Work around for blogger Comment problems

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Hopefully, this will be fixed shortly.

2ND Mystery Clue Posted

Here's the second mystery clue.  Click here to get it.  Next clue in May and then we'll see them in June at the potluck.  Thank you for participating and helping with the Soldiers'  Angels project.

And here is one you can read about at http://www.antiquequiltdating.com/Patriotic_Quilts_Through_Time.html


Enjoy!

Versatile foot demystified

This is worth a look-see.  Lots of uses for a machine foot I hardly use.  I'll be using it more.

Go to:
http://badskirt.blogspot.com/2010/07/edgestitch-foot-demystified.html

and most machines have this foot:

Happy quilting and sewing.  I can see using it for stitch in the ditch in my next quilt.  And thanks Nikki Roberts for bringing this to our attention.

4 Fat Quarters- You could win!

Hi!  Welcome to our free blog website. And to mark our new venture, there is a giveaway of 4 fat quarters to add to your stash. What do you have to do to win? Just leave a comment on this post and you'll be entered to win. Winner will be chosen and announced at the May meeting. Feel free to use anonymous to leave your comment, but be sure to add your name so that if you win I"ll know whose comment it was.

Happily in stitches,
your webmistress

Here are some members raptly watching last month's show n share - it is always filled with such wonderful eye candy.  Next one April 19th.  Don't miss it!

It's here!

Our April Newsletter is now posted.  Please click on the Newsletter tab to access it.

Are you working on your UFOs?  I'm trying!

Three weeks to make it

These would look great on point.  All it takes is a few scraps and you could win a batch of these.
Thanks Katy for being our April BOM Queen and chosing this block.

First Mystery Clue Posted

Hello, if you missed the meeting and did not get the first Soldier's Angels mystery quilt clue, it's posted under community service.  Just click on the tab Community Service and you'll see the link for it.

Thank you for your continued help and dedication to this worthy cause.

Not our mystery, but a patriotic one:
And you can see more about this quilt and the accompanying article here .

Will there be a box next month?

Our mystery boxes have been a great hit!  You seem to like them as we've had a lot of monetary donations from you.  Thank you!  If the trend continues we'll be able to do another 200 bags for this coming Christmas.

Many of you also donated items for the bags last year.  That was such a wonderful thing you did!  It made us deliver wonderful bags to those children at the Loma Linda Children's Cancer Center.  We would really appreciated your doing it again if you feel so inclined.  Needed are crayons, stuffed animals, books, puzzles, cards, etc.

Again, thank you for your continued help with Community Service - we couldn't do it without you.

Are you doing the Challenge?

Here's Christine - our Challenge Queen for the Year.  She's having two opportunities for us to challenge ourselves and do something "outside the box" (well, maybe for some of us).  First and due in May is the Strip quilt challenge - whereby you make a quilt that has 2 1/2" strips in it in any pattern you want.  The goal here is to demonstrate how many strips quilts there are out there.  What fun.  And there are monetary prizes for this one!  We get to vote with quarters.  Woohoo!  You pick the size, color, pattern, fabric.  Needs only to be a flimsy to participate.
PS:  Don't you just love her name tag?  All those pins!

Correction to April Block of the Month

To get better accuracy when making the the Half Square Triangle units, use 4" squares instead of the 3 7/8ths called for, says Katy.  Below is the corrected part of the instructions.  All the rest are correct.  Look forward to seeing your blocks!