Okay, you gave in to the wonderful fabric that was demanding that you take it home with you. Now what? You just know that someone is going to say something, I mean, let's face it, sometimes our families don't understand that fabric needs good homes. This has been a topic of discussion on more than one ocassion among the members of the quilting guild. I have listed some of the respondes here, if you have some to add to the list, e-mail me and I will glad to add yours to the list.

1. --- Don't look in that bag! Your birthday present is in there.( the birthday is 6 months away)
2. --- Leave the bag in the truck of the car until the next morning when you are home alone. ( just hope that your husband's car doesn't break down and he has to take yours)
3. --- Tell your family that you bought the fabric for a friend that can't get that type in her area.
4. --- Explain that the fabric was on sale and that you are saving money by buying so much now. ( That is my husband's favorite)
5. --- If you can sneak it to the laundry room and wash it right away. That way it will blend in with the rest of your stash.
6. --- Blame it on insanity, if you don't buy fabric you will go insane.
7. --- Claim that you are going to make all the Christmas gifts this year. ( Never mind that it is only January )
8. --- Tell your family that you are going into withdrawal and that you needed your fabric fix. ( This is my personal favorite and I use it all the time)
9. --- Fabric? What fabric? That isn't fabric that is a new table cloth. I just have to hem it.
10. --- How could you ask such a question? Do I ask you what you bring home? ( Go on the defensive, that way they won't get too nosey

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Quilting the Quilt! I have seen alot of information on the web about the constrution of blocks. There is every pattern you ever wanted somewhere on the web but I have seen very little about the part of quilting that makes a quilt! There is 2 ways to quilt, there is machine quilting and there is hand quilting. Machine quilting is faster but I will admit that it takes a bit of work to get the hang of it but with time and practice you can machine quilt and it will look as good as hand quilting. Hand quilting is nice for those things that you want to spend alot of time and it is easy to carry with you. The patterns here can be used for both hand and machine quilting. Just remember that if you are going to machine quilt you must use a pattern that can be worked in one direction at a time. This is necessary because it is hard to move a quilt in more that one direction at a time on the machine..



11. e-mail me at tuvok2@cboss.com