I remember someone in this group had a "magic" method for finding lost items. Well, I bought this new quilting book. I read it. I skimmed through it another time. I told my sister I bought it since I knew she was interested in the book and would likely want to borrow it. For my birthday she...

I placed a large (for me!) order with Creative Grids on Friday: it arrived today at lunchtime! :) Well done CG, well done the post office. Now I have a stack of stuff and I don't know what to keep out as 'birthday present' and what to let DH stash away as 'Christmas present'. Hmmm... I think...

Wooohooooo!!!!! I invite everyone to join me in doing the Happy Dance around the Christmas Tree because The Tinkerbell quilt I made for my son to give his girlfriend is now finished. And in time for Christmas. It's labeled, washed, dried and ready to wrap. Whew!! I was beginning to sweat whether...

DD1 is here for the holidays, so she could not respond to a request from the US Embassy in Bangkok, where she lives, for volunteers to go to the Thailand seacoast resorts and help sort out survivors. Headlines today were shocking: around 50,000 dead so far. We sent a donation to the emergency fund...

I would like to host this swap with a deadline of having blocks into me around June 1, or Aug 1. This is not a sign up here now post- this is a discussion right now. Evil Sunbonnet Sue isn't the demure maiden in a dress with a hat doing something like sniffing roses or interspersed with her buddy...

Please remember a friend of mine in your prayers. Sonya gave birth today to boy/girl twins and neither survived. Her husband is in Europe on business and trying desperately to get home quickly. They have no family support in the area. Thanks Nana

Not off topic in my never humble opinion. After all, without fabric (aka stash) one cannot make a quilt! I am tidying and organizing the sewing room and stash. I've been pondering how to sort the small bits. My small quilting group has a fabric strip exchange of a designated color or theme...

I finished both Christmas tree skirts for my DDs and their families! Yay! They'd been asking for a tree skirt for a couple of years, but Christmas kept sneaking up on me without getting them made. This year I decided I'd make them *now* so as to be sure to get them done. G I've never seen square...

Hello - So....after ten - yes, I said 10 - blood transfusions, my daughter is healing from a hysterectomy performed shortly before her 30th birthday. It seems her dr. perforated her uterus and lacerated her uterine artery last during a D and C following her miscarriage in January. I don't even...

Here are photos of my Christmas Lap Quilt that I had spray basted instead of pin basting because I had cut my thumb pretty bad. It become loose some as I was quilting. I got it done yesterday and put the label on it today. It turned out pretty good considering. Actually looking at it today I think...

Has anybody heard anything about the fact that WalMart did not have any special sales this year on Black Friday? They supposedly lost a lot of money from not doing it this year. Now they are having it today instead. At least that's what I heard on CNN this morning. But of course our...

Hi All, Does anyone have the new October JoAnn Fabrics coupon yet ( the internet web site for the coupon)???? Thanks in advance. Kris ( in northern Virginia)

I just finished the top of my blue and yellow Storm at Sea (I do hope my message of thanks for all the useful ideas showed up; I could not see it!) and have created a rudimentary homepage with its picture on it. It seems to me awfully huge, but it was the best I could do with such limited time to...

Karen, our dear Queen of Squishies needs our heavy duty prayers please. She has made a huge choice today regarding her stepdad and all the doings with him has taken a toll on her. She needs our love and super strength prayers and love. Thank you. Diana -- Vote this November (U.S.A.)

My friend in NJ needs a new rice bag. Seems silly to make it and fill it here in Nebraska and mail it to her. Would be simpler to make the bag here, mail it to her and she fills it with rice there. However, how can I make a closure that will hold the rice that DOESN'T involve sewing on her part?...

You may remember that a few weeks ago I bought a 15-91 Singer on ebay. The plan was to clean it up, get it going and lend it to my beginner quilter to use until she could afford an SM with the few bells and whistles that she likes. The 15-91 arrived. DH took her down to his shop to tend. Bless his...

In my estimation ( which may not be worth much) the Americans should stop sending their tax dollars to all of these others countries who seem to hate them so much. How would that set with the rest of the world??? The Americans have most likely helped every other country in the world and each of...

My 33 y.o. DS is having cancer surgery Thursday afternoon in NH. He is the father of two of my granddarlings and going thru a nasty divorce on top of this- he needed this diagnosis like.... well, you know. We'd sure appreciate any good thoughts and prayers you can spare. Mrs. Collins- so...

How early do you all start to put out the Holiday Quilts? Fortunately, all in the household here agree that nothing Christmas goes up before December 1 as we're still enjoying Thanksgiving. However, how soon into December came up at dinner. So, are your holiday quilts out all ready, will they be...

I love to do Patchwork is there a particular Newsgroup which deals with just patchwork that anyone can help me with please. Thank You Bren