"Vikki in WA State" wrote in message ... It was hot, but I didn't have to work and had two paychecks in my pocket. snip Now I sit 50 miles from my broken car. Never, EVER let your car know you have any extra money -- it will...

My best friend brought her sewing machine over to me last night to see if I could do anything with it. Her boyfriend bought it for her last Christmas so she has had it for a little over a year. It is a Brother XL6562. I think he got it at WalMart. sigh I don't know why he didn't ask me first. ...

I hope all our RCTQ members are high and dry. The Northeast has certainly had some bad flooding. Have any of you seen it first hand? -- Kathyl remove "nospam-" before mchsi http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz

Hi everyone, Doing a bit of a happy dance here as I finished my moon box! I have pictures of how it looks with the trim around the box, as well as a side view so you can see the "legs" I added to it. It was fun to come up with unusual materials for those :-). This is the piece that has Dianna's...

For the past couple of months my newsreader has been much slower than normal. It can take up to 10 seconds to load a message now whereas before it was almost instantaneous. And the few times I've tried to post to the newsgroup I thought it was going to time out. I'm presently using the...

from the basement to the 2nd floor! When we moved here from MN last summer -- set up temporary sewing quarters in our unfinished basement. It has worked well and I have **stolen** more room than I was supposed to! The extra space was nice -- but the exposed ceilings and concrete walls were a...

I would like to know more about dying.

In my HD thread, someone (She maybe) asked about how my guild's UFO challenge works. In the Stuck thread, several posters ask about how to choose a project and move on. I think a description of the UFO challenge will answer that issue. Here goes. The Organizers (L&N) set the 'rules' as follows....

I have a pattern for a 9" flower basket block, with four sets of "spikes" up each side, and a different pattern for a 10" flower basket block with three sets of "spikes" up each side. What I need is a pattern for a 12" flower basket block with four sets of "spikes" up each side. Why does every...

To all my Jewish Friends!!!!!! -- Rita http://myquilts.com

Why can't I make a scrap quilt with all my bits and pieces without using a pattern? I have searched the net far and wide and according to all I see and read I must use a pattern even to make something with scraps of fabrics? I guess what I want to know is, how would I sew together all odd sizes...

Fair went very well. I entered 7 quilts and got 4 ribbons. Mom and I had a joint quilt that won a blue! Finished packing up Mom's house and got her moved to Paducah. All of this between Wednesday and Sunday. I feel like balloon with the air let out, but happy that things went as well as they...

Hi everyone! Help! I need opinions! Does anyone have a copy of the book 'Taking the Math Out of Patchwork' by Judy Martin and Bonnie Lehman? If so, do you highly recommend it for beginners? Do any current book(s) cover all of the topics addressed in the book? Here's the short version of why I am...

Poor little Giles is covered in hives. She is itchy all over. I know oatmeal baths are soothing, and I can buy some Aveeno bath stuff, but I have oats in my cupboard right now and was wondering if I could use those? Do I need to put them in a muslin bag? Would a paper coffee filter work if I staple...

Hi there folks. I just go back from being away from my home for a couple of days. I am so glad I have a home to come to! In town here there are well over 200 homes gone. We are talking about in town! Some houses that survived other bad fires over the years are gone. I am not far from where the...

Some of you have mentioned these from time to time, and I've seen some of the patterns, which look amazing. Who here does these regularly? What is your opinion on them? Do you find them expensive? Just wonderin', Lynne in Toronto

Can someone suggest what the best time would be to visit Kentucky to see the big quilt exhibit there ... we'll be celebrating our 25th anniversary this September so are making plans to visit one of our most favourite places. Also I'd like to know what the best quilt shops around there are,...

One of my LQS gives 25% off your entire purchase once during the week of your birthday. My BD is on Thursday and I will be in Pittsburgh (hopefully will be able to meet up with Mickie) so I went shopping today. I bought the fabric for my double Irish Chain that I want to make for my bed. It is...

My lovely little not-quite-10-year-old niece is just about ready for her first sewing machine. She was here this past weekend and sewed with me. She has great motor skills and is very intuitive about how things work and connecting concepts. Her great aunt has offered to foot the bill if I will...

I just completed assembling tumbling blocks of various sizes for my first quilt. I am just now checking out how to turn under the raw edges 3/16" in preparation to machine applique the blocks to my base fabric. My wife suggested that I use her glue sticks to tack the turned under edges. I tried...