No worries. Teirae, I will go deal with your friend request as soon as Sam goes down (he's already asleep) and feel free to pick my brains any time. The first thing I'll suggest - even if it's a large project, try to break it down into smaller elements and complete one at a time. Makes things much easier and progress a little more obvious.

The chinese symbols were done for my mother. She saw them in one of the magazines I buy and wanted them and begged me to do them. I did, she framed them, now they hang in their lounge room. There's more of my work in other people's homes than my own! I have so much more that's not been photographed! The last project I finished was an afghan rug for Sam... Must get a picture of it soon - just need some new batteries in my camera and then the picture will go up. The cushion you like so much, Pandora is one that was done for my ungrateful sister in law. As soon as she got it (the colours were matched to the fabric used to cover her lounge) she handed me another fabric sample and demanded I make something to hang on the wall to suit. Needless to say, that's never been done and likely never will be!

I'm really not sure about the wisdom of hand-quilting something of that size with my arthritis issues - One of the reasons working on smaller things and then piecing them together is so good for me is because it means I'm not trying to hold a large, heavy piece of work.

Am I correct in thinking that machine quilting requires a special foot or something for the sewing machine?

BW