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Wow! I just scrolled down the list, and had to keep scrolling and
scrolling.... I'm 59 years old, and am retired as an RN. I had to quit work and got on disability about 5 years ago. I didn't plan on that, but you know how it is. My body had other plans. LOL I'm originally from Montana, but have lived in Iowa since '99. MT still seems like home, though, and probably always will. I love to quilt, and now have more time to play with my sewing machine. I moved across town in August and have still not gone through all the boxes! I haven't done any sewing since Aug, and my arms and hands are itchin' to get back at it. I had to have surgery on each hand in Nov., and the result was some tendon damage. I've been working on my PT exercises, though, because I'm not ready to give up sewing! I have a DD, a DS and a DDIL. And the best -- 2 little granddaughters, who just turned 3 and 6! I've made each of them a "trainer quilt" that have seen better days, and am now working on a "big girl" quilt for each of them. They probably won't be dragging the new ones around all over the house. I am separated from my husband. We got married in 1968, and separated about 5 years ago. It meant some major changes for me, but to tell the truth, I wish I'd kicked him out a lot earlier. Sometimes we just get used to the unhappiness, until we wake up and realize there are better things than sticking in a dead marriage. Besides he just never understood my ferver is collecting fabric. If I got too much, I just bought another bin. He thought I should get rid of it. Gasp! This is a very large and talkative group. I mostly skim it, now, even though I've been here since '94, I think. It's great when you have a particular question, though, because you'll get lots of good answers. Somebody on here knows what you want to know! René |
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Megwen "Johanna Gibson" wrote in message ... On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 08:05:23 GMT, "Megwen Woodham" wrote: Hi Morag, Jo and anyone else in Scotland! I'll be in Stirling from Thursday 7 Feb to Sunday 17 Feb.......................want to meet up? Megwen Bloody hell - 3 RCTQers in Scotland all at once. Is that enough critical mass to form a new quilting star or something? I have a group assessment on the 7th - one step down from an interview with the partners - so please cross your fingers from 10am to noon Greenwich Mean Time! How about Friday the 15th? After my dreaded Accountancy tutorial which finishes at noon? -- Jo in Scotland |
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CATS wrote:
Politicians? Nah, just metal silouhettes of animals. ;-) By the way, I've made the NSW state team agian - national champs start 29th Feb. Hoping my foot is better by then, and the sewing machine. I've still got a lot of clothing to make before I can get back to any sort of quilting stuff. -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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I'm Judy from Massachusetts
I have just come back after a pretty long absence. I've been married for 30 years - to the same guy! Hasn't always been great, but we made it. We have 2 kids, my son, 26, and his girlfriend live with us. My daughter will someday graduate from UMass Boston, I hope, she's 23, and living with a roommate. I work as an usher in a sports arena, currently on medical leave because I have just been diagnosed with small cell lung cancer. I could use all the hugs, prayers, (psychic healers?) you've got right now! I have just finished one round of chemotherapy, which went okay. Round two is coming the 13th of February and I'm not looking forward to it or the rest of the six rounds. I have to cut my long hair, before it falls out, and buy a wig (I'm thinking, besides a "serious" one, I might go for a bright pink one!) I've been lurking. I'm planning on doing as much quilting as I can while I'm home and not working. I want to make at least quilt tops for all my friends. Judy |
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Hello,
I'm Linda from western Ohio. I've been reading this group for a few years now, but post only occasionally. I have learned so much about quilting from all of you. I'm 59 years old, and have been sewing since I was eight years old, when I got a toy sewing machine for Christmas and used it to make doll clothes. It wasn't long until I was using a real machine to make my own clothes, and I've been sewing ever since. Before I started working full time, I had the sewing machine running almost every day of the year. I made one quilt in the early seventies, a cross-stitched queen size, which I hand quilted with the help of my grandmother. No more quilting projects for several years while my five children were growing up, but now that they are on their own, I've starting quilting again, making baby quilts for the grandkids and projects for our home. My husband of 38 years and I have four grandkids, a girl age six, two boys who are three, and another who is two. Three of them belong to one daughter, and the other boy belongs to our other daughter. Only one of our three sons is married, and has no children. The grandkids all have their birthdays between March 22 and April 8th, so they are generally celebrated together. Last year I made each of them a simple quilt, and those turned out to be the hit of the party. The party was held at our local bowling alley, and the boys laid their quilts out on the floor to try them out, not concerned that they were right where people wanted to be walking through... I work as a manager of a small bank office located in a supermarket. It's a fun job, but the hours aren't the greatest, so it's not easy to find much time for quilting. Currently I am on disability from work because I'm taking chemo treatments for breast cancer. I have good days and bad days, on the good days I either sew, quilt, or do machine embroidery, all things I enjoy. At the beginning of my disability I made sure I had several projects to work on, and one by one they are getting done. I will be doing seven weeks of radiation treatments after the chemo is over. My boss is urging me to stay on disability through that period too, so maybe I will get them all finished.... I have no quilt inspectors here, but I do love chocolate, preferably dark. I try not to buy it too often, as it is so tempting to me. Linda "Sally Swindells" wrote in message ... and we seem to have a flurry of new posters, is it time for a general Roll Call, so that newbies can see who we all are. |
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that sounds reallllly reallllly good! My family laughs at me cause i would
rather have vanilla bean ice cream than any of their special ones (moose tracks, rocky road, brownie, cookies and cream, etc.) with the very occasional exceptions of the lowfat mint chocolate chip that is really yummy, or Ben and Jerry's New York Super Fudge Chunk or their Baileys Irish Cream.... but those are for very special times. Most often I want vanilla bean by itself or with caramel and/or fudge.... Kellie who shouldn't be having any cause it isn't helping to lose any weight... "Ms P" wrote in message ... "Kellie J Berger" wrote in message . .. oh dark chocolate and caramel (together or seperate) are my sweet preferences. that's about it for now! Kellie Ooooo, here's what you do, get some nice vanilla ice cream, one of the single serve caramel apple dips and some dark chocolate syrup. Nuke the caramel apple dip for just 15 seconds or so and pour over the ice cream, top with dark chocolate syrup. Heaven. -- Ms P, Queen of Scissors http://community.webshots.com/user/MsB_Peacock |
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One thing I miss about all those years in the RAAF - when
someone gave you a really bad day you could always imagine their face on those little cardboard silhouettes at the end of the range! (OMG - I wonder if that was why I always scored so high on my shoots?) Good luck in the championships! -- Cheryl & the Cats in OZ o o o o o o ( Y ) ( Y ) and ( Y ) Boofhead Donut Rasputin http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "melinda" wrote in message ... : CATS wrote: : Politicians? : : Nah, just metal silouhettes of animals. ;-) : : By the way, I've made the NSW state team agian - national champs : start 29th Feb. Hoping my foot is better by then, and the sewing : machine. I've still got a lot of clothing to make before I can : get back to any sort of quilting stuff. : : -- : Melinda : http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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Yes, I do hate to see babies in headscarves g
.. In message , Gen writes I certainly hope that changed when you had children. (BEG.) Gen . Couldn't even manage to diaper the right end of a baby doll. -- Connie http://sewverycreative.blogspot.com -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Sorry to be so late in joining in.
I am Pat (on the hill), from Shropshire in England. We moved over here 11 years ago. We had planned on retiring over here - it's quiet and beautiful - and DH's programmed redundancy (company move back to the US), just made it happen a bit earlier. I am 66, for a little while longer!. We could have no children (though I love babies). After a few years, I wanted little souls to cuddle, so I started my first pets (never had them as a child). First one rabbit, then another and so on. Later we fell in love with cats. Yesterday, my answer to how many pets would have been different: today I bought a new baby bunny (photos on my site when he has settled in enough for me to take pictures!) So, we have four cats and four rabbits. I learned to knit, with my grandmother's knitting bag of scraps! then crochet and embroidery. As I grew, and grew, when I was out of school uniform I had to start making my own clothes. This I did until I 'met' quilting. My life changed (for the better). A few months ago I found a dressmaker near here and all the pieces of fabric I had bought are being made up for me. Hurray!! I have pictures of quilted 'stuff' on our website and my photo site: www.quik.clara.co.uk and I also write articles for British Patchwork and Quilting magazine, and have had the wonderful (eventually!) experience of having a book published. I am fairly conservative with my quilting, and don't run to amazing ideas. I have ideas, but they usually get worked in semi-traditional ways. I do almost all of my own designing (my favourite part). I am well aware of short-comings of mine in the quilt-making process, and I do work to improve them (mostly by buying books!). .. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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So sorry, I forgot to add the photo site:
www.flickr.com/photos/14021779@N07/ .. In message , Patti writes Sorry to be so late in joining in. I am Pat (on the hill), from Shropshire in England. We moved over here 11 years ago. We had planned on retiring over here - it's quiet and beautiful - and DH's programmed redundancy (company move back to the US), just made it happen a bit earlier. I am 66, for a little while longer!. We could have no children (though I love babies). After a few years, I wanted little souls to cuddle, so I started my first pets (never had them as a child). First one rabbit, then another and so on. Later we fell in love with cats. Yesterday, my answer to how many pets would have been different: today I bought a new baby bunny (photos on my site when he has settled in enough for me to take pictures!) So, we have four cats and four rabbits. I learned to knit, with my grandmother's knitting bag of scraps! then crochet and embroidery. As I grew, and grew, when I was out of school uniform I had to start making my own clothes. This I did until I 'met' quilting. My life changed (for the better). A few months ago I found a dressmaker near here and all the pieces of fabric I had bought are being made up for me. Hurray!! I have pictures of quilted 'stuff' on our website and my photo site: www.quik.clara.co.uk and I also write articles for British Patchwork and Quilting magazine, and have had the wonderful (eventually!) experience of having a book published. I am fairly conservative with my quilting, and don't run to amazing ideas. I have ideas, but they usually get worked in semi-traditional ways. I do almost all of my own designing (my favourite part). I am well aware of short-comings of mine in the quilt-making process, and I do work to improve them (mostly by buying books!). . -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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