Pepita

Writing is something most of us think of as a means to express yourself. You have taken it to a level of art. You are truly a gifted writer. It is such a pleasure reading your story of 8th grade Halloween. I can fully place myself right in that room with you!

Thank you for sharing not only my gift of 'crafts', but of writing.
Pepita

I have a quilt from that is machine quilted, I checked at the local quilt shop, and they thought it was Civil War or just after. Is that possible? I did read something about somekind of contraption that could be put on an old machine long ago. What do you think would be the oldest American machine quilted quilts? (Home Made of course)

Anything that will make the handle soft and larger (and stay on) will work. Old foam curlers...probably on ebay as antiques, work pretty well. They have larger holes so I end up with the purchased kind for the little ones.

I wonder if you could spray that expanding foam stuff in a straw... You can see I can get myself into all sorts of messes.