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Don't thread your machine properly and then take it to the shop to be repaired. Yup. Mine stopped working last night with a couple of clanks and much jamming of thread and no bobbin turning. Got there this afternoon and she unthreaded, rethreaded and Jammin' Janome goes like the proverbial bat...

If (Heaven Forbid!) you don't finish all your brownies the day you make them, is it preferable to store them in an airtight container in the fridge or just in a cool place (eg pantry)? Is there an etiquette to brownies? Curious minds..... -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down...

I left the gas on again after making my porridge for breakfast... I abandoned a cup of coffee in the M/W after it needed re-heating because I forgot about it... I found a cup of tea with a beard in the sewing room yesterday... Do I dare sew? DH has doubts about leaving me on my own today (but...

I've got a bird in my head, trying to get out! This bird wants to be made of blue/black checks (which I have) and red/black striped legs. I thought for sure I had some red/black striped fabric, but alas! I do not! If anyone has some, I'd love to work a trade. The bird only needs about a 6" square,...

Finished the quilt hours before the wedding, and should be able to deliver it to them within the week. This is good!! Couldn't get a picture of it all spread out, which is just as well, because I like it scrunched up much better (and it is a lap quilt, after all). Were I to do it over again,...

For those of us not there enjoying the show... http://www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/paducah/2005/more_winners_2 005.php Very beautiful quilts! marcella

Totally coincidentally to all the Celtic Knotwork Block posts that have been on here I have been working on one of my own for sometime. I just finished it for delivery this Sunday just passed. It is a gift to my parents for their 40th wedding anniversary. It was a super fun quilt to do and I am...

A couple weeks ago I made a baby quilt for a good friend, for him to send as his gift to his first great-grandchild. I shared a couple drinks with him on Saturday and he told me that his granddaughter and her husband immediately said that, since it was hand made, they had no intention of actually...

"Nocturnal" wrote in message news:1107460437.731d4ef49d7b56c32ccdb0887f8c5c8e@teranews... To all you Americans out there, I am from Australia and was wondering what a stick of butter weighed? Ounces or grams, dosent matter. I see so many nice recipes that I cant...

just put the pics of my latest quilt. Link below -- Kathy B in West Oz http://community.webshots.com/user/kazzxie51

Okay - sigh......... I am tired of buying a new ironing board cover at WalMart every 3 or 4 months. I need one that will serve a QUILTER! What have you guys found, and where, that you liked and that lasted? Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * We...

I am still new at quilting and have not yet tried out any invisible threads. There are so many different colors in the two I Spy quilts I'm making that I think this might be the best thread to use for machine quilting them. I bought a spool of Sulky polyester monofilament invisible thread. The...

I have been searching the net high and low, googling my fingers off, trying to find some place to buy 25 lb. of raw whole almonds. I'm coming up with nothing satisfactory. Please - does anybody have a clue??? Karen, Queen of Squishies -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * We...

My friend died this weekend. He was also my supervisor. It was sudden, unexpected, and a mistake. He was to be 27 next month. Flying home, overseas, to see family this Thanksgiving. He taught me to write in the active voice. I forget a lot, but I know understand its importance. We laughed...

Hello All, I've been lurking around here and have appreciated the camaderie and helpfulness of this place. It also doesn't hurt to be in a place where people describe fabric as delicious - I don't feel quite so mad. Now, if you all don't mind, I need your collective help on a good sewing/quilting...

Many of y'all have heard me tell of DH's Nightmare Quilt. Yup my First Big Quilt (third one ever). He chose it and it is FULL of curves. He chose the fabric (a variety of quality but nice colours). He keeps encouraging (read - nagging). And I keep saying how much I hate it (and I do) as it...

That's what if feels like with DMIL. Phone call this morning from SisIL saying that she appears to be in kidney failure. An ultrasound will be done later today. Right now all DMIL is doing is sleep. If DH has to return to Boise in the next few days, I will go with him. On the up side, DH has...

Hi all, just a note to let you all know that I am in fact still in the land of the living ( and hope to be for YEARS to come) The past two months have been filled with tummy bugs ( got that twice and so did the kids) and food poisoning (bad precooked chicken burgers that I will never ever buy...

I got a job!!! Not big bucks but a woman in late 50s that hasn't worked outside the home much in over 30 years can't expect that either. I probably start tomorrow. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948