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I found RCTQ when I was new to the internet and trying to figure out the
attraction to chat rooms. This forum was more of what I was looking for and was not filled with people pretending to be in their 40's when they were really only teenagers. I do not post often but do read the ng daily. I have made a couple of good friends in my local area through this ng---people I would never have met any other place. I stay because the conversation is always interesting and because I have learned a thing or two here. My grandmother was a quilter although I did not know that when I began quilting. She had passed away before I began to quilt. My MIL and GMIL were quilters and I guess I just wanted to be part of the family---although MIL and compete more than we collaborate! (odd family dynamics there!) I took my first quilt class when my DS (now 23) was a baby---back in the days of templates! Yuck! It is amazing that I stayed with it. For many years, I was a purist and would only handquilt. Machine piecing was fine but it wasn't a quilt unless it was handquilted. I am not sure what changed my mind on that opinion but I think that it has something to do with wanting to finish more than one quilt a year. Plus the longarm quilters are so much better now than they were 20 years ago---the ones that quilt for me are true artists. What do I get from my quilting? The joy of creating something unique and of giving a gift of myself. I give away most of my quilts to family members and friends. It was hard at first to give a quilt to a person who doesn't "get it" but I have gotten over that and now give a quilt because I want to and because I think everyone in the world really needs a quilt. I am always looking for a new challenge. I hope to leave a quilt legacy to my family and friends and to raise sons who value a gift from someone's hands and heart. I also quilt for the distraction. When life is too much for me and my worrying gene kicks in, sitting at my machine and piecing a quilt can take my mind off my problems. In the future I hope to find lots of new fabric and inspiration. judy in fort worth remove 4 to reply directly |
Oh boy this is going to be a good one Diana, are you sure your that bored?
Anyways as to how I found this neat little section of the universe , I was checking out the rec newgroups one day back in 2001, and saw this group decided to check out and some how got stuck here. Reading the post of Backwage and Mister Bear, Kate, Butterfly, LN and the rest kicked up my interest into quilting. I helped in the making of a quilt a friend was making for her DIL. I have always liked sewing and wanted to see if I could do it. Plus I love color and what other way can you get to feel color and see it come alive other then in quilting. Watching the blocks take on a life of their own its amazing. As to why I stay. Where else can you find other people that you can call friends and not get judged as to what you look like, what your income level is, or why you arent married yet or why you live where you live. I like the people here, some I am finding are as strange as I am. If any one has a question they get answers, if someone is hungry they get fed, and every one is there to lend a shoulder to cry on, to give out hugs and support no matter what is happening. To what I hope to discover in my quilting oddesy, I just want to be able to get the quilts out of my head and make them real. I want to find my own limits. If the quilts make me happy and others happy, then I have done what I wanted to do. But dont get me wrong , lol, I am my own worst critic so it takes alot to make me happy when it has to do with something I make. Well thats my little story, So Diana get better soon as the blue Luna's should only happen once in a blue moon ? Sorry I couldnt help myself lol and yes this is coming from another Luna. Dawn -- When life gets you down , Get up and Mambo John Candy Remove the NOSpam to reply "Diana Curtis" wrote in message Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
Well, Diana.........
I started with a quilt class in October of 2001. My teacher wasn't the best, but at least I learned enough to make a quilt for a friend who was expecting her second child. I did take another "class" with her, but it was mainly to get 2 hours out of the house to myself. She convinced me that, if I couls sew clothes, I could make a quilt, and shockingly, she was right. By that, I mean that I had always seen quilts as something WAY out of my league, having never met a quilter before. Anyway, I was hooked and made quilted wall hangings for everyone that Christmas! Since I was soooooo hooked, so fast, I decided to see if there was a group that I could bounce ideas off of and get ideas from, and that is how I found RCTQ. Through the short time that I have been reading/posting at RCTQ, I have found great people and wonderful support. I"ve also gotten some new ideas, including ones that NEVER would have crossed my mind (and gotten introduced to new "gadgets", which is always a plus!!). What I am hoping for, as far as my quilting future, is to be able to make a Queen size quilt that actually looks as if a professional made it. No, not a store-bought looking thing, but one that looks like it was done by a person who had been quilting for more than 2 years or so. In the immediate future, my quilting future will hopefully see the completion of a corduroy scrappy quilt for myself, a scrappy quilt for my daughter-to-be, and 3 quilts for donation to a church school auction. After these, who knows where I'll go (though I do have the fabrics waiting for my mom and dad's flamingos in the flowers quilt, and Mother's turtle quilt). Larisa, sorry if this is boring, but it's all I can truthfully say. |
I don't remember how I joined. Oh wait, yes I do. nzl*, who has been one of my
bestest buddies (online or not), kept telling me about the group. I tried to join a few times, but my isp just didn't want to cooperate. It wasn't until I got a new computer, and nzl* introduced me to you, Diana Curtis, that I really just couldn't stay away. I finally got to be able to download and subscribe to the NG, and have been a happy camper ever since. Flame wars notwithstanding, I find this a wonderful place to share quilts with other people, whether it's the process of making them, or the finish product, or all the other chatter that goes on in conjunction, just like a quilting bee. I had always wanted to be a quilter, just like the grandmother I had never known. She died when she was just 21, and my dad was 6 months old, but she had created some really lovely quilts. She left behind two tops that are to go to my dad when my step grandmother dies, and my dad wants me to finish them for him, so that my brother and I can each have one. I've been able to sew since I was 9, but hated it until i was 19, when i couldn't afford to buy the really nice clothes I wanted. So I sewed a lot for a while, looking for someone who could teach me how to quilt. We attended a Mennonite church (which we later joined) and I was able to find a group that would teach me to quilt on charity quilts. They only hand quilted, which I'd never done before, so I was a bit nervous, but the ladies were all quite nice. I sat down around the frame, where we were working on a white on white baby quilt. I took up the needle, after the group's leader showed me how to make the stitches, and I began. I can't describe the feeling very well, but bear with me. I felt like I had come home, like I'd been quilting all my life. I immediately felt like I belonged. To this day, six years later, hand quilting is one of the most relaxing things I can do. The small even stitches came naturally for me, and get even better the more I practice. If i could do nothing but quilt, I'd be happy. Piecing is a real pain for me, because I like to rush to get through making the top so I can quilt it...LOL. But i'm getting much better. I'm also learning to appreciate hand applique, ok, and machine applique, too. I've made it a goal to challenge myself to learn a couple of new techniques every year. That goal has been put to the side for a little while, but next summer, I'll be ready to jump in again with both feet and quilt my fingers off. I love the fact that there is so much to learn, and that beautiful things can happen with little bits of fabric sewn with love, whether by hand or machine. Probably more than you ever wanted to know... -- Jalynne Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
I came to post on RCTQ because no-one I knew quilted and I refused to go
back to the shop where I purchased my first kit (yes I cheated!). On threat of a vile, horrible, nasty, painful death I will NEVER set foot in that shop again. So, when DH brought the internet home he suggested I look up and see if there were any newsgroups. Lo and behold, there were - ONE! I have never looked back and indeed will never look anywhere else. This group has become like family to me, I've met some of you, spoken to others, and emailed with even more. Gosh darn it...... I love you guys! -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
Hi Diana!
I'm glad you're recovering well =). Here's my story for you and it's the absolute truth - you may be shocked when you read it! How I came to post at RCTQ: Remember e-mail address was "Chaingang" at first? You ask why? Because I was ready to harvest e-mail addresses and spam everyone in a get rich quick scheme. Cold hearted and just wanted some cold hard cash. You probably know the scheme. It's the one where you "sell" e-mailed reports for $5 each and you sell so much, it compounds, and sooner than you know it, you're out of debt, have tons of money in the bank and just get more. Well, I had to lurk before posting my spam e-mail, right? I didn't post here but of course I posted elsewhere - I was naive, you know! Of course it didn't work. But I kept reading posts here and really enjoyed this group of people. Decided to nix the whole get rich quick stuff and stay and get some quilting questions answered. Why I stay: I've gone to other lists since then but this one is truly the best! Lots of experienced quilters as well as new quilters like me, so the questions that get posted are usually ones that I'd like to ask, too. The advice is great! I've built up a library of "necessary" books based on what others have said are good books to have. I've improved in my machine quilting as well as my machine piecing. Of course, I've made friends here, including you, Diana, and wouldn't dream of leaving. If I don't post often, it's because of the three little ones, my full time job, and my now part time job to try and make ends meet. How I came to be a quilter: I've sewn since I was 11 when my mom sent me to sewing school one summer. I've been sewing garments and crafts since then. I decided to take up a Hawaiian Quilting class at work (1998 I think), where they try to keep the Hawaiian culture alive. Being part-Hawaiian, I thought it would be a good thing to do. Then I got a pattern off the internet and made a quick baby quilt for DD1. Couldn't stop since then! What I hope to find in my quilting futu I would like to get better at machine quilting. So far I can stipple and meander but I've never drawn a design and quilted it. So that's next. -- A Joy in Hawaii http://community.webshots.com/user/joyquilts "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
I can't remember how I found the group, my DH probably did for me, but it
was in 1999, I think! Wait, DD#2 was born in '97, so it must have been then, cuz I was working on some quilts at the time and I remember asking questions about thread basting. What I learned: don't try to thread-baste a quilt on the floor while 8 months pregnant. :-) Why I stay? That's easy - everybody is so great here! I have a large number of quilting friends (even if I haven't met most of them in person), a support group of experienced quilters to ask questions of, and a place to get a laugh or a hug whenever I need it. I used to be a weaver - I've always done some hand work or other - and I used to sew clothes. I wove baby blankets for DD#1 and DS, as well as a couple of nieces. But with kids, I couldn't set up my loom anymore. For a long time, DD#1 had her crib in my weaving room! Once she started crawling, it had to be put away. I took up sewing again, making baby clothes. DS's blanket was woven at a community center - another thing not to do while 8 months pregnant! DH asked me what I was going to do for DD#2's blanket. I dunno what happened, I just decided to make a quilt. I can sew, right? How hard can it be? And my best friend was having a baby, too, so I wanted to make a quilt for her baby. Then, of course, DS would need one for his big boy bed, since he was getting booted out of the crib. By that time I was well and truely hooked! It didn't hurt that the lady who sold me weaving supplies had diverged her business (they sold knitting supplies, finished pottery and finished quilts) into just quilting supplies, and some finished pottery, too. Her partner took over the yarn part of hte business. How great was that? A LQS owner I knew! She's a great lady, too! For the future, I want to improve my skills, yadda yadda... I also want to make more quilts for my home, as wall hangings, and for more beds - not every bed has a quilt yet. And, I really want to teach a class on some aspect of quilting, and I'm working on that goal now! :-) -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
A Favor of you Please
Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up,
thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
SHE's HEALING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Truly that bored" is the BESTESTESTEST thing I have read all day Butterfly (letting my finners do a HAPPY HAPPY for you) Diana Curtis wrote: Does this mean you came here before you started ever quilting or am I reading it bass ackwards? This is a truly good story too. Thank you Dawn! Diana, truly that bored. -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Dawn in Alberta" wrote in message . ca... Oh boy this is going to be a good one Diana, are you sure your that bored? Anyways as to how I found this neat little section of the universe , I was checking out the rec newgroups one day back in 2001, and saw this group decided to check out and some how got stuck here. Reading the post of Backwage and Mister Bear, Kate, Butterfly, LN and the rest kicked up my interest into quilting. I helped in the making of a quilt a friend was making for her DIL. I have always liked sewing and wanted to see if I could do it. Plus I love color and what other way can you get to feel color and see it come alive other then in quilting. Watching the blocks take on a life of their own its amazing. As to why I stay. Where else can you find other people that you can call friends and not get judged as to what you look like, what your income level is, or why you arent married yet or why you live where you live. I like the people here, some I am finding are as strange as I am. If any one has a question they get answers, if someone is hungry they get fed, and every one is there to lend a shoulder to cry on, to give out hugs and support no matter what is happening. To what I hope to discover in my quilting oddesy, I just want to be able to get the quilts out of my head and make them real. I want to find my own limits. If the quilts make me happy and others happy, then I have done what I wanted to do. But dont get me wrong , lol, I am my own worst critic so it takes alot to make me happy when it has to do with something I make. Well thats my little story, So Diana get better soon as the blue Luna's should only happen once in a blue moon ? Sorry I couldnt help myself lol and yes this is coming from another Luna. Dawn -- When life gets you down , Get up and Mambo John Candy Remove the NOSpam to reply "Diana Curtis" wrote in message Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
Hi Diana,
I was looking through the newsgroups for a quilters group to join so that I could get more ideas for quilting, especially more links but most of all for new friends like yourself. ;o) I stay here because I love the group, the charm, brains and camaraderie of the group. My grandmother taught me to quilt and sew as a child. I started quilting alone a couple of years ago because I needed a "special gift" for a very special friend's new grandbaby. I'm sure that you know the type friend I am referring to. The kind where just an ordinary set of baby bottles or diapers just wouldn't do. ;o) The little fellow was around a year old before he got his special gift. As for my quilting future, I see several UFO's, WIP's, lots of new projects (enough to last a lifetime), and maybe one day I'll have my own quilting/fabric shop or a combo woodworking shop! That is my ultimate goal. I wish for you a speedy recovery and can't wait to see that BOM as soon as your up to it! Shelly "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.510 / Virus Database: 307 - Release Date: 8/14/03 |
You read it right the first time , I came here before I truly ever started.
I am not counting the helping the friend thing, cause she didnt like what I did. I sewed the seems to big and the block turned out to small, she read me the riot act. It was my first time ever working on a quilt top with no instructions other then to sew the lines straight and make sure they match. But here I am with one quilt top made from start to finish by me, (and I am not counting the panels cause I just had to hand quilt those). And its All your guy's fault I think you all need to owe me chocolate now ( second thought its to hot for chocolate, FQ's will do nicely ) Dawn -- When life gets you down , Get up and Mambo John Candy Remove the NOSpam to reply "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Does this mean you came here before you started ever quilting or am I reading it bass ackwards? This is a truly good story too. Thank you Dawn! Diana, truly that bored. -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Dawn in Alberta" wrote in message . ca... Oh boy this is going to be a good one Diana, are you sure your that bored? Anyways as to how I found this neat little section of the universe , I was checking out the rec newgroups one day back in 2001, and saw this group decided to check out and some how got stuck here. Reading the post of Backwage and Mister Bear, Kate, Butterfly, LN and the rest kicked up my interest into quilting. I helped in the making of a quilt a friend was making for her DIL. I have always liked sewing and wanted to see if I could do it. Plus I love color and what other way can you get to feel color and see it come alive other then in quilting. Watching the blocks take on a life of their own its amazing. As to why I stay. Where else can you find other people that you can call friends and not get judged as to what you look like, what your income level is, or why you arent married yet or why you live where you live. I like the people here, some I am finding are as strange as I am. If any one has a question they get answers, if someone is hungry they get fed, and every one is there to lend a shoulder to cry on, to give out hugs and support no matter what is happening. To what I hope to discover in my quilting oddesy, I just want to be able to get the quilts out of my head and make them real. I want to find my own limits. If the quilts make me happy and others happy, then I have done what I wanted to do. But dont get me wrong , lol, I am my own worst critic so it takes alot to make me happy when it has to do with something I make. Well thats my little story, So Diana get better soon as the blue Luna's should only happen once in a blue moon ? Sorry I couldnt help myself lol and yes this is coming from another Luna. Dawn -- When life gets you down , Get up and Mambo John Candy Remove the NOSpam to reply |
Thank you Judy, for a lovely tale. It has history and future.
Im going to have so much fun if all the storys are as interesting! Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "judy in fort worth" wrote in message m... I found RCTQ when I was new to the internet and trying to figure out the attraction to chat rooms. This forum was more of what I was looking for and was not filled with people pretending to be in their 40's when they were really only teenagers. I do not post often but do read the ng daily. I have made a couple of good friends in my local area through this ng---people I would never have met any other place. I stay because the conversation is always interesting and because I have learned a thing or two here. My grandmother was a quilter although I did not know that when I began quilting. She had passed away before I began to quilt. My MIL and GMIL were quilters and I guess I just wanted to be part of the family---although MIL and compete more than we collaborate! (odd family dynamics there!) I took my first quilt class when my DS (now 23) was a baby---back in the days of templates! Yuck! It is amazing that I stayed with it. For many years, I was a purist and would only handquilt. Machine piecing was fine but it wasn't a quilt unless it was handquilted. I am not sure what changed my mind on that opinion but I think that it has something to do with wanting to finish more than one quilt a year. Plus the longarm quilters are so much better now than they were 20 years ago---the ones that quilt for me are true artists. What do I get from my quilting? The joy of creating something unique and of giving a gift of myself. I give away most of my quilts to family members and friends. It was hard at first to give a quilt to a person who doesn't "get it" but I have gotten over that and now give a quilt because I want to and because I think everyone in the world really needs a quilt. I am always looking for a new challenge. I hope to leave a quilt legacy to my family and friends and to raise sons who value a gift from someone's hands and heart. I also quilt for the distraction. When life is too much for me and my worrying gene kicks in, sitting at my machine and piecing a quilt can take my mind off my problems. In the future I hope to find lots of new fabric and inspiration. judy in fort worth remove 4 to reply directly |
Wow, it all seems like so long ago. I think we first connected to the
Internet in 1995 or 96, and I looked for anything and everything I could find that related to quilting. This newsgroup was one of those things, and reading it has become an important part of my day! I don't post often, but I check in to read several times a day. Why do I stay? Sometimes I'm not sure, because I do have other things I could (should?) be doing, but I have come to feel like I know many of the people who post here. I've cried with their losses and cheered and smiled with their successes and happy danced when it was appropriate. I'm not much of a joiner -- I don't belong to a guild or even a small group (although that's something I probably would consider) -- and RCTQ is something where you can come and go as you please. I read a couple of other newsgroups, but this one is the one I stay with. Quilters are a special group -- kind, warm, and caring -- and even when we have our disagreements, we can generally come back to the board and still be friends. When I was growing up, Grandma taught me how to crochet, knit, and embroider, and I did all of them! The one thing she never taught me, though, was how to quilt. When DH and I got married, he was still in the Army, and the Officers Wives Club on post offered a variety of classes, including quilting. So, off I went. There was a great little fabric shop (quilt shops as we know them today just didn't exist) where I found the perfect fabric for a Trip Around The World quilt -- which was hand pieced and hand quilted and is still part of the family today. I quilted it on Grandma's floor frame. That was back in 1980 and, as they say, the rest is history. I have done some cross stitch periodically since then, but the crocheting, knitting, and embroidering have gone by the wayside. Hmmm, what's in my quilting future? Well, I'm still working on hand quilting a Thimbleberries BOM that I started something like three years ago. Then, I have a WIP that has a Mariner's Compass theme that needs to be taken to the next step. I'm going to have to sharpen my machine quilting skills for that one, though, because I used a white-on-white fabric where the design is kind of stamped on, and it'll be awful to try to hand quilt it! Diana, it's great you're feeling better. Hope our stories have helped pass the time! Louise "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
My DH helped me find RCTQ several years ago and I got hooked on it pretty
quickly. It took me a while to get my nerve up to post, but the more I do, the more I do, and now I do not know how I could sew a quilt without this group! Y'all are nearly as vital as my sewing machine! I made my first quilt when I was in college, living in a room which had a door to an porch which didn't shut quite tightly. BRRRR! Decided it was time to put together those blocks my Mom had been saving for me. She wasn't a quilter, or hardly even a sewer, but I guess we'd decided to save cloth from garments I'd learned to make (with the help of a friend's mother) in case I ever wanted to make one. So over Christmas vacation I cut 100 10-inch blocks, laid them in rows, sewed the rows together. Put a rainbow-colored sheet on the back and used some kind of polyester batting. Tied it. Decades later that worn and torn quilt is in the archives but I'll never part with it--it is truly a diary of my life, with blocks form my prom dress, my curtains when I was a kid, and countless other threads of my past. Wish I'd saved more cloth--it can spark memories nearly as vividly as long-forgotten aromas. As I write this, I realize that my quiltmaking is yet another gift from my Mom ( who died 4 years ago), who had the foresight to save those squares so many years ago.... I continued to make quilts, tho' not at any great rate (or quality!) over the next 20 years. Then when I quit my full-time job I got into it much more and now I can't imagine not having some quilty project to work on. Growth wise--I'd like to get better at everything that I like: patchwork, colors, MQing. Some day I want to be brave enough to do a Drunkard's Path and a Lone Star, and oh--about a dozen others, too! And what I hope to find? That dadgum piece of dogbone cloth I misplaced a year ago! But thanks to the generosity of someone on this NG (three cheers! You know who you are!) substitutes are en route. Thanks for asking! Hope your recovery continues nicely and quickly! Dogmom "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
great questions. ;-)
I came to rctq a few yrs ago after being on the 'net for quite a few years before that. I mostly read parenting newsgroups but then branched out a bit. I had to step away from the group for a while when I changed service providers and then popped back in for a short while. I finally came back again for a longer time a couple of years ago. It's much easier for me now because I work full time on the computer and can check in whenever I want during the day. I keep coming back to see what interests other quilters and, sometimes I can even answer a question or two! How did I become a quilter? I have no idea! I've tried just about every craft there is and I always became very passionate about them, but... the passion never lasted very long so when I initially became passionate about quilting (when my now 14 yr old was a baby), no-one thought it would last. Hah!! I sure fooled them! I've made way more quilts than I know (last unofficial count was in the 60s but those are only the ones I remember). I learned completely on my own, never knew another quilter until just a few years ago. What do I see for the future? I'd love to be more adventurous. I tend to stick to patterns, colours that I know and like so I'd love to do something totally out of the ordinary for me. Right now, I am collecting bright, very bright, fabrics to see what I can do with them. I see myself quilting forever though, it really has enveloped me and I enjoy it so very much. Marijke, in Montreal to see some quilts, check out http://photos.yahoo.com/sesesi and click on "my quilts" "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
Does this mean you came here before you started ever quilting or am I
reading it bass ackwards? This is a truly good story too. Thank you Dawn! Diana, truly that bored. -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Dawn in Alberta" wrote in message . ca... Oh boy this is going to be a good one Diana, are you sure your that bored? Anyways as to how I found this neat little section of the universe , I was checking out the rec newgroups one day back in 2001, and saw this group decided to check out and some how got stuck here. Reading the post of Backwage and Mister Bear, Kate, Butterfly, LN and the rest kicked up my interest into quilting. I helped in the making of a quilt a friend was making for her DIL. I have always liked sewing and wanted to see if I could do it. Plus I love color and what other way can you get to feel color and see it come alive other then in quilting. Watching the blocks take on a life of their own its amazing. As to why I stay. Where else can you find other people that you can call friends and not get judged as to what you look like, what your income level is, or why you arent married yet or why you live where you live. I like the people here, some I am finding are as strange as I am. If any one has a question they get answers, if someone is hungry they get fed, and every one is there to lend a shoulder to cry on, to give out hugs and support no matter what is happening. To what I hope to discover in my quilting oddesy, I just want to be able to get the quilts out of my head and make them real. I want to find my own limits. If the quilts make me happy and others happy, then I have done what I wanted to do. But dont get me wrong , lol, I am my own worst critic so it takes alot to make me happy when it has to do with something I make. Well thats my little story, So Diana get better soon as the blue Luna's should only happen once in a blue moon ? Sorry I couldnt help myself lol and yes this is coming from another Luna. Dawn -- When life gets you down , Get up and Mambo John Candy Remove the NOSpam to reply "Diana Curtis" wrote in message Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
It started out innocently enough for you didnt it? And now..
bwuwahahahahaha... sucked you in deep didnt it! lol Im glad you set your goals high. Why not. There doesnt seem much point unless youre willing to try to do better than yourself. Diana, thanking you for hte diversion -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "CNYstitcher" wrote in message ... Well, Diana......... I started with a quilt class in October of 2001. My teacher wasn't the best, but at least I learned enough to make a quilt for a friend who was expecting her second child. I did take another "class" with her, but it was mainly to get 2 hours out of the house to myself. She convinced me that, if I couls sew clothes, I could make a quilt, and shockingly, she was right. By that, I mean that I had always seen quilts as something WAY out of my league, having never met a quilter before. Anyway, I was hooked and made quilted wall hangings for everyone that Christmas! Since I was soooooo hooked, so fast, I decided to see if there was a group that I could bounce ideas off of and get ideas from, and that is how I found RCTQ. Through the short time that I have been reading/posting at RCTQ, I have found great people and wonderful support. I"ve also gotten some new ideas, including ones that NEVER would have crossed my mind (and gotten introduced to new "gadgets", which is always a plus!!). What I am hoping for, as far as my quilting future, is to be able to make a Queen size quilt that actually looks as if a professional made it. No, not a store-bought looking thing, but one that looks like it was done by a person who had been quilting for more than 2 years or so. In the immediate future, my quilting future will hopefully see the completion of a corduroy scrappy quilt for myself, a scrappy quilt for my daughter-to-be, and 3 quilts for donation to a church school auction. After these, who knows where I'll go (though I do have the fabrics waiting for my mom and dad's flamingos in the flowers quilt, and Mother's turtle quilt). Larisa, sorry if this is boring, but it's all I can truthfully say. |
Well I actually buzzed into RCTQ a couple of years ago for a short time.
Only a month or so. Some things changed with my health and I was not able to keep up with just about anything. I came back on with a vengeance here several months ago and am just loving it more and more each day. So much to share and so much to learn from everyone here. The most important thing is I am having soooo much fun. juliasb Diana Curtis wrote: Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 -- Remove (nospam) from address. now... come and journey with me from darkness.... .... into New Life http://www.nwlife.com |
Bored is a good sign?? yay!
Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Butterfly" wrote in message ... SHE's HEALING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "Truly that bored" is the BESTESTESTEST thing I have read all day Butterfly (letting my finners do a HAPPY HAPPY for you) Diana Curtis wrote: Does this mean you came here before you started ever quilting or am I reading it bass ackwards? This is a truly good story too. Thank you Dawn! Diana, truly that bored. -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Dawn in Alberta" wrote in message . ca... Oh boy this is going to be a good one Diana, are you sure your that bored? Anyways as to how I found this neat little section of the universe , I was checking out the rec newgroups one day back in 2001, and saw this group decided to check out and some how got stuck here. Reading the post of Backwage and Mister Bear, Kate, Butterfly, LN and the rest kicked up my interest into quilting. I helped in the making of a quilt a friend was making for her DIL. I have always liked sewing and wanted to see if I could do it. Plus I love color and what other way can you get to feel color and see it come alive other then in quilting. Watching the blocks take on a life of their own its amazing. As to why I stay. Where else can you find other people that you can call friends and not get judged as to what you look like, what your income level is, or why you arent married yet or why you live where you live. I like the people here, some I am finding are as strange as I am. If any one has a question they get answers, if someone is hungry they get fed, and every one is there to lend a shoulder to cry on, to give out hugs and support no matter what is happening. To what I hope to discover in my quilting oddesy, I just want to be able to get the quilts out of my head and make them real. I want to find my own limits. If the quilts make me happy and others happy, then I have done what I wanted to do. But dont get me wrong , lol, I am my own worst critic so it takes alot to make me happy when it has to do with something I make. Well thats my little story, So Diana get better soon as the blue Luna's should only happen once in a blue moon ? Sorry I couldnt help myself lol and yes this is coming from another Luna. Dawn -- When life gets you down , Get up and Mambo John Candy Remove the NOSpam to reply "Diana Curtis" wrote in message Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
Love you too!!! and even tho I HATE how you were treated in that store, I am
so glad they behaved so badly and you ended up with us! Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Sharon Harper" wrote in message u... I came to post on RCTQ because no-one I knew quilted and I refused to go back to the shop where I purchased my first kit (yes I cheated!). On threat of a vile, horrible, nasty, painful death I will NEVER set foot in that shop again. So, when DH brought the internet home he suggested I look up and see if there were any newsgroups. Lo and behold, there were - ONE! I have never looked back and indeed will never look anywhere else. This group has become like family to me, I've met some of you, spoken to others, and emailed with even more. Gosh darn it...... I love you guys! -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
Im so glad to know Im not the only one worn ragged by someone a fraction of
my age! Thank you for your story. It was not what I expected. *they never are* . What surprises me is that you assume we might forget you if you didnt post a lot. Nope. You have an unforgettable name. :-) Thanks Jan!!! Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Jan Dunaway" wrote in message ink.net... Glad to hear you are doing better! I don't know how entertaining it will be, but here it goes..... Back when Hubby and I got married in 1994, he was a consultant hired to help the State of Delaware government offices and schools etc, get wired for internet access. I was a stay at home wife, and of course became the guinea pig for all experiments new. When he took a new job and we moved to the midwest in 1995?, I was a snow bound bored woman who discovered many newsgroups, including this one. I had quilted some, but now I was in a strange place, bored and internet addicted :-) This group was always there to answer my questions. Between this group and Simply Quilts, I made some really fun pieces. Now days, I stay mainly because it's comfy. I don't have much time to quilt because I have an active 18 month old daughter. Hubby has a new job, so I don't even read as much as I used to. But it's like that comfortable old friend where you just pick up where you left off even if it's been awhile. The funniest part is we've changed addresses so many times, and I'm pretty quiet, so most assume I'm new. :-) Hope it amused you for at least 2 minutes! I'm off to bed... yeppers at 8 pm...... little one wore me ragged and hubby actually has a couple of moments. I'm taking a QI and catching some ZZZsss. Jan |
Diana Curtis wrote:
Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored I wanted to do some hand work that was different to long-stitch (got boring!) but wasn't x-stitch (DSis is too good at it!), and in a way I fell into patchwork to start off with to use up scraps from sewing clothes. That was back in '95. I completed a few hot-pot holders, but what I started working on initially is now finished! I'm basically self-taught from books. -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
Well, I have been on RCTQ for not quite 2 years. I finally got the computer set
up, and the net account up and running. DH sat down with me and said what newsgroup should we check out. I said "quilting", so he called up quilting newsgrous, this was the first on the list and I never checked any others. That was in January of 2001. I stay because it is fun, educational and I like the people and byplay that goes on. Quilting was an outgrowth of sewing in general for me. My degree is in Clothing and Textiles, almost a master's in C&T along with work toward a master's in Adult Ed. I was working at House of Fabrics (assistant manager/sewing machine manager) when HoF was bought by the company that became Jo-Ann Stores. Stayed on through many changes in 3 years, finally got fed up enough to quit. One of the things that led to my quitting also led to my quilting. G We had to wear a "uniform" for JAS. Khaki bottoms and white shirts (or shirts with the JAS logo we could purchase from a specfic company ) Had to have some way to channel the creative sewing I needed to do. (As much as I was working I wasn't wearing much but uniform, and what other clothes I already had were sitting in the closet) So I started with some quilting. I had taken a beginning hand quilting class several years ago, and just went on from there. Now I am finally beginning to teach quilt classes and design my own quilts. Eventually I hope to have some of my designs out for sale as patterns (a couple of people have already asked about buying patterns of a couple of my quilts.) Have some ideas for quilt books and want to become a really good teacher. Hope this entertains you some what, Pati, in Phx. Diana Curtis wrote: Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
I was tiny when I left my grandmother's house, about 3 years old. Didn't ever
see her again, until I was an adult. But something must have stuck in my infant mind. According to family lore, when she sat down, she had a box of scraps and she constantly hand-pieced quilts. When I went to see her as an adult - sure enough, she was sitting in her recliner, piecing a bow-tie quilt top. I was always fascinated by the needle arts. I took a class in high school, back in 1972 or so called Home Arts. I had to take it because the cooking class I really wanted was full, and it was the only one left open. The teacher taught us how to crochet, crewel embroidery, cross-stitch, hardanger, Swedish weaving (not what it sounds like, it is a form of woven cross-stitch), latch-hook and twisted braid ties. She took us to her house, where she showed us her wall to wall carpet, made entirely by herself and her family...yeah. Dedicated woman! I loved the needle arts. I kept thinking, I want to make all my own things, too (call it a hippie era complex G). I started collecting and trading crafts. Someone taught me to broomstick crochet. I taught them another stitch they didn't know. And so on. When I got married in 1978, I desperately wanted to make a quilt. Finally, DH signed me up for a class in 1979. We had to drive 35 miles to get to it, and there were like 6 classes. I didn't drive then, either, so DH had to drive me. I started making a log cabin quilt. That quilt is still not finished. I even still have the fabric. Then I got busy with babies. No time to quilt. In 1984, we moved to Monterey CA. Some lady down the block offered a quilt class. She had a pattern for a small wall hanging, in which one learned all the techniques. Applique, piecing, making your own binding, making your own templates, quilting the sandwich, and doing the corner bindings right, either squared or triangulated...and doing it ALL by hand. I finished that wall-hanging. The colors are mediocre, because I wasn't brave back then. But it hangs on my wall as my first truly finished quilt. I also took jointed teddy-bear making classes and guitar classes G. Then we moved again and life got busy. And then we moved to PA, the heart of quilt country. I joined a guild in 1991. I stayed in it a year and didn't learn a thing, because basically, it was all business. No sitting around a frame quilting, although they did do some workshops you could pay to attend. And then I saw Solar Eclipse II (Caryl Bryer Fallert). Man, I wanted to make quilts like THAT. It was the FIRST machine quilted quilt to win the Houston Quilt Show Best Of Show. I paid to learn machine quilting from Harriet Hargrave. I've never looked back. I also paid to learn a kalaidascope technique involving a triangle ruler. That quilt is a UFO. And I paid to learn rotary cutter techniques. That quilt is also unfinished, but it was due to being lost for over 5 years. I guess I should finish it, now I found it...its also my one of my last hand-quilted quilts. While in the quilt guild, I finished only 3 quilts - one of which went to charity auction and raised the most money of all of them. It was a simple embroidered cat quilt, lap-size. The man who bought it paid $75 for it. I dropped out of the guild after a year, due to family crisis after family crisis. By the time I was ready to quilt again - I was also on the Internet. I didn't want to join a guild, but I wanted to talk quilts. I did a search and here you were. I posted a little about myself and the rest is history. I've since made over 100 quilts. I was the person who challenged myself to finish a quilt a week for a New Year's resolution, and managed to make 30 before another family crisis took all my time... As for the Needle Arts - I don't want to do ANY of them anymore. Quilting is what I love best. Oh, and I only own 3 of my own quilts. Family and friends have the rest... Merry Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once http://www.stardancerpress.com/MerryStahel/ http://community.webshots.com/user/merrystahel |
Oh Diana, here is my sad tale to share.
I came to quilt making via needlework and teddy bear making. I move to New Westminster in 1988. I'd made Teddies for some time and needlework since the 70's. A friend told me of the shop in Burnaby and by entering a teddy bear snow angel ornament in their Christmas ornament challenge I got to know the shop. They were primarily quilting and needlework/cross-stitch. I got to know the owner and long story short, started to go the Wednesday night drop in. Then progressed to teaching teddy classes and then on to quilting. Well the Cross-stitch and Teddies are on the sideline more now and Quilting is more my main interest. My friend Deni in Burnaby introduced me to the ng about 1998 when my brother built me my first computer. We'd met at a retreat from that infamous shop in Burnaby. Well she e-mailed Sairey, and I met her before the group and so the tale ends. I love meeting folks in my travels, as you can attest from my visit to Houston last year. I've been fortunate to meet a few of our friends from Britain at Donna Dean in Bellevue's, had Phyllis [BBL] sleep over at my place. Met some of our Canadian friends, go to San Diego and also Houston. I've slept at Sairey's hostel, and met Florence in Tucson and her husband Ren. I almost met up with Dragonfly [Pam] in Albuquerque except her phone answering machine was acting up. I hope to meet even more of our great RTCQ friends and be a part of the group for many years to come. Another traveloque will be due shortly, as I'm due vacation at the end of the month, not sure where I'm going, but will share with all on my return. -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if yo u feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
The bored part of recovering is the hardest. I hope it goes fast for you.
I found RCTQ when I had a webtv. I was just searching thru the list of groups on "discuss" and ran across this one. That was back in late 98 or early 99. I don't always have time to read or post but I try to check in on a regular basis. At that time I was trying to finish my first quilt. I had started it in 1979 and it needed quilted. I hand quilted it and it's hanging over the back of my couch right now. When I finished that quilt the quilting bug really took hold and I've made several quilts since then. I've even managed to win a grand champion ribbon at the county fair two years in a row now. (a quilted pillow and a tree skirt) The problem with that is you have to come up with something bigger and better every year! Kathy in Ks. "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
Man, Diana, you two really have something in common, don't you? It's a shame that
even though so many advances have been made in medicine, our bodies have a way of throwing doctors a curve ball...hehe. -- Jalynne Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Mika" wrote in message .net... Hi Diana. Glad to know that you are now at the healing stage of being bored. I feel for you. I had my gb out in 1979 when they still did the old fashioned incision. Laser surgery was...well a dream of the future at that time. Anyway... |
Diana Curtis wrote:
Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 I resisted quilting for a loooooong time! I refused to get into it... It was hard, but I stuck to clothes and household items like curtains... I had a small venture when I made a baby quilt for my son, but it didn't really count! I did a few 'mock quilts' on the serger, with the wadding unquilted... See, I was trying, but it called! Then I decided that resistance was futile! I was going to make a PROPER quilt for my son! A space quilt, with planets and rockets and aliens all over it... I came here to ask for advice, steered by friends from other news groups. The advice was excellent: I made a practice quilt of friendship stars, and then did the Space Quilt. Then another followed by accident... Then I got into squishies and swaps and wanted a quilt for me and stared another and got into a couple of other things like the Row Robin and the Starry Starry Night swap... It's an addiction! I will never stop! :) And this is the best group on the planet for advice about anything from quilting techniques to blocked drains and HRT! Who needs anything else? -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
Cheers Helen!
That's why I loved doing this Row Robin (and the Round Robin preceding it). It has made me gradually step "outside the square" and do things I wouldn't normally do. And I can't wait for next time either! -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals "Helen Hansen-Pye" wrote in message ... Hi Diana I got into RCTQ by being bored on teh internet one day. My husband suggested that I might enjoy newsgroups since I find surfing incredibly boring. Well, in a nutshell, he was wrong, in a nutshell most newsgroups are incredibly boring. Just alot of little minds who are sure that what they have to say is of some importance......EXCEPT RCTQ. I know I dont post often, but I always read! I just love the newsgroup. I have got files of posts that I have kept because thay have touched my heart in some way (most of Mr Bear for example), or because thay have naswered a question. My bookmarls are full to groaning from the wonderful urls some of our more patient ladies post (thank you from the bottom of my heart whoever it was that showed me the Quilter's Cache site!!) I came to be a quilter by reading Laura Ingalls Wilder as a child. I so wanted to be just like her, but we just didnt have the same kind of life and I dont think my mother ever will understand the idea of cutting up fabric just to sew it back into a sqauare again! I taught myself out of library books and magazines (and of course all you fine ladies.) I have attended one class and only went once cos it was so bad!! In my quilting future I hope to find the courage to step away from doing what I always do.. I love the traditional blocks, I just cant get my head around the art quilt or applique to be perfectly honest. One day I will work it out! Cheers and kia ora HelenNZ "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 12/08/2003 |
Diana Curtis wrote:
Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol I go through phases of what interests me mosts, and my usenet posting history has reflected this. It boils down also to how much time I have to spend on the computer- the more I have, the more groups I get hyperactive on. This past year, I've been more fascinated by quilting. So I came here in January after finishing a wall hanging for my mom. Sadly, I haven't had the actual time or funds to work on my quilting like I would like to. So I come here to talk about quilts, and plot my next projects. And all of you ladies and gentlemen are quite generous and supportive. There are only a few instances of flared tempers, but I can dodge those arguments all right. And I've seen more beautiful fabrics and quilts since coming here than before. So I'm enjoying my visit here. I'm guessing I'll actually be posting less when I have the time and money to quilt. I mostly peek in during the day as a short study break, and then return to my homework. But the quilting is something that has deepened my friendship with Rose, and that's certainly not a bad thing. =) -georg |
Hi Diana!
First, please e-mail me. My mail has bounced. Thanks. Now to answer your questions ... I must be brief so as not to aggravate the Tendonitis in wrist. (BTW: It is NOT Carpal Tunnel .... Thank Heavens! ... but still needs some consideration.) PART ONE, RCTQ: I came to RCTQ because DH was tooling around and came across it and enrolled me. I read a few times but didn't realize *I* could answer, so forgot about it. I had NO idea about newsgroups, lists, and so on. I probably never even introduced myself, as the whole www subculture was a foreign place to me!! Came across RCTQ again and someone mentioned answering, so I tried it and the rest is history!! (I haven't shut up since LOL!!) That was in early to mid 1999 ... I got into the Millennium Swap and collected my 2000+ squares. Haven't made the quilt yet though. I stayed around because it is fun, entertaining, educational, and friendly. Sometimes I get into swaps or do squishies. I've enjoyed getting/giving advice on quilting techniques. Several have mentioned these things already, but I don't think anyone has mentioned the opportunity to 'meet' people with TOTALLY different lifestyles, as well as people who may have similar families but live in far continents. This place affords opportunities never even dreamed by my fore parents! Oh, not only has it been fun to visit on line, and in the real mail, but I've even met quite a few of you at quilt shows and other activities. Yep, I like it here. Will talk about actual quilting next time. Gotta put this hand through the Physical Therapy exercises now. Take care of yourself too! PAT in VA/USA Diana Curtis wrote: Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
I LOVE your answer, and feel it could be my own. Where else would we go?
This is home, this is family. Hugs, Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me" My geeky DS and DDIL forced a WebTV on me because I refused to learn to "drive" a computer and they wanted to have me hooked up to email. The first thing I tried was searching for the word "quilt"! Magically there appeared rctq right on my tv screen..... been here almost 5 years now. I quilt because I have to..... I stay with rctq because I need to. This is my home..... where my friends and adopted family live. ;-) Leslie The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me RCTQ- Houston 2004..... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail.... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn... that was fun!" |
Thank you Dogmom, recovery seems to be going rapidly!
I love the story of your quilt of many memories. How true that the fabrics of our lives can spark intense memories. Your mother truly gave you a gift of her heart when she passed those squares on to you. Im so glad you found your way here. Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "dogmom" wrote in message ... My DH helped me find RCTQ several years ago and I got hooked on it pretty quickly. It took me a while to get my nerve up to post, but the more I do, the more I do, and now I do not know how I could sew a quilt without this group! Y'all are nearly as vital as my sewing machine! I made my first quilt when I was in college, living in a room which had a door to an porch which didn't shut quite tightly. BRRRR! Decided it was time to put together those blocks my Mom had been saving for me. She wasn't a quilter, or hardly even a sewer, but I guess we'd decided to save cloth from garments I'd learned to make (with the help of a friend's mother) in case I ever wanted to make one. So over Christmas vacation I cut 100 10-inch blocks, laid them in rows, sewed the rows together. Put a rainbow-colored sheet on the back and used some kind of polyester batting. Tied it. Decades later that worn and torn quilt is in the archives but I'll never part with it--it is truly a diary of my life, with blocks form my prom dress, my curtains when I was a kid, and countless other threads of my past. Wish I'd saved more cloth--it can spark memories nearly as vividly as long-forgotten aromas. As I write this, I realize that my quiltmaking is yet another gift from my Mom ( who died 4 years ago), who had the foresight to save those squares so many years ago.... I continued to make quilts, tho' not at any great rate (or quality!) over the next 20 years. Then when I quit my full-time job I got into it much more and now I can't imagine not having some quilty project to work on. Growth wise--I'd like to get better at everything that I like: patchwork, colors, MQing. Some day I want to be brave enough to do a Drunkard's Path and a Lone Star, and oh--about a dozen others, too! And what I hope to find? That dadgum piece of dogbone cloth I misplaced a year ago! But thanks to the generosity of someone on this NG (three cheers! You know who you are!) substitutes are en route. Thanks for asking! Hope your recovery continues nicely and quickly! Dogmom "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
This kind of tale delights me. When a quilter comes thinking that this might
just be another hobby and finds in it a passionate love affair. Its grand! I hope you do follow your heart and stray away from the patterns. Patterns are great to give a leaping off point but there comes a time when we need to let go of the safety net. Good luck! Have fun! Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Marijke" wrote in message .. . great questions. ;-) I came to rctq a few yrs ago after being on the 'net for quite a few years before that. I mostly read parenting newsgroups but then branched out a bit. I had to step away from the group for a while when I changed service providers and then popped back in for a short while. I finally came back again for a longer time a couple of years ago. It's much easier for me now because I work full time on the computer and can check in whenever I want during the day. I keep coming back to see what interests other quilters and, sometimes I can even answer a question or two! How did I become a quilter? I have no idea! I've tried just about every craft there is and I always became very passionate about them, but... the passion never lasted very long so when I initially became passionate about quilting (when my now 14 yr old was a baby), no-one thought it would last. Hah!! I sure fooled them! I've made way more quilts than I know (last unofficial count was in the 60s but those are only the ones I remember). I learned completely on my own, never knew another quilter until just a few years ago. What do I see for the future? I'd love to be more adventurous. I tend to stick to patterns, colours that I know and like so I'd love to do something totally out of the ordinary for me. Right now, I am collecting bright, very bright, fabrics to see what I can do with them. I see myself quilting forever though, it really has enveloped me and I enjoy it so very much. Marijke, in Montreal to see some quilts, check out http://photos.yahoo.com/sesesi and click on "my quilts" "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
Darn straight J! lol
Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Jalynne" wrote in message ink.net... Man, Diana, you two really have something in common, don't you? It's a shame that even though so many advances have been made in medicine, our bodies have a way of throwing doctors a curve ball...hehe. -- Jalynne Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Mika" wrote in message .net... Hi Diana. Glad to know that you are now at the healing stage of being bored. I feel for you. I had my gb out in 1979 when they still did the old fashioned incision. Laser surgery was...well a dream of the future at that time. Anyway... |
Don't remember how long I've been on rctq, seems like forever, but can't be
more than 5 years maybe -that's how long we've had email! DH the ever-helpful and enthusiastic computer geek (self-taught, it's scary) discovered newsgroups and decided it would be a good way to "convert" me. It worked! I stay here because I can't imagine life without you! Quilting -well, it all started back in the 70s with a pile of very random fabric scraps from making clothes for my baby girls. A bit of everything -all weights of cotton, some wool, synthetics, you name it. So with the good intention of using up this stuff, and without benefit of any advice, I cut them all into rectangles and sewed them together in rows until I had a baby quilt. Covered all the seams with a backing (birthed) and felt pleased with myself. Looked pretty good until the first wash. Then I had to throw it out. There had to be a better way... I found a book (something from Simplicity patterns) and persevered. I still love scrappy quilts, and they don't fall apart in the wash any more! Roberta in D "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
im so glad you can find a way to escape from your stresses in creating
beauty. It is so healing, and Im glad you come to share your time with us. Thank you Mika! Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Mika" wrote in message .net... Hi Diana. Glad to know that you are now at the healing stage of being bored. I feel for you. I had my gb out in 1979 when they still did the old fashioned incision. Laser surgery was...well a dream of the future at that time. Anyway... How I came to RCTQ. My best friend got me interested in quilting again last winter. Being the internet and newsgroup junky that I am, I knew that there just HAD TO BE a quilting newsgroup. So I searched till I found you all. Lurked for awhile then jumped in. This has been a wonderful experience and knowledge builder for me. People here are always willing to help. I don't post a lot but I try to read and catch up at least every couple of days or so. I stay because I can learn so much, not only about quilting but about life, other cultures and so much more. I have been sewing since I was about 7 or 8 years old when I made my doll a dress. I progressed from that to making my own clothes. My mother and both grandmothers were quilters. So in jr. high and high school I ventured into quilting. I worked on several tops over the years but never finished a big one. I did make a few baby quilts when my boys were born. Then this past winter, my best friend started quilting so lo and behold I dug out my 30 year old unfinished quilt tops and them. I was hooked. Since then I have made a top for my daughter, one for my hubby (which I should be getting back from the quilter this week and my SIL says it turned out just beautiful), finished two very old from high school days tops and am currently working on a Log Cabin Baby quilt and a Tumbling Blocks quilt. Quilting is therapeutic for me. DH and I have been through some extremely stressful events this year between my health problems and the nasty ex-wife/court situation. It takes me awhile to finish a quilt top because I can't sit for very long at a time at the sewing machine. Bad back unfortunately. But when I get stressed out I can sit down and sew a few strips or blocks and it takes my mind off the other stuff. I would much rather be stressed out over a crooked seam than over court or having to have heart surgery again. The added bonus to quilting is that I have lovely gifts to give people when I finish one. I guess the main thing I want in my quilting future is to be able to make some really nice quilts that have seams all matched, are even and actually look nice rather than looking like a beginner. I don't plan to make them to sell or anything like that. Just to give as gifts and keep some for DH and myself. Mika "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
It has been a good while but I would assume DH sat me down and
suggested it might be something I would enjoy. I remember many years ago being on Prodigy (gosh I think that was one of the early ones) and there was a quilting group. They changed over to charging by the time you were on instead of a monthly charge and we dropped them. Were any of you there in earlier years? I'll never forget a woman posting that a policeman had come to her door to tell her that her son had died. It had just happened minutes before and she turned to the group to talk. I can't remember her name or anything else but that will forever stick in my mind. How we got here might be different for many of us but why we stay is probably similar. The people here are a caring bunch. You take care of yourself Diana. Bored means you are healing. WHen you start getting crabby we'll know you are close to being well VBG Taria Diana Curtis wrote: Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 -- Please visit my web page at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/taria/index.htm See my Siberian Cat, Lilly, at: http://home1.gte.net/res0yk6g/lillypage/lillycat.htm |
You mean, aside from chocolate?? nothing. LOL yep.
Im so glad you found your way here, and found such a compelling obsession.. ..because all that slacking off wasnt bound to be very good for you in the long run. *BEG* Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Kate Dicey" And this is the best group on the planet for advice about anything from quilting techniques to blocked drains and HRT! Who needs anything else? -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
What do you hope to accomplish with quilting in the future, either near or
far future? Any techniques you want to learn? Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "melinda" wrote in message news:1061180663.765789@webserver... Diana Curtis wrote: Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored I wanted to do some hand work that was different to long-stitch (got boring!) but wasn't x-stitch (DSis is too good at it!), and in a way I fell into patchwork to start off with to use up scraps from sewing clothes. That was back in '95. I completed a few hot-pot holders, but what I started working on initially is now finished! I'm basically self-taught from books. -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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