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we opened our blocks and had a wonderful time oohing & aarhing. Thank you so much everyone. This is so exciting. I am going to put the blocks together 'on point'. Should look wonderful!

Quote: Katsdar, It's Fenrosie that has the template and she loves it. Hurrah for Charlie, he's waited long enough. Let's hope he passes on his lovely nature to all the offspring he is about to create!

I learnt to sew on a treadle. I am so envious!

Hi Everyone, I'm back. Putting the new computer monitor on wasn't difficult - I did it like a man and didn't read the instructions! However, this screen is really wide. Thats the only option now and I feel as if I'm being stretched sideways. I'm grinning like a cheshire cat...

Hi 8machines, I saw on The Quilt Show (Ricky Tims & Alex Alexander) a lady who also had a large number of machines. She said she used them all. When she was using lots of different coloured threads, she set them all up on the dining table, threaded each with one of the required colours, then...

Hi Everyone, I'm back from the Quilters' Guild of the British Isles AGM and haven't I missed a lot! Wow, just caught up on all your chat. Can I add my tuppence-worth to some of the topics? Rotary cutters - If you are new to these you may not realise that you must cut away from you, not...

Biscuits are definitely cookies and we have a huge range of them in the UK. Jelly(US) is jam in the UK and jelly(UK) is what I think you call jello? Is that made in moulds and wobbles? Scones are delicious and we have ones for sweet things such as jam and clotted cream and cheese etc ones for...

Lacy, I always do the following when my tension goes: Check under the footplate. If you haven't swept it out in a couple of weeks you may have a wad of fabric dust which sometimes can be so bad that it looks like a piece of felt which is supposed to be there. It isn't and can affect tension...

Hi Lacy, Trying to avoid safety pins as we pay the postage to the US by weight and I thought a little tacking stitch would weigh less. Also thought customs might be a bit more concerned with metal xrays. Had a quilting visitor over to share Easter dinner and we sat and did them really quite...

Hi, Thanks for your 'Happy Birthdays' to my Dad. His birthday is on the 3rd April so I will take a picture of him then & post it on this thread. That'll really embarass him. You won't actually believe he is 90 when you see him. I may have fenrosie's blocks ready to send and have not done my...

I'm in and I like Hunter's Star too.