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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 still have my old web page on a disk from when Jerry Finch had the PD Web Ring, and it shows one of my quilts. But its no longer on the Web. Unfortunately, most of my quilts are given away, the smaller wallquilts I keep, because they are the right size for display in my house. I try to change the display each month and keep it in with the season. I still haven't figured out what to make for Hurricane season however!! I also collect Bradford Plates, so wall space is scarce at my house. 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!! 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"!!! Now do you see why my signature says what it does? As Ever, just Marjorie 67/12