A friend of mine is being treated for a brain tumor. After sucessful surgery, he is now undergoing chemo and radiation. A Support Circle page was set up for him so that his status can be posted and friends and family can send messages. This is the OT portion of this post. A Support Circle can...

Hi all, A quick begging post. I have entered my little girl Iona in an online competition to find the "new face of Calpol" which is an infant medicine. There are thousands of entries so I would really appreciate it if you would take a sec to vote for her. The url is...

A cheapo Black and Decker, probably dating back to the early '80s. I've only been a sewist/quilter for five years, so it's not been worked *that* hard... Worked fine last night, but this afternoon it didn't seem to be getting as hot as usual. Now it won't heat at all. My QIs have no interest...

I woke up to thunder, lightning and sleet this morning. Should be an interesting day. At least I won't feel guilty about sewing all day....as long as the power stays on! Hope everyone is safe and sound. Stay warm! KJ

http://community.webshots.com/photo/2712823280053918257urQjqL I've moved anther quilt from the "waiting to be quilted" file to the "done" one! Yea! I'm not thrilled with my machine quilting job, but it will pass the galloping horse test. I've also put up pictures of the finished! quilt my...

Hi everyone, I am trying to figure out how much backing fabric I will need for a 60x90 quilt. The calculators I found online and in EQ5 only gave me fabric requirements for the top. I have been trying to figure it out on the calculator, but I am stuck on the number to divide by after...

Here is my 1st attempt at a convergence quilt: http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/album05/conv It was really fun & super fast to work with. -- Terbear~Curator of the HUG Gallery~ http://gallery.ppwp.com/gallery/HUGS

Yes, folks, spring is almost here. First televised Cubs game is Sunday. :) It's time to sign up for the baseball fabric swap. You don't have to be a baseball fan, watch any games, know any player names, or even know which way they run around the bases. You just have to be willing to trade 6.5"...

If you're not sick of them yet, I've uploaded a few more postcards to webshots. The new ones are in the More Postcards album. I've also started to add some photos to the Quilts album. http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=548556058&security=IMvWKL -- Donna There is...

I need 8 of these for the setting of my RCTQ BOM quilt and my brain has gone on vacation :-( I know the formula for making HST's the quick way (sewing .25" on either side of a diagonal line) but I don't think this will work for a rectangle, will it? Does anyone know of a quick way to do these? Or...

Finished my RCTQ B.O.M. top today! I still want to add applique to the black sections.... http://community.webshots.com/photo/265345073/2876364630065073296CwudyB of course, wouldn't you know I'd be holding the quilt top upside down when DH took the picture. How do I know? Now this you really...

DS and his wife surprised me with a Christmas puppy this weekend! Her name is JJ (Jada Jarhead) and she's a 5 month old Boxer. Yippee! Pictures are in the album marked JJ (see link below) Musicmaker http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/cbet_99/my_photos

DRUMROLLL PUH-LEASEEEEEEEEE! This is the FINAL block in our 12 month long rotation. After this it is the home stretch of construction. February is completing the top and March is completing the quilts!!!!! NOTE: If you want to skip ahead to the January blocks and skip the background info,...

I promised to send someone horse fabric to help a young niece or neighbor make a quilt. Who was it? I thought it was Teri but when I emailed her yesterday she didn't know anything about it. Whoever it was I need to apologize. The fabric I offered must have been given away already. It isn't in my...

I decided to celebrate the new year by tidying up my sewing room. The resulting disaster (when my enthusiasm outran my work capacity) can be seen at - http://community.webshots.com/album/535355289HRVevr Anyone want to come Down Under and help me restore order to this mess?

The annual RCTQ Quilting week is coming up - January 21 to the 27th. Feel free to spend any or all of that week doing something quilty. Sort the stash, go on a S.E.X.pedition, cut, sew, baste, quilt, or even look at others' quilts to get...

There are 3 people I didn't recognize (or didn't show up when I googled). Ellen (nice name tho) PamperedUP and I have only seen one posting for S R Glickman

Started working on it last night, and finished this afternoon....boy, I sat on this project for almost a year (why do I do that).... wanted to get it out of the way before I finish some other projects, and boy am I glad I did. This is for my mother...she is going to use it for travel back and forth...

Tomorrow I have my British citizenship ceremony (a bit of a misnomer, since they (we?) are not citizens here, but subjects of the Queen). So soon, I will have dual nationality, and 2 passports. I just have to promise not to hurt the Queen or any of her family, and then I finally get the right to...

Ok, so many of you know I could hide my own Easter eggs and never find them all. This morning I've been cutting my Wonder Under into 8.5 x11" sheets so I can print off applique patterns. My bolt is getting down to the end and my paper is getting wrinkly. I have cut my sheets and, NOW THIS IS THE...