I went to a seminar the other day at my Viking Dealer, and learned a few useful things that are for quilters, not just Viking users. The instructor said Loralie fabrics will be no more under her name. Loralie sold the rights to the fabric line, and as of now no one seems to know who bought them or if they will continue to be made. So she said if you find one you really like, best get it now. She apparently will be continuing her embroidery designs.
The web site of popsbindings.com has lollypop bindings. If your guild is making quilts for servicemen, Lori will send the group free bindings---mail directly to her to get them. Her blog is
She made the suggestion that if you make lap quilts for nursing hope residents or babies to use a few squares of manipulated fabric. Wet or starch fabric, bunch it up, let dry,the place it on fusible web and iorn it. You can use fancy stitches on the block. Babies and elderly like texture to feel. She had really neat blocks done this way.