"Glad you like it.  I have no laptop to make a keeper for! LOL  I'm certainly appreciative of the person who invented mug rugs!!"

"Hi Gina.  Thank you!

Hi Karen. Thanks!!  No BSR.  Just me and the 830."

"Great idea!  I did not want to make the laptop project and this is a perfect shortened version of the project!"

"LOve the quilting.  Was this free motion with BSR on your 830?"

"Very Nicely done!"

"Thank you, Brenda.  Yes!  Santi liked them...Whew!!!"

"These are beautiful Sue, I know Santi will love them!"

"Hi Joanne.  A Thumbtack Board is a hooping aid using a cheap plastic 'disposable' kitchen cutting mat.  Use the plastic template that came with your hoop to mark the center horizontal and vertical lines on the cutting mat.  Include the holes in your template, too.  Use flat back thumbtacks and punch through the hole markings from the back of the cutting mat. Lay your hoop over the prepared cutting mat and secure (I taped my Thumbtack Board to my Master Hooper). Press your fabric onto the thumbtacks aligning as needed and then secure the inner hoop.  Did this explain well enough?"

"Like what you did.  I have the Master Hooper but I don't know what a Thumbtack Board is.  Could you explain?"

"Beautiful! Great idea!"

"Nice!!!! Now we have to wait 3 more weeks. These are really neat. Thanks for sharing."

"The block here is beautiful!!!!"

"aw that sucks.  i guess i'm not as creative like you. thanks for sharing."

"Thank you, Maria.  This is my original design.  Sorry, no pattern for it."

"Sue this is amazing!  love the idea.  question, where would i find a pattern for this?"