Followups to Yesterday's Post

This is a picture of a quilt I quilted for my friend, Betty, using the Divine Vine panto. On this quilt, I used a King Tut variegated thread (color is Pharoah's Treasure) by Superior Threads. This is the quilt I just finished. It's Elaine's Chaos & Harmony. I used Signature variegated (color tie dye) for this one. Because the quilt is so bright, you can't really see much of the quilting so I'm also posting a picture of the border. The one I'm doing for Karen, I'll use mint green solid thread on the top and bobbin. The quilting isn't going to show up much on top but the backing is solid so I should be able to get a good picture of the panto on the back side. As for as the ice cream maker, I have an old model very similar to the one I'm getting. The old one has almost stopped working and because the unit is sealed and has some kind of refrigerant, it would cost more to get it worked on (if that's even possible) than to get a new machine. The one I currently have is probably at least 10 years old. I had it when we moved to Kentucky (1997) and not sure how long I'd had it before then. The ice cream does not get really hard in most of these machines but it more like a soft serve type. There are so many good recipes and some are more healthy than others (I usually avoid the healthy ones!) :) Any ice cream recipe will work! Any kind of fruit can be used to make sorbet which is basically sugar, water and fruit. Splenda could be used in place of the sugar and some recipes use honey instead of sugar. Both the old and new machines make 1 quarter although there are machines that make more. I'll post here once I've made ice cream in the new machine. Once it gets here, it needs to sit upright for 24 hours before I use it. Fed Ex probably has it standing on its head in the truck and that's not good for them. Judy