But there is a finite amount anyway! Somewhere around 2000 it looks like. Kathy

Thanks so much, everyone! High praise coming from all you quilters! And Nosey Parker says thanks for admiring her, she's such a baby girl. She's about 4 months old now and growing way too fast for us, she's a riot when she's awake. And she's well named, if I may say so. She is into everything, even Raisin Bran. If she's fast enough and you're not watching, she'll stick her paw into the bowl and tip it over, before you've even gotten the milk on it. She's a monster. lol I did this quilt in a quilt-along on Flickr. (My 3rd quilt and my 3rd quilt along.) A lady named Amy/parkcitygirl taught us how to do it. We used squares and sewed them into half-square triangle squares and pieced those together in rows. So, to answer the question, Magothyrivergirl, no- I didn't use the strip technique. I will probably have to try that at some point, though. It looks like it would be good for fabrics where you don't want to chop up the design as much as you do in triangles. I didn't want to do the traditional "follow the zigzag lines" quilting,yeah- I'm such a rebel *snork* so I went with this swoopy idea. I saw it done on a doll quilt on Flickr and thought it would be fun to try. Check out the link if you want to see some really nice zigzag quilts either half done or finished. And thank you again! Here is a link that might be useful: Quilt along....

stargazzer: 1. Have you TRIED hanging shirts/tops from a hanger to dry to avoid the pin marks? I'd suggest not using wire hangers, especially those with the paint missing, because they can cause rust marks on clothes. I use wooden hangers because I can slip the steel hook through the ends of my clothes line to keep them from blowing off the line. I can't do that with plastic hangers, but they are a good choice because they don't rust. At my house, shirts/tops hung on the hanger go from the line to the closet and look MUCH better and have fewer wrinkles than clothes out of the dryer. Heavy items dry best on TIDE hangers, which are heavy plastic, wide at the shoulders so you don't get hanger lines, and vented for faster drying. 2. Have you tried a slower spin cycle on your washing machine to prevent some of those wrinkles you have to spend time ironing out? The fast 1,000 rpm (or faster) spins are designed for use with a dryer and tend to do nothing more than wrinkle clothes destined for the line. I have a special spin cycle on my machine designed FOR line drying, which helps eliminate much of the wrinkling from the start. The clothes are much wetter using the slower spin cycle, but the wetness works FOR you because gravity pulls on the wet clothes to naturally TUG most wrinkles out of garments. I never need to iron any clothes, but I also choose fabrics that are condusive for line drying. If you are careful how you hang wet clothes on a hanger - smoothing it with your hands and finger-press sleeves so they have a nice crease, and the fabric type is a quality of cotton or cotton blend that doesn't hold wrinkles. You shouldn't need to iron. 3. You can also spritz wet clothes placed on a hanger with Wrinkle Releaser and smooth them with your hand and that will help remove wrinkles. Spritzing with plain water and smoothing with your hand will ALSO work. You can spritz DRY clothes with Wrinkle Releaser or water to smooth out pin marks. But I just avoid pin marks to begin with by drying on hangers. -Grainlady

Diana, How nice of you to share so much of your home and suggestions. 3 cats? I have 2 cats and 2 dogs. Lived rural and on acreage for years too with a lot of house. This little guy has wood floors throughout...sure hope I enjoy your ease of cleaning, they are original floors with a lot of character, Your support sent me for paint yesterday. I use my old craft paints to mix colors to see what may work and bought an herbal green for the kitchen. Will take the plunge this week. Painting this house has been a challenge as I am going over layers from previous owners, some of which must have been odd mixes and new paint isn't going on easily. One room I used bin first, but even this one took two coats of good quality paint. As for HP "oops" paint...they have stopped doing this here. On every can it says no return. I asked them about this and they said people were buying paint, bringing it back and then rebuying at the discounted price. People do the dumbest things to save money and ruin a good thing. AS for rugs and pattern, my kids call me the rug lady....there are 4 huge ones for the living room which I change with my mood and a bunch of others for various rooms. Rugs started long ago with the dogs since they tend to hang around me taking naps...saves the carpet from whatever their coats bring in. The kitchen has never had one, but sure love the look. Actually enjoying the possibilites and change. I saw a new set of wood patio chairs in a catalog recently. They were painted in 4 different colors, had charming prints for the seats....looked wonderfult. Working on the inside before hitting the patio, but want to do something funky and like your idea. Will exterior paint handle the weather better? My set sure needs to be sealed since being outside, but am waiting to paint it first. Have upholstered for years too. At first it was to save money using castoffs when first married. Have two slip covers for couch and chairs and have material to do another chair. This one will be from 4 different patterns, saw this a couple of years ago and really liked the affect. There is a book out on slipcovers that are no sew, all done with iron on tape.....tried this and didn't work for me. I'd think the tape would take a beating when washed anyhow. No sewing is going to happen until the rest of the house is in order though. Winter will set in and give me some good days to do so. And probably send me in different directions changing things. Am familiar with Denver Fabrics, they also have 2 outlets selling upholstery fabric from 3 to 10 dollars a yard. Also have fabric by the pound which people bring in from leftover projects, they sell this for donations to various causes. Not a good place to hang around, too easy to amass the wonderful offerings. I gave many yards of fabric away when I moved....which I'd like to have back....with lack of better judgement. The daunting part of getting things done is that I am an artist/photographer, very visual. A good thing, bad thing. Bad thing is my patience gets the better of me when things aren't looking the way I visualize. Good thing is I have tons of ideas and can see all evolving. Having the chaos of electrical, plumbing, roof made me bit testy waiting to get to the interior...that is over and now on a roll. Also have company showing up in two weeks which means jumping in quickly on some tasks put off. This forum is just good fun seeing what others have done and their ideas, photos. I need to be a bit clearer in asking for suggestions, sometimes my head sees it and the writing misses the real question I have. Enjoy the day.... Sandy