Left-handed / right-minded...also have heard, "Everyone is born right-handed but the truly great ones overcome it." :? Not that that's a personal philosopy, being a "leftie". I prefer the left-handed / right- mided observation :wink: .
I write, use a hand saw and gardening utensils, paint, quilt, eat, use a dust rag, sew, hold a racquet ball racquet and hold my coffee cup in my left hand. NOT AT THE SAME, though! :lol: However, I swing a golf club, toss a ball, serve a volleyball, and swing a bat using my right hand.
Several years ago I taught sewing classes. I got the biggest kick out of the reactions of some of the students when they realized I was a lefty. "How can you use the sewing machine? It's set up for right-handed people?"
The best times, though, were when I would be playing racquetball and would be receiving the serve. The server thought they were serving to my backhand. I smacked (forehand) the ball into the front corner and it died there, giving me the point. I would then serve the ball using my left hand and cause the ball to "hang" on the wall to my left which was to the other's backhand...the ball would land in the back corner, "die", and I'd get the point. By the time I'd scored 4 or 5 points to their 0, they would realize that I'm a lefty...at which time they would change their serve, hoping to capitalize on my probably weak backhand. That didn't always work, either, because I had a killer backhand. I didn't always win the matches, but I sure did score some easy points! :lol:
Anyway, just practice quilting left-handed. I will be just as beautiful and satisfying...and besides, folks will wonder how you could do somehting so beautiful as a lefty. Just smile and say, "It's just natural for me." :wink:
Quiltingly from the Left Coast (CA) -- madolyn