Hello, As some of you know, I am the "Queen of Procrastination," aka the "Empress of UFOs." I need some ideas for a lap size hug quilt. I need something that will be easy to piece and quilt. However, since I'm not particularly good at MQing unless the block size is relatively small, I will...

My LQS just moved into bigger digs, and it's a pretty good store for the size of the town. I certainly found a lot of pretty fabric. BUT when I asked where the hand quilting thread was, they looked at me like I had two heads and pointed to a display of big cones in about 12 colors. No...

I decided last week I needed an Ipod. I am a gadget person and 72 years old. I subscribed to Alex Anderson's and two or 3 others. Do any of you gals know of any I have missed? PS also the foodguru wow is he good. I made his Creme Brulee. So good Pat

Does anyone know if such a thing exists? I swear I've seen it at Joann's, but I can't find it on their website. Not only theirs, but I can't find it anywhere, not ebay, not even cafepress (on a t-shirt or something). So, does such a thing exist? -- Anita --

My Dearest Friends, I am stunned ! I never thought that I would be ever on the other end of a hug quilt. I love making blocks for other peoples hugs and hearing about their joy of receiving a quilt. I cried and murmured"oh, my God" about 50 times! it is so, so beautiful and the quilting is...

http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2583734160046414451tqOIMQ I did the pieced block (HARD - never did get everything to quite match!!!), and both of the paper-pieced ones since I couldn't make up my mind which to try. Since we're waiting on Elly to be up to full computer power to give us...

Do any of you folks collect vintage notions? I know some of you c ollect old sewing machines. I have found a very few obviously quite old tiny boxes of needes. Most are hand needles -- the teeniest little things I have ever seen. I think I have one little container of machine needles. And,...

I mentioned Taria's comment about the warranty while dh was getting ready for work this morning. He laughed and said "dammit". I've flooded his inbox at work with all the other comments (at least the ones that agree with my opinion) just for fun. A couple facts that make this even more funny -...

If you have any extras, I could certianly use them today and in the weeks to come. A friend of my daughters house burned this past Friday evening. It is a total loss. Thankfully, no one was home and the family pet was at her sister's house. I hate to hear of fires any time of year but it's...

After spending all weekend running up and down the stairs, from my sewing machine to my dh's computer (mine is in the process of crashing so I'm desperately saving/backing up all those things that I really can't bear to lose before the final crash comes), I got to thinking about quilty...

I'm home! Unfortunately, there were so many messages waiting for me that I've marked all but one as "read" and will continue from there. So, happy dances and hugs to all who need them -- I hope you understand. :) I had a wonderful time -- as always. I had two very good classes and a really nice...

I need a Spunky Lady logo to go on the care/information sheets that will be included with each item that I make. I am not good at internet searches, so I'm asking for your help. I have something in mind like the Maxine comic strip character- http://tinyurl.com/yvj2lu I especially like the...

*Martha's Way* Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips. *Maxine's Way * Just suck the ice cream out of the bottom of the cone, for Pete's sake! You are probably lying on the couch with your feet up eating it, anyway!

Hi folks, Still reading the group, not posting as frequently - quilting more this last six months (no vacations g. A short update on our Abyssinian kitten. Not so good and then some better news. The kitten "RIngo" took sick 2 days after getting him, two weeks of vet treatment couldn't find...

Hi Two questions on table runners: 1) What size runner would you make to go on a 44" x 66" table? 2) Anyone got any good ideas for a two colour (red & white) runner? My first thoughts are to pick one or two simple blocks from Quilter's Cache and make a runner about 48" x 12" long.

http://www.kcci.com/news/14467089/detail.html i always knew i was right!! food, food, glorious food. :) snorfle, jeanne

anyone else having probs with google? i cant get it to do any searchs other than in the images, nothing else. i can hit 'search' til i'm blue in the face and nothing happens. jeanne

Hi all, I want you to all know that I am finally back on-line. I am in my new house now, and it needs a lot of work, but landlord is deducting what we do to the house from the rent. Now for the bad news. Halloween night my oldest step-daughter (Sheri) lost her oldest boy (Austin) in a car...

Can I take advantage of everyone's knowledge of quiltin' lore? I came up with this block in EQ and I KNOW I can't have been the first one to come up with it ... I'd really like to know if anyone knows the block's name ... so I can add it to my library of psuedo-Civil War blocks!! Thanks in...

I needed a quiet time last night and decided to toy with foundation piecing a little while. The quilt I'd wanted to test is the one made by our Mickie Swall in Quiltmaker July '00 named Secret Garden. The flowers in this garden seemed possible to make without the tedium of foundation piecing....