The Time; Tonight at 6:30 pm CST The Place; http://www2.bernina8series.com/ The Reason; The official launch of the Series 8 Machines Be There or Be Square.

Today my S.O. went to Walmart's and bought fabric. It is all $3.96 a yard. It looks so thin and the colors are not great. She has purchased from her quilt store where she takes lessons but thinks the $6-$9 per yard to much. What do you think? My opinion is that if you are going to put in all...

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I've been busy sewing summer play clothes for GD and teaching her sewing at the same time. That means, at 12 yr. old the first part of July, she has been helping me and learning at the same time. This week end we will be making matching headbands, and maybe quilting material to make a tote...

I recently purchased a design collection disc from Dakota Collectibles. Upon reviewing the design colors, I find that the color names Dakota specifies (i.e. Dk. Dk. Rust, Blue4, Lt. Green2, etc.) do not correspond with any of the brands of embroidery threads we currently have. I checked Dakota's...

A while back, someone here recommended a book: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I couldn't put it down; I just finished it and LOVED it! So, thanks. I had gotten it from Library to read during and after my upcoming Hospital Adventure, but I've already finished it. Now I need a...

after our own frappr map being set up i thot it was so cool i posted about it on a yahoo group. a rather large and also int'l group. i thot it might be something useful for that group too. holy smokes, i got rapped over the knuckles for that and i just dont see what i did that was so wrong. it...

Popping out of lurkdom.... Around 1999/2000 a bunch of us were madly swapping squares and making millennium quilts. I got mine finished apart from the binding (which still isnt done) and I am ashamed to say he has lurked in a large bag ever since as I didnt have anywhere large enough to put...

Hello! I am brand, spanking new at quilting, and I would like very much to get some advice. Exactly what kind of thread should I use for my first quilting project. It will be a four-patch with a twist, using cotton thread. While exploring the Internet, I see all kinds of threads - 35 wt., 40-wt.,...

"M. Wetmore" wrote in message ... I mentioned the 221parts.com problem on a list and several people wrote to me asking how they could read the whole thread that ran on this newsgroup. I advised them to look it up on Google. ...

I don't mean to complain by any means, but is having something shipped from eQuilter a week after ordering it normal?? Do any of ya'll order from them regularly? If so, is taking that long normal?? I've not ordered from them in over 6 years, so I can't for the life of me remember if it took that...

Hi all, I am feeling extremely sad at the moment as my beautiful boy Winston went to Rainbow Bridge this morning. http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2978131790098582112qMvyrj I miss him so much and can't stop crying. I want him back. --

pant, pant, pant.... I am about 3/4 of the way finished with cutting 5,824 pcs. for my queen size Starflake quilt. I started a week ago last Monday. ACK!! Karen, tired insane queen -- ************************** All of us are in the gutter,

Is there a medical test for physical proof of A.D.D. versus emotional need type of acting-out A.D.D.? Karen, Queen of Squishies _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ music is all around us, all you have to do is listen

I'd like to try some big stitch or utility quilting (I've heard it called both) for one of my basted, but unfinished projects. I was going to machine quilt, but have decided that I won't get the look I want, plus, I enjoyed hand-quilting that wall hanging I did, and want to do some more. The quilt...

Hi, I'm Sandy and live in central Florida. I am mainly a lurker, don't have lots to say but love reading about everyone else. I'm 60 years old and have been widowed for the last six years. We had been married for over 30 years. I have one son ( 42, disabled and lives with me), one step son...

Today Meg grabbed my scraps off the floor and shoved them under the foot of the machine, which was unplugged. I showed her how to turn the wheel to sew the bits together. I think its beautiful!!! I think I need to start looking for a hand crank machine for her for next summer. By then she will be...

Hullo Susan What a lovely surprise. I recognised the name 'Wakeman', but didn't think it was you back with us after so long. We have had a few trolls since you were last here, and - sadly - it has made us a bit wary. Hope you can understand. It's really good to see you. When I have a bit of...

Just thought I'd mention this for what it is worth... Yesterday, as I was finishing up some UFOs (three done so far!) I needed to use an spool of thread that I know I've had for at least five years, maybe as many as eight years, without ever using it before. It's a Coats & Clark spool and I'm not...

I've been perusing quilting magazine looking for one I liked and could suggest to DS's and DH that a subscription would make a nice little BD gift. Came across the June 2003 issue of Quilter's World. They have the directions in there for a wacky-wedge quilt that is gorgeous. It's called "Wizard's...