I have tried to get my Wiss pinking shears sharpened locally. No good. No one does it anymore around here anymore (Sacramento CA). Boo Hoo Does anyone have a contact for some place in the US where I can send my pinking shears for sharpening? liz young (in cloudy california)

Baravelle Spirals is finished! I had such a good time making this, and now I just have to wait until January for the local guild's challenge competition. In the meantime, I've posted pictures of the quilt on a temporary page, which I will have to take down in a few days. There are no links to...

I'm doing some English Paper piecing, for a pattern similar to this one he http://www.lizardofoz.com.au/english_piecing/images/ideas/hexagons_half_long_ideas2.gif My colours are different, but the layout of each section is the same. So far, I have been sewing together each section (of 6...

http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2007/10/flaming_squirrel_ignites_car_i.html Guard your stash well, and get your peanut butter under lock and key! This may mean the little beggers are finally making a bid for world domination. NightMist never did trust the overly cute garden thieving little...

Carol Doak's online paper piecing group was treated to a BOM over the course of the past year. I finished each block as it came out -- all in 3" squares -- and then couldn't think how to put them together in something a bit different from a 3 x 4 setting. As I was thinking about that last...

With the holiday season starting soon, I find I need to buy at least one grab bag or gift swap gift. We will be picking one and then others have the chance to take it away. The gift should be worth about $10.00 and be suitable for men and women of all ages. Only one is a quilter, so I won't be...

This could be said to be in the nature of a public service announcement!! I am making a baby quilt for a friend. We agreed on an interesting pattern. I prefer Foundation paper piecing. So, I decided to do it as such. I agreed bright colours with ' Mum'. Even when you think you think you have...

I keep my blood pressure down ten points by exercise. I keep it down 60 more points by not going back to work ever again. Since most of you can't retire just to lower your blood pressure, I was wondering what sort/form (if any) exercise you do regularly 'just for you'. We call it jogging...

I'm thinking I'd enjoy playing with something different and have never wandered very far into the batik world. What do you think goes well with batik? Batiks have such life and motion that I'd guess they must be paired with a quiet contrast. Repro's? naaah. Inappropriate. Fairy Frost? no. ...

I have so far steered clear of this technology but I am thinking of getting something to allow me to carry music with me on train trips. http://tinyurl.com/24k8vq Do these load from PCs? I do not have a Mac, so I was hoping someone here might have one or could point me in the right direction...

I have no way on earth to ever buy one, but I'm curious: Do any of you have an HQ 16 or other mid arm quilters and if so what do you think of them? I can dream.... I think. LOL. Sunny

I have finally finished the quilts promised to Dreamweaver for her Redlake project. What type of label did others use? I have emailed Dreamweaver but have not received an answer. My goal is to have these in the mail this week. She said that she had space to store them until her health improves...

I've been thinking about this for some time; and, seeing Val's post this morning, reminded me to post about it. *How* do you store your P&Q books? I have tried a few methods, but I always end up looking for one by having to go all way along two shelves looking for it. The exception to this is...

I've been carrying on my usual quilter's ADD style. In the last couple days, I have pieced two small wallhangings from kits I bought on sale. I've also been playing with some pineapple blocks that seem to take a looooooong time to make. I have no idea how long I'll be able to stick with this...

I just spent the entire 3-day weekend pin basting a batik quilt. My fingers at the moment look like raw meat. I had to go buy more pins twice--- finished up that pinning just a few minutes ago. Took the sandwhich off the table and, despite all the smoothing and clamping I did as I went along,...

Has anyone bought these and uses them? -- Boca Jan Florida - Land of the Hurricanes boca_jan1atyahoodotcom http://community.webshots.com/user/BocaJan

I don't plan ever to make another quilt with this technique. :S I loved the pattern, but I didn't like making it, and I detest what happens to it when it's washed! Here's the background: I took a class from Joan Shay (Petal Play person) at camp in 2006. She's a real kick -- lots of fun -- and...

Does anyone know roughly how much it costs to send out a quilt (in this case one lap size, 58x68 finished) for machine quilting? I'm REALLY pressed for time this year (aren't we all?! LOL!) and I have a few quilts that will need to be MQed ... I figure part of the cost depends on the complexity of...

How do you (assuming you do!) label your quilts? Do you only label quilts you are giving away? Do you label every quilt you make? Do you hand write something on a piece of fabric? Embroider by hand or machine your text? Print it on fabric using your computer? Do you fuse it on? Do you...

Some of you may remember Terbear's "Your Pick" swaps. My mother, who is not much into computers, but loves quilting joined us for one of those swaps. She's getting ready to sandwich the top she made from the swap and I took the opportunity to snap a picture. If you'd like to look, here's the...