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Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Giveaway | Who wants some Roughing It fabric?
163 comments:
- Rachelle said...
I haven't been camping since girl guilds a very long time ago, but my favourite "recipe" was simple marshmellows on a stick over the fire; yum. Btw, that fabric is gorgeous!
- October 9, 2012 at 4:20 AM
- heart of charnwood said...
The last time we went camping we managed to cook some beautiful Pizzas on the bbq- it was terrific!! Ange x
- October 9, 2012 at 4:32 AM
- linda said...
not been camping for years ............but i think the thing is be as comfy as possible and camp fire food burger and beans ,not very original :)))
- October 9, 2012 at 4:56 AM
- Mystica said...
Never been camping in my life but that fabric is absolutely delightful.
- October 9, 2012 at 5:15 AM
- memmens said...
We camped this summer for the first time in 4 years due to the size of the children, so with a 2, 5 and 7 year old we braved it with friends and it was..wet and muddy! But wonderful to come home and appreciate our home and my bed! Awesome fabric, I would love to sew up some accessories for the children for our next trip, maybe special pillowcases for camping.
thanks for the giveaway - October 9, 2012 at 5:23 AM
- Susanne said...
We used to camp when I was little. We spent several holidays in Hungary, Balaton. It was always fun for me and my brother.
Love those little red tens :)
Susanne - October 9, 2012 at 5:42 AM
- SewSuzie said...
It is many years since when I went camping - we went bush camping - no amenities. Usually there would be a beach down the road where there would be an outside shower - cold water only - buit at least a shower.
- October 9, 2012 at 6:17 AM
- Kathryn said...
I was tent camping once - in the rain - and hated it. Our family took a camper to the Monteal world's fair back in the 1960s, and my father didn't know how to back up the trailer, so we had to find a way to always pull forward. An adventure
- October 9, 2012 at 6:28 AM
- Anna said...
my sons love camping so I would most likely use the fabric for something for them. I recently used Brrr to make an advent calendar and I adore your designs! Thanks for the give away!
- October 9, 2012 at 6:31 AM
- leanne said...
this is just such a cute fabric range - and as soon as I saw it I thought it would be fabulous for my dad - his birthday is in December and I'd love to make him something for when is touring in the caravan - at nearly 80 he needs that bit of comfort :) I'd love to make him a lap quilt but I'd also love to make him a bathroom bag and something personal like slippers :) thanks for the fab giveaway and another fantastic fabric range :)
- October 9, 2012 at 6:37 AM
- Dresden Lane said...
There is an amazing waterfall/swimming area near where my family used to always camp. It's not all that well known either - which was definitely a bonus.
- October 9, 2012 at 6:41 AM
- B Greene said...
My camping tradition is to "just say no", but if I had an adorable camper like your fabric - I might give it a try. The darker blues in this fabric is absolutely my favorite and the tents on the selvage... well, I really need them!!! Great, great job! I always look forward to your fabric lines and you never disappoint. Thanks for the chance to win!
- October 9, 2012 at 6:44 AM
- Studio V said...
We go camping every weekend ;) we stay at a lake and have wonderful times. I am such a huge fan of your fabrics!!!
- October 9, 2012 at 6:45 AM
- Isisjem said...
I haven't been camping since I was at school. My other half has to camp a lot for his job and therefore has banned us from recreational camping - which I'm kind of relieved about!
- October 9, 2012 at 7:08 AM
- Vicki @ DottyJane said...
My idea of camping is a big fifth wheel with all the comforts of home:) Love the fabrics!
- October 9, 2012 at 7:09 AM
- JuneBug said...
I love this line - great colors and theme! I spent a lot of time camping in college, and our tradition was to make gorp before going out - trail mix with lots of chocolate in it! Since having kids I haven't ventured back out to camp, but I think we will.... eventually :)
- October 9, 2012 at 7:12 AM
- Johanna said...
I have never been camping! I find that funny since I love the outdoors! I love the potholders, right now I only have crocheted potholders. I think it is time for some fabric ones! Those woodpeckers are adorable, we have plenty of those in my yard.
- October 9, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- Lori said...
Those campers are too adorable! My family has never been into camping. But my mom loves the look of those vintage campers! This would make the most adorable pj's for a little one! Or even a quilt of course.
- October 9, 2012 at 7:56 AM
- Kelli said...
Not a huge camping fan, but with a husband that use to do it annually and 2 boys that love the outdoors, I know it's bound to be something I will learn to love. So with that I HOPE to build some camping memories with them in the future!
- October 9, 2012 at 8:03 AM
- Angie said...
Isn't this fabric just the cutest EVER! Love your hot pads (and that pot---ooooh) I would love to find some of this fabric in my mailbox. :)
- October 9, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- Angela Bullard said...
I'm not sure what I would make...something for my little boy. This fabric has just made it onto my favorites list.
- October 9, 2012 at 8:38 AM
- AmandaK@whatthebobbin said...
I would have to make something for my little boy due in Feb. Such cute fabric!
- October 9, 2012 at 8:44 AM
- Karen said...
My whole family are in the Scouts so we camp a lot. Our favourite recipe (!) must be egg on a stick, so fun and easy...
- October 9, 2012 at 8:49 AM
- Sonia B said...
This is such a cute line! We don't get to go camping much, but we have an old tin washtub in the backyard where we like to build a fire and roast marshmallows for s'mores. Mmmmm. Thanks for the chance.
- October 9, 2012 at 8:53 AM
- Lindsay said...
We really enjoy making bagged food on the fire. We take heavy duty tinfoil, add chopped potatoes and carrots, add raw ground beef and season with salt, pepper and some Mrs. Dash (or other seasonings). Then seal shut and put on the hot coals. Cook on each side for about 25 to 30 minutes. Each bag should be individual meal portions.
- October 9, 2012 at 8:58 AM
Oh my gosh your new line is just
awesome Laurie! I love all your
fabric. I love doing a turkey
out camping because it is so easy.
Put turkey in bbq...go to beach.
Come back. Yum. Seriously. (The
smallish one work best and so easy!) All the best.
Daria in Kamloops.
email@example.com - October 9, 2012 at 9:05 AM
- Lisa C in GA. said...
Our tradition isn't very "rough", but my kids like to make "can-cakes" om the griddle, using Batter Blaster, a pancake batter in an aerosol can like whipped cream.
- October 9, 2012 at 9:07 AM
One of my sons love camping and really roughing it, he just moved out and I love to make these pot holders for him and of course for my self, loving all the colors, they're adorable, thank you for the opportunity.My email is email@example.com.
- October 9, 2012 at 9:11 AM
- Kaelin said...
SO CUTE! I love the wee little campers! My husband would go nuts over this line because he's obsessed with Alaska/the wilderness and recently grew a beard because he fancies himself a mountain man, lol!
Don't have any good camping stories because my parents were total indoor people :( Thanks for the giveaway - I'd love to win so I could make the hubs a quilt with this! - October 9, 2012 at 9:17 AM
- kayajoy said...
Camped for the very 1st time this summer. Was so excited at the prospect of peaceful nights by firelight & a joyful family outing. Kids LOVED it, hubby was happy as ever, i went home after the 1st night. HA! Very cute collection, Laurie. My kids would love it.
artichokehrt (at) hotmail.com - October 9, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- ~Kelie~ said...
At my house we LOVE going camping, when I first saw this collection I immediately thought of little sleeping bags for my kiddos! We love to sit by the camp fire at night and roast hot dogs and marshmellows!
Thanks for the chance to win! - October 9, 2012 at 9:24 AM
- www.randomthoughtsdoordi.com said...
I can tell you my favorite camping experience was when, as a 16 year old girl, our family was invited to go along with leaders of a BOY scout camp in Kern County California for a camping weekend. I was the only girl in a sea of boys and it was a blast.
- October 9, 2012 at 9:28 AM
- Brenis said...
Well my husband hates camping, so we never get to go :( kids and i are thinking of braving it on our own next summer! Lol! I would make a fun boys quilt with these, ooh and a pillow case!...or a beach bag! They're so cute!
- October 9, 2012 at 9:32 AM
- Joyce said...
We always camped as kids..in a family of 6 kids, it was what my parents could afford. But looking back, those trips hold the most precious memories! Lovely fabric!
- October 9, 2012 at 9:48 AM
- DianeY said...
Although my family did do some camping while I was growing up, I am definitely not a camper. Staying at a Motel 6 is about as close as I care to get. That said, I still love your fabric!
- October 9, 2012 at 9:50 AM
- Donna said...
Favorite camping trip story belongs to my husband and two of our three sons. He was Scoutmaster and they were camping nearby in the mountains. Everything was going great until about 2am when the Sheriffs stopped by, woke everyone up, and announced that they were searching the area for a man that had murdered two people in a nearby town the day before. My hubby asked what they should do to be prepared if they chose to stay. The Sheriff replied, "Do you have a gun?" Which my hubby ansered, "Yes." And the Sheriff said, "Load it!" Thankfully the group chose to come home and finish the trip in my basement.
- October 9, 2012 at 9:52 AM
- Allison C said...
My family camped when I was younger, but I mostly remember the bad parts like getting soaking wet because the tent wasn't waterproof or it leaked, not being able to shower, having bears eat our food, being too cold or too hot, etc. I like the idea of camping, but I think I'm a hotel/or at least cabin with plumbing kind of girl. I would love to use this fabric to make my expecting friend some baby gifts...like peepee teepees and burp cloths.
- October 9, 2012 at 9:56 AM
- Lee said...
I love to camp and have since I was small w/ my family. I loved picking blueberries in the woods and my dad making blueberry pancakes on our little coleman stove - the blue dot fabric reminds me so much of that! I would make some placemats for my dad - to remind him of those good times! he is 83 and would love it! thanks for the chance to win and congrats on another great line of fabric!
- October 9, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Karen said...
When we camp, one of my easy go to meals is Fajitas. I make either beef or chicken. Usually cut up the meat before we go, freeze it with the spices and then let it thaw when we want to eat and throw it on a hot cast iron skillet. Yummm.
- October 9, 2012 at 10:23 AM
- Jan said...
We haven't camped in years, but my fondest memories as a child and an adult is picking blackberries and making jam, in camp. We'd have blackberry jam all year.
- October 9, 2012 at 10:42 AM
- Carrie L said...
When I was in girl scouts, we made a yummy banana dessert over the fire. I don't remember all the ingredients, but we put bananas, chocolate chips, and marshmallows in tin foil and roasted them. Good memories!
- October 9, 2012 at 11:06 AM
I'll make it into a little blanket for my son to sleep under when he "camps" in the living room!
- October 9, 2012 at 11:09 AM
- janequiltsslowly said...
I love camping, too! I tell my hubs when we're planning a summer vacation: just take me camping. I can skip the fancy resorts and hotels. What to make with awhile fat quater bundle? I was thinking about a apron and your cute potholders, but with that much fabric I think it has to be a quilt. A camping quilt. Perfect.
- October 9, 2012 at 11:14 AM
- Megan said...
We are big campers too! This summer my husband and I did our first backpacking trip together too and it was awesome. For car camping my favorite meal is hot dogs with baked beans and corn on the cob cooked right in the fire.
Awwww... now I wish I was camping instead of at work! - October 9, 2012 at 11:31 AM
- Sara S said...
I love to camp with my kiddos. It's absolutely wonderful to unplug (no electronics) and unwind. What would I make? I'd love to make several sets of pot holders and put the rest in a cozy quilt. Adorable line. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
- October 9, 2012 at 11:36 AM
- José said...
What a great fabric, I would make a backpack for my little boy. We have been camping for years, this year was very special, it was our first trip with our son (born August 2011). So much fun to go out for a walk every morning to get some fresh, delicious French bread....
- October 9, 2012 at 11:37 AM
- Anya said...
My favorite camping food from childhood was a pudgie pie (I think many call these hobo pies). They are little individual pies made in these metal two handled contraptions - kind of like an individual sandwich maker. My favorite was always pizza! And for dessert, besides the classis s'mores, a banana boat - a banana slided lengthwise, still in its skin, with chocolate stuffed inside. Wrap it up in aluminum foil and place in the hot coals. Delicious!!!
- October 9, 2012 at 11:40 AM
- giddy99 said...
I love cooking non-camping type food over a campfire! Like marinated roast pork loin "steaks" with grilled pears for dessert. Camping food is fun, too, but I like the challenge of one "other" meal over the campfire. :)
- October 9, 2012 at 11:44 AM
- Dolly said...
These are sweet. I have never been camping.......tried to sleep in a tent in the backyard when I was near 50, and got up and went into the house after about an hour on the ground !
- October 9, 2012 at 11:51 AM
- Amy DeCesare said...
I'm not gonna lie...we aren't campers, but we do like a little firepit for roasting marshmallows in the backyard. Those prints are so cute!!!
- October 9, 2012 at 11:56 AM
email@example.com - October 9, 2012 at 12:23 PM
- Bea said...
I don't camp at all, but when I've been around a fire I love to eat S'mores!! Thanks for the chance to win, love the fabric!
- October 9, 2012 at 12:51 PM
- Amber H. said...
Well, it's not really a tradition or recipe, but one time when we went camping with some people from church, someone brought shrimp along which we cooked over the fire. My dad told me to throw the shells into the fire, but knowing me I either didn't listen like a rebel, or didn't hear him (hearing impaired) but I somehow thought it would be a GREAT idea to throw them in the woods.
Anyway, I fell asleep before the adults did, and my dad forgot to zip up the tent when I went in or something. Anyway, my dad told me a raccoon had waddled its way into the tent to sniff around for shrimp. I vaguely remember being semi-lucid and I remember petting a big furry animal that my mind told me was a housecat or a teddy bear or something. My dad said the raccoon seemed to be enjoying itself.
So, I've petted a wild raccoon and lived to tell the tale. I was about 10 or 11 when this happened. - October 9, 2012 at 12:52 PM
My favorite part of camping? The shower when we get home. And the pat on my back I give myself for sucessfully hiding from my children my true feelings about spiders and dirt!
- October 9, 2012 at 2:09 PM
- Lisa said...
I was a Girl Scout leader for a long time up until my girls were teenagers. It would have to be Smores, nothing better! Roast a marshmallow on a stick, Herseys chocolate, and 2 graham crackers, yummy! I would make a quilt for grandson to take RVing with his cousins. He would love it. The fabric is so cute!
- October 9, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- Patti said...
We camp regularly and a favourite treat is s'mores! I think I'd make some patchwork pajamas with this fabulous fabric! Thanks for the chance to win it!
- October 9, 2012 at 2:42 PM
- kbzelazny said...
I don't mind camping itself, but the best part for me is coming home and really appreciating hot running water and flush toilets! Your new fabric is really cute!
- October 9, 2012 at 2:48 PM
- Candy Coated Quilts said...
I used to work at a camp years ago and my fav recipe was for a breakfast food. I don't recall all of the ingredients but the main ones were oats and honey. You cooked it in a pan and it came out super thick and delicious. Now that I think about it I'll have to ask one of my friends what it was called!
This fabric would make a perfect little boy quilt! - October 9, 2012 at 2:49 PM
- jenny said...
I can't wait for this fabric to come out! It would play beautifully with the other fabrics I have lined up to make a road-trip blanket for my husband and I to travel with.
- October 9, 2012 at 2:51 PM
- Carrie Siegfried said...
My favorite camping recipe actually came from my mom. Whenever we went camping when I was a kid she always made "Pocket Stew" which was a peice of tin foil and some frozen vegetables with some cut up beef, garlic salt and some golden mushroom soup that she would then fold up into a pocket and put them in the coals of the fire. Then we would just eat out of the "pockets" so we didn't need to bring any plates. And then we always had s'mores too, but I'm sure you don't need the recipe for that! :) Ahhh good times.
- October 9, 2012 at 3:27 PM
- HouseManagerLady said...
My husband and I camp in Oregon every year and, instead of sleeping bags, we have a set of bedding used exclusively for camping and a quilt out of this fabric would be a fantastic addition. Thank you for the giveaway!
- October 9, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Megan said...
My favorite camping recipe was always blueberry pancakes with bacon, that was on a short trip. On longer trips it was pancakes and spam. It sounds awful but tasted so good!! I tried to re-create that experience in college with the spam and it is most definately only something to be eaten in the woods.
- October 9, 2012 at 3:38 PM
- Lynn F said...
As a Girl Guide leader for more than 10 years, I have tons of traditions and recipes. One kid favourite is campfire spider dogs. Slice a hit dog in thin strips and roast over a fire. The strips curl up like spider legs. Best eaten wrapped in a flannel poncho singing campfire songs!
- October 9, 2012 at 4:00 PM
- Katherine said...
Camping is something we've enjoyed doing as a family since our sons were little. We don't have a camping recipe that is a tradition... but it is a tradition to camp in a tent and seek off the beaten path campsites.
Your fabric is so delightful and brings happy camping memories to mind. Thanks for the chance to win some, Laurie! - October 9, 2012 at 4:10 PM
- Amy's Crafty Shenanigans said...
Gosh I haven;t been camping in years and years! We did a portage - 5 of us in 2 canoes --crazy! - and had a blast. We had one pot meals and really roughed it!! Fun times.
- October 9, 2012 at 4:34 PM
- Tamie said...
I'm not much into camping unless you count hanging out at my cabin in the mountains. My middle daughter, on the other hand, is all about it. I bet she would love a quilt from this line. Thanks for sharing.
- October 9, 2012 at 4:37 PM
- Beth said...
I love those fabrics! I don't have a camping recipe or tradition to share - but my daughters really want to go soon so maybe next time you ask this question? I would love to use these fabrics to make a baby quilt.
- October 9, 2012 at 4:54 PM
- KidSpace Stuff said...
Mmmm....just got me thinking about lemon chicken and rice cooked in the coals and now I want some! Love the fabric patterns. Delightful and full of color, just like a fall day!
- October 9, 2012 at 5:08 PM
- Mrs Flying Blind... said...
I would definitely make something for my son who will become a Cub Scout next year, and keep the caravans for me xxx
- October 9, 2012 at 5:09 PM
- NancyinSTL said...
My husband loves to make his recipe of what he calls hamburger stew on the grill. He is very particular about his ingredients. He uses ground round, canned diced tomatoes, chopped onions, chopped potatoes, chopped red bell peppers, chopped carrots, and salt & pepper to taste. After mixing all of these ingredients, he places it on heavy duty aluminum foil and wraps it all up tightly sealed. The foil packet is placed directly on the grill. He can tell when it done by poking the foil, but he's made it so often that he knows how long it takes. It is very tasty, especially since I don't have to cook.
I love camping, which is why I love these fabrics, but my husband does not enjoy camping. As a child his mom was his Cub Scout leader and he would cry to go home at camp. So, he makes the hamburger stew at home. It reminds me of a dish we would make at Girl Scout camp. - October 9, 2012 at 5:27 PM
- Elizabeth B. (blue.crab) said...
I don't camp...every time I try it rains. Monsoon type rain. So, for me, your collection is missing the umbrellas that had to come on camping trips...... I love the table linens, but, these colors scream quilt to me.
- October 9, 2012 at 5:40 PM
- Jennie P. said...
I do NOT camp. Maybe if I had a camper with a bathroom in it haha. But my sister and her family camp all the time. So if I won, I'd definitely use it to make them something cool.
- October 9, 2012 at 5:50 PM
- Laura said...
We go camping every year as a family, and we always try a new dish in the dutch oven. Everything we have ever made has turned out delicious!
- October 9, 2012 at 5:50 PM
- crystalp said...
I honestly haven't been camping since I was a child, but I feel like living in this apartment in the winter is close to roughing it. There is no insulation in the walls, and my downstairs neighbors control my heat and like to keep it really low to save on the bills. They finally turned the heat on last night, after I complained about it being 50F in my apartment. Detroit winters are cold.
Anyway, I would love to make mini quilts with this fabric and hang them on my walls to act as makeshift and decorative insulation.
Thanks for offering this giveaway! - October 9, 2012 at 6:15 PM
- Francine said...
Hi there - thanks for another fabulous collection! My camping tradition is to make the hubby take the kids and I stay home with a nice cosmo and get some uninterrupted sewing time!
- October 9, 2012 at 7:34 PM
- Cecilia said...
We camped when our kids were young and we had a lot of fun. One of our favorite things to do while camping was to take our board games with us and each night we would play a few games by the campfire. Thanks for the chance to win.
- October 9, 2012 at 8:12 PM
- Karen in VT said...
We are 'backyard campers'...at least for now with our four little ones, so our current favorite recipe is s'mores :) Love the colors in this collection.
amosandkaren (at) comcast (dot) net - October 9, 2012 at 8:42 PM
- Kelsey said...
Ooo! How beautiful! My husband and i dream of camping and roughing it. Such simple beauty. Love to bring in such philosophy inside the home :)
- October 9, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- mary mahoo said...
The last (and believe me, it will be the last forever!) time I camped, it rained that hard our campsite turned into a mudbowl. Tractor trailer sized tow trucks had to come in to pull out RVs, and they got stuck in the mud. It was a nightmare. Love your fabric though. Thanks for the chance to win.
- October 9, 2012 at 10:33 PM
- Goldogmom said...
we enjoy making a pot of rice, veg broth, cut up veggies, including onion and favorite spices. We put it in a pot on the fire, with a lid, and let it cook while we chat and enjoy the fire. When we plan to serve it, we stir in some shredded cheese.
I love the fabric and with a grandchild on the way, if we can keep mama on bed rest for another month, I will be thrilled to use it to make fun things for my first grandchild!
Michelle - October 9, 2012 at 11:42 PM
- Debra Lee said...
I'm going camping this weekend and look forward to all the different foods everyone will bring!
- October 10, 2012 at 1:10 AM
- Beth said...
Growing up in Southern California, my favorite "camping" memory is of sleeping in our grandparents's suburban backyard and looking at the stars. Imagine our surprise when we visitedour country cousins and saw how many stars were visible when we slept in their yard. Now I live in the country and every night, when I look at the brilliant sky, I remember being a kid sleeping on blankets on the lawn, feeling so secure because Grandpa and Grandma were watching over us from the kitchen.
- October 10, 2012 at 1:57 AM
- Susan said...
I'd make camping gear- towels trimmed with the fabric, shoe/clothes bags and pillow cases! Great fabric!
- October 10, 2012 at 2:21 AM
- legato1958 said...
We camped when I was little, in a cabin in the woods. The cabin had to running water or electricity.
I'd make tote bags.
email@example.com - October 10, 2012 at 2:30 AM
- Fran said...
We used to go camping with my Dad when we were kids but when my younger sister was old enough to join us, she was so horrified that there was no toilet & that we'd be 'roughing it' in that way, she started crying & insisted that she wanted to go home - eventually my dad had had enough & we did return home. Your fabrics are gorgeous, thanks for the lovely giveaway.
- October 10, 2012 at 3:07 AM
I would make a lightweight summer quilt with a plain calico backing, and send it with my big girl when she goes on a big camp in January, she can get all her new friends to write on the back, then she can have an awesome way to remember her big trip away :-)
- October 10, 2012 at 3:10 AM
- Denny1600 said...
I love to make beef stroganoff in the Dutch oven! Making my stomach rumble! Your fabric is adorable!
- October 10, 2012 at 4:06 AM
I remember when I was a Girl Scout making a hobo dinner cooked over a campfire. It was a hamburger patty in a coffee can; add some peas, carrots, corn, sliced potato, and a bit of water. Mmmm-mmm. soparkaveataoldotcom
- October 10, 2012 at 4:18 AM
- Unknown said...
I absolutely LOVE these fabrics!! And camping :-)
Lately all of my camping trips have involved surfing with my uni surf buddies. Lots of wetsuits and towels hanging on cars, fences and tents to dry. Last time the tent tried to blow away in the middle of the night. Twice!!
Camping and cooking.... I remember teaching a culinary-challenged friend to cook eggy bread on a camping stove with the wind and drizzle of a British summer. Same trip, cooking a stir fry in the dark by the light of my trusty head torch.
I would have to make something useful for camping with these beautiful fabrics. Maybe a mini pillow (the red fabrics would match my sleeping bag.) Or some tent slippers to keep me snug. Or a little pouch to hold my camping cutlery/spork. Or a new bag for my sleeping bag. Oooh the possibilities are endless. Maybe I'll make them all :-)
Damn it. Now I want to go camping! Next weekend we're off for a long surfing weekend but staying in caravans. Bit chilly for tents now! - October 10, 2012 at 4:20 AM
These fabrics are the best!!! They take me to my families land in Groton, VT where my mother grew up. I have 5 uncles and 2 aunts, plus there is my mother.
They had no running water and my uncles all learned to hunt for their food. My grandfather was a fisherman, so he was gone most of the time. My grandmother was alone with all the children.
My Aunt and Uncle now own the land and we go there throughout the summer. The little shack they lived in is still there, along with the boulder they carved their names into.
I think I would make a quilt for my grandmother and family to share when we visit our camp. There is nothing like sitting around a campfire sharing old stories and creating new memories :) - October 10, 2012 at 4:39 AM
- hueisei said...
Never been camping in my life :)
The fabrics are so beautiful and I want to make a place mats with it..
- October 10, 2012 at 5:09 AM
- liberal sprinkles said...
I've never been camping. If I did, I would love to be by the water. The fabrics are gorgeous; I'd love to make a picnic blanket with them!
- October 10, 2012 at 5:49 AM
- Sharon B said...
The best thing about camping is a campfire and smore's = we camp every weekend and it is so relaxing! I would make a lap quilt for the chilly nights around the fire.
- October 10, 2012 at 5:56 AM
- Mrs. Monkeyboy said...
So freaking cute!
Just love your fabrics.
I think I'd copy you and make some pot holders and then trim some dish towels and an apron for my camping box. We do several living history events during the year - it's totally a thrill to have something novelty to use in the camp kitchen.
Thank you for hosting such an awesome giveaway! - October 10, 2012 at 6:13 AM
- JustPam said...
I don't camp anymore but my kids and their families do. This fabric would be fun to make them some duffle bags to take camping
- October 10, 2012 at 6:16 AM
- Victoria said...
Camping was a huge part of my family's life while I was growing up. We started by just camping out of our old station wagon (my sister and me in the back on air mattresses and my parents on cots under the trees, then graduated to the old style canvas army tent, and then stepped up to a small travel trailer. We would take one and two week vacations to a cold river and fish and swim and then come back and camp all summer while my parents commuted back and forth to work from the lake while friends kept their eyes on me and my sister. It was a great way to grow up! Victoria -- vlsaustin [at] hotmail [dot] com
- October 10, 2012 at 6:24 AM
- Juliana Colombo said...
I never in my hole life (I'm 37) went to a camping. Never. When I was child, th scouts are rare here in Argentina, and my mother doesn't let me go for camping....Now, I have 3 children, the oldest 5 years old, Agustin, has his FIRST camping in late November....probably I'll might do his backpack!!
- October 10, 2012 at 6:43 AM
- Unknown said...
We love to go camping. At the beginning of the year, we like to set our tent up in our yard and spend the night fireside and talk about where we would like to go camping that year. I LOVE this collection of fabric. Such GREAT colors!
- October 10, 2012 at 6:48 AM
- hevemi said...
My adult son loves the outdoors. These fabrics would be lovely to make something to take along when he teaches my grandchildren how to fish!
- October 10, 2012 at 6:49 AM
- Lisa England said...
My one camping experience was in the heat of the summer when I was 8 months pregnant. For some reason it just didn't make me want to be a camper! My husband's family did a lot of camping though, and I would love to use these fabrics to make things for them -- lap quilts for Christmas gifts would be perfect!
- October 10, 2012 at 7:12 AM
- tamara said...
My camping experience was as a Girl Scout and I loved it. I remember that was the first time we all saw a "live" armadillo and we all got out our Girl Scout pocket knives and screamed. My favorite recipe was putting meat carrots and potatoes in foil and then cooking them in hot coals dug in a pit in the ground. For some reason it tasted like the best thing that I had ever eaten! I love the fabric and thank you for the chance to win some fabric and remember a great memory!
- October 10, 2012 at 8:10 AM
- LethargicLass said...
I think I would make cushion covers for my outdoor chairs in summer
- October 10, 2012 at 8:16 AM
- Mary on Lake Pulaski said...
I'm past the age of camping, but we put a fire pit in down by the beach and still enjoy roasted marshmallows and s'mores when the kids come over.
- October 10, 2012 at 8:19 AM
- Gill said...
Great fabric! It would make a fabulous picnic quilt!!
- October 10, 2012 at 8:20 AM
- Sarah Fredette said...
I've never been camping - but my husband keeps promising to take me. He was in boy scouts growing up, so I'd probably make a quilt for him with the fabric. Thanks!
- October 10, 2012 at 8:28 AM
- pbs said...
Love this material! I would make pillows for my inlaw's airstream! Last camping trip was in Canada in 1975. Time to go again.
- October 10, 2012 at 8:40 AM
- B said...
Love this collection.
Does Some Mores count as a recipe? - October 10, 2012 at 8:52 AM
- terrieannie said...
I'm planning for retirement in a few years and am starting the hunt for a tiny trailer for just me and maybe a friend. There's a group of women, "Sisters on the Fly", who have inspired me in my quest, and I know I'm going to need to NEED this fabric to beautify my traveling home!
- October 10, 2012 at 8:53 AM
This fabric would be perfect to make a quilt for one or both on my twins. They love camping and fishing, and just being outdoors.
Love the fabric and thanks for the chance to win!
Marilyn Bauer - October 10, 2012 at 9:10 AM
- Terry@ a quilting blog said...
We camp in our small rv....I'd make a quilt to take along. Thanks for the sweet giveaway!
- October 10, 2012 at 10:12 AM
- Kirsten said...
My absolute favorite camping recipe (favorite enough that I make it at home in the oven occasionally!) is Dutch Oven Cherry Cobbler. 1 can of cherry pie filling on bottom(or 2 if you like lots of fruityness), 1 yellow cake mix dumped on top right out of the box, and a stick of butter sliced on top. Dutch oven in coals until it's golden and bubbly(about 45 min). LOVE!
- October 10, 2012 at 10:21 AM
- Gina said...
I haven't been camping for such a long time . When my kids were little, my hubby used to take them camping while I had the weekend to myself to potter around and do my own thing . All I remember about those weekends was missing them and feeling totally left out of the fun even though they sounded good at the time . I would love to make the Amy Butler weekender bag in a QAYG style with your lovely fabric .
- October 10, 2012 at 10:28 AM
- Kelly said...
i love to camp...actually i USED to love to camp. then came three kids. we've gone camping with the two older ones, and it was pretty miserable. but i look forward to when they get older, and camping becomes more feasible again, because i really do love it! as far as recipes, i just really love "fancy" s'mores. we use the cinnamon graham crackers and symphony bars - you know, the ones with almonds and toffee? those two changes make such a difference!
- October 10, 2012 at 10:46 AM
- Penguin Treats said...
Love the trailers! We have a small vintage Shasta trailer, and it's definitely my favorite way to camp. Drive in, drop anchor, and we're all set up.
- October 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM
- Lauren H said...
Love your Roughing It fabric line and look forward to it being in the stores! I have very fond memories of camping out with my family as a child, including one trip "out West" where we camped out in a number of our national parks! That trip we rented a pop-up camper, and we almost lost my father and brother over the side of a mountain as they attempted to set the camper up one day! Lots of travel (with my mother making sandwiches in the front seat for lunch0, but lots of fun!
- October 10, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Camping is something I have only ever done once but my husband takes our son occasionally. My favourite bonfire food is simply marshmallows on a stick, but I also love very crispy skinned baked potatoes done in the fire. super cute fabric, thanks for the giveaway.
ks(dot)eyles(at)yahoo(dot)co(dot)uk - October 10, 2012 at 12:11 PM
- supersara20 said...
We always make frito pie when we go camping. Yummy camping food!
- October 10, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- Brooke said...
I haven't been camping since I was a teenager, but I have many fond memories. Especially using the outhouse with the pink and blue toilet seats at my grandpa's cabin, having to pump our own water from the well, and brushing my teeth on the porch while spitting it into a paper cup. Oh, and drinking pineapple juice and V-8 in the car on the drive up to the cabin.
- October 10, 2012 at 1:24 PM
- Mrs Chronic-Shock said...
The design is fabulous and the colors as well!
roasted corn...my campfire favorite :) - October 10, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- Jennet, Feathered Nest Studio said...
Gorgeous fabric! We used to camp every summer when I was a kid. My mom would bring yummy foods to make on the grill (like pizzas and things to bake in foil pockets), but my favorite was always just drinking a mug of hot cocoa with whipped cream on it while watching the fire crackle.
- October 10, 2012 at 4:04 PM
- Allison Sews said...
I LOVE this line, it's beautiful! My favorite part of camping is of course smores. Yum!
- October 10, 2012 at 4:07 PM
- Day before Michelle said...
I haven't been camping since I was in high school! But I loved everything about it back then..now? too may bugs LOL!!
Thanks for having such a great give away!
- October 10, 2012 at 4:07 PM
Cute fabric! And you just gotta have s'mores when camping. :)
Ecisley(at)comcast(dot)net - October 10, 2012 at 4:18 PM
- Francis Paul said...
the best camping recipe is not a real recipe but my DH cooks on the skottelbraai for 3 weeks!!! the only 3 weeks in a year he cooks so I enjoy everything he makes on the skottel :-)
- October 10, 2012 at 4:19 PM
- Barbara said...
Ripe banana in skin - length-wise, slit through skin and half way through banana. push on the 2 ends to enlarge the incision a wee bit. Fill the incision with mini-chocolate chips, mini-marshmellows, ground nuts. Push the skin back together as best you can. Wrap in foil. Put on grill cover over campfire as you eat dinner. Open the foil and squeeze the skin open again - GREAT dessert.
I am 60 years old and backpack some portion of the southern AT every other weekend - October 10, 2012 at 4:21 PM
- Unknown said...
My hubby and I have just started camping and can't wait to make traditions together, we really enjoy the whole event. And toasting marshmallows over an open fire is a bonus for sure :)
What a great give away, the fabrics are fantastic..
puffstacks (at) gmail (dot) com - October 10, 2012 at 4:21 PM
Oh my goodness! I know exactly what I would make.... A quilt for my son!!!
He just recently became a pastor and is now working full time in CAMP MINISTRY!!! Yes, Camp Ministry is not just for summers....
Oh this fabric would be perfect !!!
sowingstitches [at] gmail [dot] com - October 10, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- freakadoodles said...
I haven't been camping since I was a kid, but kids are getting to be the right age, and they really want to go, so soon!
- October 10, 2012 at 4:24 PM
- amanda nielsen said...
We managed to go camping with the kids twice this summer. Once with my best friend from High School and her family (We had 6 boys under 6! - It was a blast), and once for 4 nights with Grandma. Both experiences will never be forgotten!
Nothing is better than a hot dog over the fire!
Would love to win this fabric collection to make a picnic blanket, placemats, and napkins for our camping kit!!! - October 10, 2012 at 4:30 PM
- Heidi said...
I love to camp but don't do it often. I need to change that! Smores are my favorite.. and also those little bread thingys that you can use to make hot pockets with pizza or dessert.. YUMMY!
- October 10, 2012 at 4:31 PM
- Laura V said...
I am finally going on my first camping trip at the end of November! I am hoping to roast some marshmallows. :)
I would love to make my nephew a quilt with this fabric! - October 10, 2012 at 4:38 PM
- Margaret said...
We have an Airstream trailer that needs some sprucing up. This fabric would be great for some patchwork curtains.
- October 10, 2012 at 4:50 PM
- Chiska said...
According to my kids the requirements for camping are chocolate, an axe and fishing. Chocolate technically for smores, but really just for eating around the campfire. An axe for chopping up firewood--a favorite activity. Fishing because it's just fun to catch a fish--or at least try. We also like to throw rocks in the water--it might be called skipping rocks in some places, but mostly we just throw them.
- October 10, 2012 at 4:51 PM
- MBMathis said...
My very first camping trip was car camping when I was about 2, maybe a little younger. I didn't quite understand what it was all about. I apparently got back into my car seat and fell asleep there - I was not having any of this sleep on the ground outside stuff. Many years later, I became the biggest outdoor enthusiast in the family.
- October 10, 2012 at 5:00 PM
- Pink Scissors Design said...
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- October 10, 2012 at 5:09 PM
- Homemaker Honey said...
I think this fabric would make a cute apron.
homemakerhoney @gmail .com - October 10, 2012 at 5:15 PM
- Liz, Quilt Adventurer said...
favourite camping story...we like to go canoeing backcountry for 4 or 5 nights here in Ontario. We always make spaghetti before hand and freeze it and let it thaw as we canoe and portage in to our first night. then we thaw the steaks for the 2nd night...stirfries and let's not forget the cold beer every day. for breakfast? corn beef hash, right out of the can, fried up with eggs, potatoes and cheese. we carry a lot of food when we go out! thanks goodness we don't go for longer than 4 or 5 nights! love this fabric!!
- October 10, 2012 at 5:18 PM
- bee said...
this makes me want to camping soon! one of our favorite things to make other than s'mores, were individual pineapple upsidedown cakes over coals & foil dinners! love it.
- October 10, 2012 at 5:32 PM
Our favorite camping tradition is re-kindling the fire in the morning, piercing a smoky link with a stick and wrapping a raw crescent roll around the smoky link. Then, slow roast the whole thing over the fire for a pig in the blanket. Yum!
- October 10, 2012 at 5:32 PM
I am going camping this weekend! I love to be outdoors with nature. My brother introduced me to camping when I was 12 in Wyoming. I was really scared when we heard something brush against the tent. He acted brave and said oh it is just a deer or antelope. Many years later he said I was just as scared as you but couldn't show it! Camping is full of adventure.
- October 10, 2012 at 5:51 PM
- GG said...
Your fabric is so great to use for my grandson. He wears boxers, so that would be on my list for him. And I'm thinking of a snuggle size quilt.
And, camping is not my thing. My dad decided that we were going to camp for the family vacation. (there were 7 kids in our family-but only 4 went out to the west untrained & unexperienced.) I'll leave it at that. - October 10, 2012 at 6:03 PM
- Laurel said...
I was a Girl Guide /Brownie camper, and this fabric takes me back - way back!! It is delightful!
- October 10, 2012 at 6:29 PM
- Alyce @ Blossom Heart Quilts said...
I've barely been camping - I'm more the cabin with personal ensuite kinda gal. At the very least ;) But school camps bring back fond memories of roasted marshmallows around the bonfire!
And if I won, I would totally be embroidering birds and fruits to those trees, like I mentioned on Instagram! - October 10, 2012 at 6:48 PM
- Stephanie C. said...
As a kid we spent most of our summers camping with my grandparents since they were the ones who watched us while my parents worked. So although I'm not a big fan of camping as an adult I have a real soft spot for it for sure.
- October 10, 2012 at 7:21 PM
- Reena said...
Ha ha- I am a city girl! our Brownie camping was a visit to the park and marshmallows on a stick. Love your cute fabric tho and i would make something nifty for my sister who somehow does like camping...
- October 10, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Christine S said...
I would make some fun accessories for our cabin trip we have planned for Thanksgiving!
- October 10, 2012 at 7:43 PM
- Lynn said...
We used to camp every weekend at the lake, and baked potatoes made in the ground are a tradition
- October 10, 2012 at 7:46 PM
- Peggy said...
I love your new line and can't wait to get some. My hubby and I have always been campers - originally backpackers (we even backpacked for our honeymoon in Utah) and now we have a vintage RV that we camp in since we have two girls. I would love to make a quilt for the trailer with this fabric!!
- October 10, 2012 at 7:52 PM
- DanaK ~ WaterPenny said...
Love camping - especially back packing. I love cous cous because it cooks up so fast. I just throw whatever I have in there - walnuts are good with any veggie...
- October 10, 2012 at 7:59 PM
- Sallie said...
We liked camping out in the backyard. S'mores are always a must! Thanks for the great giveaway!
- October 10, 2012 at 8:10 PM
- MoeWest said...
I like campers with wheels now, no more tents for me. Breakfast recipe: put omlette ingredients in a ziplock bag and boil it until the eggs are cooked. I'd like to make some camp kitchen accessories with this fabric line.
- October 10, 2012 at 8:13 PM
- Patricia said...
Just love this fabric, so hard to find lovely outdoorsy type designs.
The colours are great as well. I love it! - October 10, 2012 at 8:50 PM
- QuiltinGram said...
This fabric brings back fong memories of camping as a young girl in a tent with the family. In later years, we put together our dinner of chicken wrapped in wild garlic, potatoes, carrots, spices and butter all wrapped in foil and cooked in the fire pit coals. Delicous!!
CathyC in Alberta
firstname.lastname@example.com - October 10, 2012 at 9:08 PM
- Margaret said...
My husband and I used to go camping over Memorial Day for our anniversary when we lived up North. we would sit by the fire at night, hike the paths and fish during the day. The smell of fresh coffee in the morning over an open fire along with cooking breakfast is something I will never forget. Love the fabric.
- October 10, 2012 at 9:39 PM
- WeaslerQuilts said...
I love making Smores! Gotta make sure the marshmallows are good and burnt :)
- October 10, 2012 at 9:59 PM
- Peggy E. said...
My mom and dad enjoyed lots of camping since they retired, after dads sudden death, mom surprised the whole family by trading in their big camper for a small one she could handle by herself. I would love to win this fabric to make her a quilt as a reminder of all the great times she and dad shared and all the great adventures that await her in the years to come.
- October 11, 2012 at 7:47 AM
- knottygnome said...
i love the tents and the campers! my husband and i made sushi when we went camping once. it was pretty awesome and i'd love to do it again.
- October 11, 2012 at 2:04 PM
- sally said...
We always go camping in a tent. The kids, 4 of them, have so much fun. There is always a fire, unless it's too dry. A tradition we have is my husband does all the cooking! Then I help the kids with smores. Many times the kids end up just playing games with the marshmallows but I know sooner or later they will love them as much as I do.
- October 11, 2012 at 3:35 PM
- Andrea said...
We camped a number of times when the kids were young...now they are all grown and have kids of their own. Only one son camps with his family and I'd love to make some camp-kitchen items for them...and a few new kitchen items for myself as well. Love the fabrics and the opportunity to win some!!!!
- October 11, 2012 at 7:00 PM
- charlotte said...
Haven't been camping in years, but I loved cooking on a fire and just sitting around the fire and talking.
- October 11, 2012 at 7:27 PM
- Rhonda D. said...
My first real camping experience was with my husband. I couldn't understand why...thought it would
be boring. Nothing is further from
the truth. I loved it. So peaceful. No computers, etc. I
sat out under a tree and did some
hand stitching. I can't wait til
next time, I am taking my new
hand crank sewing machine that
my husband got for me! - October 11, 2012 at 8:43 PM
- Claire Jain said...
You can't go wrong camping near a zip line! I brought some Tufted Tweets to my Mom to make a metal frame pouch in a Sewing Summit class tomorrow. We're pumped!
- October 11, 2012 at 9:22 PM
My favorite camping memory is from childhood . . . "roughing" it in a tent . . . a campfire under the stars and falling asleep after a day in sunshine and active play. The good old days!!! Your fabric line reminds me of that time . . . happy and cheerful with the added bonus of lovely colors!!! (PamJ -- firstname.lastname@example.com)
- October 11, 2012 at 10:48 PM


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Edge Of Sanity
In a very distant future, the last generation of planet earth has come to a point where they cannot bred anymore
When everybody had lost their faith, a child was born, but no one could be the father, except for a god
This child was a gift from the skies of life-divine or
Another sky is young
Another frozen future has passed
Another breed, another cast
The rivers will run, brought to life by the sun, the circle is still unbroken
Oh, what a sight to see
Reborn life, destined for all eternity
Hail the king!
For he has chosen not to drain the godsent child, a gift from the skies of life divine
Now we know
A glimpse of hope grow inside, a change of tide
Answered prayers of survival
The offspring of the unknown gods beautifies the aura of this dying breed
So they succeed in their quest for continued time
The knowledge of the everlasting, never-dying
Cursed to be walking in the shadows of death for a lifetime
No more fears for what the years will bring
Rebuild the shattered dream
And now a brighter future has come, another end remains undone and an era begins
bringing life free from sins
Oh, it's a token, the circle is broken
(The drop of blood from her mouth slowly fell down to the ground
The child inside dried her out. The king's beloved is no more.)
The chosen one felt the time had come to show the world what had grown within
This day of life, a sacred moment in time, when joy and pain collide
It takes a life to create a life
Now she's gone
Anger and hate
Fear and despair fills up his mind
In search for answers he can't find
What god would end a life so pure
She was the one worth dying for
Alone with princess angel-sent
Her eyes so blue, my hate relents
Her destiny is in my hands
She was born to rule these desert lands
A sacrifice. A life arises, when one love has come, another dies
I let her go and I do not know where to find her soul so alone
Oh, does she hold the power, is she a blessing from the skies?
Is this the answer to where the secret lies
And in her eyes I see a light is shining through
I feel that there is hope for a world so brave and new
Many seasons have changed and the king is old and weak
The princess has come of age, but still the gift of life they seek
In the chambers of crimson sleep
In this vault of souls to reap
The future lies in the hands of the shrewd or the earth will die in solitude
The darkest night the enchanted skies were united in a storm
Unholiness and all that's unblessed appeared in another form
Like a raging plague all across the land all women gave birth to man
Raped by the wind and forced to bring life to the hundred bastard sons
The unholy ones will give strength for all evil to live and the fires of death burn high
The time has come for the king to die
A whole world is mourning the loss of their king
In sorrow a new day dawning
Now the princess is their everything
A procession to the chambers where they kiss their fathers ring
Can you hear the angel of sadness sing... with broken wings
And with death came disorder, who were they now to obey?
No leader, no followers
No trust, no faith
The princess is too young to tame a land, a new king must be chosen
In search for such a man of trust there will be contradictions
Coming forth on desert ground, the incarnation of a king in sleep profound
Another self-proclaimed king, set to rule in the new empire
On a mission to save the forsaken ones and to re-light the dying fire
The crowd was confused and divided in two, a battle was about to begin
Another man with a will as strong declared a war to win
His army of believers was faithful, mighty and brave
Set to capture the liar, to forever enslave
His troops were marching on to the battlefield to set this world on fire
His forces are never giving yield
War! ...Messengers of hell. They fought for what would be a blood-stained crown
Utter chaos supreme
The sand absorbs the colour of dawn
Nevermore shall they dream, nevermore!
The years went by under a blood-red sky, the king still suppress the rebellion lie
He is the one, the self-chosen son, master of the throne he rules upon
The sacred child awakened from her crystal sleep
And the earth was shaking, and the people prayed for their souls to keep
The light of day is flowing into her virgin eyes
Oh, the sun is stolen
A dark formation in the skies
Unites the powers in her eyes
Her soul's inhaling all the living light
Bringing on the dark, eternal night
Gathering evil in all its might
Seven years
Hail, hail the queen!
Ruling supreme
She is queen alone in the human zone, dethroned the king unpure
The masses were assured, she fought without a sword
She regained their hope and faith
Draining the liar in the crimson water
To bring him eternal pain
His soul is slaughtered
Eternalizing bane
Scream in silence, no one shall hear his cries encaged
The unroyal king, surrendered to the child of life divine
A hundred fortnights passed but still no signs of aging
Her endless youth... amazed, the world was raging
A shattered race in this broken land this child came to restore, like an order from the gods
The queen and all the children gathered around the chambers where the elder ones are joined in sleep profound
In wrath she crush the tanks of crystal glass
The crimson water gushed on to the ground in the unholy massacration
Their souls no longer cried
Their gifts are denied
She drinks the life-blood from the feebled man
Empty bodies, soul-drained by the virgin queen
Finally given the pleasure to die
She aligns the hate inside their hearts
Her chosen knights will make sure all life departs
Soon comes the end of all, she watched a chamber fall
She heard her master call
"Live my words, oh, sacred child. You're soon to leave this world defiled."
"Then what awaits me my lord?"
"Trust me my child, your wishes shall not be ignored"
And then he spoke his mind, now his will is hers
"The earth shall fall. The eternal curse is cast on the sands they walk
Now you must use your power. Show the human race you are the one
Use their trust forever and then deceive their weakened minds
Fool them to destroy themselves in hopelessness
Belie their seeds, belie their dreams. Hope has ceased to be."
The people worshiped their queen
Such beauty before her time was unseen
Their were fooled by her presence and disguise
Faithfully they listened and swallowed all her lies
"The times are changing, re-arranging the pattern of our lives
So let your heart stop beating beneath this twisted sky."
They were embraced by sadness, but not afraid to die
"So pass this sacred dagger and let yourself fly free
So pretend you're dreaming and rise above this world of you and me."
All those who died with you by their side were denied access to the higher ground
Eternal detest from the ones left unblessed, so possessed
Their last caress was your knife in their hearts
Fed from her deed, watching them bleed
In her own conceit, a world to delete, lies at her feet
Her demon inside do no longer hide
Showing its face of hate and disgrace leaving their saviour unpraised
The ones who didn't follow
Now sharing this moment of grief
The end of their own existence?
In death they had no belief
Despite all the faith in their queen they couldn't believe what they had seen
What was the reason for this sacrifice
Nothing is gained from this great demise
After the ordeal we know she has the powers to deceive us all
But their dream of sons and daughters has made them standing tall
For the king had showed them it could be done when his woman gave birth to the sacred one
But is she of man, made of flesh and blood, or is she the offspring of the unholy
A leader was chosen to unveil the hidden truth
The brave ones were gathered, the strongest were sent to the queen
Her reason to be must be known
After many moons the troops reach the temple of their majesty
Guarded by a hundred faithful knights
There is no escape, there's no entry to her sacred halls
Is our vision true or false?
They tried to find the answer but they were led astray into a maze of slumper (maybe slumber?) far from the light of day
The riddle remained unanswered
The queen could read ones mind, make sure that no one will find the reason for her mission here
The highness writhe in anger, her trust had been betrayed
The queen was filled with langour, her decision has been made
She would unleash her hate
Destined to devastate
She heard her demons roar, marching into war
"The spirit of their beloved king ho spoke unto his men
he came to bring a message of great importance and trust
The gift from the gods has come to cover the world in dust
Her forces are closing into your sanctuary
So use your imagination to end her reign
Remember these words, and be strong!"
The chosen few were sacrificed for the others life
They were the bait, they would seal the soldiers fate
A massive grave, to break the soldiers spell
The forces fell into the abyss, never to rise again
Towards the queen the last of the brave ones wandered, to terminate this creature non-divine
The loss of troops forced her powers to release the magic uncontrolled that had wasted a thousand soul
The palace controlled by demons is the heart of all evil possessed by the queen and her unholy servants
"If we destroy it, the earth will be ours and it will bring us eternal existence
We'll pray for the gift of breeding. This is a game we can't concede, it is worth all the blood we may bleed
We must close the gate so she can't return
We'll seal her fate, watch her temple burn and we'll capture her soul in the chambers of crimson sleep
And there she will suffer eternally for what she has done to man
We fought our way into her dwelling-place, we searched the corridors of this infernal maze, to seek our enemy the one to slay
We are the ones, we will not obey
A disillusioned servant with great knowledge in her secrets, we found him walking aimlessly trying to find his peace
He said
'Cover her eyes, they are the root of her inhuman forces
Then she's just the child you thought she, disconnect all her sources.'"
They found a way to blind her and it could cost some lives
But they must seal the entry from where all evil derives
Two of the brave ones were sent to distract her while the others made their way to behind her throne
She saw her enemies for the last time as their leader covered her eyes
We saw the return of innocence, the symbol of purity we once knew
We carried her to the chambers to forever lock-up her soul
The uncovered arise and the crimson waters impaired all life's demise
And now the reborn earth, blessed with the gift of birth can see her in this cage that eternally preserves her rage
They captured all her soldiers and forever encaged their cries
They had found a new leader to worship
A king with her clear-blue eyes

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myYearbook, a social network for teenagers that launched in 2005, has raised $13 million in a Series B funding round led by Norwest Venture Partners, US Venture Partners, and First Round Capital. The new round brings the company's total funding to $18.6 million.
myYearbook says it sees 10 million unique visitors monthly, and also makes the claim that it is the third largest social network in the US. (Not quite. It is only a fraction of the size of MySpace or Facebook, and Bebo and imeem also attract more monthly unique visitors. According to comScore, myYearbook had 4.5 million unique visitors in June, versus 5.2 million for Bebo and 6.4 million for imeem). When we last wrote about them, there was speculation that the site may have more high school users than Facebook. This is almost certainly no longer the case. Facebook has seen dramatic growth since that time, with 37.4 million uniques in June, with 10 percent of those between the ages of 12 and 17, says comScore. MyYearbook has a larger percentage of users in that age group (23.8 percent), but less than a third as many total.
Still, myYearbook continues to produce impressive stats if you look at Hitwise, with 384% in year-over-year growth.
The site intends to use the money to further expand its feature set and reach out to new members. As part of the deal, Norwest Venture Partners' Sergio Monsalve will join the company's board of directors.


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Today's topic for Top 10 Tuesday, an awesome feature hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, is discussing our most anticipated books for 2013. Here are just a few of mine, in release order, along with a link to Goodreads.
Catherine by April Lindner- I loved how Lindner retold Jane Eyre and I can't wait to see what she's done with Wuthering Heights. (Stand-alone)
Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepard- A retelling of Dr. Moreau's Island by H.G. Wells told from the perspective of his daughter. (Stand-alone; Debut Author)
Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook- Bonnie and Clyde meets If I Stay (Stand alone; Debut Author)
Just One Day by Gayle Forman- I can't wait to read a new contemporary series by this fabulous author! (New Series)
What will she tell her family? Her friends? Off script and without the comforts of her simple high school problems, Lucy must figure out how to live and even embrace a life she thought was all but over. (Stand-alone, Debut Author)
Linked by Imogen Howson- Elissa used to have it all: looks, popularity, and a bright future. But for the last three years, she's been struggling with terrifying visions, phantom pains, and mysterious bruises that appear out of nowhere.
Finally, she's promised a cure: minor surgery to burn out the overactive area of her brain. But on the eve of the procedure, she discovers the shocking truth behind her hallucinations: she's been seeing the world through another girl's eyes.
Elissa follows her visions, and finds a battered, broken girl on the run. A girl—Lin—who looks exactly like Elissa, down to the matching bruises. The twin sister she never knew existed.
Now, Elissa and Lin are on the run from a government who will stop at nothing to reclaim Lin and protect the dangerous secrets she could expose—secrets that would shake the very foundation of their world. (Stand-alone; Debut Author)
You stop fearing the devil when you're holding his hand…
Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White's sleepy, seaside town…until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet's crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more? Violet's grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she never said he could be a dark-haired boy who takes naps in the sun, who likes coffee, who kisses you in a cemetery...who makes you want to kiss back. Violet's already so knee-deep in love, she can't see straight. And that's just how River likes it. (New series, Debut Author)


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Sweet Magnolia Poinsett (understandably) loathes her name, preferring instead to go by Maggie. At 25, tough and worldly Maggie is a photographer for the prestigious National Geographic magazine, until she contracts malaria on a shoot in Zaire. Ordered to rest, Maggie reluctantly returns home to Charleston, South Carolina and the Civil War-obsessed parents who chose her horrible moniker. With typical misunderstanding, her mother and father decide that a family vacation in the Blue Ridge Mountains is just what they all need, dragging her along to Golden Apple Farm, a small bed-and-breakfast nestled in picturesque MacKinlay, North Carolina. Despite the beautiful countryside and Jane MacKinlay,the kind proprietress, Maggie is all set for a week of misery. Until she sees the ghost.
Jane MacKinlay suspects there is something different about the young woman who arrives with her family in the spring of 2010. When Maggie sees Thomas, Jane knows that her prayers have finally been answered. Shot in 1864 for desertion, the spectral Confederate is also Jane's great, great uncle, and she thinks Maggie can help him–by returning to the past through Golden Apple Farm's best kept secret: the iron gate. But Maggie is skeptical. After all, time travel? Ghosts? Then, one full-moon night, she follows Thomas … straight through the gate into 1864.
Soon Maggie is on the run. Disguised as a boy, she assists the photographer Thomas with his business of capturing Civil War action, all the while looking for a way to save him from his untimely end. But the wartime South is a dangerous place; overrun with spies, deserters, and villains of all kinds. Thomas, Maggie, and the entire MacKinlay clan (many of whom readers will remember from previous books) must do things they never thought themselves capable of doing in order to survive.
This is a rousing end to a wonderful trilogy, and fans of novels such as Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series will be particularly delighted with the romance, time travel, and adventure surrounding the intrepid Maggie and handsome Thomas.
Check this title's availability in the UNC-Chapel Hill Library catalog.


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Rush Limbaugh got some attention last Thursday for saying on his radio show, "for the first time in my life, I am ashamed of my country." On Friday, he followed up with a long monologue about how "the left has beaten us." (Video at the Mediaite link.)
So how has "the left" beaten Limbaugh and his allies? Although he never uses the number, his answer, essentially, is by appealing to (and making dependents of) the people Mitt Romney called the 47%. What -- you thought the right had learned its lesson about saying stuff like this? Hardly.
From the transcript at Limbaugh's site:
... Anyway, my point with all this is that for 25 years, folks, we've been dealing with the same premise: "Unless we spend another dime, the country is going to cease to exist." And for 25 years I have responded to each premise on what I call an intellectual, point-by-point basis refuting every claim. The purpose of this program has been to create as large a body of informed voting citizens as possible. While we've been largely and profoundly successful at that, the left has beaten us.Last night, Bill O'Reilly responded (video at the Fox link):
They have created far more low-information, unaware, uneducated people than we've been able to keep up with.
... the left has control of the education system -- control of the pop culture, movies, TVs, books, music. We've just been outnumbered.
The way they've done it is to create more and more dependency, and then every so often tell those people that they're about to lose it all because of the Republicans. That's what we're going through now with the sequester business....
In order for the left to be able to advance, they require ignorance, and as much ignorance as possible. I don't mean stupidity. Genuine, real ignorance.
And while all this is happening, while all these allegations of austerity, what we're actually doing is ruining the country. We're actually spending more than we ever have. We're actually creating more dependents. The whole thing is shamefully absurd. I don't know how else to say it.
... I do not believe that liberal thought is now dominant in the USA. However, the country's changing quickly into an entitlement society. It's not so much that apathetic Americans are embracing the tenets of the left. It's just that they're selfish, and they want money for nothing, as Dire Straits once sang.There you have it, folks. Are Republicans going to stop describing the voters they couldn't reach in 2008 as parasites and leeches? No -- they're going to keep calling them parasites and leeches if they listen to Rush Limbaugh, the top-rated right-wing pundit on radio, and Bill O'Reilly, the top-rated right-wing pundit on TV. They're going to believe O'Reilly when he says that they don't have to change their message at all -- all that's needed to achieve victory for their "disorganized" party (O'Reilly's word -- see the full clip) is the right messenger, whose charisma will lead them out of the wilderness, not by appealing to Democratic voters, but by rallying the same old GOP base that hates Democratic voters to turn out in larger numbers.
... If a charismatic conservative leader can emerge, and can fight off the media jackals, that person can turn the country to the right. Why? Because America is inherently a place of achievement. We've always been that. It's true that more Americans today want handouts than ever before. But that can be reversed....
There have always been selfish Americans. There have always been people who see themselves as victims and want to be paid for their perceived suffering. We've always had that. Now those people are in a comfort zone, because their victimization isn't being challenged. It's being encouraged by the Obama administration. But once the nanny-state victim mentality begins to get hammered, in an effective way, it will fall apart....
And who knows -- a Supreme Court decision here, another Supreme Court decision there, a little more rigging of the electoral system, and I suppose it might just work. But not as an expression of the popular will. I don't think they care, though. They want a win, but on their terms. And they'll take that kind of win any way they can get it.


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Live support has always been a dream for major retailers. While chat solutions already exist, today Amazon announced a new support service available on Kindle HD products called Mayday. It is a single-click support solution that lets users work with a remote tech support representative to solve problems with their tablets.
The service allows you to see the remote tech support person in a small window on your screen and also displays your screen on the support person's computer where they can watch what you're doing online, annotate the screen, and even tap through the interface. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said it's like "actually very similar to having someone standing next to you" and offering tech support.
The service is unique to Amazon, and the company built a full infrastructure to support it at their HQ in Seattle and on board the hardware. By compressing the video signals, they are able to send more data to the devices from tech support and allow tech support to see the data remotely. Amazon's goal is a 15-second response time, and they will ramp up staffing around major holidays when Kindles are flying fast and furious under the Easter tree.
While some may be concerned about privacy, rest assured the support person will not be able to see out of your camera, and you can mute your audio at any time. Bezos equated the experience to going into a store for tech support. "If you went to some physical store location to ask for help for your device, they're going to see everything," said Bezos. More important, however, is how many people the service will help.
"Are we in charge of our devices or our devices in charge of us? Getting good tech support isn't easy, but it's important," he said.
The service will be available on the new Kindle Fire HDX tablets. You can read more about the service at Amazon's Mayday page.


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Tom Six And Dieter Laser Squash Beef, 'Human Centipede 3' Is A Go
Oh, good: The legal battle that threatened to derail the illustrious "people stitched together" Human Centipede series has been settled, enabling director Tom Six and franchise star Dieter Laser to move forward in the name of art on The Human Centipede 3. (Guess that answers this question... or does it?) According to EW, with a peaceful accord achieved in the Human Centipede universe, Six and Laser are now moving forward on the third and most extreme pic in the franchise to date, which will culminate in the groundbreaking 500-person centipede chain audiences have been clamoring for.
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Population Genetics Reveals Shared Ancestries
Joanna Logue
Source - http://www.focushms.com/features/population-genetics-reveals-shared-ancestries/
DNA links modern Europeans, Middle Easterners to Sub-Saharan Africans
More than just a tool for predicting health, modern genetics is upending long-held assumptions about who we are. A new study by Harvard researchers casts new light on the intermingling and migration of European, Middle Eastern and African populations since ancient times.
In a paper titled "The History of African Gene Flow into Southern Europeans, Levantines and Jews," published in PLoS Genetics, HMS Associate Professor of Genetics David Reich and his colleagues investigated the proportion of sub-Saharan African ancestry present in various populations in West Eurasia, defined as the geographic area spanning modern Europe and the Middle East. While previous studies have established that such shared ancestry exists, they have not indicated to what degree or how far back the mixing of populations can be traced.
Image by Jan Rysavy.
Analyzing publicly available genetic data from 40 populations comprising North Africans, Middle Easterners and Central Asians were doctoral student Priya Moorjani and Alkes Price, an assistant professor in the Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology within the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Moorjani traced genetic ancestry using a method called rolloff. This platform, developed in the Reich lab, compares the size and composition of stretches of DNA between two human populations as a means of estimating when they mixed. The smaller and more broken up the DNA segments, the older the date of mixture.
Moorjani used the technique to examine the genomes of modern West Eurasian populations to find signatures of Sub-Saharan African ancestry. She did this by looking for chromosomal segments in West Eurasian DNA that closely matched those of Sub-Saharan Africans. By plotting the distribution of these segments and estimating their rate of genetic decay, Reich's lab was able to determine the proportion of African genetic ancestry still present, and to infer approximately when the West Eurasian and Sub-Saharan African populations mixed.
"The genetic decay happens very slowly," Moorjani explained, "so today, thousands of years later, there is enough evidence for us to estimate the date of population mixture."
While the researchers detected no African genetic signatures in Northern European populations, they found a distinct presence of African ancestry in Southern European, Middle Eastern and Jewish populations. Modern southern European groups can attribute about 1 to 3 percent of their genetic signature to African ancestry, with the intermingling of populations dating back 55 generations, on average—that is, to roughly 1,600 years ago. Middle Eastern groups have inherited about 4 to 15 percent, with the mixing of populations dating back roughly 32 generations. A diverse array of Jewish populations can date their Sub-Saharan African ancestry back roughly 72 generations, on average, accounting for 3 to 5 percent of their genetic makeup today.
According to Reich, these findings address a long-standing debate over African multicultural influences in Europe. The dates of population mixtures are consistent with documented historical events. For example, the mixing of African and southern European populations coincides with events during the Roman Empire and Arab migrations that followed. The older-mixture dates among African and Jewish populations are consistent with events in biblical times, such as the Jewish diaspora that occurred in 8th to 6th century BC.
"Our study doesn't prove that the African ancestry is associated with migrations associated with events in the Bible documented by archeologists," Reich says, "but it's interesting to speculate."
Reich was surprised to see any level of shared ancestry between the Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jewish groups. "I've never been convinced they were actually related to each other," Reich says, but he now concludes that his lab's findings have significant cultural and genetic implications. "Population boundaries that many people think are impermeable are, in fact, not that way."


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We need to talk about the culture of deception that is festering at the heart of the British political classes.
Every party is guilty of this to some degree – all of them. They have all made promises to the electorate and then, once in positions of power, they have done exactly whatever else they wanted.
On Tuesday, Patrick Mercer resigned as an MP rather than face suspension from the House of Commons over allegations that, rather than carrying out the will of his constituents, he had corruptly set up an All-Party Parliamentary Group to life Fiji's suspension from the Commonwealth, after having been offered money to do so by undercover reporters.
His resignation came 11 months after he resigned from the Parliamentary Conservative Party, and this decision was made in the knowledge that a TV documentary was about to present the allegations to the country. Would he have taken these actions otherwise? It's highly doubtful. Nobody resigns when they think they got away with it.
Nobody seems to be mentioning the fact that this allegedly corrupt MP managed to keep his seat in the Commons for 11 months after the allegations came out – that's nearly one-fifth of a Parliamentary term when he was still drawing his taxpayer-funded salary. Is that reasonable?
Mercer is, of course, just one individual case. In the lifetime of this Parliament we have seen entire Parliamentary political parties turn on their electors in betrayal. It is to be hoped that nobody has forgotten Labour's betrayal of the unemployed when it failed to oppose the Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Act that retrospectively imposed penalties on people who refuse to take part in state-sponsored 'slave labour' schemes.
Labour's front bench claimed it had negotiated important concessions, including an inquiry into the effectiveness of mandatory work activity – and when is that due to report? Around 30 Labour MPs are still entitled to hold their heads high, because they rebelled and voted against the legislation in any case.
Far worse is the behaviour of the Conservative Party, who promised that the National Health Service would be safe under a Tory government and then set in motion the wholesale upheaval that we have witnessed over the past few years, with funding squandered on reorganisation and privatisation of services that is intended to lead to the abolition of the publicly-funded health service in a few years' time.
Pensions are going the same way; the Workplace Pension discourages employers from participation, meaning they are trying to push their workforces into taking up private schemes instead. Meanwhile the state pension has been 'simplified' in a way that means people have to work longer before receiving it. The intention is, eventually, to privatise pension provision altogether and ensure only those on higher pay can afford them.
And the Tories are busy abolishing the rest of the welfare state as well. The harsh regime of sanctions and slave-labour schemes run by the Department for Work and Pensions is intended to soften up the workforce – and potential workforce – for the introduction of privately-run schemes, into which you will be expected to pay to insure against the possibility of becoming jobless – the policies would provide your income during any such period (as long as you didn't stay out of work for very long) instead of the government.
The problem with such proposals is that, if they are run along the same lines as certain health insurance schemes, they would be scams – as the conditions would be rigged to ensure that the companies running them never had to pay out. This is what we have learned from the fact that the criminal Unum Corporation has been advising the DWP on its policies.
And then, worst of all, we have the so-called Liberal Democrats, who promised to eradicate student fees in the run-up to the 2010 election and betrayed that pledge two months before the poll took place, in a backroom power-sharing deal with the Conservative Party.
The same organisation has gone on to support the Conservatives every step of the way to dismantling the welfare state and reducing the vast majority of the UK's workforce to conditions we have not seen since the early 20th century at the latest.
Many of us have been dismayed at this apparent betrayal by an organisation that we all hoped would have put a brake on the more excessive Tory policies, but VP Facebook commenter John Elwyn Kimber has cast illumination on the reasons we were mistaken.
"19th-century Whiggery, 'Orange' or 'Manchester' Liberalism, call it what you like, was about the unfettered power of new money – hence identical to modern 'Toryism'," he wrote.
"Just as Eisenhower was the last civilised Republican president, traditional patrician Downton-Abbey-style Conservatism of the more socially-responsible sort finally departed British politics after the MacMillan government. Even the sitting-on-the-fence Heathites, the 'Tory Wets', were gleefully kicked out of the cabinet by Margaret Thatcher after the 'Falklands election' in 1983, with the exception of Whitelaw who was retained [though sidelined] as a sort of sop to the traditionalists.
"Since when, the political consensus has been for whiggery-pokery all the way up till now. So while the understanding of 'Liberal' by Lib Dem grass roots voters is a mid-twentieth-century one, all about tolerance and socially-progressive policies, it seems obvious that Clegg's cabinet are only too happy to be rabid whigs nuzzled up to another lot of rabid whigs – the only difference is in the mood-music provided for the grass roots in each case."
The message is that we were all deceived – again.
The problem is that there is almost nothing we can do about it that doesn't take a lot of time – a commodity that is in short supply.
Historically, the UK does not carry a box on the ballot paper marked "None of the above". This means there is no direct democratic way of refusing all the candidates for election to a particular constituency and demand better. Nor is there ever likely to be, because our corrupt politicians know that would be equivalent to turkeys voting for Christmas.
Alternatively, we can form new political parties and try to beat the corrupt old parties at their own game. The problem with this is one of traction; it takes new parties many years to gain enough recognition to become a serious force. UKIP is only beginning to gain such recognition now, after more than 20 years – and this is as a protest party against membership of the European Union. If that party's supporters took a look at its other policies, they'd desert en masse.
Another possibility is similarly time-consuming: You actually join one of the main political parties and try to effect change from within. The problem here is that you would be fighting established members every step of the way. It has been done effectively in the past, though – look at the way Labour was transformed into New Labour by the influence of a few neoliberal infiltrators, and consider the damage that has done to the party's reputation and effectiveness.
The worst option is the most popular: You do nothing. This is, of course, the wide and easy path to disaster – but so many people are feeling disaffected because of the barriers that the corrupt political classes have put up against democracy, that they honestly can't see the point of voting.
This of course means our government will be elected by an ever-diminishing group of electors, and makes it all the more possible for our ever-more-elite group of corrupt politicians to argue for those who don't vote to lose the right to take part in elections. You will be disenfranchised.
Then you really will have no power to change anything at all.
Is that what you want?
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Whatever this thirtysomething Brit auteur lacks in satiric savvy (a lot, alas), he recoups through cheeky showmanship, razor-sharp 35mm shooting in low light (Michael Mann might want to rewire that HD cam), and as much Karo syrup as he can spill. Dog Soldiers, Marshall's brutal, hilarious debut, takes all of two minutes to dismember its first pair of lycanthrope victims, a young couple making out in a tent. (Wolves at the door, indeed: One zipper pull leads to another in Marshall's camp.) Comparatively subdued, The Descent waits a full three minutes to commence its bloodbath: A road-tripping dad and young daughter are swiftly skewered in one of those Omen-style highway accidents (ingeniously staged by the director), leaving poor Mom (Shauna Macdonald) to suffer guilt-tinged nightmares. After a year of mourning (offscreen, of course), Sarah, our Scottish heroine, is coaxed into an Appalachian cave-diving expedition with her clique of absurdly extreme sportswomen -- the sort who like to hang upside down from rocks and crawl through body-sized crevices several miles below ground. In one such tight spot, Sarah, stricken with both claustrophobia and enduring grief, takes momentary solace from one of her five fellow spelunkers (indistinguishable, except for the one who's a ruthless bitch): "The worst thing that could've happened to you has already happened."
Hardly. If Dog Soldiers is Platoon at war with Predator, The Descent, once its army of slithering, sharp-toothed hominoid fiends traps the women in its mazelike lair, is an underground Aliens with shades of the mid-'50s Mole People. In the great B tradition, Marshall gets a lot out of nothing, the dark in particular: A good half of the wide screen is pitch-black much of the time; although this genre excavator begins his subterranean adventure with a half-dozen flashlights, one strapped to each woman's helmet, that number quickly decreases as horror conventions require. Exploring gender as well as genre, Dog Soldiers and The Descent play out differently (let's just say the Lone Wolf is no Final Girl), but both are barebones survivalist shockers by a fanboy populist who clearly relishes the challenge of being out of time, low on ammo, and down to his last two shots. Released stateside in August to capitalize on blockbuster burnout, The Descent stands to scare up a fortune, which could threaten the career of a director whose resistance to budgetary bloat has been his rarest virtue. Marshall's jolly command of the genre Cuisinart--"Remains of the Day meets Die Hard" is how he has spun one potential follow-up to The Descent -- hardly begs for a $200 million budget or even a $50 million one, much as studio Bruckheimers will want to bribe him with such a bounty.
Or maybe Marshall's playfully assaultive slashers, less piercing than Saw, represent the new cutting edge; maybe The Descent points to our downward mobility in a way that even conservative moguls can recognize as shrewd. After all, not even Superman hits the stratosphere these days; no less than George and Steven have been heard mulling a return to their "roots." (Can you picture Duel's demonic semi pulling into Mel's Drive-In for a chocolate malt, "That'll Be the Day" spilling out of the speakerbox? Would that be before or after Indy 4?) Nearly every newspaper profile of the Newcastle-born Marshall has him gushing that his young life was saved by Raiders of the Lost Ark -- and indeed, The Descent does dig into the Spielbergian treasure trove, wherein the creepy-crawlies elicit as many smiles as screams. Still, what's most exciting about Marshall, 30 years after Jaws and Star Wars blockbusted the lowbrow, is his bid to return the Bs to their rightful place below ground.


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Steam for Linux is now in open beta, and the most recent Humble Bundle (Humble Indie Bundle 7) is available for Linux, Mac and Windows. If I purchase the current Humble Bundle, am I able to redeem the Steam keys on Steam for Linux?
Will this allow me to download the Linux versions of these games through Steam, with Steam maintaining the games and keeping them up to date like normal?