do you use them? worth the cost? any brand preference? i'm starting to sew more (after a looooooooooong absence) and taking some classes--- and trying to decide if i want one, if i will use it, if it is just something else to take up space. can anyone help? I'm also going to post this on alt....

I know I haven't posted much in a long time but I need prayers now. I had 2 heart attacks last week and now facing double bypass surgery tomorrow. Please pray for the surgeons and for me that I can return to family, quilting, and work soon. -- Mary This is a day the lord has made. Let us...

DD was in a bad near head-on in LA, Nov 30. She is still in the Trauma Center Hospital We're trying to get her transferred here to Mayo, as soon as they get her stabilized.. Had surgery, Dec 1, to put pins in her right hand, plate and screws in her shattered right heel, many fractures in hand,...

I visited the Humane Society this afternoon and this little chap followed me home! He has his own webshots album - he'll probably be allowed to share in the Winston&Friends album at a later date but for now, he is separated. You can see BarneyBee at http://community.webshots.com/user/barneyowl As...

It's a girl Liliana born at 2:44 p.m. 6lb 12.5 oz 19 inches All is well with everyone I was there for the delivery. The baby quilt is all finished Hugs to all

I think I may have just found what I want Santa to bring me! Of course, the brand of it has disappeared from my brain - but I think it was a Domestic. Anyway, it comes in a cabinet in fairly good shape, with a full box of accessories and feet, plus the original manual and a warrenty...

My Son is getting married, probably summer of 2005, and I want to make them a quilt as a wedding gift. I've been looking at the double wedding ring patterns, and I have found a couple...

Larisa, Matthew had severe reflux until he was 2 and then poof it went away. According the a lot of the members on my Ompholocele newsgroups (these are kids who are born with their intestines on the outside of their bodies, some even include other organs), there is medication which can help. Baby...

You can take it private if you don't want to clutter up the ng. I just have a few questions about this medication. No, it's not for me, it's for my Dad. But his caregiver is strongly opposing it, and I need some more facts. Thanks. Karen, Queen of Squishies

since halloween is just a few days away...any superstitions that you follow? i have avoided heart patterns and that whole rose of sharon book (not sure of the title exactly, but it is lovely!) because of the superstitions associated with them (that young women shouldn't do these patterns until...

I helped block the quilt last night, so I got a couple of photos to share with you all: http://briefcase.yahoo.com/kapplebaum (I don't have time right now to update my web pages, but eventually I'll move the photos there.) Sue Sprague pieced the quilt, I quilted it. You can see it at PIQF Oct...

and that's not a spam phrase!!! LOL -- I've been scoping out where I want to go this winter. How do you ever get to see each other?? Already I'm seeing a second trip on the horizon. Sorry Sharon -- I'm looking at only NSW and NZ for this one. Will there be any "don't miss, on pain of having...

Could we all have a 'time out' please? Could we all try to avoid pointing fingers and calling names? Could we all just resolve to concentrate on quilting and sewing (and posts about same) for the next 24 hours? Thanks, PAT ... my quilt topic is that I won a large spool of Star C&C Thread today...

I guess I'll rummage around and find my copy of Kidnapped for some good bedtime reading. Who has not yet see Pirates of the Carribean? (I love pirates) RedQueen

If you remember The Original Hollywood Squares game show and its comics, this will bring a tear to your eyes. These great questions and answers are from the days when "Hollywood Squares" game show responses were spontaneous and clever, not scripted and (often) dull as they are now. Peter...

I've been quilting since '88 or before but still act like a newbie sometimes. Even thought I have heard about round robins and seen the wonderful results of many I still haven't figured out exactly how they work, who does what, who gets what, etc. Anyone care to give a brief explanation? Yvette

Before I call for participants, this Fall One-to-One Fat Quarter Swap is RCTQ's choice as far as theme is concerned. So what do you all want to swap? Last fall it was "fall themed" so don't know if you want to do that again or do something different. Majority wins so fire your ideas...

Kate Dicey's tales of why young men in barracks cannot always hit the target reminded me of something that was related to me as the truth. Two third grade San Antonio teachers took their students on a field trip to the local horse race track (one of three in Texas). When time to return to school...

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I spent this afternoon cleaning out my closet and drawers of all my "fat" clothes! I was a size 26-28 and am now a size 18-20 so I decided that anything above a 20 had to go - and it did!! I have 4 bulging shopping bags to go to the Salvation Army/St Vinnie's as I have decided I will NEVER...