Hi all It's been a while since I've done any regular posting so hi to the new folks, congrats on your new quilts and condolences to those we have lost or been sick. Tuesday morning my mom and I caught a ferry to the Sunshine Coast. This is actually part of the mainland of B.C. but you have to...

I am Rhoda E. Wicker's daughter. I am writing back to follow up on previous, recent messages concerning her health. My mother passed away quietly, in her sleep, about two months from her admission under Hospice to a care facility a fifteen-minute drive from our home.. She died this past Tuesday,...

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My husband says my stash is out of control! I've managed to pull together four collections of cotton fabric suitable for quilting and consigned them to sale on Ebay. My bereavement is your gain! g There are a few fat quarters in here, but mostly these are one and two yard cuts. Gorgeous...

Well we have broken out the quilts, afghans, sweaters and anything else that might keep us warm! At 10:20 of a Sunday morning it is -9 degrees F, with a -21 F windchill. That is approximately -23 C with a -29 C windchill for all you metric folks. Our insulation is for crap too. The cats are...

Can anyone guid me to a site on how to make a curved pinwheel block! Tia -- Estelle UK /ph//my_photos -- Estelle UK...

Hello group, I am looking for a ( folded star quilt or pillow top pattern). I have been looking everywhere for this pattern.The last time i saw it was in the 80s. my mom bought it a wall-mart and she taught me to make my first pillow. i havnt seen it since. I am now interested in learning to quilt....

I need to recommend to a friend which lovely white cotton is the very best for printing photographs. It's not something I've done in a long while and I only remember that it was Kona or Kona Bay. It was a smooth, finely woven perfect surface. Anyone remember? I'm sure I've written it down...

I feel like a total dunce asking this - but does anyone here have EQ6 - and if so, do they like it? Is it easy to learn/use? Do the "advanced pattern design" features work as well as the web site says they do? Also, I've heard that EQ is raster based (using pixels) while Illy (my drawing app of...

Help! I'm a little confused. I've heard people say they pre wash their fabrics and others say they don't bother. I know it's probably best to because of shrinkage and dye running, but do you really have to wash everything i.e. scraps, squares, etc. or is it just large pieces? Thanks in...

So I come across a neat quilt in Fons and Porter's magazine (sept./oct. 2008) It is called Mariner's in a Pickle. It could work for what I want to do. Under the materials list is 2-3/4 yds of 17 prints. 2 yds. for binding and 14 yards for backing. That comes to a whopping 62-3/4 yards. My...

I've wondered if I have a problem. When I stop to think of all the quilting projects I am currently working on - some more than others. I'm working on "Over the River and Through the Woods", a batik quilt, my everlastingly large handquilting project, a machine quilting project, a quilt for my...

I'm finding myself more and more laid up... and it is too hard to sew... cuz I can't hold my neck or my head the way I need to... to do it! GRRR But I can kill time in my recliner... head supported... laptop in my lap. So what online games do you recommend that will help me kill time? PS --...

I happened to notice that, after a long hiatus, Sentimental Stitches posted more of their Midget quilt blocks, 90-108: http://sentimentalstitches.net/free-stuff/midget-blocks/ OR: http://tinyurl.com/2go8r3 More were posted on their regular blog as "Midget Mania", which have not yet made it...

Hi all. I bought the Martelli rotary cutter while at the Houston Quilt show. It's supposed to be ergonomically correct and be much easier to cut with a ruler. I'm having NO luck with it. It seems to be flimsy in the holder and I can't stay on a line against the ruler. I end up with...

How is this pronounced please? I just realized I have been running around calling boo-tee.

Eventually, I hope to buy a machine that is more suited to machine quilting than my Kenmore (although I've got no complaints with it as a good standard sewing machine). And no, I won't be buying a long-arm--can't afford it. That said, I'd be very interested to hear what features you think are...

I stumbled across these pics and thought they were cute! Reminded me of all the postcards folks were doing! I guess I don't eat enough altoids -- because I'm not sure how big those tins are... or what they will hold... but the are...

Just wanting people's thoughts on this. You can e-mail me privately if you wish. I'm not looking for a flame war, just some honest real life thoughts. The first website is a site you can look up the shots a lot of us received as children. The actually little piece of paper that comes with the shot...

Yes, it's that time of year again, when a quilter's thoughts turn to the greatest of all holidays, Halloween! Ok, it may not be the greatest holiday to everyone, but it is to me! G Therefore, it's time to start thinking about my annual Halloween swap, which is still nameless at this point....