Ok weve got to 4000, thought it may be good to put this poem on again, kindly found for us on page one by Marlin9. Its what this thread is all about :)

I have a little problem it's called a fabric stash,
My husband doesn't know it, but it cost a lot of cash,
It started out as remnant pieces I brought from a shop, But then became addictive and I really could not stop.
Fat eights became fat quarters, two metres became three; And when I purchased a whole bolt, I thought psychiatry. I couldn't pass a patchwork place I had to go and see; if there were any matching pieces inside the shop for me. So hubby starts to realize one cupboard becomes two; He'll ban me from the fabric stores to keep our marriage true. So I sit at my computer while I'm banished to the house; But he'll have to hide the Visa 'cause I can click the mouse.
There isn't any moral to this tale of fabric woe; Children grow and leave you and husbands come and go. Enjoy your fabric frenzy, it isn't any sin;
REMEMBER the old saying "She who dies with the most fabric....WINS!"

i think she who *BUYS* the most fabric is the winner :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-14 22:10:00

Congratulations to you all, you have all done well :)
Hope your stashes are growing :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-14 22:13:00

http://www.experiencechocolate.com/images/chocolate1.gif
http://www.dicts.info/img/ud/alcohol.jpg
http://img5.travelblog.org/Photos/69664/359606/f/3332765-Tha
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http://www.hmgpublications.com/wordpress_photos/eatthis/milk
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http://www.lovesmoothies.es/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/M
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this is for everyone for our 4000th postings

Edited by twilight23 at 10:18 pm, Thu 14 Jan

twilight23 - 2010-01-14 22:14:00

coalrange, what a wonderful poem, it a bute, even hubby liked it.
Congratulations on getting the 4000 mark. How long do you think it will take to reach the 5K?????

bhs47 - 2010-01-14 22:16:00

Good night ladies, Have a great day sewing tomorrow. I am still working on the scrapbooking, but will pop in from time to time to see what you are up too.

bhs47 - 2010-01-14 22:23:00

thanks bhs, come back in whenever you like, im sure that if one of us stopped quilting and did something else we would still be in here :)

Twilight awww those chocolates are incredible, so many different ones aww and the smoothie the milkshake the fizzy oh and the alcohol wow thats celebrating :)
Thanks for all that Twilight your a great image googler :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-14 22:31:00

nite bhs
mmmm they are rather nice mmm

twilight23 - 2010-01-14 22:45:00

nite coalrange talk tomorrow

twilight23 - 2010-01-14 22:45:00

Sweetdreams Twilight, thanks again for the munchies mmmmm

coalrange1 - 2010-01-14 22:46:00

*Goodmorning* everyone rise and shine we have another sewing day ahead of us YAY
hope you all have a really nice day :)
daughter just bringing scones and lemon honey - lots for all so come join me :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 08:59:00

Oh all those goodies Twilight, could feel the pounds piling on just looking at the pics.
Quilting today, as soon as I have finished the ironing. Oh to have a slave to do all the boring domestic chores. Still musn't complain husband does most of the cooking, he pours over the cookbooks saying what do you think of this and I say lovely whatever it is.
You all have a lovely day I will not be checking in because I will be finished the quilting.

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cindydog - 2010-01-15 09:36:00

Hows the sewing going, Franny are you almost finished, Cindydog is this quilt a raggie or something different ? Thanks for your note above, tis fun :)

Twilight you havent been in here today hmmm you better have a really good excuse hehe hope your getting the last of your squares all sewn, cant wait to see these quilts and Frannys too, it is so inspiring seeing what others are making :)

Bhs loved seeing your scrapbooking, keep showing us aye, just pretend title says you cant have too much craft stuff hehe lol
Did you get that scrapbooking thing downloaded you were talking about.
gotta get on with quilt now, almost there :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 14:23:00

Hi coalrange, yep I've been busy with the scrapbooking cause guess what I got the software downloaded and I'm having fun.
The photos of the roses are my own and I turned the corner of the sofa into a studio quite by accident than default. The roses came from the neighbour's garden.
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/48/116821548_full.jp
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I had two large flowerbeds packed with lilies.
http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/23/116868023_full.jp
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Edited by bhs47 at 4:31 pm, Fri 15 Jan

bhs47 - 2010-01-15 16:29:00

Yaaaay quilting finished, now just have to measure the quilt and cut the binding. And I have been a good quilter and cleaned and oiled my machine, am always appalled at the amount of fluff which accumulates around the bobbin area, think it comes off the batting. I am using bamboo batting, has anyone used it? It is lovely, soooo soft and snuggly and lovely to quilt.

franny8 - 2010-01-15 16:37:00

You are clever Bhs, loved the Lillies. I am not into scrapbooking myself but a friend of mine made the most amazing album, of the family history, for her granddaughter when she turned 21.

franny8 - 2010-01-15 16:39:00

*Congrats to Franny* yay almost finished :)
im going to have a look for that bamboo batting it sounds nice, is it even softer than the cotton one ?

bhs they are gorgeous pages, wow your lily garden must look stunning. thanks so much for showing us, one day when i can im going to get back into scrapbooking. We have a fantastic scrapbooking shop here -
http://www.sisteract.co.nz/products.htm

just handstitching binding on quilt now, didnt get it done last night as i intended ooops ;)

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cindydog - 2010-01-15 17:12:00

hi all, i have been very busy today, sorry i havent posted earlyer, been to parents place to have a catch up with cousin and wife,had lunch there then looked after grandies from 3 to 5.
bhs thoes pics were really cool thanks for showing them to us
hi cindydog yes this a fun group,
franny thats good that you have finished you quilt top now the fun starts with the rest,
hi coalrangr doing your favorite thing HAND SEWING lol

twilight23 - 2010-01-15 18:15:00

twilight23 wrote:

hi coalrangr doing your favorite thing HAND SEWING lol

oh yes Twilight hmmm your in a pretty cheeky mood huh, im almost 1/2 way so wont take long. Ohhh then i can start the next one, i have got so many ideas for so many quilts its hard to know which one to do ;)

Edited by coalrange1 at 6:57 pm, Fri 15 Jan

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 18:57:00

Thanks for comments on layouts I am very happy with them. Sadly coalrange I no longer have the beautiful gardens with the lilies and the roses and all the most usual flowers. Health reasons we had to downsized from 1/4 acre to hankies size. Managed to bring a few of my bulbs with me but so far all I have gotten is lots of the orange one and one very lonely yellow.

bhs47 - 2010-01-15 19:03:00

question time lol how do you guys manage to post more than one photo to a message without going through edit? Have you had a twilight express to Northern Ireland yet?

bhs47 - 2010-01-15 19:07:00

bhs - i put one photo on then go to my trade me get another one click on back until i get to the message im writing and copy again and keep repeating. so you just keep going backwards and forwards. Hope that makes sense and if anyone knows another way please let us know :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 19:12:00

No not Northern Ireland yet, but im sure we can sometime :)
We will ask the driver when she comes back in, if shes stopped laughing about me having to handsew hehe lol

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 19:14:00

Just asking cause you are all so quick at putting photos on, when on the twilight express

bhs47 - 2010-01-15 19:16:00

Twilight are you watching dr Who ?

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 20:13:00

hi there i have 2 tabs open when i do the twilight express, they are open at the bottom of the screen then just go from one to the other
yes coalrange i have finished laughing. no im not watching dr who,are you????
shell we go to n ireland on our next trip

twilight23 - 2010-01-15 20:35:00

i have to leave you guys for 30 minutes i have to hem a pair of pants for my mum for the wedding i wont be long ok

twilight23 - 2010-01-15 20:37:00

Twilight doc who is on fri nite 7.30 on prime - its repeats but i hadnt seen tonights one. I think the new series starts later in the year and we get a new doctor.

Northern Ireland sounds good to me :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 20:50:00

Boy it's quiet tonight, are you still awake coalrange? lol

bhs47 - 2010-01-15 20:50:00

N Ireland sounds good to me too, I'll show you where I was born. First I will make sure I have all the photos lined up so that I can keep up. Anyone like a good malt whiskey?

bhs47 - 2010-01-15 20:54:00

Yes bhs im still awake, im still handstitching, nearly finished ;)
a good malt whiskey hmmm yeah why not sounds good just a little one tho, otherwise my stitching may go wonky. Then when i show people the quilt and they say oooh stitching went off a bit there - i would have to confess what had happened lol so just small one thankyou :) Phew that was long winded a simple yes would of done aye hehe

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 21:08:00

Have you got your breath back yet after that lot???? You nearly had me replying in an Irish way but thought better off it, as it doesn't read as good as when it is spoken.
Remember one stitch after the other then a wee dram, one stitch after the other & a wee dram ok that should get you through the rest of your hand stitching.

bhs47 - 2010-01-15 21:26:00

whew im back, had to hem pants take them to d.in.law who works down the road from me, she is going to put in parents letterbox, she lives down the road from them lol, took longer had to have cuppa with her, can i have a wee dram after all this to

twilight23 - 2010-01-15 22:01:00

Hehe thanks for the advice bhs :) stitches are staying straight :)
Will be neat to see the pics of Northern Island bhs, will look forward to trip :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 22:01:00

Just fixing you a wee dram twilight, now sip it slowly or else it'll go straight to your head and we don't want that to happen. hehe. Well done ladies on completing your tasks. I think I just might have a wee dram and then head for bed, so good night ladies, sleep well.

bhs47 - 2010-01-15 22:24:00

nite bhs will sip slowly ok

twilight23 - 2010-01-15 22:30:00

Nite bhs enjoy your wee dram :)

Twilight hope you have a great time tomorrow, let us know how it goes :)

sweetdreamzzzzzzzzz

coalrange1 - 2010-01-15 22:32:00

nite coalrange will do.

twilight23 - 2010-01-15 22:51:00

Oooh can I come, haven't been to Northern Island since 1967, wasn't too healthy in Belfast then, lots of English soldiers carrying guns, so was just a flying visit on the way south. Do you think we will have time to visit Dublin Twilight, oh brings back memories of my youth when I was on my big OE and we did the tour of the Guiness factory and got lots of free Guiness at the end of the tour - only problem was I don't really like Guiness.
Can we expect a pic of your finished quilt pretty soon then Coalrange? You are further ahead than me I haven't cut the binding yet. I am certainly up for a good malt Bhs, lovely.
Night, night all sleep tight.

franny8 - 2010-01-15 23:09:00

Top of the mornin ladies, doesn't look too good here. Windy and over cast. Well my wee dram worked well last night I had a good sleep.
franny what a coindence you visiting N Ireland in 1967. I left my homeland in April 1967 (just before the fighting restarted) and spent five and half weeks on a ship taking me to my new home, the Land of the Long White Cloud. Have been back once, 1998.

bhs47 - 2010-01-16 07:42:00

coalrange1 wrote:

I'm going to have a look for that bamboo batting it sounds nice, is it even softer than the cotton one ?

The bamboo batting feel a bit like the cotton but personally I prefer it and what I really like is that it is machine washable although you can't put it in the dryer. You can get either 100% bamboo or a 50/50 cotton bamboo mix, they are both lovely but the 100% one is just a tiny bit thicker, not much.
Hi Bhs, yes that is a coincidence, yes we were there during the quiet spot but there were still lots soldiers with guns and Belfast, then, seemed such a gloomy place, there didn't seem to be many people about and I do remember that, probably because of the way things were back then. Is that why you left, because of the troubles.
Forgot to say "Morning all".

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cindydog - 2010-01-16 08:41:00

morning all
the weather is overcast and windy not a good start for a wedding,hopefully it will improve
franny you can come to when we go to N.I

twilight23 - 2010-01-16 08:43:00

aw yummy thanks cindydog, just wat i needed mmmmmmm
no sewing for me today cindydog tis my nieces wedding, but will have some stories to tell

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cindydog - 2010-01-16 08:51:00

Morning all :)
You all sound happy and chirpy, thanks for brekkie Cindydog tis yummy :)
have a great day all, especially you Twilight - hope it stays fine.
back later :)

coalrange1 - 2010-01-16 08:58:00

twilight have a great day at the wedding.
franny, I often joke that I kindled the fighting and then left them too, but that isn't the case. I married an Kiwi guy from the NZ Royal Navy who I met at my home in Belfast. So I came out here as a very young bride. In 1998 when I went home I found that parts of the city was still gloomy though they did try to brighten it up in places. What I did enjoy was going through the Glen of Antrim with my Big Brother and seeing my homeland through the eyes of an adult. Look forward to seeing you on the Twilight Express trip.

bhs47 - 2010-01-16 09:32:00

Thanks for breakfast cindydog, enjoyed every mouthful. Left the latte not my cup of tea (pardon the pun) lol. Have a good day.

bhs47 - 2010-01-16 09:37:00

Quilt finished YAY :)

http://images.trademe.co.nz/photoserver/34/117019634_full.jp
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coalrange1 - 2010-01-16 11:58:00