My quilty Christmas gifts

Thanks for the information, Pauline. :) Do you have any recommendations? Is there a monthly fee, as well as the initial purchase price?

My mom got me a gift card to the Museum of the American Quilt (in Paducah). I just came back form visiting my in-laws in southern Illinois and WE GOT TO GO TO PADUCAH FOR THE DAY!!!! The museum was great, Hancocks wasn't too shabby either. There are several other quilty shops in Paducah. Unfortunately I didn't get to any of them. Since I was one of 12 people in this expedition (and the only quilter), I feel blessed to have gotten to two of the quilty "shrines" in Paducah.

Mary

What a nice way to wrap up the Christmas season! I love going to the museum....even when I've seen some of those quilts multiple times. It's just a peaceful feeling to see the way they are displayed. I'd say a day at the museum and Hancock's is a full day when considering your group size and interests.

Isn't it wonderful Mary? I got to go a few years ago and was in total awe of the work done on some of those quilts. I was also lucky enough to be staying in the hotel right next to Hancock's soooooooooo while hubby had his naps, I just shuffled on over there and bought tons of fabric. One thing I regret not getting was a shopping bag made from Laurel Burch fabric - had cats and sequins and beads and all that glorious stuff on it. Oh well maybe some day I'll get back there. I so enjoyed our trip to Kentucky - love it there.

Sharon (N.B.)

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:31:03 -0600, Mary in Rock Island IL wrote (in article ):

What did you get to see at the museum?

Maureen

The 2007 prizewinners from April are on display. As you walk in, there is the latest from Sharon Schambler (who is coming to my guild in 2008) and Marla Yeager (cover of October 2007 QN). There is a miniature display. Some of those are made to smaller scale (how I think of an "official" miniature), some are one block quilts, all are gorgeous. Diane Gaudynski's miniature is there, along with another whole cloth quilt. The special exhibits are Kaffe Fassett, mostly highlighting his fabrics. The quilts were made to show them off, they would not have made them into the museum any other way. The other special exhibit is art quilts. A highlight for me was walking around with my 10 year old neice. She took on the role of art critic and described the mood of each quilt we saw. It was also her goal to identify which were hand quilted and which were machine quilted.

Mary

Well I have a Garmin. The model I have was discontinued this year. Everyone I know that has a GPS has a Garmin, so I can only recommend Garmin - I'm sure Magellan & Tom Tom are equally good. I will say that Garmin's customer support is excellent - it is easy to get to a live person & the tech support seems to actually reside in this country, so no problem with communicating.

No - no monthly fee, unless you have to have live traffic reports. I'm not sure how that works & I don't know of anyone that is connected. I'm sure you can get a good one for around $300 or less - maybe less after Xmas? One of my friends has one she slips in her purse, in case she is with people that don't have one - they can be that small. Check Amazon's site & read the user reviews. I think that's how we decided which one DH's aunt should get, since our model was discontinued.

Let us know if you make the plunge.

DS has both - he lost his Tom Tom so bought a Garmill (sp) to replace it. Then his SO found the Tom Tom under his car seat!

They both say they like the map display on the Tom Tom better and that the display is quicker and gives more warning of turnings. They said they had missed turnings because the warning came too late.Now she has the Tom Tom as she found it(!) and he has to have the Garmill as penance for 'losing' the Tom Tom!

We have Tom Tom and love it - it got us through France, and when DSiL did a few trips to Italy recently on his own he bought one and found it very successful - the lady in the sky got him there and back.

No monthly fee for us.

Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

Sandy wrote:

My new TomTom is about the size of a very small wallet or camera, comes with a carrying case so you can use it while walking too. It has a special "help" screen where you can find the nearest hospital, police, etc. Roberta in D

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Are the GPS able to work in other countries than the one in which it's purchased? Hummm....maybe that's what the Global means...duh. I was wondering if all the maps were translated, etc. This might be on our list next Christmas!

Thanks to everyone for the recommendations and information! :) I don't think I'll be getting one quite yet, but I'm certainly intrigued by the idea.

It's possible to download maps for just about anywhere you'd want to drive. Mine came equipped with Germany and neighboring countries. You may update maps as well, make your own corrections, and share them with others. It works in any language you want. Roberta in D

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My SO and I have been using GPS for about 10 years. I discovered it when I as working for FEMA where we used it to locate damaged buildings on maps. We use a computer program called Street Atlas that is loaded onto a laptop computer (not easily carried in ones pocket). It has a "thingy" that plugs into a usb port and we let it lay on the dashboard when we are on the road. It talks and gives directions for example: off course recalculating, turn left in 30 seconds, turn right onto Sky Terrace, 14 minutes. It's pretty cool, it shows direction, NESW, altitude, speed, location, restaurants, gas stations, points of interest, all kinds of interesting stuff. We also have two older hand held units for hiking, etc.

I've been gone for about a month, I've been sewing hot pads, coasters, and tote bags, stuff that I started at quilt camp in November. I also added to my sewing machine collection. Old machines that I hope to bring back to life.

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA