I was just responding to another posted topic about how much is too much stash. My sister died in 2001 with a 5 bedroom house as well as storage facilities filled with anything relating to quilting. Her "when I retire I will open a quilt shop" never happened as she lost her battle with colon cancer. This was pre-internet times & quilting became such an obsession that all she did was quilt & work. She became isolated from any local friends. I don't know if this would still be true if she had gotten involved with the internet connections we have today. I have met & helped so many quilters as I send her 2,500 quilt books all over the world. Sites like this QB are a blessing for the many people like my sister who do not get out & about.

Am sorry for your loss; I think you meant to type loner.

I'm sorry to hear about your sister. I think these days, especially with the internet it's a great way to connect with others. I joined this board a few weeks ago and have already met some really nice people here and joined them for a RL meet up!

So sorry about your sister.
Yes, I've become a loner more so since becoming a quilter.
It is addicting and lately it is all I want to do besides hang out on the quilting board.

I'm also sorry for the loss of your sister. I find that quilting brings me into the world, rather than keeping me from it. I belong to two guilds, most of my friends in this state are quilters, I meet many people from the board because of my posts and pattern sales, I go to quilt shows - it's amazing how much of my life at this particular time revolves around quilting. I realize that quilting can be a solitary hobby, but for me it's an opportunity to meet new people.

Sorry about the loss of your sister.

I have always been somewhat of a loner, but I have met many nice people here on the QB that I hope to meet one day soon.

Thanks for the heads up on my spelling error.

Me too. My husband sits in front of the TV and I sit here. Keep seeing more quilts I want to make. Need to use material I have. I have a neighbor who wants to sell hers for $2 yd. Should I buy it? I'm on a very fixed budget so even that may be a stretch.

I was a bit of a loner before hand. Internet wasn't a big deal for me. Since joining the QB I have met other members. I have many friends now. I chat not only on the board but also on the phone. I think becoming a quilter has brought me out of my shell. Even my DH says he has noticed a difference in my social skills, a big improvement. I'm very sorry for the loss of your sister. Blessings and hugs!!!

I was always been pretty much a loner, partly because I was always so busy. I am still quite busy, but part of that busy is being a member of an active quilt guild. At this point I think quilting has reduced my alone time substantially and provided me with some great friends.

I was a loner in the evenings as I spent all day with students and other teachers. By the time I got home I just wanted peace and quiet! Since retirement I am content with my hubby and my sewing plus all our huge extended family on both sides. BUT I am happy for days at a time with just me.

I have a hermit tendency anyway so to keep connected with people (I think we all need both) I joined a quilt guild. I have to get out at least once a month and then found a group of ladies who get together for an all day sewing session once a month. Sometimes we teach each other sometimes we each do our own thing but we visit as we work. I make new friends and still do what I enjoy.

i'm out more because of quilting. i'm in 3 guilds, i teach classes, i exhibit my work in shows, fairs, and galleries.

before i became an artist i would work inside an office all day and then come home in the evening and cook, clean, do chores and on the weekends i would run errands.

now that quilting is my source of income i'm out in the public more and spend more time with my quilting friends.

Very sorry about your sister. Quilting has been lifeline for me, I moved from the east coast of Fl to the west coast and didn't know a soul here so I decided to learn to quilt, I made some wonderful lifelong friends, and a wonderful support group when my life was turned upside down. Quilting has definiately made me less of a loner.

sorry for the loss of your sister {{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}}


what is strange is I am very much a people person and very friendly however I have always been a loner. I am now housebound however even as a child I was alway a homebody.

I'm not so sure I would catorgorize this as being a "loner". I can only speak for myself, but if you are like me, you come home from work and all I want is some peace and quiet and to do something for "me"! Sometimes you just need solice in yourself. If that means being a loner, then so be it. I call it taking care of #1. My DH is great when it comes to my quilting. Sometimes he joins me and watches TV while I quilt, sometimes he goes to another room to read by himself. Does that make him a loner? We all need an escape and this is what makes all of us great! I'm sorry for your loss. Your sister was very lucky to have you in her life.

Sounds like we have a lot of loners on this board. I too am pretty much of a loner. I would love to join a guild, but the ones near me all meet during the week when I am working. I have found quilting has both made me more of a loner in the creative process (when I'm planning and sewing)and a joiner if it has something to do with quilts. I go to classes at the LQS and maintain contact with people there and at a group I used to be able to attend - until my schedule changed. It's a strange combination, but it works for me!

I've always been outgoing and a socializer. Until I moved to the country and retired! It was lonely and depressing!!!! I finally started making totes and then quilts. Found this board and thru it, have met many friends - both online and in person. I'm much more willing to talk to the people in the quilt shops, too. Now I'm willling to go a week or so without visiting with neighbors....which is good because my neighbors can go for years without visiting!! Seriously, the closest neighbor hasn't visited anyone in the neighborhood for 2 yrs....her husband calls and visits...but they have secluded themselves!!!!

I have always been pretty much a loner when it comes to sewing and quilting. None of my friends or family sew and when I start talking about quilting their eyes glaze over and they change the subject. This board has been a godsend for me. I have "met" so many wonderful people here. And have found the Quilts for Kids site and many other great outlets for my creations. I love all you guys and gals.

I am pretty much of a loner. Quilting doesn't make me more so nor less so. I enjoy the peace and quiet of solitude. Sometimes I don't even turn on music or TV in my quilting studio for weeks. I'm not anti-social, but find I'm often marching to the beat of a different drummer and that is not always accepted. That is one thing I love about quilters -- for the most part differences are accepted without judgment.

This quilt board helps me to "get out of myself" in a wonderful way. Otherwise, I do sew with a group of ladies on Wednesday, and attend at quilt guild once per month. But I love to communicate with other quilters via the internet. Thanks for being here everyone!

I live alone, but next door to my DD & family. My loneliness has been reduced by huge degrees because of you guys!

I'm sorry you lost your sister. ((hug))

I am sorry for the loss of your sister. I have always been a loner being on this quilt board helps me meet people with like minds

I've always been outgoing and sociable but since my boys grew up I find that I love being alone to do what I want to do which is mostly quilting :D
For so many years I was super busy non-stop. I love having time alone. Family time is still very important, of course! :D
I miss my quilt group. A dozen of us used to get together once a month but after 15 or so years, people moved, dropped out etc, and it finally just fizzled. Our local guild is just too big for me.

I'm more social now then when I didn't quilt. I joined a guild, started a community quilting class, plan and host a quilt show every year with my friend, plan and hold workshops for fast easy quilts, and drive to Paducah every year to be with thousands of more quilters. I do more quilting stuff then actual quilting. LOL.

None of my neighbors quilt so I rarely visit with them or see them, most are at jobs all day so no one is home to visit.

I am sorry for the loss of your sister. I've always been a loner and hermit. Quilting has made me get out and socialize a whole lot more because I belong to guilds. The really small guild I belong to gets together every wednesday and sews. I'll be happy when I'm close enough to go sew with them at least twice a month.

My sis (who has always lived a half a continent or more from me, but is my twin separated by birth) and I have talked about loner/lonely. We decided we like to be alone because, "Hey, I like myself!" That being said, quilting can be a project done in solitude or multitude, whatever fits your particular status at any given time. And I am both loner and outgoing on any given day.

Ten years is a long time to be without your sister. I am sorry for your loss.

I am sorry for your loss. I can't imagine losing a sister. I am basically a loner by nature. I can only take being in groups of people in small doses and I have a few friends whom I see occasionally. I don't like shopping - except fabric shopping! - or crowds, and am usually glad to get home again.

Well, after a friend of 17 years just stop having anything to do with me, I refused to be hurt like that ever again, so now I keep my distance. I won't let people get close to me. So all I have now is my computer, quilting, and other crafts. My sons hardly ever call me or visit. So I guess Internet friends is all I have in my life at this time.

To this day, I have no ideal why my friend stop having anything to do with me, I ask her if I had offended her and she said no, that I had done nothing, but I must of did something to hurt her and she never gave me a chance to say I'm sorry. After 3 years trying and crying to find out what I did, I just gave up.

At that time I had loss a lot of weight and became much smaller than her, but if she could only see me now, I've just about put it all back on from depression.

I've told people about this and they seem to think the weight loss might be the reason she quit having anything to do with me, I just don't know...

But to this day my heart aches, no more close friends for me thank you!

So with that said, I guess I am a loner and just trying to find something to do to fill the void... :-(

So Sorry for your loss, I know what it's like to loose a sister, I lost my sister to drowning in 2009 she was my only sibling...

Sorry for the loss of your sister. :(
It's good that you can think of her as you quilt! :)

Sorry for your loss. Quilting has pretty much made me more of a loner. There are not a lot of people who quilt in my area so besides for a few classes every now and then, this board is my Only interaction with other quilters. I also find I would rather be home quilting than doing other things

I can so relate to your story, I know what happened, but because we work at the same place, I was put though h*ll for 2 years. I would have left, but at the time, I was single and needed that job. I'm still very bitter and built a nice wall. So all I have are my internet friends.

So sorry for your loss. I've always been a loner. Quilting just gives me more interesting things to do. My hubby and I have lost both our parents; brothers and sisters scattered to the four winds so to speak; and our DD married to military and taking the grand kids all over the USA. We talk and email but very seldom see each other. I was so lucky to find this board and all of you who quilt, make me laugh, cry, and challenge me everyday with new ideas. Thanks

Sorry you had to go through h*ll 2 years, I hope some day things can change for you guys if thats what you want.

Probably less of a loner, at least now. For quite a while I was the only one I knew who liked quilting/sewing, but now a couple of friends I've known for years are into it and we have fun every few weeks.

I'm sorry for those of you who have had friends hurt you -

Over a year ago I was very withdrawn ... just work and come home and collaspe. I realized that I missed the creative side of my life. I was an avid quilter for 30 yrs and had stopped several years before. So with the help of a cousin/friend in another state I started quilting again, started a blog and found the QB. These things has opened my life and relationships in so many ways. It is amazing how you know when you really connect with someone (even over the internet) and develop a friendship.

I worked all the time and raised five kids and seemed to be on the road all the time or at work. Now they are all grown and I have had some serious health issues and I can stay home if I want. I enjoy my sewing time and being alone is not a problem. The people I associated with during my working years do not quilt or sew. I do belong to a quilt guild and enjoy it tremendously and I really enjoy the company of this quilting board as well as one of my daughters who has become quite an accomplished quilter. Wish she lived closer. We do communicate by phone and e-mail though so keep up with what each of us is doing.

Sorry to hear about your sister. I am a loner by nature, don't go out much. After my husband passed away nearly 10 yrs ago I took up quilting, I've always been a knitter. Now my friends, the few who are still around, pop in to bring me all their old sheets and clothes to see if I have any use for those and to see what goodies I've created out of them and often buy them back! This is their way to help me(I think) as I have a very meagre pension to live on.
This board is my morning coffee friend to start the day with my new friends here and keeps me from feeling such a useless hermit. Thank you for your company, ladies.

You know,this is my first quilt in years.I have to make myself fine something to do.So many people have their little groups,then there's me on the outside looking in.When i moved up here,but it's the same here.

I was already a loner and a crafter and I'd rater quilt than be around my negative neighbors