Thank you, quiltmouse! :-) "Almatinka" is actually not a "name" per se - I just use it as my "on-line name" ;-). In Russian it's just means "a person living in or from Almaty" (it's the name of the city in Kazakhstan where I was born and used to live), sort of like "a New-Yorker", etc. I do not know, however, if I can contribute much to this community, since I don't quilt. ;-) But I'll be happy to help if anyone needs something translated from/into Russian or something like that! ;-)