"Drat", says newbie...

There is always a sale on at Joann's so don't try to buy everything at once and end up breaking your piggy bank. Debra in VA See my quilts at

I think you're right, alas. Only my daughter and I live in this house, and it has three bedrooms. The room I'm in, the extra bedroom, is lined with bookcases, and has all the computer-related things in it. No room here. The big LR has pretty much been taken over by my daughter, although I am thinking I will commandeer at least enough of it to put up a card table for current projects. There are some comfy chairs, with good natural light, which I am thinking I might also avail myself of. The kitchen table is totally overrun with materials related to dyeing and fabric painting. :-(

I wish the basement was usable--not prone to leaks....

Oh yes, we are similar that way--one reason why I (and you, methinks) need more room. I got a little bit of cloth at Jo-Ann's--the only two things I could coordinate. Today I went to an actual quilting store. OMG!!!! The had the most gorgeous cloth! I can just see myself buying LOTS of it. I need a plan....

Too bad the chocolate with erythritol (artificial sweetener that doesn't have a laxative effect) seems to pretty much have disappeared. It was quite good. I do see that there is some available online, which folks seem to like though.

You know, after reading some of the responses, I am seriously thinking I'll devote my first effort to Ming. I like the idea of his not being critical of it. Of course, he may just ignore it though....

LOL! Good point!

I dunno. He's perverse. But yes, he tends not to like the things I buy for him....

Yes, come to think of it, I need to go back and see what's one sale. BUT the fabric at the quilt store is SOOOOOO gorgeous. Maybe I'll try to get the Omnigrids (or are they grips? I know they should be grippy) on sale at Jo-Ann's and get fabric at the quilt store. I asked if they were a chain, and they are not. I like trying to support small businesses. I am ashamed that I haven't been there before, since they are only in the next town. Well, now when I need fabric, I'll go there. I do need to remember not to get even yards. (Right?)

Hehe. Well, do the cat hairs get incorporated into the quilts?

I have a long-haired white and tiger. He's got every feline color fur in there except orange, so it shows on everything.

He likes to sleep on top of the stash, sit on the cutting board while I'm cutting fabric, sit in my lap for hand sewing, and if I work by machine, he's supervising the machine. Why yes, everything comes out with Pepe hair on it, incorporated into the stitching.

The rest of the cats aren't as involved.

Pepe hard at work:

-georg

Jean, if you ever look at the sugar free items they are full of carbs, and carbs turn to sugar which causes your blood sugar to go up so they aren't really good for a diabetic either and one of the main ingredients in them is sugar alcohol so that isn't a good exchange. I pretty much just try to eat fairly low carb, not what someone on a low carb diet would call low carb but what a diabetic calls low carb whichi is around 100-125 carbs a day. Please don't go by the ADA diet because, as my doctor said, "they thought they were helping people, when in fact they were killing them." This was from an overload of carbs. They recommend to this day 4 carb units with each meal, that is around 60 carbs per meal. If I ate that many carbs for breakfast I would die from a high blood sugar for sure, but it would not be good for me at any meal. I limit my meals to 25-30, except for breakfast which is only 6-9 carbs, carbs at breakfast affect me really bad. Then I have a snack or two during the day to make up for that extra

Jacqueline who is so glad to get to time to post again but doubts she makes it through over 600 posts today.

Jacqueline

Yes. The most noticeable is Samson's 5 inch long black hair. Debra in VA See my quilts at

I have been on a low-carb diet before, and I agree. (I have been remiss too, sooo....)

Jean, I must of missed the info on alzehemiers that you were going to send, but I got so far behind in reading posts it would have been very easy to do. Would you mail it to me at quilter at mountain-breeze dot com please?

Jacquel>Jacquel>

Jacqueline

Such a very late reply, which I profusely apologize for. Those are some great links, Sandy! They are about the level I need. I did finally find a great book, through Interlibrary Loan: First-Time Quiltmaking: Learning to Quilt in Six Easy Lessons by Becky Johnston.

Among other things, it has a glossary for total newbies--and other basic terms are also explained in the book. I am tempted to type them all up and post them here....

Jean, I tried to email you back about the email. Yes it was the alzehemier's group you belonged to that you were going to send me.

Jacqueline

Sorry. You have to change the 2 to a z in my addy when you reply. I got tired of seeing that in my posts and thought others would too....