...Or, The Day Job! http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk/KatePages/Costuming/Katherine_of_Aragon/katherine_of_aragon_project.htm Also just completed an Old Ivory coloured Regency style dress for my Miss Havisham customer: I have another one to do for her, plus a hat. -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q...

I know a lot of you have been unhappy with your Rowenta irons, but I'm going to mourn the loss of mine. It must have been about 15 years old. Just a few minutes ago it made a buzzy noise (like a short circuit), had sparks coming out the bottom, smelled bad and started smoking. A spectacular...

It is with much much sadness I have to thank you all for your prayers, good wishes and thoughts over the past week but we have just laid Magnificent Merlot to rest in the backyard in his favourite sunny spot. We found him in the yard of the neighbour who last saw him, well the neighbour did. ...

I have just had a one line e-mail which said that POLLY IS ALIVE. It didn't say where/how/when or any details about the family at all. Just what I've told you - but that's all we were longing to hear isn't it. It was just one line, from a man I've never heard of, and a name I didn't recognise as...

I just got home a little bit ago. DD1 got clipped by an SUV about a block from her house. It mostly caught her with the side mirror, which broke off. She picked it up, walked home, and called me while she was on that trembling edge between shock and tears. She was verging on incoherent, so I...

I bought 3 metres of this lovely on sale . Now, I'm not sure what I'm going to do with it.... Ideas, everyone? http://cgi.ebay.com/Rich-RED-FLORAL-Stylized-Roses-BORDER-Stripe-Fabric_W0QQitemZ330158091123QQihZ014QQcategoryZ28162QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting -- Kim...

http://community.webshots.com/album/553586298rIdAgx I finally finished this little one - I took the liberty of adding a few more blocks. Some were extras I had already made and a couple of others were made from Jeanne's false starts!! Couldn't leave those out!!! This was fun - even if I wasn't...

I know chemo patients get cold and that many things feel like sandpaper. I'm looking for a fleece cap pattern and any other info for helping someone who will be going through chemo and radiation treatments for throat cancer. Anyone have any web pages to share? Debra in VA See my quilts...

Please, if you have a moment, direct good thoughts towards my friend Alex, in the Ukraine. He is spending all day and night taking care of his mother - she is completely bed bound now, and he is cleaning and dressing wounds several times a day, plus administering injections 4 times a day. All of...

Just curious........ What was your biggest fear when you began quilting? and have you conquered that fear? Mine was selecting fabric........I didn't have a clue. The instructor told us to pick a focus fabric and match the other colors to it. It took me forever! Now I enjoy it.......it's almost...

Thanks to all for your feedback on this topic. I now have several books on my summer reading/quilting list and an excellent list of guidelines for making miniatures. Since I won't be doing much gardening this summer due to back problems, I look forward to doing more sewing. (A terrific "back"...

Seeing as there is so much chat on here, I was wondering what you were all quilting. I'm trying to finish a quilt for DD#1 that I've been trying to finish for x years!!! -- Janner "Quite often lately I have the feeling I don't know what's going on..." --- Snoopy! "You have to have a Dream!"

Hi all, I've decided that to celebrate my birthday and recent (re)discovery of the child in me by having a child's birthday party :-) Since this will be my 40th birthday I figure the age I will celebrate is 04. Since I never really had parties as a kid and don't have children I am at a bit of a...

I am terribly sorry that I offended you...But must you be so nasty about it. I didn't realize there was a strict no advertising policy and now that I do, I will not post there. I assure you that I am not what you are accusing me unjustifiably of. Apparently you do not practice the Golden...

Hi, Friday night I walked into to climbing gym and saw that everybody was wearing skirts. Imagine (if you can) men climbing in dresses and heels, size 20 prom dresses, sarongs, or mini-skirts, and women climbing in cute, short little dresses from the 60's! I asked what was up and was told they...

Hi all DH and I bought ourselves a joint Christmas present today. A digital camera. I've been playing around with it so we will be used to all functions on Christmas Eve!!! Thought I would test it out and have posted the picture of the wallhanging I have made for DS GF for Christmas. I have a...

Leslie: Tuesday morning I had *such* good intentions! I hadn't slept well that night, so when I sat down to rest while getting ready to leave, I fell asleep for two hours! I woke up, slapped everything together and rushed out the door. Thirty minutes down the road, I realized I forgot my...

Can anybody advise me about hand quilting with a hoop? I find that I really enjoy piecing by hand, but now that I have a twin-size top basted together ready for quilting, it's not fun anymore. Since this quilt has been all hand work up to now I'd like have the experience of quilting it by hand. ...

There has been some discussion on binding fabric for your quilts. Is there enough fabric and in the right colour etc. in one's stash? I have a suggestion that you might like to consider. Make a binding using leftover pieces of five or six of the fabrics used in the quilt itself. I have been doing...

Hi Quilters: I just thought some of you might be interested in signing this petition to keep Simply Quilts on the air twice a day. Please forgive me if I have broken an etiquette rule by posting this. I am not trying to start any trouble. HGTV has announced that beginning September 29th, Simply...