sounds nice

I was with a group that did a queen size one for a rafle for a church. We did sew them by hand, but I really hate hand sewing :( Then everyone bailed out on me before it was done and I had to complete it myself. Someitmes people give their word and don't really mean what they say! It was done at last and raffled off, but never again!

Oh, yeah! Avon boxes are awesome. I think they're great, especially since they have a lid that fits well. They hold a ton! I do believe they are the only things I ever received free from Avon when I sold. I used to have Avon boxes coming out my ears! (NO, not literally). I still have a few in the basement with stuff in them.

Vicki your a true blue die hard quilter. I'm sure whoever won that quilt appriciated it.

So, don't bake a scrawny chicken in the pottery? LOL! I'm teasing!! I know what you're saying, I just thought I'd make a funny.
My DD wants chickens. I keep putting it off because DH would have to build a coop. He doesn't need to start anything else right now! LOL!

Debbie thats a lot of color for one little block. :-) nice colors.!

BCA you must be in the country. I grew up rural. Mom raised chickens when I was in first grade. Dad raised pigs during that time. we also had a few horses and some cows. And a Shetland pony I rode one time and he brushed me off up against the barbwire and stepped on my arm. I LOVE the country :lol: :? My Mom's sister had a rooster that chased cars. Or motorcycles. really anything that moved. Everyone was afraid of that thing except Aunt V. I think he slept with her! :roll:

You gave me my giggle for the day. What a picture! We had a cow that thought it was a dog. We would walk her on a tether, and when we got back to the yard she would roll over with her legs up in the air, wanting to get her belly scratched.

I was raised on a farm also had a pet pig that though it neede to go to school. everyday mom would have to get on the bus to get the pig off. As for leading calves and cows around the dogs when youngest sister was 4 she brough one of the calves in the house up the satirs to ask mom to put its rope on her so she could play. Mom was suprised when she turned around from making beds and saw the calf standing in the middle of the room. I think the most upsetting thing to Mom was when our bunny desided to have her babies in the box where she keep her stash. I still don't think that rabbit ran away.

Thank you ladies! I have had my smile already this morning. You've brought back a lot of great memories. It's going to be a great day, I can tell!!! :D

We are a great group, aren't we? Where else can the topic go from Pizza boxes to cows that want tummy rubs, all in the same thread???!! :lol:

I use my pizza box for carring my stuff around when we go on trips. But I found out it's no fun when everything falls out. Soo now I use a flower head pin and stick it in the front and it holds the top closed. I bought a package of boxs (50) from GFS for about $10.00, and I've got enough to last me until I'm old and gray, or should I say older and grayer!

What's GFS :?:

Oh MY I'm still laughing about that cow rolling over for a rub. And a pig on the school bus! That doesn't surprise me as much.

Mom told the baby sitter one day to keep us kids away from the water while she was gone ( we lived next to the Clark Fork) when she came home no one was in the house and after looking around she found us all with the sitter(six of us little darlins) sitting on the bank of the river where the baby sitter was crying her eyes out and we were all just laughing at her. She thought mom had said "keep the pigs out of the river"! :lol: :evil: :twisted: We only had about two dozen of em.

OH yea .. What is a GFS??

Gordon Food Supply or Service, not sure which. They have stores for the public, like Sam's Club, but no fee.

Are they like the pizza boxes?

GFS is a store where you can buy pizza boxes.

sounds like a discount store/warehouse. Wishe we had one here.

Most towns of any size have something. It is where the restaurants buy their supplies. Smart and Final, Cash and Carry, Major Sysco. Look in the phone book. Usually you have to pay cash if you do not have a business license.

My Pizza Hut gave me my boxes. You can't beat that.

ZYX-- did you do the quilt that is in your picture. popsup w/ your name.

It's very pretty. Can't wait to be able to post some pic's.

Hi, everyone. I am new to the site. I have just read 5 pages of posts and now have some very good storage ideas. I also have some very vivid images of cows on their backs, calves in the bedroom, chickens attacking and pigs swimming. Glad this is a fun site. I have laughed a lot since page 1. Thanks for the smiles.

Hi Vicki:
Our quilt group decided to do a queen -sized double Irish Chain pattern quilt for a fundraiser for one of our domestic violence Programs.....before we got the thing cut out each of us were in need of THE PROGRAM's services! Never again! Try as we might NONE of us could cut accurately, NONE of us could sew an accurate 1/4 inch seam and it's on this project we realized the brand of thread used can make the difference in the width of a seam allowance. .. not all thread with the same size number is the same size! We affectionately called this quilt "the Devil's Quilt!" One of our members finally offered to take the quilt, tear it all apart and re-do it so we can get it to the fundraising stage before all of domestic violence is irradicated in our country. Now whenever someone suggests "making a quilt" for this or that we all have the same knee jerk response....."don't look at me, I don't do group quilts!" Good for you for finishing your groups quilt.
Randy

Holy COW! LOL! :lol:
Yeah, I do live in the country. We're on a farm, actually. ;)
Most of the sheep have had their lambs. I still need to get some pics. Maybe tomorrow.
THe horses still haven't had their babies, yet!

Easy hexagons

Hexagons are really easy to cut and sew. Make them any size, but don't use hand piecing techniques to sew by machine. Machine sewn hexagons are so easy. Free instructions are on my website www.kayewood.com

Welcome, Kaye. I'm so glad you decided to join us. This is a great group of quilters.

Minda

:? MmmmmmmGoooood ,I think I'm Hungry, But yea I've seen others use P Boxes, I seem to not get new ones but clean ones. I save Sonic Ex Long Chili Cheese conie Boxes we get to go. Donuts,Cake Boxes DH brings home and I just started with learning piecing soooo I have empty Boxes, not all of them just some of.

I use pizza boxes all the time too and I recommend my students to use them too especially when they have many different blocks to make and its good to keep them dust free and altogether in the one spotl

Cheers
Andrea

I store my BOM in a pizza box. I work next door to the pizza shop so it's handy to pick them up.