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I would love to meet up with some of you guys before moving from VA to
London at Christmas! I guess the where is more or less taken care of (G-street fabrics, or whatever it was), but when??? Hanne |
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Guess I'd better 'fess up too!
Name: Suzie Beckwith Home: Southend, England (about a mile from the famous pier if anyone is really interested!) Occupation: Civil Servant Age: 39 Past Lives: Secretary, telephonist, data-entry clerk, mainframe computer operator. Family: Married to Paul, no kiddies just the QI, M&D live 3 hours drive away, two sisters and 1 brother, 3 nephews and 1 niece. Food: Chocolate, pasta, mushrooms, chicken, garlic, but as I'm now on Weight-watchers all of them in moderation! QI's: Nolly - white cat who is 15, brain-dead and loves shedding hair everywhere... Machine(s): Bernina 150QE, and a 1954 Singer hand-crank. Quilting For: About 6-7 years or so, I started with a Tumbling Blocks pieced over papers using Moda Marbles which is still unfinished... Quilt Assembly Preference: Rotary cut and machine pieced, altho also like to hand-piece as well. Love hand-quilting even tho I am no good at the rocking stitch and usually end up stab-stitching, but I find that relaxing and enjoyable, so am happy with it. Am trying out MQ'ing at the moment. Quilt Style Preference: Like applique, (but easy stuff!), like piecing straight lines, scared stiff of curves... still having problems with seams that don't meet within one-millionth of a millimetre... Colour Preference: I've yet to meet a colour I didn't like... well, mebbe baby-pooh brown... Skill level: beginner-intermediate depending on what I am doing. Posting/Reading frequency: Read daily, post daily/every other day. Interests other than quilting/fabric fondling/S.E.X.: Napoleonic re-enactment, reading (patchwork & craft magazines, sci-fi and fantasy novels, mystery, how-to), rubber-stamping, pergamano, digital photography, Pet Peeves: Able-bodied drivers who park in disabled drivers spaces, and drivers who pull out in front of you without bothering to indicate/signal or use their mirrors... (I can hold a grudge for over 300 miles...) TV Shows: Stargate SG1, Star Trek (TNG & DS9), Airport, anything with Alan Rickman in... Drive A: 1995 Ford Escort Estate Favorite Quote: "You know what you are - you're cold, grey and a whole bunch of no-fun..." Douglas Adams -- "From the internet connection under the pier" Southend, UK -- Please remove NOSPAM when emailing me! http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga |
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Gosh, miss reading a couple of days and look what happens!
Here I am: Name: gail matthews Home: Lafayette, CO Occupation: mom, contract technical writer, part-time sewing/serging instructor, part-time student, wannabe Renaissance person Age: 44 Past Lives: information technology (job moved to India without me) Family: DH of 12+ years, DD9, DS6, two stepsons (18 & 20) Food: Chocolate, margaritas QI's: None, unless you count DD's guinea pig Romeo Machine(s): Pfaff 2140, Babylock Evolve, and my original Elna Air SU Quilting For: about 6 years Quilt Assembly Preference: machine Quilt Style Preference: anything freeform, not requiring tons of precision Color Preference: lots! Skill level: intermediate Posting/Reading frequency: Read almost daily, post whenever the spirit moves me - not very often Interests other than quilting/fabric fondling/S.E.X.: Reading, music Pet Peeves: Drivers who STOP at YIELD signs when there is no on-coming traffic TV Shows: West Wing (I've gotten addicted), Gilmore Girls, ER (if they write out Carter I'm going to stop watching) Drive A: 1993 Ford Windstar Favorite Quote: can't think of one right now |
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here it goes...didnt take the first time!
Name: betsey karl Home: waterford, nj...land of the pines! Occupation: mom, wife, caretaker to various animals...oh, yeah, for the paycheck...loss control consultant! Age: 38---soontobe39.... Past Lives: dressage, horses...now, he's a pet and proud of it! Family: DH-14 years of marital....???, DD-age9, DS-age 21 months Food: Chocolate and pizza QI's: belgian terv-zoe, mushi the cat, snowy the bunny, dink the former showhorse, now pet TB.... Machine(s): singer red eye treadle, singer 99K, singer something or other, singer featherweight, viking 350 and babylock ellure... Quilting For: about 4 years Quilt Assembly Preference: machine Quilt Style Preferenceiecing.... Color Preference: blues, greens, burgendies... Skill level: advanced beginner Posting/Reading frequency:read daily, post....mostly a lurker! Interests other than quilting/fabric fondling/S.E.X.: kids, house, horses, dressage, agility Pet Peeves: oh, dont go there! TV Shows: the soprano's music-bruce springsteen--- Drive A: 1999 expedition. w ould like to downsize, can anyone come up with a good vehicle?? Favorite Quote: "may your hope give us hope, may your faith give us faith, may your love give us love"...the boss betsey "we do not inherit the earth, we caretake it for our children" |
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Name: Paula M.
Home: Northern Virginia Occupation: Medical Transcriptionist. Age: 58 until 10/28....sigh Past Lives: Registered Nurse. Family: DH, DD (baby due in April - first grandchild!), DS - getting married on a cruise in November! Food: Anything DH cooks! (He's very good.) QI's: Chelsea, shetland sheepdog, 12 years old...I have to flick the backdoor light on and off to tell her it's time to come in, as she appears be going deaf. One goldfish since March...name depends on what 3-year-old grandnephew calls it at the time. Machine(s): Brother PC8500D sitting on my mother's Singer cabinet/treadle. Don't know what happened to the machine... Quilting For: Woke up one morning about a year ago and decided I wanted to make a quilt, so I took a class at the Quilt Patch, a local quilt shop, and was hooked! Quilt Assembly Preference: Rotary cutting, machine piecing, hand piecing, and still practicing hand quilting the top. Quilt Style Preference: I can't decide. Colour Preference: I can't decide. Skill level: Beginner. Posting/Reading frequency: Read daily, post a little. Interests other than quilting/fabric fondling/S.E.X.: Family, friends, antiquing, digital photography (very amateurish), Bingo! Pet Peeves: TV commercials. TV Shows: Frasier, ER, British TV shows, Antiques Roadshow. Favorite Quote: Every new challenge widens my horizons, strengthens my self-confidence, and heightens my enjoyment of discovery. (Author Unknown) |
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Ummm...LN Baggins, lives under the hill with all those other Bagginses.
Her mother used to was cousins with Bilbo. Watch out for that LN tho,---she's got a quilty look about her. RedQueen |
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LOLOLOLOL Best laugh I've had all day!!!!
-- Donna in Idaho! Project Linus Boise/SW Idaho Coordinator Website: http://donnakwilts.tripod.com/ Remove ".remove.invalid" to reply The ultimate inspiration is the deadline! "Judy Grevenites" wrote in message ... Ummm...LN Baggins, lives under the hill with all those other Bagginses. Her mother used to was cousins with Bilbo. Watch out for that LN tho,---she's got a quilty look about her. RedQueen |
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I'm very new to computers and the world within them. Have spent 2 days
reading About Us and thought I might introduce myself. Name: Judy G Home: southern Ohio Occupation: part time Home Health Aid Age: pushin' 55 Past lives: factory worker, babysitter, Working my way through some crappy marriages looking for The One...(yes, that was Work) Family: At age 50 I found The One! Been laughing ever since. We each have one son and one dau. Bill is 8 yrs older than me...his children are 8 yrs older that my son and dau. Favorite foods: popcorn and Pepsi, homegrown produce, onion omlets QI's: none...the only animals on the place are Bills chickens. Machine: Pfaff 6091 Years Quilting: off and on since H.S. My first major quilt was a queen hand-pieced grandmother's flower garden started in'91 and finished in '96 Quilt Style Preference: Traditional and scrappy quilts, charm quilts, Stack 'N' Whack Color Preference: calico prints!! Skill level: I can hide stitches wonderfully when turning a binding but can't keep hand quilting stitches the same size. I'll try just about anything and expect good results. I quilt with Attitude. Post: been lurking for days...this is my maiden post. Other interests: flower and veggie growing, NASCAR, reading something funny or enlightening...love a good mystery or romance novel, spending quality time with DH Pet Peeve: people who get angry over things that can't be changed. T.V. Shows: Opra, Dr Phil, Everybody Loves Raymond, the first CSI show Drive: 2002 Dodge Neon, DH drives a Dodge Ram Quote: "Inch by inch, anythings a cinch" Robert Schuller. and a life changing one from my DH "Hurt feelings are like splinters under the skin...if you don't get them out in the open, they will fester and get worse." |
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Welcome, Judy!! We're glad to have you. (and I *never* get to be the
first to welcome someone, so I'm doubly glad) grin Calico prints, eh? They're my least favorite. How about you email me your snail address. Then you can wait by the mailbox for the squishie envelope. Judy G wrote: I'm very new to computers and the world within them. Have spent 2 days reading About Us and thought I might introduce myself. Name: Judy G Home: southern Ohio Occupation: part time Home Health Aid Age: pushin' 55 Past lives: factory worker, babysitter, Working my way through some crappy marriages looking for The One...(yes, that was Work) Family: At age 50 I found The One! Been laughing ever since. We each have one son and one dau. Bill is 8 yrs older than me...his children are 8 yrs older that my son and dau. Favorite foods: popcorn and Pepsi, homegrown produce, onion omlets QI's: none...the only animals on the place are Bills chickens. Machine: Pfaff 6091 Years Quilting: off and on since H.S. My first major quilt was a queen hand-pieced grandmother's flower garden started in'91 and finished in '96 Quilt Style Preference: Traditional and scrappy quilts, charm quilts, Stack 'N' Whack Color Preference: calico prints!! Skill level: I can hide stitches wonderfully when turning a binding but can't keep hand quilting stitches the same size. I'll try just about anything and expect good results. I quilt with Attitude. Post: been lurking for days...this is my maiden post. Other interests: flower and veggie growing, NASCAR, reading something funny or enlightening...love a good mystery or romance novel, spending quality time with DH Pet Peeve: people who get angry over things that can't be changed. T.V. Shows: Opra, Dr Phil, Everybody Loves Raymond, the first CSI show Drive: 2002 Dodge Neon, DH drives a Dodge Ram Quote: "Inch by inch, anythings a cinch" Robert Schuller. and a life changing one from my DH "Hurt feelings are like splinters under the skin...if you don't get them out in the open, they will fester and get worse." -- TerriLee Bishop in WA (state) USA (opinions are wholly owned by the author and don't represent anything) ;-) remove "invalid" to reply |
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Welcome Judy G.! Congrats on finding The One- what an accomplishment
(I'm still doing the painful work of searching). I enjoyed reading your intro. :-) Also, I just gave my Neon to my DS and DDIL and bought myself a Ram- how's that for a coincidence??? LOL Leslie and Furbabies in MO. The HairyFacedOnes 'N Me- My dogs aren't my whole life... they make my life whole. 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!" |
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