Re: Question about flannel quilts -MB

The reason flannel works so well for the raggy quilts is that has a rather loose weave. The homespun-type fabrics are also often used for a raggy quilt for the same reason. If you want to try a raggy quilt with regular quilt fabrics, you might want to look for something with a somewhat looser weave; the cheaper fabrics at a chain store would probably work better than more expensive fabric from a LQS.

Julia > Hi Mary

I'm starting to feel REALLY bad for these folks in Oz and England, because of the price of fabric there. Have the USian's in this group ever thought of sending Care packages to them????

Sheila

Folks ALL Over Europe are just as badly off as the folks in England! Sales tax in Germany for fabric (and everything else except food and books) is

Yep, and they take pity on our Tim Tam and Vegamite free diets and send us goodies in return.. :-) A 1 oz envelope, airmail, cost 80 cents to send to Oz. USPS has a handy calculator for other sizes of packages. Diana

Dont forget those poor souls in NZL! Im so glad to hear you wont turn down Tim Tams... mmmm ... but for those of you down under, your winter is summer here, Tim Tams still taste good with their chocolate all mushy, but they are harder to eat, darn things keep slipping out of my fingers. Diana

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LOL! Seems like everyone needs help in this area!

Seriously, I'll be glad to help out in whatever way I can. Obviously, I can't finance everyone's quilting habits, but if you need something, contact me, and we'll see what we can work out!

Sheila

A standard letter in Australia will cost 50c to post to any part of Australia, that's the cheapest possible rate we have.

Dee in Oz

Plus 15% tax here in Ontario. Ok now I'm curious, what is a tim tam?

Patty in NWO

You have it! That sounds horrible! Somebody, send her some FQs quickly!! Diana

A Tim Tam is a chocolate biscuit topped with a creamy chocolate filling topped with another chocolate biscuit and then the whole lot is covered with chocolate biscuit......heaven

Dee in Oz

Oh, my, my, my....

Who in Oz said they needed fabric????

Sheila

MMMM Looks like my kinda favourite food. Thanks for the info, been trying to figure that one (tim tam) was for a while.

Patty in NWO