"Just " Marjorie wrote:

>Camilla,
>I'm taking classes in MS Front Page 2000 this Summer, and I shall set up
>a web page showing some of my quilts.

I'll look forward to that!
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>Last week, I decided I'd start paper piecing again, and since its been
>several years since I have done any, I went to the Web and downloaded
>the instructions and a pattern for an arrow.  It had a green background,
>and a yellow arrow.  Well, being a child of the depression, I'm not about
>to spent my time nor money and then throw it away, and who in the
>world wants a yellow arrow?  So by thinking about it a little, I changed
>the base of the arrow to brown, and did use green for the grass, Changed
>the top part of the arrow to a beige fabric with little slices of watermelon
>on it, and blue for the sky.  Well, it turned out so cute I decided to make
>3 more, make them into coasters, and send them to one of my Sisters in Texas.
>  She has twin grandchildren, who spend 2 weeks of July with her. They have
>picnics, tea parties, etc. They will just love those watermelon tree
>coasters!!

I've NO idea what "Paper Piecing" is, frankly--but sounds like fun!

>So I kept busy all evening, and when I sew, I wait till I'm finished to
>clean up, and as I told you, I got new glasses, 2 pairs, one set
>computer/sewing glasses,
>and new regular glasses, which have bifocals in them.  Well, needless to
>say, I'm not used to either pair of these glasses yet, and when I looked
>out across the room I saw some brown, and thinking it was a Palmetto
>bug which had flown in, I slid over on my chair and stomped the daylights
>out of it!  When I moved my foot it started to , at least I thought, get up
>again, so I stomped it again, and again it got up.  Well, I wear an AFO
>Brace and I KNEW this couldn't be possible, so I slid over and changed
>glasses to my bifocals, and when I looked down, I had been stomping the
>daylights
>out of some of the brown fabric I had trimmed from this "watermelon
>tree coaster"!!!

Wow!  that's SO FUNNY!  and of course I agree with Carole that it is the
resurgence of the infamous Palmetto Bugs, who caused the arrival of the
flying and otherly-abled pigs, which freaked out half the PD list last year
and got a few of us consigned to the doghouse  !   Good thing you stomped
it proper, youngun  !!

>Now do you see why my signature says what it does?
>As Ever,
>just Marjorie 67/12

Aw shucks, M'am, yer can call yerself 'most anythin, and we'll luv ya anyhow!


Camilla Flintermann, CG for Peter 82/70/55
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