mine..tis only 46 years long..but not today
it will come, soon

butterfly //already missin my 1's...no capitals used....oh, what we
don't do for friends//


DeB Shaw wrote:
WAIT!!!
Come back, Butterfly. I'm enjoying all these stories too ... but ... but ...
ummmmmm .... I'd sure like to see yours too. grins

DeB Shaw
Queen of the *Northern*Lights*
(maybe I missed it, or missed lots of them???)

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"Butterfly" wrote in message
.. .

Before ANY of you RCTQ'ers get any ideas--it was NOT in
MY Mr Friddggie......altho he does have a couple of pieces of fabric
on his front-- courtesy of a coupla RCTQ'ers vbg
Butterfly (I am SOooooooo pleased that HoBo NOW likes Green..WHEW..she
might let me visit with her again : )

HoBo wrote:

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
t...
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!

Here's my short story of how it all began per your request :^)

I started quilting in 1989 after getting a quilting catalog in the mail.
Got my curiosity so I ordered a quilt kit. Not feeling all that sure in
selecting fabrics much less a pattern it was easy to let someone else

pick

out the fabrics for the design I liked. I'm self taught since where we

used

to live it took an hour to get to town and all the guilds met in the
evenings. Night driving is not my cup o' tea. But I discovered all the

fun

books, patterns & gadgets that all work together. Since then I've made
probably at least a dozen quilts. I've learned to enjoy working with
triangles, green fabric & will master applique if it kills me g

I found r.c.t.q. way back in 1994 (!). DH (then boyfriend) had just
purchased a computer & he had run across the newsgroups so he subscribed

me

to rctq. I lurked for awhile, then hopped in (after The Great Flame War

was

over g)- and have participated in the goings on like block/fq/siggy

swaps

& HUGs (first one was Ruth's HUG) and have been in on many HUG's

thereafter.

And maybe even an instigator of at least one or two. :-)

I've stayed because of the friendships of those I've met & those that I
haven't met personally, even when they have sent me green fabric ;^)

the

swaps, silliness & fun that the group has offered over the years. I

have

laughed & cried with you all. If you ever get a chance to meet an

rctq'er,

do it! It is even more fun when you gather in groups! You'll discover

all

sorts of things, like there ARE quilt police.... they just reside in

Burbank

g (I'll have to get that picture posted one of these days) Or that

fabric

CAN be stored in the refrigerator, isn't that right Butterfly??!

If I can only find more 'spare' time (and a cooler sewing room) I can do
more quilting & other crafty things that I like to do. Along with

getting

back onto the ng. Back to my little corner of lurkdom.....for now g

Hope

you are feeling better soon!

(((gentle hugs)))
HoBo




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