Congratulations! You sound thrilled to be a duckie mommie again. I can understand. I'm hooked on them. Just can't help myself. Are you in need of a cigar and an "It's a Boy or Girl" banner or balloon? LOL Glad you have them. Let us know if you have others soon. :)

That one has been going around for a while. It happens to be true - but the place was Spokane - see the link below. I always check stories like that on the WWW. snopes.com urban legends site - sometimes there are quite interesting tales about how things started and spread. A useful site to be aware of.... Here is a link that might be useful: Snopes on the duck story

Hi,my friend gave me a duck down comforter with the duvet cover. I turned to the i-net to clean it because it was very smelly after I washed it. There was very good advice and I love it and it has no odor at all. I added cold water and added wool it and begun to agitate the water. Next, I carefully fed the comforter into the washer, so it never went off balance. Then I put the comforter in two additional rinses. When I removed the comforter, you must straighten by pulling ends before you place it in the dryer, I added two dry towels to help remove any excess water. I also placed three clean tennis balls inside the dryer which helps fluff the down. Then I lay open the dry comforter on my bed. Straighten edges and if feathers are stuck to the bottom. You need to hold one section at a time and shake the down as to fluff each secton. You will be happy that you took the time to look this up on the i-net. Enjoy! You will be happy and don'the need to return it.

I bought a GrandMARK die cutting machine in August 2007. I am a beginning quilter...started about two years ago. I was becoming frustrated with my inaccurate cutting resulting in wasting fabric and pieces that didn't fit together well. I was ready to give up quilting as I just wasn't happy as to how my projects were turning out. I began looking for a die cutting machine as I had seen some die cut fabric on some websites. I found accucut's website and found the customer representative to be very pleasant and helpful. I bought the grandmark machine along with the 8" quilt block starter set. You can also buy a 10" or 12" quilt block set. With any of the three quilt block starter kits you can make 36 different blocks with the dies you get with the machine. This is a link to a two page pdf on accucut's website which shows the dies included in the set and the blocks that can be made with the dies. http://www.accucut.com/images/documents/2006/MMQD.pdf I am very pleased as it is a real joy to use. i find that I waste very little fabric. The pieces fit together so beautifully. Some of the current quilting magazines have coupons which I believe can be used for up to 20% off on your order. I agree it may seem a little pricey but for me it is an investment which has made my quilting hobby far more enjoyable. I hope this is helpful, Kind regards