Ghetohound

Hi Everyone!

As the title suggests, i'm new here, but also new to quilting! My name is Barb, born and raised in Detroit MI. I have 10 brothers and sisters and i'm smack in the middle! I'm married, 3 kids, a grandson and have a dog named Dude. I'm recently retired and don't have many hobbies but I do have a passion for genealogy and have been very successful in tracing my family roots.

I recently started quilting at the urge of my niece who had taken a class to learn how. I figured, why not! So, I got everything I needed to begin this new adventure.

It was advised that since I never sewn anything in my life, I would start out with a rail-fence quilt. I'm about half the way finished and all I can say is that I think the bug bit me pretty bad! I have already started building a stash, picking out my next quilt (D9P) and telling the hubby that I need my own corner...:-)

What a wonderful thing quilting is! I have attached a picture of what will soon be my first quilt. Since the photo was taken, the squares have been sewn into strips and I hope to finish the borders by Monday. There wasn't enough room to lay out all the squares on the floor but you can get a good peek at it. In a one of the pictures, you can see where I laid the material for the two borders on the floor next to the quilt and think it goes pretty good.

Thanks for looking!