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How to Create a Puff Comforter

2008-04-02T17:06:00.000-05:00

How to Sew a Biscuit or Puff Quilt

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These quilts are so easy to make in any size. Basically, you make individual stuffed squares from cloth and sew the squares together. These quilts date back to the 19th century and were very popular in the 1970's when people discovered recycling.
You can be very creative with your design. Make all your squares the same, use different pieces of fabric for each square, arrange your squares to a design you create.The squares can be large or small; for your first quilt, start with larger squares; try four inch squares. Each square consists of two square pieces sewn together; the bottom piece is cut 4" square and the top piece is cut one inch larger, 5". This provides room for the stuffing to fit inside.

Steps

Using 4" squares, you will need approximately 115 squares to make a 60 x 84 inch quilt (15 x 21 squares).
Gather around the 5" square or make darts in the middle of two of the sides to fit the 4" square. Place the two squares right side together and baste together at three of the edges (one side is left open to insert the stuffing).
Turn right side out, carefully pulling the corners out. Fill with lightweight polyester filling. You can use old nylons or other stuffing but you will find your quilt very heavy when it is done. If you don't put in a generous amount of stuffing, you will find that you quilt flattens over time. Slip stitch the open end closed. (using a slip stitch makes the stitches invisible).
Distribute the stuffing evenly. For larger squares, it is recommended that you place a stitch in the center; two stitches with embroidery thread arranged in an x is easy and will keep your stuffing from slipping. If you have small squares, you will not need to do this.
When all your squares are finished, you can join them together by: slip stitching them together or use rickrack, braid or ribbon to join.
The quilt should have a backing. Cut your backing from sheet material or satin, place it on top of the right side of the quilt, slip stitch around three of the outer edges, turn inside out so the right side of the quilt is showing and slip stitch the remaining edge. If you wish you can tack one or two x stitches throughout the quilt to hold the back in place.

Tips

Do not stuff until you have finished cutting and sewing all the squares. It is easier to store cloth squares than puffy squares.
These quilts are lovely but can be tedious as they are repetitive. Don't be in a hurry and be sure to watch TV or listen to the radio while you work or work with a friend and chat as you work.
It is optional to place an edging around your quilt; use lace, a ruffle or braiding.

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Foundation Piece a Quilt Block - wikiHow

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Foundation Piece a Quilt Block - wikiHow
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2008-04-02T17:01:00.001-05:00

How to Foundation Piece a Quilt Block

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Many people have done "Quilting"... but are put off by the labor-intensive cutting and fitting process that makes a quilt block. "Paper Piecing" or "Foundation" quilting takes all the hassle out of cutting and sewing your quilt block. You can even use oddly shaped pieces of fabric scraps without extra cutting.
Here's how those expert quilters sew those acute angles with absolute precision every time. And it's so easy that it's practically "Quilt by number"!

Steps

Select your pattern and photocopy or print enough of them to make your quilt. You will need one copy per block.
Select your fabrics.
Launder all of your fabrics. Washing them first means that the worst shrinkage, running, fading, etc. takes places before they're stitched.
Iron the fabrics smooth if necessary.
Cut rectangles or squares in sizes which will cover the shapes in your pattern blocks. These can actually be ripped/torn in strips and then cut for speed and ease.
Notice that the pattern pieces are numbered in the order in which you should sew the pieces.
Place the cloth for piece #1 on the BACK side of the paper with the back/wrong side of the cloth towards the paper.
Hold the paper up to a light to verify that the fabric is oriented so that it covers all of the area of piece one with at least a quarter inch of overlap in all directions.
Place the cloth for piece #2 (white) with its right/front side facing the right/front side of piece #1 (red) and its seam edge aligned with the seam line and overlapping by a minimum of a quarter inch.
Pin the two fabrics in place on the paper.
Flip the paper to the front/printed side.
Machine stitch the seam line from the printed side.
Trim the seam allowances to 1/4 inch.
Unpin the fabrics and flip piece #2 over the seam and pin it in place over its alloted area on the block.
Hold up the paper block pattern to the light to check that piece #2 will cover its alloted area.
Place the cloth for piece #3 with its right/front side facing the right/front side of piece #2... and its seam edge aligned with the seam line and overlapping by a minimum of a quarter inch (6 mm).
Pin the two fabrics in place on the paper.
Flip the paper to the front/printed side and use back light to check the placement.
Machine stitch the seam line from the printed side.
Trim the seam allowances to 1/4 inch (6 mm).
Unpin the fabrics and flip piece #3 over the seam and pin it in place over its alloted area on the block.
Repeat the process of placing, pinning, checking then sewing and trimming for each successively numbered piece.
Machine baste around the perimeter of your block when complete.
Trim all edges to a quarter inch (6 mm) seam "allowance".
Tear away the paper "backing".
Voilà! You've got a perfectly sewn quilt block, with perfectly measured "seam allowances" and perfect corners - even in those hard-to-manage acute angles!

Tips

Shorter stitch length makes tearing the paper easier later. 1-1.5 mm works well.
Free block patterns can be found in many places on the internet. Just search for "Free Foundation Quilting Blocks". The variety and selection are astounding.
You can merely cut the fabric into long strips of sufficient width to cover the pattern pieces of that cover... and sew and cut them "as you go" to conserve cloth.
Any shape or size of scrap can be used, so long as it has one straight edge to be sewn. Because of this, you can utilize even the smallest scraps with little waste.

Warnings

Scissors and needles are sharp. Handle with appropriate care.
Be sure to line up material in correct direction, lining it up with arrow in pattern (parallel with selvage of material).

Things You'll Need

A Paper pattern (and a lot of copies of it)
Fabrics - generally cotton scraps will do for your first attempt
Scissors
Sewing Machine w/matching thread etc.

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Sources and Citations

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Test

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My Latest Finish!

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These are three different patterns from "With My Needle" A Quaker Pattern Book

A Few More of my Favorites from Victoria and Albert in London

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Look at the Detail

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Isn't this just wonderful? At the museum, you are able to take the samplers out of this wooden case (still covered in glass of course) and take them to a table where you can study them up close. Only a sheet of glass between you and the actual piece! It was heaven.

Close Up!

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Just one of the panels from the Mary Queen of Scots Group.

Mary Queen of Scots and her Friend

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This is a group of needlepoint which has been ascribed to Mary, Queen of Scots during her captivity and her friend (can't remember the name). What is so wonderful is the brightness of the colors...they stayed very true!

The Grand Daddy of Them All

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Just got back from a business trip to Prague and London and I was lucky enough in London to have time to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum. What a treasure trove of stitching. In the next few days, I will be posting plenty of pictures of what I saw. First though, to start with the granddaddy of them all....The oldest dated sampler! I have read about this hundreds of time, but I actually got to pull it out and look at it up close and personal. It is much smaller than I imagined, but the colors and the stitching are incredible. I have some close up pictures of this one that I will also be posting soon!

My First Attempt at Stained Glass!

2007-08-12T18:19:00.000-05:00

Or to be more accurate, Art Glass! I took a six week class at a stained glass studio and this is the result of my first try! I was more difficult than I thought, especially the soldering! I hate to solder as it gets messed up quick! You don't have much chance to really think about before it just starts to go! But for a first try, not bad!

Blackbird Designs-Just Finished

2007-08-11T08:30:00.000-05:00

Put the last stitch in at midnight! I really like this piece. I plan on having it frame and then putting it on a small wall shelf with a brass blackbird that I bought at TJ-Maxx. I will post another picture when I finish.

More stash enhancement this week. Got four of the next Prairie Schooler designs. Getting ready for a trip to Georgia later this week for business and then to Prague and London at the end of August. I can't wait!

My First Quaker Piece

2007-07-30T21:14:00.000-05:00

My first quaker piece. This is from Ellen Chester's A Quaker Pattern Book, Panel C. The thread is Caron's Waterlilies "Cedar". The piece measures about 5 x 7 inches on 32 count French Linen Permin linen. It only took about a week to stitch up, so it worked up very quickly.

And the Winner Is...

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Cathy from the 123 stitch message board. I have already e-mailed her and will send out the chart once I receive her address.
Thanks to everyone for participating!
Also thanks for checking my site. I have over 380 people visit the site!

Chart Give-a-Way

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If you would like to be entered in drawing for this chart, please leave you name and e-mail address. My DD will be picking the winner tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m. Will mail anywhere in the US.

Good Luck!

The $175 Cross Stitch Piece!

2007-07-15T18:53:00.000-05:00

I figure that I am about 25% of the way done. I have the repeat the same pattern as shown now three more times. I will probably be retired by the time this piece is finished!

The $703 Cross Stitch Piece!

2007-07-09T20:57:00.000-05:00

I was trying to figure out why this project is taking so long...it seems like spaghetti. No matter how much I stitch, it just doesn't seem to make a dent in the project. So, I thought I would take a minute and calculate how many stitches will be in the finished project. The circle is 10 inches across, which gives it a radius of 5 inches. To calculate the area of a circle, you square the radius (5 inches) which equals 25 inches. You then multiply this by pi (3.14) which equals 78.5 inches. Now this is being stitched on 14 count aida, which means each square is 14 stitches by 14 stitches which equals 196 stitches per inch. So, you multiply 196 stitches by 78.5 inches and it equals 15,386 stitches! Now, I read on some cross stitch board, that 150 stitches per hour is considered average. So this piece should take 102.5 hours. If I earned minimum wage ($6.85) on this piece, it would have a value of $703.00.
Just in case you are wondering what I do for a living, when I am not cross stitching, I am an ACCOUNTANT!

More Mandala Process

2007-07-08T21:43:00.000-05:00

I have been working on this piece most of the weekend...slow going but so far so good...

Finally Finished!

2007-07-07T16:41:00.000-05:00

This pattern is from http://myauntsattic.web-log.nl/myauntsattic/ My Aunt's Attic which is digitizing patterns from the early 20th century. It has literally dozens and dozens of patterns. This was one of my favorites. I chose Hand Dyed Fibers silk in Garnet and then used a yellow silk Mori from Kreinik. I think it turned out pretty good. This is the first time I have used the Hand Dyed Fibers silk and it was a real stitching pleasure!

Stash Enhancement Saturday!

2007-07-07T11:59:00.000-05:00

I was lucky enough to find a blog of a fellow stitcher here in southwestern Ohio who through e-mail told me about a local cross stitch shop called "Keepsake Framing and Cross Stitch". I realized it was about 10 miles from my home so I decided a Saturday expedition was in order. What a beautiful shop! An older house converted to a cross stitch and frame shop, with each room decorated with antiques and loads of patterns, threads and fibers. Check out my purchases! I am especially happy with the material, as they are scrap pieces of linen, no more than $1-$2 each. I love these small pieces for needle fobs, ornmanets, etc. I also just like trying out the fabric without investing in a large amount. Thanks to Pam whose website is just beautiful...

http://crossroadsofmymind.blogspot.com/

My Newest WIP using Vikki Clayton Silk

2007-07-01T21:25:00.000-05:00

Since I got the silk yesterday, I couldn't wait to try it. So, I chose the garnet (which is a mix of red and maroon) and am using it on 28 count linen with a pattern from My Aunt's Attic. It really is simple to use! I love the varigated look and think it should look wonderful when finished! I got all this done today! I should be able to finish within a couple of days.

My Vickki Clayton Silk is Here!

2007-06-30T15:37:00.000-05:00

I ordered my silk on Wednesday and received on Saturday! I got 9 skeins and one "grab bag" spool. I ordered the colors at random to work on monochromatic patterns from My Aunt's Attic. I am going to be looking through all the patterns tonite trying to pick my next one!

Don't Miss the Sale!

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http://www.nouveauencore.com/

Starting today thru July 7th, all standard samplers are 15% off. They are beautiful samplers, made using copy-right free French patterns that are 100-200 years old. I bought the sampler above. This is one of the smaller sizes. Many are over 400 stitches square! I think I could buy just about every sampler they have! But, gotta put a daughter through college!

Something a Little Smaller

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I found this freebie on Blue Ribbon Designs. It is the first time I have mixed one over one with two over two designs. The phrase and the not yet started alphabet are one over one. It is enjoyable and the result is really special. This is the smaller piece I can do later at night when I have put the bigger piece away for the evening.

2007-06-30T14:20:00.000-05:00

Doesn't look like I made must progress but it really took a long time to do the black outline on the left side. You really have to pay attention to the chart. Once I get some more outlined, I can do the filling color pretty easy.

Another close-up

2007-06-25T22:05:00.000-05:00

Another close up of my progress on the Mandala. I am stitching on 14 count Aida cloth which I don't use much any more but since it will be completely covered by stitches, I thought it would be a good choice. I wish now I had done the piece in silk, but too much done to change now!

My first Vicki Clayton order

2007-06-25T21:56:00.000-05:00

I have read so much about Vicky Clayton hand dyed silk threads, that I placed my first order today. Didn't go too crazy, I started out with a $20.00 order. The prices are so reasonable and I have read nothing but good things about this thread. I can't wait because I have a small piece that I want to do as a needle keep. The pattern is from Blue Ribbons designs, http://www.blueribbondesigns.com/ called Crowned Heart. It just looks beautiful. It calls for Gentle Art sampler threads but I think the silk would look great also.

Still working on the Mandala and made some good progress. But as soon as I get the silk, I will have another WIP. I usually only have one or two projects at once, usually a large piece and then a smaller piece. But I have set a goal to finish the Mandala by the end of July which I think I can do.

One of the Prettiest Stitiching Blogs on the Net

2007-06-24T09:02:00.000-05:00

http://gigir.canalblog.com/

I stumbled across this blog by accident and was literally amazed at the beauty of the site. Gigi is a very talented designer, as shown by her letter series which is available at http://www.hand-dyedfibers.com/oscnuked/index.php. These are magnificent letter samplers, which currently feature the letters A, B, C, M, S, V and the most recently introduced L.

What I really like about these designs is that they are timeless. Hanging in your house now or in your great-great-great granddaughter's house 100 years from now, they will still be cherished.

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I just love this picture! I have been fortunate enough to travel to Paris once, about five years ago. You know how some cities never live up to your expectations? Well, Paris lived up to all of them and even more. It is the most beautiful city I have ever been to. Someday, I hope to call it home, at least for a couple of months...it would take that long to see everything!

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This is a close-up of a picture I took at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. I love the look of the embroidery on the clothing.

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A close up of the piece. Eventually, the entire 10 inch circle will be filled in with stitches.

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My current work in process. This will eventually be the centerpiece in a small round table. It will look like a stained glass window when completed.

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Another unframed piece. It is from the Debbie Draper design in Gift of Stitching but in different silk colors.

2007-06-23T09:43:00.000-05:00

This is one of my favorite pices. It is from Cross Stitch Art and I changed the Chinese symbol from blue to red to make it stand out. The website is http://cross-stitch-art.com/. Be careful because every pattern is gorgeous.

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This is a unframed piece from Prairie Schooler.

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This is from a small sampler that I found in a sampler book by Brenda Keyes.

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This is from a free pattern from Papillion Creations which I did in several different color schemes. Please check out the web site:

http://www.papillion-creations.com as it is one of my favorites! Join her newsletter and receive monthly installments of a wonderful sampler. I particularly enjoy her samplers and have purchased the Mary Queen of Scots which I think is just gorgeous.

2007-06-23T09:39:00.000-05:00

I did the same piece but reversed the colors. On both, I used Needlepoint silk which was the first time I ever used silk in a project. I looooovvvvee silk!

2007-06-23T09:37:00.000-05:00

This is one of my finished pieces. It is from a Debbie Draper design which was featured in The Gift of Stitching, an on-line cross stitch magazine. The original pattern is much bigger but I chose only to do part of it. It is such a perfect size piece to do when travelling, especially since you only need two colors.

Take a look at the rest of Debbie's designs at :

http://www.debbiedraperdesigns.com/

One of the newest, "Quaker Moments" looks especially delicious!

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Your Personality Profile

You are dependable, popular, and observant.
Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness.
In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do.

You are unique, creative, and expressive.
You don't mind waving your freak flag every once and a while.
And lucky for you, most people find your weird ways charming!

The World's Shortest Personality Test

2007-06-22T08:24:00.000-05:00

http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/textiles/video_casket/broadband.html

This is a link to a wonderful hand embroidered "casket" or jewelry box from the mid-1660's which is housed in the Victoria and Albert museum in London. It was done by an eleven year old girl. Keep that in mind as you watch the video. There is no sound but it does have text to explain.

I am back!

2007-06-21T18:29:00.000-05:00

I finally have a chance to work on my blog...that no one is reading! But that will change because I plan on adding something almost every day.

Today, I want to add one of the coolest cross stitch sites I have found called My Aunt's Attic...it is a site which is digitizing old cross stitch patterns and offering them for free. They are excellent! There is also a link to a designer "Noveau Encore" who has used the various patterns to create a wonderful sampler for free. Check out her other gorgeous samplers while you are there...

http://myauntsattic.web-log.nl/

http://www.nouveauencore.com/

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http://www.scarlet-letter.com/sampler/orig.htm
http://www.emlis.com/beyond.htm
http://www.emmacreation.com/
http://www.abcstitch.com/optioncart/image.php?image=http://www.abcstitch.com/images/s8/autumns.JPG&catalog=MG-AS&item=Autumn%20Sampler&price=19.99&itemtype=chart

I just love these primitive samplers...

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http://www.carriagehousesamplings.com/newdesigns.htm

Random Thoughts-March 23,2005

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People often ask, as an idle question, whether the process of evolution began with the chicken or the egg. Was there an egg out of which the first chicken came, or did a chicken lay the first egg? I am in a position to say that the first thing created was the egg.
When God had manufactured all the eggs out of which the fishes and the serpents and the birds and the mammals and even the duck-billed platypus would eventually emerge, He called the embryos before him, and saw that they were good.
Perhaps I ought to explain,' added the badger, lowering his papers nervously and looking at Wart over the top of them, 'that all embryos look very much the same. They are what you are before you are born - and, whether you are going to be a tadpole or a peacock or a cameleopard or a man, when you are an embryo you just look like a peculiarly repulsive and helpless human being. I continue as follows:
The embryos stood in front of God, with their feeble hands clasped politely over their stomachs and their heavy heads hanging down respectfully, and God addressed them.
He said: "Now, you embryos, here you are, all looking exactly the same, and We are going to give you the choice of what you want to be. When you grow up you will get bigger anyway, but We are pleased to grant you another gift as well. You may alter any parts of yourselves into anything which you think will be useful to you in later life. For instance, at the moment you cannot dig. Anybody who would like to turn his hands into a pair of spades or garden forks is allowed to do so. Or, to put it another way, at present you can only use your mouths for eating. Anybody who would like to use his mouth as an offensive weapon, can change it by asking and be a corkindrill or sabre-toothed tiger. Now then, step up and choose your tools, but remember that what you choose you will grow into, and will have to stick to."
"All the embryos thought the matter over politely, and then, one by one, they stepped up before the eternal throne. They were allowed two or three specializations, so that some chose to use their arms as flying machines and their mouths as weapons, or crackers, or drillers, or spoons, while others selected to use their bodies as boats and their hands as oars. We badgers thought very hard and decided to ask for three boons. We wanted to change our skins for shields, our mouths for weapons and our arms for garden forks. These boons were granted. Everybody specialized in one way or another, and some of us in very queer ones. For instance, one of the desert lizards decided to swap his whole body for blotting-paper, and one of the toads who lived in the drouthy antipodes decided simply to be a water-bottle.
"The asking and granting took up two long days--they were the fifth and sixth, so far as I remember--and at the very end of the sixth day, just before it was time to knock off for Sunday, they had got through all the little embryos except one. This embryo was Man.
" 'Well, Our little man,' said God. 'You have waited till the last, and slept on your decision, and We are sure you have been thinking hard all the time. What can We do for you?'
" 'Please God,' said the embryo, 'I think that You made me in the shape which I now have for reasons best known to Yourselves, and that it would be rude to change. If I am to have my choice I will stay as I am. I will not alter any of the parts which You gave me, for other and doubtless inferior tools, and I will stay a defenceless embryo all my life, doing my best to make myself a few feeble implements out of the wood, iron and the other materials which You have seen fit to put before me. If I want a boat I will try to construct it out of trees, and if I want to fly, I will put together a chariot to do it for me. Probably I have been very silly in refusing to take advantage of Your kind offer, but I have done my very best to think it over carefully, and now hope that the feeble decision of this small innocent will find favour with Yourselves.'
" 'Well done,' exclaimed the Creator in delighted tones. 'Here, all you embryos, come here with your beaks and whatnots to look upon Our first Man. He is the only one who has guessed Our riddle, out of all of you , and We have great pleasure in conferring upon him the Order of Dominion over the Fowls of the Air, and the Beasts of the Earth, and the Fishes of the Sea. Now let the rest of you get along, and love and multiply, for it is time to knock off for the week-end. As for you, Man, you will be a naked tool all your life, though a user of tools. You will look like an embryo till they bury you, but all the others will be embryos before your might. Eternally undeveloped, you will always remain potential in Our image, able to see some of Our sorrows and to feel some of Our joys. We are partly sorry for you, Man, but partly hopeful. Run along then, and do your best. And listen, Man, before you go . . .'
" 'Well?' asked Adam, turning back from his dismissal.
" 'We were only going to say,' said God shyly, twisting Their hands together. 'Well, We were just going to say, God bless you.' "
-The Once and Future King, Chapter 21

www.questia.com

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I am thinking that this would be an extremely helpful site....wondering if I should joing.

Random Thoughts

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Bold Talent drew the red dot upon the spirit tablet that would grace the altar at home, signifying that one of the three spitits of the Venerable would now reside wtihin the House of Chang forever, while the second slept wtihin the ground and the third flew to the Land of the Shadows.
-Spring Moon by Bette Bao Lord (HarperCollins-1981) p. 48

Demotivate me baby!

2006-03-22T16:14:00.000-05:00

I found this really cool site which is a takeoff on the usual motivational posters we all see. I think this one has "potential".http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

Random Passages...March 22, 2006

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"The best thing for being sad," replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That is the only thing that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies, you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds. There is only one thing for it then- to learn. Learn why the world wags and what wags it. That is the only think which the mind can never exhaust, never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never dream of regretting. Learning is the thing for you."
-The Once and Future King by T.H. White
Published by Ace Fantasy, 1996. Pages 185-186

TEXTKIT - Greek and Latin Learning Tools

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TEXTKIT - Greek and Latin Learning Tools

The Stingy Scholar

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The Stingy Scholar
One of the best sites on the web for free or very cheap learning tools, such as podcasts, videos, etc. I try to check this site out at least once a week.