"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! Snipped >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 Oxford, Ohio <[log in to unmask]> on PDWebring at http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/genugten/flinterm.htm "Ask me about the CARE list for Caregivers of Parkinsonians ! " And visit the CARE webring at http://www.crosswinds.net/~caregivers/index.html