So it isn't just the cold weather that cracks the fingers! lol Granted you have had some cool temps for Georgia but up north here, we still have piles of snow leftover from Christmas Day. Thank you for the note about the super glue. I have heard this before but just never gave it a try for fear of something--what, I am not sure. Maybe I best take a stroll through the garage and fix these thumbs. Ah shucks, I thought this note would be attached to the Grandma from Georgia and it is not. Guess I am so new to this Board that I have not mastered how it works.

A long arm machine and the room to put it in and still be able to move around. LOL

I think I would like to have enough money to send every quilt top I make out to a LAQ. Then I could make all the tops I want, without havig to worry about how to quilt them.
If I can sell my Pfaff Grand Quilter and Inspira Frame I could use that money to send out quilts. I tried for two years, but just couldn't get the hang of it, so now I guess I need to get it on Craigs List or Ebay, but it will be a bear to ship.
Sue

A space to call my own that I don't have to share with DH, DD, animals, & company.
A place where I can leave projects out all the time, close the door, and walk away w/o fear of what will occur if I am not right there.
Otherwise except for batting and backing I am pretty well set for my needs.

If I had 3 wishes from a genie then My first wish is for me to be able to match colors and whenever I go shopping for fabric I wish I could find what i want at the price I can afford! My last wish would be for me to be able to go to the Houston quilt show... :lol:

Have you tried O'Keeffe's Working Hands? That stopped my fingiers from cracking. Home Depot didn't have it, but found it at Harbor Freight Tools. You can google it to see who sells it.

Ramona in Mobile

Dh could not find that lotion at our Lowes or Home Depot.

I agree with the more time to sew. I don't even have kids at home; work a forty hour week and a little over time once in a while is about all I can muster. I don't know how you guys do it.

1)A longarm machine with stitch regulator; and the room to work with it!
2) retirement, in order to devote time to #1!

I want a stash! I use most everything as fast as I get it, with the exception of my Dear Jane stuff...hence the second wish would be for more time!

1. Long arm Quilting Machine
2. BabyLock Ellisomo Sewing & Embroidery Machine
3. Cash to buy more fabric

My LQS and a quilting buddy of mine have that new bendable light that attaches to your machine. They both rave about it. I'm fortunate to have a sewing machine with 2 lights around the sewing area so I'm fairly bright. I still have extra lights because my eyes aren't so great anymore.

All I want is the ability to retire so I can quilt all the time. I'm not wanting much, am I?????

Wow-everyone's wishes are great. I just have two---but, unfortunately, it would take a miracle for either wish to come true-and that just isn't going to happen.

1-TIME--more time to quilt, more time to spend with family, more time to sleep!
2-TALENT--like I see on this board. Real creativity and such awesome talent--it takes my breath away!

So, I will just be thankful for all that I am blessed with and do what I can with the time I do have.

A 16 inch harp (throat), or larger, quilting machine. I have only had my Viking Megaquilter for five months, and love it to death. It sews so wonderfully!

But . . . 6 inch sewing space is annoying. I didn't say bad, don't let the temperamental little Viking warrior on my machine frame get the idea I don't like him. He may stab me with that so-sharp little sword of his when I let my fingers stray in the needle path again.

Question: How long does it take to stitch three navy blue stitches into the side of your finger?

Answer: Less than half the time it takes to realize you've done it and break the needle when you pull back in surprise. Still picking blue lint out of my finger. Looks like one of those tattoo things. Though why someone would tattoo three blue dots on their finger, and then three matching ones on the underside . . .I don''t know.

However, larger quilt designs/patterns without having to stitch them in halves as you roll the quilting up, would be a blessing.

If you don't trust super glue, there is a product similar to it that is made by ??? (Bandaid? big help I am!) -- ask your pharmacist. I don't know how it differs from super glue but I found it less scary to use. It comes in a glass bottle, similar to nail polish. Also, if the skin breaks are very painful, I use an antibiotic cream & bandaid on the cuts for a couple of days to knock down any infection that might be there before sealing it over with the super glue stuff.

For lip cracks that just won't go away despite constant moisturizing, the antibiotic cream applied for a couple of nights really helps; just don't lick your lips too much because this stuff is not for oral use. (Hasn't killed me yet.) Of course, for lip cracks, I don't use a bandaid! :P Hope this helps.

Forgot to add my wish list.
- wish the classes weren't so expensive;
- wish the sewing nights at the LQS weren't so expensive;
- wish I had a big enough sewing room that I could invite other quilters over ... all the time!

We quilters are so much alike. But my wish list is:

A new modern sewing maching and table to put it in.

Time to do more sewing. Not sure how you buy that unless you get a handyman, maid, cook and gardner.

Definitely a sewing room. Probably won't happen till my son goes to college. 2years and i'm counting

Thank you from All Thumbs :)

Thank you from All Thumbs. Might you have been thinking about New Skin, an antiseptic liquid bandage? I use it with some success.

perfect health.:XD:

If I could have anything on a wish list, it would most likely be fabric in a yard or more of all colors of a rainbow type fabric.. I work with scraps , by choice , but also because its all i have to work wtih most of the time. But thinking how awesome it would be to have an actual fabric stash like I have seen in other quilters posts here, that would be an amazing blessing, and wish come true.. just grateful for what I do have, and the ability to bless others in need when I have extra strips, and odds and end pieces as well - that makes me so happy to do that..

Chasing Hawk.. almond roca candy, oh yea!!

That would be my wish list too but I would have to add 2 things:
4. Janome Horizon
and 5. A house to put it all in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know I have posted on the wish list awhile back.. I jsut wanted to post one more thing.. My wish? fat quarters all in the color purple, or shades that are in that sort. Purple is my favorite color, and just to think I would have a fat quarter or whatever in any shade .. it would be an " OH MAN" moment , as my little 6 year old neighbor often tells me when he is excited about something.. so, yea, my wish.. the color purple in every shade, just to have on hand to pick from ..

I'd like a fabric shopping spree, I'm using up too much of my stash. I'd most of all love a longarm machine. :D

My wish would for all the wonderful folks, on this board to have their wishes come true and for everyone to have good health in the comming year.

I still haven't found the oil for my machine. :)

A Jem Platinum 760 or Janome DC 3160 would be on the top of my wish list-I bought a Jem 660 about a yr before I saw the 760, it has more features that I liked but since I didn't have the money I stuck with my little 660, I've had it for over 10 yrs nowe and have not had a chance to replace it so that would go on my list 1st. 2nd would be a sewing room and 3rd would definetly to lose and keep it gone, all my extra weight :thumbup:

Lasik eye surgery( or the best eye surgery) so maybe I will never have to worry about using glasses or contacts again. I'm 23 and legally blind!

more time to sew

1.)Fabric so I can make quilts!
2.)An upgrade for my sewing machine.
3.)An upgrade for my software for quilting.