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Previous Issues of Ami's Newsletter


I began sending out my Newsletter back in January 1997 as a follow-up to my monthly chats on America Online. Since then it has evolved somewhat. I suppose you could say it's a newsletter for quilters who don't necessary want to read a newsletter about quilting. I write about what amuses me in an effort to amuse you. Sometimes it's quilt-related. Often it isn't. You'll find information about cool quilting web sites, new books, and special offers. You'll also read about nose rings, bug vacuums, and toilets that flush themselves. (I hate those!)

I suggest you read some back issues before you sign up just to make sure you want it popping into your mailbox once a month. Don't forget: this is a FREE newsletter and you get what you pay for. (And of course you can UNsubscribe whenever you wish.)


  • January 2000 - Going to Panama, thoughts on thread, bumper stickers we'd like to see.
  • December 1999 - Web page gets facelift, PandaCam, Unclaimed Baggage, Getting My Drivers' License.
  • November 1999 - Ghost quilters, Surgeon's Skin Secret, telemarketers beware.
  • October 1999 - We're moving to OneList.com, good deeds to click on, Kansas City Star quilt patterns, good-bye Doreen, real medical records, and things to do in an elevator.
  • September 1999 - Lost quilts web page, puppy on the way, thinning the stash, new book from Marsha McCloskey, free quilt label and transfer paper from Mallery Press, hop to it, Darwin Award runner-up
  • August 1999 - Bug Catcher, quilting food, the on-going garage sale, and elephants remember.
  • July 1999 - More on Millennium Quilts, Spamming, More on Bugs, Star Wars Naming Rules, UFO Orphanage, You've Got Mail
  • June 1999 - Design wall, Gohn Brothers catalog, Star Wars, EBAY, bugs.
  • May 1999 - Going from flannel to percale, new furniture, idiotic decorating ideas, Panama, funny bathroom sign.
  • April 1999 - House update, what dalmations do on fire trucks, funny dog breeds, quilters' famous last words, recommended excuses for being removed from Ami's newsletter list.
  • March 1999 - Simply Quilts re-run, upside-down fire place installation, funny church bulletins.
  • February 1999 - Fun Photo-Quilts & Crafts is HERE!, Self-Inflicted Stupidity, Fun Web Sites, Uncle Bud's New Mattress
  • January 1999 - Garage Doors, The Wisdom of Uncle Bud, E-Mail Warning
  • November/December 1998 - Ami's Trip To Asia, Cop In The Closet, Uncle Bud's Car, Strange Classified Ads
  • October 1998 - Breast Cancer Stamps, Hard & Soft Water, Hotel Signs, More Evidence That The World Is Populated By Idiots, Real Headlines.
  • September 1998 - Un-Happy Returns, Painting Tips, Stupid Crinimals.
  • August 1998 - PaperMate marking pen test, stinky pink swap, new home for toilet paper, actual statement from court cases, letter from camp.
  • July 1998 - Looking for portholes and safe doors, I'm magnetized, fabric pheromone.
  • June 1998 - Nose rings, the Featherweight that isn't, No more Pattern Testers---PLEASE, the singing shower, Uncle Bud's Ant War, Kid Wisdom, Idiot Criminals.
  • May 1998 - Reward for the geographically challenged, looking for pattern testers, T-shirt give away, Ami in re-runs, possessed shower, Ami got mugged, fast quilters, Uncle Bud changes his video card.
  • April 1998 - Ami's photo-pillow makes the cover of Woman's Day Magazine, new office furniture, optometrists' new invention, special pig---again!
  • March 1998 - Call for photographs answered, underwear update, Photos-To-Fabric now sold in chain stores, Quilters' Gloves, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, more on the mail scam, missing fabric web page, and the very special pig.
  • February 1998 Suppliment
  • February 1998 - More Ott-Lite stuff, the Applique Society, check scams, interesting things you can do with a phone, Ami's disposable pencils, construction update, funny signs.
  • January 1998 - Free book offer, multiple Ami Updates, building a desk, address book program, more on the Ott-Lite, Uncle Bud and the garden hose.
  • December 1997 - How to vacuum Christmas presents, Ott-Lites and why you should want one, yawning, new dog breads.
  • November 1997 - big hair, Orvus update, free upgrade, Little Known Facts from Uncle Bud
  • October 1997 - New studio, missing fabrics web page, Houston Quilt festival, garage sale
  • August 1997 - new libretto, ground hogs and skunks, shoes that smell
  • July 1997 - Home & Family appearance, Beijing, prices go down on Photos-To-Fabric
  • June 1997 - Woman's Day coupon, new Scotch tape, Ami's new chair, church bulletins
  • May 1997 - ultimate shopping spree, new phones, not-so-bright Larry
  • April 1997 - quilters tour to Italy, begging for purples and greens, world's best deal on eyeglass cleaner
  • March 1997 - help Ami get on Oprah, Amish elevator story
  • February 1997 - worst quilt contest secrets, missing quilts site, quilt stamp, free jelly beans
  • January 1997 - stud muffins of quilting, problems with shoe laces, pillowcase challenge


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