My work has an "Aloha Day" every other Friday. I am in search of a FQ or half yard of pink flamingos with Hawaiian leis fabric, if it exists. I have a wide variety of fabrics in my stash and will happily trade like for like. The plan is to make a vest, this way I can wear a plain shirt underneath...

I just found that the new-to-me Kenmore 158.1400 has not bobbin case. Sigh. Bobbins I have. Does anyone know where I can get one, or is it possible that the bobbin case from my old Singer 834 would work? What should I look for if I try to swap them? Any help is appreciated. My FW needs a good...

This is funny. http://www.maniacworld.com/Mens-Brains-vs-Womens-Brains.html Good for a laught this afternoon. Ginger in CA

1. If you eat a Christmas cookie fresh out of the oven, it has no calories because everyone knows that the first cookie is the test and thus calorie free. 2. If you drink a diet soda after eating your second cookie, it also has no calories because the diet soda cancels out the cookie calories. 3....

My co-worker does a lot of cross-stitch. She gave me a sandwich sized bag of bits and pieces of embroidery floss, in all kinds of colors. Some pretty long pieces. If anyone wants this, please email me off group - free to the first person! Also, last night I made zucchini bread, thanks to one...

Happy International Left-handers Day! from one left-handed quilter/crafter to the rest of us! Ginger in CA proud to be a minority!

To those in the southeast in the path of the storms, stay safe, it may be a good day to do hand work when the power goes out. For Taria and those in the upper desert here, stay safe with the big fire nearby in the hills between Los Angeles and Las Vegas! Ginger in CA a very foggy start to the...

If anyone is a member, I just found out my good friend Dawn Farrier will be flying from California this weekend, to present a workshop and be a guest speaker for your guild. She will also be teaching at Houston IQF! Not bad for someone who hates to fly ;) If you see her, please tell he "hi", and...

Hope everyone is braced for the storm making the news. Take care, all. To our "Sandy"s here on the group, we know you aren't nearly as destructive as this storm appears, unless it is attacking your fabric stash ;) Ginger in CA

It's that time of year, again. Every September or October the Santa Ana winds come through southern California, the hot dry winds coming off the desert out to the coast. We now have a 4000+ acre fire basically northeast of me, smoke blowing this way. Lots of fire support from the air and ground....

Sigh. I tried, really I did. DH just sold his 1968 Pontiac Grand Prix (biiig old American car, weight 2 1/2 tons) to a guy in Australia. His agent picked it up this afternoon while I was at work. I kept telling DH that I needed to go with the car to make sure it got there okay, and to pad the car...

Here's a tip of the hat/helmet to our veterans today. Actually, I do it everyday but today they are "officially" recognized. Veterans from as far back as I remember (my father was at Pearl Harbor 12/7/1941) to the current ones serving our country all over the world. They all have my prayers for...

Well, it's gotten to me. After reading all these posts recently about machines, it got under my skin. New ones, old ones, found ones, remembered ones. The bug bit. Boy howdy! did it ever. A week ago I owned only my old Singer 834 Stylist, a workhorse of a machine that has stuck by me for years....

My local paper had an article this morning to advertise our own Jennifer C going to be at a nearby library! Yippee do! I am headed there next Thurs night to see her and hear her talk. A local guild will be showing quilts, and they have offered door prize tickets to anyone who brings a quilt for...

Subject: Pink and White M & M's Pass this on to all of your friends. There are many women out there who have breast cancer. Lets do all we can to support this cause. New Pink & White M&M's The makers of M&M candies has teamed up with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to raise funds...

Went to Bakersfield today and met up with Butterfly to go to the show there. We had a grand old time! Nice small show and many vendors I hadn't seen before. And, wouldn't you know, that lady taught me to crochet today, also. I am tickled pink about that! Now, still wondering just who this...

I have been looking at the website for Pacific Rim Quilt Company out of Seattle, WA. Their website is www.prqc.com. I had a question for them and got a very quick and nice response. They don't have a shop but only a web-store. Wonder if anyone has used them, as they had some real cool...

Thanks to everyone who has been worried about our Mz Butterfly. I just spoke to her husband and he told me he brought her home from the hospital today! She's happy, Joe is happy, Lucy-dog is ecstatic!!! She was resting (well, sleeping really) when I got thru on the phone, but Joe says she is doing...

Butterfly, My yahoo! doesn't recognize your email address to send you a message, although it is allowing me to receive from you. If you have another addy to send to, please send it! Dang, I'll get thru somehow ;)) Have a peace-filled/piece-filled day, Ginger in CA

After oh! so many years here, Taria and I met up today, at the Long Beach Quilt show. O, what a good time we had! Lots of oohing and aahing at the quilts, drooling over color choices and patterns, applauding the level of imagination and creativity. We decided there is not much new on the market...