I just discovered your forum here and registered right away!
I happened to be searching for the dates of the quilt show in Lancaster, PA and found a post here and discovered you folks.
I consider myself a newbie to quilting. I was 40 years old before I even sat at a sewing machine. My mom had been quilting beautiful things for years and I had always admired them, but didn't know how to sew. So, I just said, "very nice."
She bought me (to my surprise) this basic little Janome sewing machine and taught me how to stitch and told me about the quarter inch seam.
That was three years ago. Since then, I've made to full sized bed covering quilts, made numerous lap quilts, table setting items, several artsy wall hangings and have been quilting handbags.
I'll be looking around here and posting pics!
Nice to meet you all.