Hello
 

My name is Shirley and I am a quilt addict.

I started quilting later in life, about 1992 at the age of 45, after having surgery on both hands. Needed something for physical therapy, to get everything working again, and knitting wasn't getting it.

Didn't take long to be completely hooked, building one quilt after another, and even (gasp) taking them to the quilt show at the local fair. LOTS of people here do that, so imagine my surprise when my first entry brings home a nice red ribbon!

I will machine piece or hand piece, depending on the pattern or my mood, but I ALWAYS hand quilt. It's the part that soothes me the most.

When I need to get away from the quilting for a while, I have my 3 Arabians to play with (down from a MUCH larger breeding herd), ride, and sometimes show THEM too.

Welcome to the Quilting Board! I'm Patrice and I'm in Houston. I've been sewing most of my life and doing wearable art and quilting for the last 20 years or so. I take a break from sewing to show cars :)

hello and a warm welcome from western KY

Welcome, from Texas! :)

Hello from Wisconsin! I like your name "squirrelfood". I hope it means you like squirrels! We had many wonderful friendly squirrels when we lived at our other house.

Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

Hello and welcome from Australia.

Welcome from Michigan!:)

:) welcome from se TX