you guys are all so amazing!!! thank-you for all the helpful comments!!!
this forum is amazing really.
i was so inpspired that i tackeled machine applique for the first time, and loved it so much that i was doing wild, (but silent) happy dances in my house....(kids were napping).
then as i kept reading and seeing, i started free motion machine quilitng. i'm in LOVE!
i mean i just finished stippling an ENTIRE quilt!!! shock!!
needless to say that oodles of practice runs are in order for me, and now i'm dabbling in dreaming of a new machine... but thats for anohter post.
oh! and i must say that i was now also brave enough to order my sons fabric. so while i'm waiting for it to arrive i'll check out all of those coloring pages,etc.
thanks again everyone!
you all rock! :)
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