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PING: Sharon in NB
Just was wondering how your friend Judy was these days? amy in CNY
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OT; A rainy day project
I thought you might like to see a small project of woodworking that I conceived of and completed, (as far as the woodworking is concerned, and not the varnishing), in one rainy day in the shop...
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Newbie Q re basting and binding
I am working on my first quilt and just found this newsgroup. Thank you for being here! I have finished machine piecing a shoo-fly quilt top and have proudly convinced myself that I was obviously born...
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Caveat Emptor: Internet Fabric Sales
As some of you probably know, there was a killer sale on Laurel Burch fabric at Virginia Quilter. I ordered 2 yds each of a cat print, plus three prints that *coordinated* with that particular fabric....
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OT I'm finally retired!!
I've been the director of a food pantry for 20 years and I passed the torch today. I took the new lady to the bank and put her name on the accounts, nice and official like. Yippee!!! No more weekly...
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Best price for needles?
We have one SM here that purrs like a full kitten when we give it a new Schmetz jeans needle. The best price we've found is 100 for $49 over at The needles are packaged in a sturdy wee box much like...
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Calling Malvern
Howdy! Jo P, please e' me. ;-D Yes, it is on topic: quilts! R/Sandy
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OT WNY Role Call
OK here on the Lake Erie side of the state we have some death and damage and have been declared an official disaster area due to flooding. I know there are a half dozen or so of us here, how about...
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Speaking of Quilt Labels....
"The choice is really yours." geez where'd he get is education/common sense/street knowledge? what an idiotic thing to say. he didnt give much info on what type if hand or machine applique method was...
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Un Stitching!
Yesterday the County Quilting Gremlin hit my house. (He's been making the rounds here this month!) I sewed the wrong strips together in four sets, so had to un-stitch 8 width of fabric seams. Tedious...
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Interesting sounding book for beginners
I just got an ad from AQS with their latest book releases. I was intrigued by this one with 'hundreds of blocks' that can be made using just squares- for the beginning... they didn't say what comes...
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OT: I'm back!!!! & a little on topic
Hi everyone, wow what a lot of messages in a month!!! Well, we've moved "in" to our new house! That is, we are living in the campervan in the garden, whilst the garden is being destroyed/dug up for...
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OT Clarification on E-Cigs
After talking to a few folk I figured I better issue a clarification and elaboration. Yes I am in the process of switching from standard cigarettes to electronic cigarettes. Yes they do lower ones...
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To Wash, or Not -- Flannel?
I'm attempting my first flannel quilt. I always wash regular fabric. I'm assuming that flannel is no different, but you know what happens when you assume something. Do you press it, the same as...
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I think my quilt is trying to tell me something....
Here's the story of trying to quilt the scrappy star: First off the thing is big, 92" X 92". It was supposed to be 90" X 90". Why does this small amount make a difference? I expected it to be the...
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