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Time for another Roll Call?
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Patti wrote: I'll come out of lurkdom to add another brit to this branch of the thread. I'm Karen, mum of two teens, describes as "an engineer on hormones" by my DH (If he had wanted a domesticated wife he shouldn't havemarried an engineer) Okay, I'm really puzzled. How did Karen manage to post as our Pat on the Hill? -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net |
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Okies, here goes:
My name is Sunny. I'm 52ish, married to the most wonderful man on earth, have two sons who are grown but won't get out of my basement (22 and 19). My only QI is my pup Jo who is 8 years old, of undetermined parentage and will steal the food off your plate while you're still sitting there if you don't watch out. I was born and raised in Texas, met my DH in Arkansas where we both had our first jobs out of college, moved to Arizona (DH was from there) and lived for 20 years, now living in a small town in North Central Washington smack between Seattle and Spokane. I never sewed, ever. Was persuaded to take a quilt class with a friend a couple years after I moved here. It was interesting. I never finished the project but managed to drop and break the cheap little sewing machine I bought when I was pregnant with son #1 (now 22) because I thought all mother had to sew. A year or so later I found myself with a medically forced retirement. I wrote for a living -- daily newspapers and later freelance work writing, doing pr, making online stuff and setting up email newsletters. To keep from going bonkers I pulled out the fabric (which I have always loved and always had some, regardless of the fact that I didn't do anything with it) and bought a couple books and decided to start quilting. My mom mailed me a good sewing machine and I was in business. I piddled a bit and then about two years ago I got serious about art quilts. I now divide my sewing time between making baby quilts to give to our local agencies that deal with families in crisis and working on art quilts. I've had one quilt accepted into a juried show that is traveling around right now, heavens knows where. I'm a bit miffed that my quilt is traveling more than I am. If you want to see my work, it's on flickr.com at this URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/onetexsun/ So that's me in an nutshell and I'm having quite a good time reading over everybody's stories. I also am curious how Karen posted as Pat on the Hill. It's gotta be a good story. Sunny |
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Oh blow!
I thought I was being so clever getting Karen's post to this thread - and I did ggg Karen's post came to my e-mail instead of RCTQ. Well, you know how 'techno geekless' I am, so I had to stop and think of possible solutions. I am getting more success lately with 'copy and paste'. There was no 'copy' on the screen, but I found one under 'edit'!! So I highlighted the post and pressed 'copy', then came to the NG and at the top of Sally's post I pressed 'paste' - and it appeared g I was so flushed with success that I forgot to delete my sig (well, let's face it, didn't think of it!!.). .. In message , Sandy writes Okay, I'm really puzzled. How did Karen manage to post as our Pat on the Hill? -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Well I am a single mom of 4... 3 boys and a cutie daughter who will be six
next saturday. I graduated university last year and have been working as a psychiatric social worker ever since, first as a case manager in a temp position, then in January I got a full time permanent one I try to quilt in spare time, but I must admit that was easier when I was still a student. I have like 8 tops waited for me to sandwhich sigh.... but the ultimate procrastinator that I am... I am working on two new tops as we speak lol. One I may or may not ever finsh its so repetitive and I lose interest to fast for all those itty bitty picky parts. And the other is from a new ruler I bought at a local quilt show for strip tubing... way too much fun I have recently discovered that I, who cant even hand sew on a button, love hand quilting.... So those tops may get done soon, especially if it stays cold out, nice warm quilt on my lap while watching tv sounds lovely Anyhow... I am currently living in the lower mainland area of BC Canada, right on the Washington border, its only a few blocks from my house. I was born in Southern Cali though, and even spent time in the US Navy back when I was 18-20. It was during my time with my aunts in . Cali that I learned a love of quilts, though it wasnt until after my daughter was born that I ever picked up a sewing needle. I also make my own soap, and like to do beeswax candles. I can do the other types but prefer the creating of the wax over pouring. And I can crochet. I briefly tried my hand at beading but again with the repetitive nature of it all, I gave up right quick . I have a webshots albums of my kids and my quilts, but I cant find the url atm and I simply must head for bed, so look me up as elywyn if you wanna see. Carissa |
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Welcome Karen via Pat - good to see another Brit. I too have a hoard of
USO's - I collect the fabrics, sort them all out, think about them, imagine them, and then make myself go back to the UFOs, but every now and then one slips through. I could probably have finished a couple of UFOs while I've been imagining. Unfortunately I was brought up to be terrified of sums! Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin Patti wrote: I'll come out of lurkdom to add another brit to this branch of the thread. I'm Karen, mum of two teens, describes as "an engineer on hormones" by my DH (If he had wanted a domesticated wife he shouldn't havemarried an engineer) I came to patchwork via a love of mathmatics and geometry and the need for a creative outlet to indulge myself in whilst sitting arround waiting for DDs various activites to finish. I am definitely in the stash-building phase of my patchwork career... several USOs ( un-started objects) - who am I kidding MANY USOs await the time real-life slows down a bit and i can get some sewing time in. I'm in outer SW London My QIs are Rustle & Ziggy ( 2 ginger and white toms - I wanted to call them Sat and Nav but that was rejected as too "clever" by the rest of my family), HRH Sox ( black & white lady cat & ruler of the roost) and Bramble a cavalier king charles spaniel - the wussiest dog in the world. Chocolate - yes please - preferably with nuts in it. Teen taming and other domestic engineering tasks fill most of my time...and I spend a lot of time lurking here. I would love to find a quilt guild around here... Enough about me...who is next? Karen In message , Sally Swindells writes Following the discussions on who everyone is, it might be time for another Roll Call. So here goes. Retired 9 years ago to the Suffolk coast in Eastern England so am of advanced years!! Two grown up children, neither still at home. Richard 35 this year has lived with his girlfriend and her three children for 6 years so it seems pretty permanent. He works in computers (thank goodness!). Rachel is 39 this year and lives with her husband Tim, an airline pilot, in central England. Tim recently got a job flying out of Leipzig, German, so they may move, but who knows. DH Mike is into ornithology in a big way - watches birds, rings birds for migration stats, does conservation work,etc., so I am left to stitch, and garden. Garden is about to enter its completely weed free week (wont last!) so perhaps next week I can sew! QI Inspector No 1 is Hodge who is a 12 year old white cat with a grey tabby mask, hat, cloak and tail. He is assisted by his side-kick Mia who is black and white and almost three - a nervious little thing, but in love with Hodge. Mia isn't really interested in quilts though. Mia's brother Kiwi shows great promise in the inspecting line. He was supposed to be all black, hence his name (the New Zealanders will understand). However, he is a bit of a clown so in the winter grows a long very fluffy brownish fringe around his body, a big mane like a lion and an enormous tail. He retains his pitch black face and legs though! In the summer he loses the extra coat all over my creamy carpet and becomes almost short-haired. Have sewed for ever, lots of embroidery, but only started quilting when my sister died and left me her board, rotary cutter, lots of bits and pieces and small stash. She only had one or two bits unfinished but I thought I would learn to use the board and cutter so I could finish her things properly. However.... the stash has grown and so has the pile of UFOs - and I seldom embroider! Webshots is fairly up-to-date as I am behind as usual so had little to add. The Starry Night top is there from Jessamy's swap. - where are you Jessamy, we miss you. Piccies are in the Finished album - so I'd better finish them! Chocolate - officially nil as I am dieting, and as I couldn't go to weigh-in this morning better make sure I take a bit off for next week. Unofficially taste has changed to dark chocolate with age, but anything will do! Punctuation - use far too many exclamation marks!!! So .. who's next? |
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On Apr 23, 1:22*pm, Patti wrote:
I'll join you Sally - not often two Brits get together here!! I, too, use loads of exclamation marks. *I have decided that just as the French and Italians speak with gestures, we write/speak with exclamation marks. *I honestly could get by without them g I live in a very rural part of England - far west, half way up, almost into Wales. *We live 100ft up, on a sort of 'saddle' between the two highest points in Shropshire. I am retired, and sew as often as I can. *I try to garden, but we have nearly 2 acres (though much of it is left wild), and the 'soil' is brick-making clay. It is quite a cold climate here, but much wetter than Sally's. *She would beat us hands down on cold winds! I have four beautiful rabbits - two girls and two boys, who live in large homes within a luxuriously appointed 'shed' (said shed had an extension a few years ago so they could have longer hutches!! - shed man said he's never heard of such a thing g). *We also have five cats: four are getting on in age and so we adopted our new kitten - now nearly 10 months old. I love motor racing (Formula 1 and World Rally), and love it when, watching a race, I make a comment that is then made by the official commentator! I am quite shy and have to hide it when in company. *I prefer home-based activities. *I am trying to allow time to play the piano (digital) again. . In message , Sally Swindells writes Following the discussions on who everyone is, it might be time for another Roll Call. So here goes. Retired 9 years ago to the Suffolk coast in Eastern England so am of advanced years!! Two grown up children, neither still at home. Richard 35 this year has lived with his girlfriend and her three children for 6 years so it seems pretty permanent. He works in computers (thank goodness!). Rachel is 39 this year and lives with her husband Tim, an airline pilot, in central England. Tim recently got a job flying out of Leipzig, German, so they may move, but who knows. DH Mike is into ornithology in a big way - watches birds, rings birds for migration stats, does conservation work,etc., so I am left to stitch, and garden. Garden is about to enter its completely weed free week (wont last!) so perhaps next week I can sew! QI Inspector No 1 is Hodge who is a 12 year old white cat with a grey tabby mask, hat, cloak and tail. He is assisted by his side-kick Mia who is black and white and almost three - a nervious little thing, but in love with Hodge. Mia isn't really interested in quilts though. Mia's brother Kiwi shows great promise in the inspecting line. He was supposed to be all black, hence his name (the New Zealanders will understand). However, he is a bit of a clown so in the winter grows a long very fluffy brownish fringe around his body, a big mane like a lion and an enormous tail. He retains his pitch black face and legs though! In the summer he loses the extra coat all over my creamy carpet and becomes almost short-haired. Have sewed for ever, lots of embroidery, but only started quilting when my sister died and left me her board, rotary cutter, lots of bits and pieces and small stash. She only had one or two bits unfinished but I thought I would learn to use the board and cutter so I could finish her things properly. However.... the stash has grown and so has the pile of UFOs - and I seldom embroider! Webshots is fairly up-to-date as I am behind as usual so had little to add. The Starry Night top is there from Jessamy's swap. - where are you Jessamy, we miss you. Piccies are in the Finished album - so I'd better finish them! Chocolate - officially nil as I am dieting, and as I couldn't go to weigh-in this morning better make sure I take a bit off for next week. Unofficially taste has changed to dark chocolate with age, but anything will do! Punctuation - use far too many exclamation marks!!! So .. who's next? -- Best Regards pat on the hill Well, here is another man on the street response; Or should I say man at the sewing machine. I'm John, and I love to make traditional, pieced quilts with a sewing machine. I am 67 years old and married, for lo these 36 years, to my wife, Lois, otherwise known as, Conan the Grammarian. The other corner of this domestic triangle is Maggie, the Happy-go-Licky Airedale, who completes this household. We live in a large, late Victorian House, that I have completely remodeled, since our move here, 10 years ago, in North Central Ohio, in a small village that has mostly wide streets, and mostly narrow minds. Quite a change from our previous lifestyle in the San Francisco Bay Area, where we lived for 45 years and I worked as a remodeling contractor and custom furniture maker. My wife worked as a Editorial Services director, for a Legal publisher, for thirty years. I discovered quilting a couple of years ago when I finally had the space to devote to a sewing room for myself. I had sewn clothes for myself and my wife for a very long time, but always using the kitchen table and other less than perfect environments, to accomplish that. Now that I have a dedicated space, I have finally found my true calling, and have unleashed a flood of quilts to satisfy all the relatives who continue to produce offspring at an alarming rate, and other friends who seem to like what I produce for them. I have recently discovered the need for Quilts for Veterans, and am in the process of engaging in an effort to provide quilts to the Veterans who have given so much of themselves. I spend most of my time sewing something that both gives me pleasure and makes somebody else happy, and that is not a bad thing. I have really enjoyed the interaction with this group, and the diverse and creative people, who provide a window into the larger world of quilting. Being a man, who quilts, is, to say the least, a bit different, here in the American Midwest. This group provides me with a communication outlet in an area that I am deeply interested in, and I value it far more than any other element of the larger internet community. I just want to say, Thank You, for being so accepting and helpful and I hope that I have returned the effort, in whatever way I could. John |
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Hey John! Did you see there's a Paducah winner 9-patch? Thought that
would make you smile. Polly "John" wroteWell, here is another man on the street response; Or should I say man at the sewing machine. I'm John, and I love to make traditional, pieced quilts with a sewing machine. I am 67 years old and married, for lo these 36 years, to my wife, Lois, otherwise known as, Conan the Grammarian. The other corner of this domestic triangle is Maggie, the Happy-go-Licky Airedale, who completes this household. We live in a large, late Victorian House, that I have completely remodeled, since our move here, 10 years ago, in North Central Ohio, in a small village that has mostly wide streets, and mostly narrow minds. Quite a change from our previous lifestyle in the San Francisco Bay Area, where we lived for 45 years and I worked as a remodeling contractor and custom furniture maker. My wife worked as a Editorial Services director, for a Legal publisher, for thirty years. I discovered quilting a couple of years ago when I finally had the space to devote to a sewing room for myself. I had sewn clothes for myself and my wife for a very long time, but always using the kitchen table and other less than perfect environments, to accomplish that. Now that I have a dedicated space, I have finally found my true calling, and have unleashed a flood of quilts to satisfy all the relatives who continue to produce offspring at an alarming rate, and other friends who seem to like what I produce for them. I have recently discovered the need for Quilts for Veterans, and am in the process of engaging in an effort to provide quilts to the Veterans who have given so much of themselves. I spend most of my time sewing something that both gives me pleasure and makes somebody else happy, and that is not a bad thing. I have really enjoyed the interaction with this group, and the diverse and creative people, who provide a window into the larger world of quilting. Being a man, who quilts, is, to say the least, a bit different, here in the American Midwest. This group provides me with a communication outlet in an area that I am deeply interested in, and I value it far more than any other element of the larger internet community. I just want to say, Thank You, for being so accepting and helpful and I hope that I have returned the effort, in whatever way I could. John |
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I am Val. I am an old broad who lives in the far Northwest corner of the
USA. If I were any further northwest-er I'd be a Canadian with wet feet. I'm not allowed to reveal much more about my identity since I have been thrust into a very closely monitored Witness Protection Program. That happened because those who have actually witnessed any of my quilting demanded protection. ~hanging head and mumbling~ .....and sometimes I am over come with envy and do shameless, albeit fruitless, begs for purple quilts and swipe little packets of M&Ms from the Halloween bags of sleeping children. Val |
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I am Polly Esther, also part of the Witness Protection Program and we don't
know where we live. Hurricane Katrina washed away the old land records but we believe we're either in Alabama or Mississippi in the Swamp. You can't get there from here. The Swamp is populated with 8,500 gators, give or take a few including 50 known escapees during spring break. There is only one QI here. Our Yorkie - Yogi - was raised by a senile Tom cat. He carefully inspects anything within his reach for optimum nappability. Ironing anything that hangs to the floor is simply out of the question. DH and I have celebrated or ignored all anniversaries on record and still enjoy each other. Just yesterday, he asked me to get him some butterscotch soap. No problem. After more than 60 years together, I knew what he meant. Cocoa butter. With generous support from friends, I stitch nearly a hundred quilts a year for needing babies. I try to make every one of them special; the babies are. Polly "Val" wroteI am Val. I am an old broad who lives in the far Northwest corner of the USA. If I were any further northwest-er I'd be a Canadian with wet feet. I'm not allowed to reveal much more about my identity since I have been thrust into a very closely monitored Witness Protection Program. That happened because those who have actually witnessed any of my quilting demanded protection. ~hanging head and mumbling~ .....and sometimes I am over come with envy and do shameless, albeit fruitless, begs for purple quilts and swipe little packets of M&Ms from the Halloween bags of sleeping children. Val |
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On Apr 24, 9:28*am, "Polly Esther" wrote:
Hey John! * Did you see there's a Paducah winner 9-patch? * Thought that would make you smile. *Polly. I did indeed. Makes a body proud, to know that there are still some of us traditionalists are still competitive in this Art Quilt world. John |
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