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Sounds like you wanna do something along th elines of a Panamanian Mola. If I remember correctly, theirs are actuallly done with multiple layers of fabrics (different colors) but with black as the top layer, and then they cut through in the design that they want.....what color they want determines the number of layers they cut through.

nzl* wrote:

I've already decided that one trip won't be enough -- Tassie will have to wait for the next one !! :-) :-)

ahhhhhh, so it is, doh, where is my brain today, thanks. hugz, jeanne*

Interesting thoughts Jeanne, There is a lady whose wonderful quilting includes the kind of thing you described. Her name is Dilys Fronks. I think she probably has a website? You, of all people, will find it if there is one!! Her wrought iron quilts are world famous, and she has written at least one book about them. She makes black, 'wrought iron' patterns in black just as you describe. She started with single pieces of floral fabric; now she makes pieced backgrounds. So, either will work; whatever you decide to do will be fine. Seams in the background are completely ignored!! They are there , or not, as the black design goes. I'm sure you will love the effect. And you will probably enjoy the actual doing - even if it might get a bit fiddly. Do a little baby one first, perhaps? just to try. Seams underneath won't make a big difference, because you can just 'catch' the top layer of the underneath fabric. Have fun! . In article , nzl* writes

I so hope this isnt the case else Ive got a Russian Bride on the way :( and I dont think I want or need one.......Will I be able to send her back? Flossy Malvern England

Ha! Boarding school did NOT up my attendance in this respect! I was eventually put on the pill because it was affecting my A level studies. These days I have a plastic insert that released progesterone in the one spot: lasts for 5 years. It hasn't cured it, BUT I no longer have 9 day wonders, floods and throwing up/fainting/dizzy spells, etc, and my temper is better (except this week, when I blame the weather!).

I have about 200 cookbooks - there MUST be a dairy free recipe or two in there! Would you like meaty ones, veggie ones, puddings? Let me know, and I'll scan a few in and get DH to convert them to text files so they take up less space.

Oooo! I'm jealous! *I* haven't got one of them yet! I did get an offer of a lesbian slave, but she wasn't very decorative, so I didn't bother... I think a Russian bride might be a little more respectable, don't you?

As happily married women, I do wonder what we are expected to do with these folk when they arrive!

No, no, Flossy--that's where you're wrong! EVERY woman needs a WIFE, to do for us the kinds of things we do for our husbands. If she actually shows up, keep her!!!

Nurse Ratched (remove "cuckoo" from address to reply) We'll all get back to normal if we put our nation first, But the trouble with "normal" is, it always gets worse. ~Bruce Cockburn

Flossy, if your Russian bride does housework you can send her on to me!! RedQueen

If she does housework she aint going nowhere !! Flossy Malvern England

Housework, silly. So we have more time to play.

Would you please change the subject of the-now-evolved thread? I have been avoiding the particular subject of "that" thread, but really want to hear more about the mail order bride!

Housework or Play? Just what is your question? Seems to have gotten lost in the quagmire.

I know how to play--get on your swimming togs--and come join us

I know how to 'work' --get on your leather gloves and help deadhead roses--might even let you take a few blooms home with you

Butterfly (might even have a fragrance c> "LN (remove NOSPAM)" wrote:

and what about the scent from the fertiliser?????

Why would I use a fertilizer that would outscent mah roses, Mi'Dear?

Butterfly (left the farm L> and what about the scent from the fertiliser?????