WOW, Wow, and WOW I spent most of the day speechless. If anyone thought I was addicted to quilting this past year - they ain't seen nothin yet! Now, I will become an obsessive/compulsive quilter! I have posted a few of my favorites from today (and will try to post each day) The Astros game...

Stolen from Ronnie W: Here is a compilation of a lot of what others have already about buying a first machine, plus a couple of other comments. This FAQ also applies to those who are in the market for a new machine, having used one particular model for a few(?) years. Many thanks to Salley...

Our refrigerator died. I mean big time absolutely un-recoverably died. Compressor, fan, water tubes to the ice maker - everything - beyond repair. Buy a new one? Only expensive but still not easy. FIRST ! I don't WANT a big stainless steel 800 lb gorilla sitting in my beautiful kitchen. ...

I have tried to get my Wiss pinking shears sharpened locally. No good. No one does it anymore around here anymore (Sacramento CA). Boo Hoo Does anyone have a contact for some place in the US where I can send my pinking shears for sharpening? liz young (in cloudy california)

I was admiring the gorgeous quilt that won the top prizes at this year's local guild quilt show a few weeks back today. It was made by one of the owners of the LQS here. I opined that picking the fabrics must have been really a hoot when she said that she hadn't picked any, it was a kit. OK, I...

Ok, it's time to take the survey again - who is preggers in 2006? It can be yourself or a family member. When is the due date? Do you know what the sex of the baby is? Twins? Triplets? Are you making a quilt? Bonus points for revealing the name choices. Extra bonus points for the first RCTQ baby...

Would anybody know where to find Grateful Dead fabric or any with Jerry on it? Thank you for any help. Country Sharon -85

I just finished the medallion center of a square quilt, and now need to figure out how to lengthen it so it is bed-quilt sized. I think what I want to do is put a row of blocks along the "top" and "bottom" so it is rectangular. I have a bunch of striped fabric that matches the fabric used in...

Hey! I have the top almost done, no borders as of yet. I can't make up my mind- Does the quilt need a flying geese border, or a HST border? I am prepared for both, but need another opinion before I start cutting. I can hear you, jeanne. Yeah, I thought I had my mind made up, too. But DH likes...

I've updated 162 entries in the directory. If you haven't gotten in touch with me to have yourself put in the directory, you are running out of time! Saturday is the end. I WILL NOT extend that date as I have in the past cuz it never ends. You've all had a month. If you miss that date, you will...

Does anyone else live near a Universal Studios attraction? I do, and they've been running ads for their Halloween Horror Nights event. The ad shows a maniacal-looking guy ("The Director") setting up camera shots of a terrified man in a bathtub full of water, who is then electrocuted (you see...

Hubby decided to "help" me with cleaning my sewing room. (No comment here) anyhow, Took an hour and half to find the bobbins, thread. but I cannot find the directions to my sewing machine (above) and want to do free motion sewing. Any adiveice? Remove the foot? make adjustment below? Please help...

I have had a couple of people into my quilt store looking for the book that was featured in a quilt magazine not to long ago on how to make quilted, insulated shades for the windows. They function much like a roman shade but are a bit different. If you have the magazine the pattern or book was...

http://www.wilmakarels.nl/sitemap.html could some of you who are now in saturday and others in sunday load some of the pages on this site and tell us what you get? i think this is bizarre to say the least. a revenue loss sadly as well. cheers jeanne where its sunday, 11am, as i type this --...

In all the time I have been on this NG I have not heard any discussion on waxing quilting thread when hand quilting. I am wondering if I am the only one that does this or are there others that do this. I do know it make the thread much easier to work with and less likely to fray along the way...

Yes, these are all true. They are finally out again. You all know about the Darwin Awards. It's an annual honor given to the person who did the gene pool the biggest service by killing themselves in the most extraordinarily stupid way. Last year's winner was the fellow who was killed by a Coke...

I know there is a list keeper out there somewhere for a list of who is Queen of what. I would like to know if there is a Queen of Packrats, and would like to challenge the current one (if there is one). Where should I post my resume (of sorts giggle) for review? If I can't be Queen...

Hi Wendy, thought I'd put my two bits in as am doing both. I used to teach at my retail premises and charged for the class. When I closed the retail,the classes wanted to continue, the day classes I charged for as it was my income and the night one which I wasn't that keen on being held to...

Hi Everyone, I haven't been on because we are still going through a mess with our house since the fir on May 15th. Well, as I think you all know I fell and broke my nose during the fire trying to get to the neighbors to get a fire extinguisher. About 2 weeks after that I feel in Lowe's(a...

Today I bought a new iron to replace the 1 month-old one that malfunctioned. My new iron is the Westinghouse Thermocolor - What fun! When you first plug it in the water tank glows blue, then it changes to green, purple, then red as it warms up to the hottest setting. I think I finally found a...