Troi is No. 1!

During my visit to the quiltshow last weekend, I bought several back copies of the Quilter's Home magazine. This is one of the very few quilting magazines to which I don't subscribe and yet, whenever I see an issue I always end up buying it and reading it from cover to cover. This magazine used to be edited by Mark Lipinski although now sadly he has apparently left it. He's starting a new magazine (Mark Lipinski's Create) so I'll keep out an eye for that one. I feel another subscription is on the cards!

Quilter's Home is the only quilting magazine that makes me laugh out loud regularly, not least because Mark insists on addressing us as Cupcake, Dude. baby, honey, kid, and other Americanisms, that I would love to introduce in my talks! Better not though, don't want to frighten anyone! Can you imagine greeting a hall full of quilting ladies with: hi cupcakes??!!

Anyway before my mind starts to wander all together, what I wanted to tell you all is that in the Oct/Nov 2009 issue there is an article entitled: Eight best dogs for quilters. Of course this was the very first thing I HAD to cast my eye over and guess what???

Okay, you've probably guessed it already by the picture at the top but here it is: "greyhounds are the primo patchworking dogs". And why might this be: "They're gentle, calm and make great indoor pets. And because of their thin coat, they need to be kept warm. Hellooo! Cold dog + wam quilts = match made in heaven!" Once I had read this, I immediately started to feel guilty as I haven't made Troi a quilt ever. Mind you, she has "the biggest beanbag in the world" as well as a large furry rug covering that beanbag so she's not exactly deprived of comfort.

But when she looks at me like she does above, who could possibly refuse her anything? Not me, that's for sure!