lalalandwi - AVA GARDNER blooms all over the map, so it is not the pictures, but the flower itself. For me it is totally inconsistent. Sometimes almost cream, other times very contrasting in color like above. It *IS* new (this early spring), so it could be due to the newness... JAZZ AFTER FIVE is a 2007 Selman with little distribution - so the price has stayed real high, probably why you don't see it around too much. This is its first year in my garden - and I hope the color improves some. We'll see! :o) Chris - hmmmm... why is BYM being such a skunk for you??? Little evil plant!! She is very floriferous for me - nice scapes with giant flowers. The first year was not so good, but this year I got lots of buds and rebloom scapes. When you see the buds, and they are getting ready, they look like they are going to explode!!

Thank you all...Yes I am a very proud gm. He's our only gs as of yet... Carol, I bet you can't wait to see your new grandbaby...It wasn't soon enough for us to see him when he was born...I think it may have been close to a month...they are so precious... We've had him stay with us quite a few times from a week to two...And what a handful...I think though now that he's older and walking well, much easier to take care of... Once again 'thank you all' for your comments.... Juanita

Thanks everyone! I agree, they're pretty happy :) Lynn, Charlotte is the guinea pig, lol. ttodd, they've shared a room forever. We have the two older boys in one room, little guys in the other. Our house is only three bedroom. But, they'd all share even if we had 4, or 5. They're all very close with their siblings that they share with, and would be lost without each other. It sucks when one of the older boys go on a sleepover at a friend's house. Because the other can't sleep alone, lol. I love when I put everyone to bed at night, then sneak back to the doors and listen in for a few mins. I love hearing the chit chat that goes on. :) We looked at an older, historical home before we bought this one. It had 6 bedrooms. It was funny listening to them go through the house, and claiming the rooms. Together! Nobody even thought about or, asked to have their "own room".

Well, I think you've answered some of your own questions! The embroidery of the letters is much too dense for the weight of the fabric. I have done lots of machine embroidery for my business. Fonts for fairly large letters are intended mostly to be embroidered on heavy fabrics - towels, heavy knit shirts, heavy decorator cottons, etc. There is no way a thin quilters cotton will stand up to that density of stitching without puckering. As for the outline quilted block embroideries - I'd use a HEAVY water soluble stabilizer for them, and I would NOT go through all three layers. You'll get a better result doing the embroidery on one layer, then joining the blocks, and quilting after.