discouraged & hunting some on- topic posts to be inspired?????????

Hi All,
I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some
topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for
about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about
quilting here. There were just a few this morning to read.

I'm like the next person and think is all right to post some off
topic things, but it seems that there aren't too many on-topic threads
to read anymore. Nearly everything is off-topic ( it has reversed
itself and doesn't really feel like a quilting newsgroup anymore). Am I
mis-interpreting this? If I am, I'm sorry.

I've never left the newsgroup, but I seem to be deleting three
fourths of the messages. There just isn't enough time in the day to
read hundreds of messages about other topics. If I did that, I'd never
get any quilting done and wouldn't be living my life away from the
computer. grin As you all know from my postings ( and I've met a
lot of you personally at meet-ups and quilt shows) over the years, I
try to keep pretty busy and am in a lot of different quilting and
stitching groups.

Am I the only one feeling this way? Sorry if I'm wrong.


Kris ( in rainy, northern Virginia, heading to the sewing room to
finish putting the border on another quilt)

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Kris Bishop wrote:

Hi All,
I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some
topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for
about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about
quilting here. There were just a few this morning to read.

Hi Kris! I've been wondering why you've been posting so rarely these
past months. g Now I know -- you're one busy lady! How you manage to
get all of those quilts made is beyond me. G

As for RCTQ, I just signed on for a quick morning "read" before washing
the floors and having some friends over for quilting. Just out of
curiosity, I did some counting. There were 21 different "threads" this
morning (I did read yesterday evening, too g), eleven of which were
definitely on topic. Since most threads have multiple posts, there were
actually 71 new articles up. Of those, 43 were on topic!

I suspect that the problem you're running into is that "on topic" can be
such a wide variety of subjects that we just didn't happen to hit what
you currently need, which is a shame. I hope the pendulum swing of what
gets posted quickly heads back to what you do need. But in the meantime,
someone who needs advice about quilting hoops or someone who has a new
block or quilt to show us is probably delighted that RCTQ hit on the
topic she needed. G

Perhaps if you told us what you have in mind, we could help more with
the inspiration you're looking for? Those YBR quilts you've described in
a different message sound great! Whoever gets them will surely adore
them.

I'm off to mop -- ugh! G
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1

AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education

There are a lot of OT threads these days. I think the hurricanes and
disaster stuff has had a lot of folks stirred in many directions.
I bet as the holidays come along there will be more on topic and less
chatter. I do enjoy getting to 'know' folks more with some of the OT
and then with others we get more than we want to know. Pat has posted
her On Focus threads that have been good. Wendy is good about asking us
what we are working on. Don't go away. We lilke you around here.
Taria

Kris Bishop wrote:

Hi All,
I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some
topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for
about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about
quilting here. There were just a few this morning to read.

I'm like the next person and think is all right to post some off
topic things, but it seems that there aren't too many on-topic threads
to read anymore. Nearly everything is off-topic ( it has reversed
itself and doesn't really feel like a quilting newsgroup anymore). Am I
mis-interpreting this? If I am, I'm sorry.

I've never left the newsgroup, but I seem to be deleting three
fourths of the messages. There just isn't enough time in the day to
read hundreds of messages about other topics. If I did that, I'd never
get any quilting done and wouldn't be living my life away from the
computer. grin As you all know from my postings ( and I've met a
lot of you personally at meet-ups and quilt shows) over the years, I
try to keep pretty busy and am in a lot of different quilting and
stitching groups.

Am I the only one feeling this way? Sorry if I'm wrong.


Kris ( in rainy, northern Virginia, heading to the sewing room to
finish putting the border on another quilt)

So, what on topic thread are you going to start? How about telling us about
the quilts you have in Houston? Or what you're working on?

--
Kathy A. (Woodland, CA)
Queen of Fabric Tramps
http://www.kayneyquilting.com ,
remove the obvious to reply


"Kris Bishop" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some
topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for
about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about quilting
here. There were just a few this morning to read.

I'm like the next person and think is all right to post some off topic
things, but it seems that there aren't too many on-topic threads to read
anymore. Nearly everything is off-topic ( it has reversed itself and
doesn't really feel like a quilting newsgroup anymore). Am I
mis-interpreting this? If I am, I'm sorry.

I've never left the newsgroup, but I seem to be deleting three
fourths of the messages. There just isn't enough time in the day to read
hundreds of messages about other topics. If I did that, I'd never get
any quilting done and wouldn't be living my life away from the computer.
grin As you all know from my postings ( and I've met a lot of you
personally at meet-ups and quilt shows) over the years, I try to keep
pretty busy and am in a lot of different quilting and stitching groups.

Am I the only one feeling this way? Sorry if I'm wrong.


Kris ( in rainy, northern Virginia, heading to the sewing room to
finish putting the border on another quilt)

Waving madly!
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
(Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm
yelling)
But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting Bee
whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this is MY
Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic to the
brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST
finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic-- a
lil)
It is a Maple Leaf KIT pattern that DS bought for us last April at a Quilt
Show and I just finished--will be on this Sunday's table ; ) It's hanging on
the Design Wall for pix taking. (I do have to get after DS to get the web
site updated----been over a year now) I now know why I do NOT purchase
kits!!!!! What a fiasco.....the directions left a lot to be desired ; ( But
I followed them and finished..lots of extra ripping out as parts just did
NOT fit--so do not look too closely when the pix is up please.
Anyway, it's good to see you posting and knowing that you're reading us. I
always look forward to your next art quilt--and am envious of your ability
to do them, ; )
Hugs

Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on
here--was it Miz Sairey?)

"Kris Bishop" wrote in message
...
Hi All,
I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some
topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for
about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about quilting
here. There were just a few this morning to read.

I'm like the next person and think is all right to post some off topic
things, but it seems that there aren't too many on-topic threads to read
anymore. Nearly everything is off-topic ( it has reversed itself and
doesn't really feel like a quilting newsgroup anymore). Am I
mis-interpreting this? If I am, I'm sorry.

I've never left the newsgroup, but I seem to be deleting three
fourths of the messages. There just isn't enough time in the day to read
hundreds of messages about other topics. If I did that, I'd never get
any quilting done and wouldn't be living my life away from the computer.
grin As you all know from my postings ( and I've met a lot of you
personally at meet-ups and quilt shows) over the years, I try to keep
pretty busy and am in a lot of different quilting and stitching groups.

Am I the only one feeling this way? Sorry if I'm wrong.


Kris ( in rainy, northern Virginia, heading to the sewing room to
finish putting the border on another quilt)

Butterfly/Therese,
Your maple leaf quilt sounds great. I've been setting fabrics aside
for years to do a maple leaf quilt. I just can't decide if I want my
background fabrics to be in blues ( for the sky) or black ( to make
the bright colors pop out more).
I hope you're feeling better soon . I never mind off-topic. I had
just noticed that the off-topics were way more than the on-topics and
wanted to know if it was just me seeing this.

Kris ( in northern Virginia, who has a sinus headache today from the
rain)



Butterfly wrote:
Waving madly!
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
(Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm
yelling)
But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting Bee
whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this is MY
Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic to the
brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST
finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic-- a
lil)
It is a Maple Leaf KIT pattern that DS bought for us last April at a Quilt
Show and I just finished--will be on this Sunday's table ; ) It's hanging on
the Design Wall for pix taking. (I do have to get after DS to get the web
site updated----been over a year now) I now know why I do NOT purchase
kits!!!!! What a fiasco.....the directions left a lot to be desired ; ( But
I followed them and finished..lots of extra ripping out as parts just did
NOT fit--so do not look too closely when the pix is up please.
Anyway, it's good to see you posting and knowing that you're reading us. I
always look forward to your next art quilt--and am envious of your ability
to do them, ; )
Hugs

Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on
here--was it Miz Sairey?)

"Kris Bishop" wrote in message
...

Hi All,
I just signed on to read my daily RCTQ and was hoping to see some
topics about quilting to inspire me. I've been on this newsgroup for
about eight years and am finding it harder to find topics about quilting
here. There were just a few this morning to read.

I'm like the next person and think is all right to post some off topic
things, but it seems that there aren't too many on-topic threads to read
anymore. Nearly everything is off-topic ( it has reversed itself and
doesn't really feel like a quilting newsgroup anymore). Am I
mis-interpreting this? If I am, I'm sorry.

I've never left the newsgroup, but I seem to be deleting three
fourths of the messages. There just isn't enough time in the day to read
hundreds of messages about other topics. If I did that, I'd never get
any quilting done and wouldn't be living my life away from the computer.
grin As you all know from my postings ( and I've met a lot of you
personally at meet-ups and quilt shows) over the years, I try to keep
pretty busy and am in a lot of different quilting and stitching groups.

Am I the only one feeling this way? Sorry if I'm wrong.


Kris ( in rainy, northern Virginia, heading to the sewing room to
finish putting the border on another quilt)

I would go sit by Butterfly on this one except she would want to pass me
another doctor. The gators are just too busy to be bothered right now;
there's a heap of insurance guys about that the gators simply must tend to.
I am as guilty as Butterfly about wanting and needing to hear from you.
Tell us about the new babies, floods, hurts, prayer needs, moving, or
whatever life is handing you. You are a grand group of friends and I love
that you share with us. Polly

"Butterfly" wrote Waving madly!
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
(Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm
yelling)
But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting
Bee whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this
is MY Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic to
the brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST
finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic-- a
lil)

Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on
here--was it Miz Sairey?)

NO Dr this go round--how about the Vampire Lab that LOST the results between
the first lab that did the Vampiring and the lab that does the 'work'. Not
even sure how many are involved in this one--I got room in the freezer until
you need them sent
gotta keep mah Gators well fed winter is comin

Butterfly (least I got the Vampire guy that doesn't hurt : )

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
ink.net...
I would go sit by Butterfly on this one except she would want to pass me
another doctor. The gators are just too busy to be bothered right now;
there's a heap of insurance guys about that the gators simply must tend to.
I am as guilty as Butterfly about wanting and needing to hear from you.
Tell us about the new babies, floods, hurts, prayer needs, moving, or
whatever life is handing you. You are a grand group of friends and I love
that you share with us. Polly

"Butterfly" wrote Waving madly!
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
(Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm
yelling)
But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting
Bee whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this
is MY Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic to
the brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST
finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic--
a lil)

Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on
here--was it Miz Sairey?)

I enjoy the group just the way it is. I like all the OT posts. Since
actual quilting is a small part of my daily life, there are a lot of on
topic posts that don't interest me. I do a lot of machine embroidery,
garment sewing and some quilting. It feels like a family here.
Gen

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
ink.net...
I would go sit by Butterfly on this one except she would want to pass me
another doctor. The gators are just too busy to be bothered right now;
there's a heap of insurance guys about that the gators simply must tend
to.
I am as guilty as Butterfly about wanting and needing to hear from you.
Tell us about the new babies, floods, hurts, prayer needs, moving, or
whatever life is handing you. You are a grand group of friends and I love
that you share with us. Polly

"Butterfly" wrote Waving madly!
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
(Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm
yelling)
But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting
Bee whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this
is MY Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic
to
the brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST
finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic--
a
lil)

Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on
here--was it Miz Sairey?)

Amen!

--
Carolyn in The Old Pueblo

If it ain't broke, you aren't trying. --Red Green
If it ain't broke, it ain't mine. --Carolyn McCarty

If at first you don't succeed, switch to power tools --Red Green
If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer. --Carolyn McCarty

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
ink.net...
I would go sit by Butterfly on this one except she would want to pass me
another doctor. The gators are just too busy to be bothered right now;
there's a heap of insurance guys about that the gators simply must tend to.
I am as guilty as Butterfly about wanting and needing to hear from you.
Tell us about the new babies, floods, hurts, prayer needs, moving, or
whatever life is handing you. You are a grand group of friends and I love
that you share with us. Polly

"Butterfly" wrote Waving madly!
GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY
(Yeah, Kris knows I'm not yelling--not my style--I LET you know when I'm
yelling)
But I ain't changing cause this is my ONLY outlet, quilt group, Quilting
Bee whatever you wanna call it. Can't go to class, meetings. etc so this
is MY Group of friends that I can share everything from the dumb medic to
the brilliant Dr to the latest Table Runner completion (which I JUST
finished--haven't even posted on that one yet (see Kris it IS on topic--
a lil)

Butterfly (who had the title of Queen of Off Topic--when I first came on
here--was it Miz Sairey?)