Hello from Baltimore, MD
We're actually in Catonsville, just outside of Baltimore city limits. My wife, Susan, and I moved East from Boise Idaho 3 years ago this April when she was offered a job with Pandora Jewelry at their distribution center in Columbia, MD. We've settled in and are exploring the Mid-Atlantic area as often as we can. Between D.C. and Baltimore there is so much to see and do that it is sometimes overwhelming!
I've had my own sewing machine, a Pfaff 1171, for about 5 years but only recently spent more time sewing. My first clothing project was a winter kimono in black linen with a cotton lining. After finishing the kimono my wife asked what I was going to sew next and I wanted to make a quilt for our Schnauzer, Bix.
I had sewn 90% of the blocks for our king size bed quilt, and Susan pieced it together. While she was doing the piecing she couldn't keep Bix off the quilt, so he had to have his own. After finishing Bix's quilt I have now started on a crib quilt for my Niece's daughter, using a Bento Box pattern. This has the makings of an addiction, complete with trips to our local quilt shop Patches in Mt. Airy.
I am looking forward to learning more about quilting techniques, mostly from Susan who has 30+ years of quilting experience, as well as from this community of quilters. We're trying to make time to join a local quilt guild, but things keep coming up on Monday evenings... we'll make it one of these weeks.