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OT What am I going to do with her?
This year I decided to be proactive about my parents visiting. As soon as the snow was off the ground, I got in touch and asked if they were coming to visit. I skillfully manuvered my way through a...
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"broken" bobbin case
I was trying to get my sewing machines in position so I could use both (either?) and ended up dumping a bunch of stuff on the floor including a bobbin case. It sprung open, the two halves falling...
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Canadian shop hop
Hi everyone. Fall is certainly in full swing now. The leaves are gone, the fields are brown (tan??) we've had several mornings of having to scrape the frost off the windshield and the winds have a bit...
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need help finding scrappy pics
A lady in the workroom at school is wanting to quilt. I gave her a bunch of stuff to start her off. She wants to do a scrappy quilt with cotton clothes and some other cottons to balance it. Doesn't...
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Happy Dancing
Hi I have finally finished my redwork quilt top. Took me long enough! I embroidered all the blocks myself. It's going to remain unfinished for a while since there are no grandchildren in sight yet! If...
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OT: Halloween decorations
This is cool -- I'm almost tempted to try it... Here's a lovely Instructable from Scoochmaroo, explaining how to make an edible (well, more edible) brain out of a watermelon -- suitable for vegan...
 
OT Introducing Misty kitten
Kathyl said it would be OK to post sleeping pictures, as this little one is too fond of dashing about. and no modelling sense at all >g< So, I've managed to get a few onto my Flickr site. There are 6...
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On and OT: in packing mode
I am in the panic packing mode right now. We leave on Monday for our 5 1/2 months in Florida. I've been making up some "kits" to do while there, but just found out my BFF's youngest is getting married...
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OT some very sweet cat pictures on Flicker
'm really not much of a cat person....but how could anyone resist these pictures? Beautiful pictures...beautiful cat eyes! Walked in the room and found this cuteness! Walked in the room and found this...
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Red Lake Project Update - finally
Okay, so for those who are relatively new, a number of years ago there was a shooting at the High School on the Red Lake Indian Reservation in Northern Minnesota. I began a project collecting quilts...
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What a Happy Dance!
Three blue ribbons and a color picture of one of the quilts in the newspaper. YeeeeHa. Not my quilts, even better. The friend I have been teaching wiped out the competition of 130 other quilts and has...
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OT.. a joke..
I love this one! Enjoy! A man walked into a bar, sat down, and ordered a beer. As he sipped the beer, he heard a soothing voice say, "Nice tie." Looking around, he noticed that the bar was empty,...
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australian quilts down under magazine
Does anyone have copies 108 and 109 of this magazine they would like to sell or trade for? TIA, Taria
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Almost a Meet-up
Last weekend DH and I made a trip to Iowa to surprise a friend who was in desparate need of something to cheer her up. Her stepson and GF are expecting a baby next month so I made a couple of quilts...
 
What would you do?
If you could "magically" have all the necessary skills and equipment to create ANY quilt you wanted.... what would you create? Me... I would hand-quilt to perfection... my perfectly needle-turned...
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