Warning!!

If you ever make a quilt that is composed entirely of fabrics that are
covered with spots of varying colors and sizes and you think to
yourself 'you know, it would be so cute and simple to quilt this with
circles all over of different sizes just flowing into each other' --
stop.

Go out into the garage, get the biggest hammer you can find. Go
inside. Take your shoes and socks off and beat the bloody daylights
out of your toes. If you find yourself still contemplating quilting
those cute little circles ALL OVER that nice quilt, go back to the
hammering and continue until the urge to free motion quilt thousands
and thousands and thousands of little free flowing circles disappears
completely from your consciousness.

Then, and only then, may you put the hammer back where it belongs and
take yourself to the emergency room. Tell them it was a quilting
accident. Have them call me. I'll explain. It will make perfect sense
to all concerned.

Love,
Sunny
(partly mended and trying to quilt)

Sunny wrote:
If you ever make a quilt that is composed entirely of fabrics that are
covered with spots of varying colors and sizes and you think to
yourself 'you know, it would be so cute and simple to quilt this with
circles all over of different sizes just flowing into each other' --
stop.

Go out into the garage, get the biggest hammer you can find. Go
inside. Take your shoes and socks off and beat the bloody daylights
out of your toes. If you find yourself still contemplating quilting
those cute little circles ALL OVER that nice quilt, go back to the
hammering and continue until the urge to free motion quilt thousands
and thousands and thousands of little free flowing circles disappears
completely from your consciousness.

Then, and only then, may you put the hammer back where it belongs and
take yourself to the emergency room. Tell them it was a quilting
accident. Have them call me. I'll explain. It will make perfect sense
to all concerned.

Love,
Sunny
(partly mended and trying to quilt)

Oh dear! But I bet it looks amazing!

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:08:34 -0800 (PST), Sunny
wrote:

Love,
Sunny
(partly mended and trying to quilt)

Oh good you are at least partly back.
Now I can explain my peaches.

Your mom's fried pies sound yummy, but I bet her dried peaches were
different from mine.
See the ones I have are _freeze dried_ peaches.
They are not the orange-bown leathery kind, they are the bright peach
colored crunchy kind. Add water, no heat, and you get fresh peaches.
I am thinking to try adding a tablespoon or so of brandy (for which I
will surely go to hell. Bourbon, _Kentucky_ bourbon most specificly,
is what I was taught goes into a peach pie) to the rehydrating water
and see how that works when the pie is baked.

It is going to have to wait though.
I had thought to make it for tommorow, but kiri has come upon me and
using her feminine wiles has convinced me to make a pecan pie instead.

NightMist
a sucker for a good use of feminine wiles
--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

I just wanted to let you know that after a LONG tiring day that your
post made me LOL!!!!!

LOL from me too, Sunny. I did some pebbles on a QOV quilt but would Not
want to do thousands. Sending you best wishes for a quick recovery. Polly


"NightMist" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:08:34 -0800 (PST), Sunny
wrote:

Love,
Sunny
(partly mended and trying to quilt)

Oh good you are at least partly back.
Now I can explain my peaches.

Your mom's fried pies sound yummy, but I bet her dried peaches were
different from mine.
See the ones I have are _freeze dried_ peaches.
They are not the orange-bown leathery kind, they are the bright peach
colored crunchy kind. Add water, no heat, and you get fresh peaches.
I am thinking to try adding a tablespoon or so of brandy (for which I
will surely go to hell. Bourbon, _Kentucky_ bourbon most specificly,
is what I was taught goes into a peach pie) to the rehydrating water
and see how that works when the pie is baked.

It is going to have to wait though.
I had thought to make it for tommorow, but kiri has come upon me and
using her feminine wiles has convinced me to make a pecan pie instead.

NightMist
a sucker for a good use of feminine wiles
--

Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister.

oh my - does this mean you're giving up on the idea?

Musicmaker

LOL! I can feel my eyes crossing!
Roberta in D

"Sunny" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
...
If you ever make a quilt that is composed entirely of fabrics that are
covered with spots of varying colors and sizes and you think to
yourself 'you know, it would be so cute and simple to quilt this with
circles all over of different sizes just flowing into each other' --
stop.

Go out into the garage, get the biggest hammer you can find. Go
inside. Take your shoes and socks off and beat the bloody daylights
out of your toes. If you find yourself still contemplating quilting
those cute little circles ALL OVER that nice quilt, go back to the
hammering and continue until the urge to free motion quilt thousands
and thousands and thousands of little free flowing circles disappears
completely from your consciousness.

Then, and only then, may you put the hammer back where it belongs and
take yourself to the emergency room. Tell them it was a quilting
accident. Have them call me. I'll explain. It will make perfect sense
to all concerned.

Love,
Sunny
(partly mended and trying to quilt)

I feel your pain...i once tried to FM hearts that were 2 inches small
in an allover pattern....not a pretty picture...it was my first try
with FM....i still get chills...
LOL!!
welcome back, Sunny!

amy in CNY

I did not give up. I finished quilting. The quilt is complete with
binding, an appliqué butterfly (it's for another Lupus person) and
binding that matches the backing. All that's missing is the label and
then it's off to my friend.

The thing is, a terrible number of those circles are not round.

Other than that, it's just perfect.

Sunny
glad to be back.

Oh, I wouldn't worry about the circles being round or not. You would need a
compass to make a perfect circle. The "idea" of circles should be quite
enough. I realize they might be more apparent because there are perfect
circles in the fabric....but you made it less mechanical and more organic by
putting your loving imperfect circles on it. I'm sure it's wonderful.

--
Kathyl (KJ)
remove "nospam" before mchsi
http://community.webshots.com/user/kathylquiltz
"Sunny" wrote in message
...
I did not give up. I finished quilting. The quilt is complete with
binding, an appliqué butterfly (it's for another Lupus person) and
binding that matches the backing. All that's missing is the label and
then it's off to my friend.

The thing is, a terrible number of those circles are not round.

Other than that, it's just perfect.

Sunny
glad to be back.