Welcome! I'm in central Illinois, and I have 2 cats we got from the pound. We also have an older "used" mixed-breed Labrador that needed a new home, not technically a rescue.
I'm new to the board and am a novice quilter and I've recently started investigating the tutorials or using the "search" to find great information from previous threads on particular topics, so don't overlook those resources here as well as the live questions. There's a LOT of information here and friendly folk.