! :-) Denise in Ontario, Canada Loose Threads

So, I had this really big pile of scraps, and the pile was divided into more piles, and those piles had children, and those piles of scraps had grandchildren, so I had to do something or my house would explode. Why not use some of the scraps in a quilt, I thought. Maybe with some paper piecing....

http://www.wqionline.com/calendar.htm This is the most information I can find on line about the show. Any one going ....want to meet up the 22nd? -- Mauvice in Central WI USA remove no spam to reply

Hi all, I am currently working to complete my first ever quilt. It's a very simple chequerboard design with alternating plain white/cream squares and patterned ones in shades of yellow, orange and brown. I should be finished the top in a week or so (using the paper template and hand sewing...