craftybear

Welcome, waving from Indiana, USA

Maurene

Thank you, hope you weren't affected by the awful weather we've been hearing about.

Maurene

Jim's Gem

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!

Maurene

Congratulations to you and daughter, hope both offspring stay safe. Thanks for your greeting.

Maurene

earthwalker

A few years ago when I was knitting at a bus stop a lovely old man with a big Hungarian accent came up to me and said "Busy hands keep the devil away"! I thought that was so nice!

Thanks for your post, take care,

Maurene[/quote]

Hello and welcome from Perth, Western Australia. You certainly do have a lot of very worthy causes to quilt for. In regards to the quote above....my Nan used to say "Idle hands the devil's work make". So being busy is definitely a good thing.

Maurene

Was your Nan Eastern European too? The saying has a distinctive cultural ring to it, must look it up on the net.

This board has such a cozy and encouraging atmosphere - this afternoon I tried to work QuiltPro for the Job's Tears block, gave up and did the 8.5" and 5.5" blocks using a ruler and calculator. Odd measurements are easier to change in metric I found! Also picked up a UFO and did one 18" thread of hand quilting just now. I'll post them as soon as they're finished.

Maybe I'll dig up the bicentennial quilt to post, I think most people would enjoy it. I'll have to figure out how.

Thanks again for your post,

Maurene

littlehud

Hello and welcome from SW Iowa. Glad to have you here.

Maurene

Thanks very much

ann clare

Welcome from Ireland

Maurene

Thank you, My name is almost Irish, but it is after two grandmothers MAUde and iRENE so spelled differently, but pronounced the same way.

Where in Ireland do you live? I see you've made a whole cathedral windows quilt - it looks beautiful.