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Alice, it sure would be fun to give it a try. I felt there must be quite a
bunch of us, as I know there are quite a few just in VA alone, and am finding many more here in NY than I knew about previously. Let me know if you want some help in possible organization. Marilyn in Moravia |
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In article , "frood"
writes: So, you got something against us East Coasters below the Mason Dixon line? Huh? Wendy, I agree, since I'm in Virignia , with Pat. I think Virginia is the central location. big grin On another note, My computer will be down from this coming Sunday, Oct 19, until about the 24th of Oct.. ( the new flooring is being laid on the top three levels of my house on Oct 20-21) Marshall ( my son) is coming on Sunday to take my computer apart and move the part to the sewing room , until the new carpet is laid in the room where the computer stays. He'll come back and hook everything up on Wed. , Thursday or Friday. ( so I won't be able to send or recieve e-mails at that time). Wish me luck !!!!!!!!!!!!! Kris ( in northern Virginia ) |
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Two QI's named Paisley in the same group - what are the odds? My little
girl, a terrier mix from a rescue group, will be 9 in December. You can see her at http://community.webshots.com/script...howMyPhoto&alb umID=95271943&photoID=95272180&security=MVgmFP :-) Renee "AliceW" wrote in message ... Ok, my turn. Name: Alice, aka, AliceW or Alice in NJ Home: Lumberton, NJ Occupation: Manager of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs for a fairly new startup biotech company. Big title for a company that has 12 employees! Age: Soon to be 56 on 11-26. Presents can be sent to the addy in the directory! Past Lives: Toll taker at a state park, cashier, in some sort of QA position ever since. Family: Happily married for almost 13 years now (as of 11-11-03 - for presents, see "Age"), together for 15. Have DS, 32 in Florida, soon to give me a DIL on 11-8; DD, 31 in Baltimore; my DH shares his DD, 20 and DS, 17 with me as well. Sweeties all! My mom, 85, lives in Florida and keeps me hopping! FIL lives nearby and we see him frequently. All of my DHs family live within 20 of each other. I have a sister nearby, but a brother in Houston and another in VA Beach. Have a trip planned to see my brother in Houston - say next October????!! Perhaps he can find a quilt show I can visit while there. Food: I prefer "people events with food present" over "food events with people present". Just lost 42 pounds, eating right and loving it! But I do love any kind of chocolate as long as it's dark. And the occasional jelly doughnut. QIs: Paisley, who will be 13 the day after my birthday (see "Age" for details), a sweet-faced Wes; Kirby, a wild, Wes, who just turned 8 months old and is fondly called "the devil dog"! He brought Paisley back from the brink after our Brandy passed away a year ago. Two cats, Scraps - left by my son after he moved to Florida, and Gypsy, who found her way into our garage and our hearts. Pix of all are on my website. Machines: in order of purchase - Singer Futura, 1972, still works like a charm. Pfaff 7570 which I use 99% of the time; a 1948 Featherweight in pristine condition bought on eBay; a redhead treadle which I have not done anything with yet; and a Singer 1952 in a cabinet that was my MILs. My FIL thought I should have it - and that was the best day I ever had! I also have a new Brother espree embroidery machine which I have no time to use, unfortunately! Quilting For: Almost 7 years now. A coworker wanted company for a quilting class and the rest is history. Quilt Assembly Preference: Rotary cut and strip pieced. Anytime I can sew first and cut later is good for me. I have tried it all, though. Don't particularly like appliqué, but I'm getting better at hand-piecing. I'm better at MQ, but would like to get comfortable with HQ. I have a wonderful lady that does beautiful machine quilting on a long arm which I use when I make anything larger than a lap quilt. Quilt Style Preference: Depends on the occasion, but I prefer quick quilts. Appliqué is not one of my favorites, but I do have a Baltimore Album quilt on my list of things to do. Color preference: mostly everything, but I prefer purple, green, and burgundy. Skill level - I would think I'm an intermediate intermediate. Posting/Reading Frequency: I started posting in September of 1997 and haven't stopped since. I read and post every day - even on vacation. You have to keep up or you won't find out about the stash raids! Interests other than quilting/fabric fondling/S.E.X: rubber stamping, keeping up with my web hosting side business, walking with my DH and pups, vacationing in Cape Hatteras, climbing any lighthouse I come across. Pet peeves: the imbalance with our welfare system and our elder care system (folks - with their 3 or 4 little kids - ahead of me in the grocery line wearing more gold than I would ever afford and paying with food stamps and/or welfare checks, while some elderly go without food so they can pay for their prescriptions, or only take their meds every other day so they last longer); folks who throw cigarette buts out their car window thinking they are not littering; people who chain their dogs to trees or pen them up in chain link pens in the back yard - why get a dog?; puppy mills and the people who run them and the people who buy from them; people who complain about the way government runs things but are not registered to vote or are, but don't bother voting. TV Shows: Law and Order, CSI; All my Children; Mysterious Ways; Survivor. Drive A: 2003 Honda CRV, black. Favorite Quote: Well, it's not really a quote, but it's a saying on a plaque that my husband bought right before we were married. It contains 12 rules for a good marriage. It's rather tongue-in-cheek, but makes rather good sense. My favorite is number 4 - "Don't yell at each other unless the house is on fire". -- Alice in NJ www.ourcyberfamily.us "In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends." John Churton Collins "Renee Clark" wrote in message ... While googling trying to learn more about our Mesue (wish I had a chance to get to know her), I came across a thread from 2000 in which RCTQ'ers introduced themselves in detail. I've come on board since then (September of '02), and I'm sure many others have too. Might be worth doing again for the sake of those who are a bit newer. I'll go first, in the hope that some of you will follow suit. Blessings Renee ------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Renee Clark Home: Tancook Island, Nova Scotia, Canada Occupation: Baptist minister Age: 26 Past Lives:university student with some odd summer jobs, including frozen novelties distributor (Dickie Dee biker!), special needs inclusion worker, alzheimer's support, retail... Anything to pay for that English Lit degree! Anthing more to pay for the Masters! Family: Single. Mom's about 5 hours from here, Dad died this past February. DSis and BIL (and DNephew, age 12), B and SisIL and all the respective QI's. Food:Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. Also Pepsi, vanilla ice cream, cheesecake, and turkey dinner - but not all at once. QI's: Paisley (9 y.o. terrier mix), Simon and Sonny (1 y.o brother cats), Mr. Fish (as the name implies!). Machine(s): Kenmore bare-bones basic, a floor model I bought about 7 years ago. No bells or whistles, but a good workhorse. Tempted by a serger, but haven't bitten yet. Quilting For: About 3 years. I took a class at the local fabric store because they had a kittycat quilt on display... and caught quilt disease. Quilt Assembly Preference: rotary cut (if it can't be rotary cut, I ain't interested! LOL!), machine pieced, then either machine QITD, or sent out to be hand-quilted. Haven't mastered FMQ. Quilt Style Preference: ABA - anything but APPLIQUE! Colour Preference:rose, green, cream, Thimbleberries prints Skill level: I call myself an 'advanced beginner'. Posting/Reading frequency: Read almost daily, post roughly weekly. Interests other than quilting/fabric fondling/S.E.X.: Reading (magazines, novels, mystery, how-to), animal rescue, cross-stitch, tole painting, Celtic music, digital photography, exploring little side-roads, spending time with friends, bargain-hunting. Pet Peeves: Laws that are soft on those who mistreat children and animals - we have to have a license to drive a car and a permit to build a shed in the backyard, but anyone who is biologically able can have a child and anyone with a few dollars can walk out of a pet store with an animal. Oh, and there are also those people who chatter away in the movie theatre and sneak through the express checkout with more than 10 items. But it's the creeps who hurt their children and pets that really get me. TV Shows: ER, 7th Heaven, Sugar, old reruns of Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and 80's sitcoms. Drive A: 1994 Eagle Summit Wagon (a mini-mini-van!) Favorite Quote:"If I can stop one heart from breaking / I shall not live in vain. / If I can ease one life the aching / Or cool one pain / Or help one fainting robin / Unto his nest again, / I shall not live in vain." - Emily Dickinson |
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Y'all talk funny. Thats all
Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "frood" wrote in message news So, you got something against us East Coasters below the Mason Dixon line? Huh? -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "AliceW" wrote in message ... We could try to do an East Coast get-together sometime since we have a group from NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA and PA. We could figure out a mid-point between the two farthest folks and find a good spot. Any takers? -- Alice in NJ www.ourcyberfamily.us "In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends." John Churton Collins "Queen of Squishies" wrote in message k.net... Well I vote for, encourage, and strongly support you guys in having a NY meet-up! The Illinois / Indiana meet-up was a huge success, and many are counting on it becoming a yearly event! Karen, Queen of Squishies -- My reply address is scrambled. Please change my address to hicall80 at earthlink dot net |
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AliceW wrote:
We could try to do an East Coast get-together sometime since we have a group from NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA and PA. We could figure out a mid-point between the two farthest folks and find a good spot. Any takers? It sounds like fun. I'd like to attend if at all possible. -- Bonnie NJ |
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Not at all!!!! Sorry, didn't mean to omit anyone. It was late and my
geography brain wasn't working too well! All East Coasters are welcome. I did remember to include the PA folks, though, so you gotta give me points for that! Actually, I was trying to think of folks that could get to a meeting without too much travel time or expense. But, if you're on the East Coast, you're included! -- Alice in NJ www.ourcyberfamily.us "In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends." John Churton Collins "frood" wrote in message news So, you got something against us East Coasters below the Mason Dixon line? Huh? -- Wendy http://griffinsflight.com/Quilting/quilt1.htm de-fang email address to reply "AliceW" wrote in message ... We could try to do an East Coast get-together sometime since we have a group from NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA and PA. We could figure out a mid-point between the two farthest folks and find a good spot. Any takers? -- Alice in NJ www.ourcyberfamily.us "In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends." John Churton Collins "Queen of Squishies" wrote in message k.net... Well I vote for, encourage, and strongly support you guys in having a NY meet-up! The Illinois / Indiana meet-up was a huge success, and many are counting on it becoming a yearly event! Karen, Queen of Squishies -- My reply address is scrambled. Please change my address to hicall80 at earthlink dot net |
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I included VA! Oh, geeze, I guess I need to get my map out. Maybe we can
use pushpins and put a pin in the location of all interested parties and see where the epicenter is. -- Alice in NJ www.ourcyberfamily.us "In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends." John Churton Collins "QuiltR1024" wrote in message ... In article , "frood" writes: So, you got something against us East Coasters below the Mason Dixon line? Huh? Wendy, I agree, since I'm in Virignia , with Pat. I think Virginia is the central location. big grin On another note, My computer will be down from this coming Sunday, Oct 19, until about the 24th of Oct.. ( the new flooring is being laid on the top three levels of my house on Oct 20-21) Marshall ( my son) is coming on Sunday to take my computer apart and move the part to the sewing room , until the new carpet is laid in the room where the computer stays. He'll come back and hook everything up on Wed. , Thursday or Friday. ( so I won't be able to send or recieve e-mails at that time). Wish me luck !!!!!!!!!!!!! Kris ( in northern Virginia ) |
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I'm taking this as a response to my saying that we might be moving. I'd
personally *love* a NY meet up.....I already had one offer of instruction in paper piecing, that has been postponed until things settle down here a little more.....sadly, I only know of 1 quilt shop relatively close to me......are there more that I am missing?? Larisa Queen of Squishies wrote: Well I vote for, encourage, and strongly support you guys in having a NY meet-up! The Illinois / Indiana meet-up was a huge success, and many are counting on it becoming a yearly event! Karen, Queen of Squishies |
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some where in DE or PA would be close to midpoint, wouldn't it??
Next October, I will be in MD, if anybody from that area wants to meet up....plans are for Rebekah's baptism, MD Renn Fest, and time with friends Larisa AliceW wrote: We could try to do an East Coast get-together sometime since we have a group from NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA and PA. We could figure out a mid-point between the two farthest folks and find a good spot. Any takers? |
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Where at Susie??
Larisa, in Liverpool Susie wrote: Alice, I would LOVE to get together with a bunch of quilters because I don't know what ta heck I'm doing. Susie in northern NY and quilting only a few days. ) We could try to do an East Coast get-together sometime since we have a group from NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA and PA. We could figure out a mid-point between the two farthest folks and find a good spot. Any takers? Alice in NJ |
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