I am a new quilter, although I've gone through part of the process while making bedspreads. I have 12 squares of the sampler quilt from Georgia Bonesteel's first "Lap Quilting" book. I started it in 1983 and just finished the last block this past November. A paper doll quilt pattern had intrigued me and I just had to finish this old quilt before I could start another.

I look forward to learning a lot from everyone. Thanks

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Welcome to the board. You'll find a ton of info here, great people always willing to help out & a fun, friendly environment. Looking forward to more of your posts!

Hello and welcome from Ontario

Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!

welcome from montana

Wow, thank you all. I didn't expect a bunch of warm and friendly welcomes. What a nice surprise!

Now I just need to learn to navigate. Where do I ask how to remove brown spots from handmade quilts from the late 1880s? Divine intervention? ^__^ Thanks again -- Rita from Missouri.

Hi, City Mouse (Rita)! And Welcome! Glad you are here. :) You can ask out in the Main forum about cleaning quilts. I've seen a few threads on this in the past as well, so you might want to read some of those as well. You can just search on something like "cleaning".

Hello, and welcome from the other side of Missouri! We love pictures, I would love to see your paper doll quilt!

HI Sharon: I promise, as soon as I finish my paperdoll quilt, I will post a photo. Thanks for asking.