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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Off Topic</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/61.aspx</link><description>From family happenings to favorite recipes, discuss non-quilting-related topics here.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)</generator><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/435476.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 12:44:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:435476</guid><dc:creator>Carolyn (CarolBeau)</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/435476.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=435476</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;After all the follow up threads, I will go check out the web site...&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;... but first, I just had to say that, similar to what Chocake said, when I saw this thread, I totally thought it was zombie-related.&amp;nbsp; :)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Just switch a few letters out, and it says,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I EAT ALL YOUR BRAINS!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;=)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/435302.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 04:10:53 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:435302</guid><dc:creator>Frances</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/435302.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=435302</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you muchly Thea,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes someone did come up with the answer, my mum had misheard the name (i thought she probably did). But many thanks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;lots of love&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Francesxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/435001.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:18:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:435001</guid><dc:creator>Annette Ackley</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/435001.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=435001</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;I just recieved one of his Angels.&amp;nbsp; It is so beautiful!!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; It has a skirt that looks like a quilt and has my Birth Stone on it.&amp;nbsp; I got it from my Secret Pal in the Quilt Guild I belong to.&amp;nbsp; His work of Art is Great!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/434778.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:40:51 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:434778</guid><dc:creator>Sukochi</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/434778.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=434778</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/Themes/hawaii/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Thea:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; I collect his cats, dogs, angels and SNOWMEN.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thea, have you seen the giant cat from Jim Shore. It is just beautiful. And very expensive, I would imagine.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/434752.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:19:45 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:434752</guid><dc:creator>Thea</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/434752.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=434752</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Frances, I didn&amp;#39;t read all the replies so may be repeating what someone else said - but I believe you are talking about Jim Shore. &amp;nbsp;Here is a link to his website - &amp;nbsp;I have collected his figurines for years just because of the quilts that are on them - I collect his cats, dogs, angels and SNOWMEN...lol&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.jimshore.com/content/"&gt;http://www.jimshore.com/content/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/434735.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:434735</guid><dc:creator>Gerie</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/434735.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=434735</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Frances, thank you for asking that question, I had never heard of him, nor his work, it looks great. And Diana, thanks for your answer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Gerie.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/415141.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:36:20 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:415141</guid><dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/415141.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=415141</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Mary,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Yes, and have Diane Whalen fabric too.....hehehe&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Are you trying to be a wise gal???lol&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you&amp;#39;re starting to feel better.&amp;nbsp; My back is better but still cranky when I walk around too much in the s stores on that concrete.&amp;nbsp; I&amp;#39;m making grocery shopping trips more often but not so much to carry.&amp;nbsp; Run in and out is my motto.&amp;nbsp; Then the back doesn&amp;#39;t get cranky.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;We need to make arrangements for a lunch date out.&amp;nbsp; DH has dr. appt. on Friday but any other time is available.&amp;nbsp; Let&amp;nbsp; me know.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Diana in East Tn.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/415132.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:02:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:415132</guid><dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/415132.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=415132</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;By the way...you wouldn&amp;#39;t want my brain...it&amp;#39;s used! lol&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/415131.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 15:01:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:415131</guid><dc:creator>Mary</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/415131.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=415131</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/Themes/hawaii/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Diana:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There is even some fabric that has Jim Shore figures on it.&amp;nbsp; I have some, actually.....hehehe&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Diana in East Tn.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Nooooo...seriously? You have some? Your stash is so small, who would have guessed? :D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/415128.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:51:28 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:415128</guid><dc:creator>chocake2</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/415128.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=415128</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Gosh I saw the thread title and thought we had a zombie loose on the sight!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;#39;m glad you got your answer. Jim Shore does some really awesome art-work. I love his use of&amp;nbsp;color.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412336.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 13:08:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:412336</guid><dc:creator>Frances</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412336.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=412336</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Thank you Diana, this must have been what my mum heard, (Tom and Jim similar?), and thank you Barbara as you said someone would know the answer, as always you are all wonderful, God knows what i did before i found this site.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;lots of love&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Francesxx&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412327.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:45:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:412327</guid><dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412327.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=412327</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Diana yes I did do a quick scan of his site, Looks like some pretty stuff,&amp;nbsp; I &amp;#39;ll hve to give&amp;nbsp; it a better look later, Barbara&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412314.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:24:22 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:412314</guid><dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412314.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=412314</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;There is even some fabric that has Jim Shore figures on it.&amp;nbsp; I have some, actually.....hehehe&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Diana in East Tn.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412313.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:19:47 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:412313</guid><dc:creator>Barbara</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412313.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=412313</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Diana you are so good, I knew someone would know .. Barbara&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: I NEED ALL YOUR BRAINS</title><link>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412310.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2012 12:04:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">722ae0af-0843-4f69-80d5-ea157d187469:412310</guid><dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/thread/412310.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=61&amp;PostID=412310</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Frances,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The name is Jim Shore.&amp;nbsp; He has absolutely beautiful figures and everything is an association with a quilt.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You can see them at&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.jimshore.com"&gt;www.jimshore.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Enjoy them.&amp;nbsp; I have a few of his things and have given them to a great friend of mine as well.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Enjoy yourself and hope this is the one you&amp;#39;re thinking of.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Diana in East Tn.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>