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Roll Call!
As newbies come and introduce themselves, we all say "hi" back to them. But,
while we learn a bit about them, they don't get to know us very easily. (ok, except for a few gabby folks.... ;-P ) So, as a start to a new year, I thought it would be fun to tell a bit about ourselves, and get to know each other. I'm sure the newbies aren't the only one trying to keep the players straight without a score card! Ok, here goes! I'm Wendy, posting as "frood". I live in Central NC, USA. I'm married to a fabulous man, and we have 5 kids, ranging from 13 to 4 yo twins, known online as Spike and Giles. I've been quilting for about 7 or 8 years, mostly machine piecing and machine quilting. I love bright colors, and I collect vintage textiles. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm De-Fang email address to reply |
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I'm Jalynne, posting as....well, Jalynne. I live in Tacoma, Washington, USA. My DH
is in the Navy, and we have one DD, age 7....Aleesha. We homeschool, and quilting is a wonderful way to teach math and science, as well as art and a whole slew of other things. I've been quilting for about 6 or 7 years now, and mostly enjoy hand quilting. The last few years have been difficult for getting much accomplished because of medical problems, but now I'm back cramming the days full of creative endeavors. I like blues and muted colors, and am more into traditional type patterns. I also enjoy setting unusual/different sized blocks together. -- Jalynne - Keeper of the Quilt for ME club list Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "frood" wrote in message news As newbies come and introduce themselves, we all say "hi" back to them. But, while we learn a bit about them, they don't get to know us very easily. (ok, except for a few gabby folks.... ;-P ) So, as a start to a new year, I thought it would be fun to tell a bit about ourselves, and get to know each other. I'm sure the newbies aren't the only one trying to keep the players straight without a score card! Ok, here goes! I'm Wendy, posting as "frood". I live in Central NC, USA. I'm married to a fabulous man, and we have 5 kids, ranging from 13 to 4 yo twins, known online as Spike and Giles. I've been quilting for about 7 or 8 years, mostly machine piecing and machine quilting. I love bright colors, and I collect vintage textiles. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm De-Fang email address to reply |
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Ok... Ill do it too.... Im Diana, I post as Diana, live in Wisconsin with a
lovely husband, a DD, and I have a grown son, his SO and their son, my Grandson... and Ive been trying to learn how to make quilts for the past.. umm.. lets see... I'm 47 and been at this since I was 15.. you may do the math. I have been sewing for longer tho... Turns out I like to collect sewing machines and play with beads too. You may see me over in rec.crafts.beads too. ... and alt.sewing ..and rec.crafts.polyclay ... I have a bunch of photos in a yahoo site. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/lunamom44/my_photos Youre welcome to go peek in there. Im a goddess in my own mind and relatively happy. Thats about it. Me in a nutshell... some would say thats fitting. :-) Welcome newbies! Diana -- Weird people need beads, too "frood" wrote in message news As newbies come and introduce themselves, we all say "hi" back to them. But, while we learn a bit about them, they don't get to know us very easily. (ok, except for a few gabby folks.... ;-P ) So, as a start to a new year, I thought it would be fun to tell a bit about ourselves, and get to know each other. I'm sure the newbies aren't the only one trying to keep the players straight without a score card! Ok, here goes! I'm Wendy, posting as "frood". I live in Central NC, USA. I'm married to a fabulous man, and we have 5 kids, ranging from 13 to 4 yo twins, known online as Spike and Giles. I've been quilting for about 7 or 8 years, mostly machine piecing and machine quilting. I love bright colors, and I collect vintage textiles. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm De-Fang email address to reply |
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I'll piggyback this as I, too, missed the original post.
This is ME-Judy from Brunswick, ME! I'm 63, married for 36 yrs to DH Don, have 6 kids ranging from 40s on down to 20s. Was a Navy Wife till DH retired about 20 yrs ago and he then worked out at the base at the FSC. I'm originally from Portland, Oregon. Taught school in Bend, OR, and then taught for the Dept of Defense Overseas Dependent Schools in Okinawa, Japan. Been a lot of places in this world - and home is always best (regardless of where on the map it may be G). We have one QI - a beagle rescue named Gus. He's a love, but can be a bit of a "velcro hound" sometimes. I've been quilting for ages on and off. Now that all the kids are out on their own, I took over one bedroom for my sewing room. My DH chides me that I'm trying to "insulate the house with fabric" against the cold winters. G I keep thinking that I can complete a project from the stash - hasn't worked out that way yet! Have met some of the RCTQ'rs out in the Chicago area when visiting my SIL.... had a ball! (shop-hopping for fabric/patterns/notions unavailable up here). I LOVE "Press'N'Seal"!!! I love Stack-N-Whack quilts. I love finding shortcut ways to do things. I love country colors (especially blues and reds - not necessarily in the same project.) I'm not a huge fan of brights or purples. That's me! ME-Judy |
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I'm Mary posting as maryd. I live in western Oregon and married to DH for
nearly 36 years. We have 4 children (all married) and 5 grandchildren. I tried a little quilting back in the early 70s but changed to clothing construction. A year ago I started quilting again and love piecing. -- Mary http://community.webshots.com/user/mardor1948 "frood" wrote in message news As newbies come and introduce themselves, we all say "hi" back to them. But, while we learn a bit about them, they don't get to know us very easily. (ok, except for a few gabby folks.... ;-P ) So, as a start to a new year, I thought it would be fun to tell a bit about ourselves, and get to know each other. I'm sure the newbies aren't the only one trying to keep the players straight without a score card! Ok, here goes! I'm Wendy, posting as "frood". I live in Central NC, USA. I'm married to a fabulous man, and we have 5 kids, ranging from 13 to 4 yo twins, known online as Spike and Giles. I've been quilting for about 7 or 8 years, mostly machine piecing and machine quilting. I love bright colors, and I collect vintage textiles. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm De-Fang email address to reply |
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I'm Jennifer, I post as JS, and sign my posts as Jennifer in Florida.
I live just north of Orlando with my DH and my two boys (7 & 2). I have four QIs - two cats and two guinea pigs. The cats enjoy the quilting, the pigs not so much. My kids love quilts, and are always dragging my finished pieces around the house. Luckily I do mostly machine work, which is totally washable and very durable. I am 31, and I have been sewing since I was quite young. My grandmother had me doing embroidery and knitting before I was 10. I did cross stitch as an adult, and started quilting five years ago. I wanted to make my oldest son a quilt to remember all of our tropical vacations, so I started collecting batiks to make him a quilt. I discovered that I am a rabid fabriholic, and I finished his quilt after several months of work. It was his prize possession for about a year, until I made a homely ragtime quilt for the cat. John took that, and he has slept with it every night since. The cat is still holding a grudge. Piecing is my first love, and finishing is a real challenge. I love to start projects - my stash talks to me and eggs me on . Batiks are my favorite fabric, and every time I vow to buy nothing but batiks, Valorie Wells designs a new quilt, and I must have it. I have two of her kits sitting in my closet waiting to move onto my bed. Welcome to everyone. This is a fun and informative group - I have been reading for five years, and I post occasionally. Jennifer in Florida |
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G'day Folks!
I'm Sharon, posting as.... well look down and you'll see! I'm from a little place called Dingley Village in Victoria in Australia. I have a wonderful (travelling) husband called Wayne and we have 2 kids (daughters), a mortgage and a cute QI called Merlot. He's a cat (Australian Multi-Cultural Long Hair) and he lets us live here. I'm just going back to work (3 days per week). I tend to machine piece, hand applique, and hand quilt. I've been going for, what is it?, 4 years now? It's so hard to remember! I love all fabric - well except brown and "yeuchy" colours and I just love purple and blue! -- Sharon from Melbourne Australia Queen of Down Under http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos ********************** "frood" wrote in message news As newbies come and introduce themselves, we all say "hi" back to them. But, while we learn a bit about them, they don't get to know us very easily. (ok, except for a few gabby folks.... ;-P ) So, as a start to a new year, I thought it would be fun to tell a bit about ourselves, and get to know each other. I'm sure the newbies aren't the only one trying to keep the players straight without a score card! Ok, here goes! I'm Wendy, posting as "frood". I live in Central NC, USA. I'm married to a fabulous man, and we have 5 kids, ranging from 13 to 4 yo twins, known online as Spike and Giles. I've been quilting for about 7 or 8 years, mostly machine piecing and machine quilting. I love bright colors, and I collect vintage textiles. -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm De-Fang email address to reply |
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Sharon Harper wrote:
G'day Folks! I'm Sharon, posting as.... well look down and you'll see! I'm from a little place called Dingley Village in Victoria in Australia. I have a wonderful (travelling) husband called Wayne and we have 2 kids (daughters), a mortgage and a cute QI called Merlot. He's a cat (Australian Multi-Cultural Long Hair) and he lets us live here. I'm just going back to work (3 days per week). I tend to machine piece, hand applique, and hand quilt. I've been going for, what is it?, 4 years now? It's so hard to remember! I love all fabric - well except brown and "yeuchy" colours and I just love purple and blue! I'm Melinda, also from Australia but a bit further north than Sharon Cardiff in New South Wales. I have a DH that is self employed and works from home and an 18 month old DS. I haven't done a lot of quilting, I'd say intermediate piecer and a beginner quilter, started pieceing about '96. I also belly dance, so I dabble in beading and I'm on the New South Wales state team for metallic silohette(sp) (I think my brain has taken a short holiday). My favourite colours are bright, hot pinks, royal purple, black, white, royal and navy blue, but I'll work with almost any colour. Currently piecing a scrap top lap sized and an autumn toned bed sized top for DH. -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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This is Marissa, my screen name is Dr. Quilter. I am originally from
Uruguay but have been living in the states for 10 years now, and have been quilting almost that long though I've made a lot more quilts in the last few years. I have a PhD in Molecular Biology from Penn State University and now live in Seattle, where I work at the University of Washington. So does my husband. We have a 10 month old daughter, Sofia, and four guinea pigs but none of them is much of a quilt inspector. -- Dr. Quilter http://community.webshots.com/user/mvignali (take the dog out before replying) |
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I'm a Minnesota native who has been sewing for nearly 50 years and
quilting off and on for over 30 years. I really got serious about it about 10 years ago and I haven't looked at another needlework or craft project since. Most of my quilts are machine pieced and machine quilted. I enjoy hand-quilting, but trigger finger in my right thumb keeps me from doing a lot of it. I have also done some applique, both by hand and machine. I always have at least 2 or 3 projects going. I have been at handquilting a queen size jewel box quilt for about a year; I'm almost done -- down to just the border on one side left; I can't work on it for more than an hour or so at a time because of the trigger finger, so it takes me a long time to get something done. I also am handquilting a crib quilt made from blocks my mother embroidered; that is my portable take-along project, so it doesn't go too fast. Someday, if my daughter has a child, it will go to that baby. The major project right now is machine quilting a queen size Trip Around the World; I'm enjoying using variegated thread to do a lot of free-hand feathers. I should have that done in a couple of days, so it will be on to something else. I am a retired software engineer. I have been married 37+ years to a school counselor, now retired. We have a son and a daughter, both married. Our son and daughter-in-law have blessed us with a 4 year old grandson and a 2 year old granddaughter, both really adorable kids whom we don't see enough of Julia in MN -- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ |
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