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Hi Aria I spend way too much time on the computer looking at or for new quilt designs. Do you have any photos of the quilts made by the Australian quilter? Do they do their quilting any differently? I will check out your website. Thanks Dianne

I did get to see some pictures of quilts made by Shirley and her daughters. We do tend to go with a lot more of the traditional patterns. Shirley and I bought some of the same fabric and we're not going to let each other know what we are working on till we're both done. It's gong to be interesting. She loved the prices of our fabric. She got some fabric here for $5 a yd and in Australia she paid $28 a meter for the same fabric. Needless to say she is buying fabric to mail back home. Her suitcase only holds so much. I'm so thankful that we had the personal one on one time with each other. Our husbands really hit if off. They talked as much as we did. Shirley has some major health issues and her husband does all her cutting for her. He is such a sweetheart. Once she gets home and rested up I'll ask her to send me some pictures of her quilts. As you can tell I love all the different smilies. Soft Hugs Aria in Indiana, USA Family: http://photos.yahoo.com/BusyGrammie2002 More family pics: http://community.webshots.com/user/busygrammie http://quiltingwitharia.mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk/ There are no co-incidences, there are only God-incidences.

Hi Janet I know all about making quilts for nieces, nephews, my children etc. then one day my husband asked me when was I going to make him a quilt? Prabably my biggest challenge (king size bed). Any way, it turned out great. I just finished a quilt that I quilted on my sewing machine. first time for me. I like to hand quilt. Keeps me busy and out of trouble. i love speed piecing too. Write again. Love to hear from you Dianne

I didn't know that you could take a quilt to a machine quilter. I don't think we have anything like that here. I have never quilted by machine. I know it would be a whole lot faster than what I do!!!! Dianne

I still hand quilt my "masterpieces". But with most people they don't know the difference between hand work and machine work. I quit beating myself up about all "handmade" because of that simple fact. There are reasonably price quilting machines on the market, if you wanted to make money from quilting. The woman who has the quilt shop local charges $75 plus cost of backing for twin and on up. I think the most expensive work she does is about $150 for a super king. At that price she is still less than half of the price I've researched on the internet. She only does simple repetition designs. . .no stitch in the ditch or stippling. You can do your quilt in sections and machine quilt it. . . makes it easier to handle and makes an attractive back too. Till later, with much love. -j-