Oh do Lois! It's all new and exciting to me. I watched the programme with Pat Holly again and what she does with her decorative stitches on her machine is amazing.

Rita, You make me want to play with my machine. Love the designs done in the varigated thread. Lois

Do you mean that you are advancing in years yourself Rosemary? If so Many Happy Returns!

Reetzbobeetz wrote: are you taking orders?

Sorry it has been a bit quiet from me - a couple of deadlines for this weekend including a very important birthday party!

I can't believe the weather here either. It was 18ºC yesterday. That is our summer temperature if we are lucky!



And here is where I ran them together. Isn't it cute?

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Rita can you post a photo of your new stitches? I'd like to see them.

Nancy how do you get notifications from the USPS?

I can't believe I did it...... I just bought every one of the DVD's from "The Quilt Show" and...
a FULL YEARS membership!
"YIPPI YAHOO"!
Winter can start again and I'll be set! LOL!

70 something today on the ranch both temp. and wind speed.... you always know your in SD because the wind never stops blowing!

Sure is Lois. But isn't it great that we have this forum to iron out these problems.

Oh I sure am looking forward to those reels. I was playing with Patricia tonight (My new sewing machine) and discovered that I have a decorative spool stitch as well as a needle and thread and a scissors. I think that I will have to incorporate those into my spools quilt somehow.

Karen, I think I can make Castor sugar. Now that I know what it is I believe we have it in our stores but its called superfine sugar. Rita, Isn't it funny how we all speak English but we can't understand each other's cooking directions. Lois

WooHoo....just got an e-mail notification from USPS that a package from Lorna will be shipped 3/30/2012....we're getting close to receiving our reels!!!! Nancy

sugarmuffin57 wrote:
Yes Karen!

Rita,
When you say "Make up to 1 lb with plain white flour", do you mean to combine white flour with the oat bran and wheat germ until you have 1 lb?
karen

Lois,
I found this on the web. It tells you how to make your own Castor Sugar. Don't you just love the internet?

Castor sugar may not be easy to track down, but it is easy to make. In fact, it's really nothing more than granulated sugar that has been ground to a super-fine consistency. Here's how to make your own castor sugar in seconds:
Ingredients:

Granulated sugar
Preparation:

1. Place granulated sugar in a food processor or blender.

2. Pulse until it reaches a super-fine, but not powdery consistency.

3. Allow the sugar to settle for a few minutes. Then, use in place of the castor sugar called for in your recipe.

Tips:

1. Sugar may etch your blender pitcher, particularly if it's made of plastic. If this is a concern, use a coffee grinder or spice grinder instead.

loise98 wrote:
Lois, caster sugar is somewhere between white granulated sugar and icing sugar. If you don't have any you don't have to use it or you can just use granulated sugar.

And castor sugar? Lois