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Axe murderers! With posters in this newsgroup spread over the UK, Canada,
Australia and the US (have I left any place out?) who could afford the airfare to all those prospective victims? Nell in Austin "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Thank you for the wonderful tale of how you came to be here and there. You are officially what we call a starter. Nothing wrong with that! It sounds like your new course of action is just right for you, and I hope it turns out to be as relaxing as you hope. I always wondered how that fambly tree came to be. Its confused me from the start even tho now I claim to be one of the dotty Aunties *the one in the attic with the cane for stompin' for more mead*. It never ceases to amaze me, the open hearts of the people in this group. Imagine, taking you in, sight unseen like that.. without a second thought.. people must have thought both you and the offer givers were Nuts! but.. aha! we disprove the rule that all internet people are axe murdereres...ask my DH, he never murdered an axe in his life! Thank you again for helping me pass a few more minutes distracted from the itchy staples and stuff. Hugs, Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Paul & Suzie Beckwith" wrote in message ... Slightly bored Diana - or mad? Make a fresh pot of tea and gird your loins for a long-winded episode... "Queen of the Waffle" you will dub me after this... I came to this newsgroup prolly around 1998, as I wanted to make a quilt for my sister who loves narrowboats, and I posted asking if anyone knew of anywhere I could get canal-related fabric - roses & castles, narrowboats etc... Never found anything that I could use, "Rosie & Jim" fabric just ain't what I was after, so I decided to go a different way with Jills quilt, and go for a pieced boat instead... its still in the planning stage... (now where have we heard that before I wonder!!) I quickly found that everybody posting on here was warm, friendly and (in general) two bolts short of a fabric store just like myself, so I stayed and joined in. I got so involved that I became "Beloved Grandorter" of RH Lady CD and the RCTQ geneology tree grew several new branches and then turned into a corkscrew hazel... After both Paul and I had been off work for a few weeks with severe depression from work, back in 1999, I posted that the doctor had suggested we took a holiday to cheer us both up, and asked for suggestions as to where we could go. I jokingly said "we can even afford the airfare to America"... and within 24 hours we had offers of accommodation from practically 52 states - it certainly wasn't my intention to "bum" accommodation at all, and it took several emails and telephone calls to confirm that the offers we'd had were all genuine, from people we'd never met, who were throwing open their arms and their homes and inviting us to come and stay. After several weeks of careful planning we flew to the USA and spent 3 weeks meeting up with our beloved Miss Sairey, Donna (& Wayne) in Idaho, Donna in Bellevue, Sandi & Deni, Tiggrrr, Judy the Red Queen, Anna, and loads of other wonderful people from all over the place. We were pampered, spoiled rotten and generally treated like royalty wherever we went. We'll never forget the way that we were made to feel part of the family where-ever we went, by people who only knew me by my internet callsign... we even managed to pay some of it back when The Red Queen graced our sofa for a few days when she came over to England for the Malvern quilt show in 2000. And I think that really sums up RCTQ - it doesn't matter who you are, where you live, what colour you are (as you all know I am sky-blue-pink with yellow stripes...) as long as you have an interest in quilting, whether as a passing interest or a lifelong obsession, then you are all accepted here. We're all family here, we share the ups and downs of everyday life with each other, we dance when we're happy and offer wings of strength when needed. We can sound off about something that has annoyed us that day at work, or sing from the rooftops when our children graduate. We share everything, because we are family. As for my quilting, its hit and miss at the best of times... I started prolly around 1996, we'd left Roman re-enactment and were looking around for another period, and at a multi-period show got talking with an American Civil War re-enactor who had a quilting frame in her tent... we almost picked that period but research showed that patchwork had been around since at least 1795 (one of the earliest patterns documented is Grandmothers Flower Garden from that year), so we settled on Napoleonic re-enactment instead, portraying the years 1805-1815... My first quilt was tumbling blocks pieced over papers, and its still a UFO... I've made a pieced cat quilt for my M&D's 50th wedding anniversary, am working on a historical GFG using fabrics reminiscent of those around during the Napoleonic era, completed a small wall-hanging for a competition and a crib quilt for a friends new baby. I even took on a commission for a pieced & appliqued quilt from a work colleague, its in pieces on the back of the sofa as I write this as I've developed quilters block with it...and then I discovered City & Guilds patchwork courses were being offered at out local evening class centre. I completed the first year, making a lap quilt and almost finishing a bag to hold my cutting mat and rulers in, then started the second year, and after hand dyeing and hand-piecing a cushion cover, decided that I just couldn't take the pressure of the class whilst working full time, and having parents who live 3 hours drive away who were ill. The coursework was taking over my life and my lounge, and was making me ill. Quitting the course was the hardest decision I'd made for a long while, but such a relief. I've now joined a local stitching club, and am about to start a sampler quilt (from the Lynne Edwards New Sampler book), stitching 2 blocks a month whether at home or at the club. Some of these ladies have apparently never picked up a needle in their lives, so we're gonna take it real slow and leisurely like... and I'm really looking forward to it! Just think, sitting with a cup of tea stitching and chatting to the new friends I've made, instead of worrying about whether my coursework is up to scratch... its gonna be heaven... doing something for myself instead for a teacher... and with friendly people around me who can show me how to piece curves, or do those pointy bits in applique, or 1000 other things that City & Guilds will never teach you. So thats my tale - now get up and take a short walk to the bathroom and stretch those muscles out - they need it! Suzie B -- "From the internet connection under the pier" Southend, UK http://community.webshots.com/user/suziekga |
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