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06-27-2018, 04:36 PM

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PamelaOry

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Location: Philomath, Oregon

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Welcome from Oregon!

06-27-2018, 04:37 PM

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NikkiLu

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Location: So. Central MO

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Welcome from the Sho-Me State - Missouri - right in the middle of the US.

06-30-2018, 02:35 PM

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nativetexan

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Location: home again, after 27 yrs!

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It sounds like you need a quilt along. Invite all your quilting friends over and give each one a quilt to work on! welcome from Texas.

07-03-2018, 09:47 PM

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frsur33

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Welcome from Long Island NY!

07-03-2018, 11:33 PM

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Jane Quilter

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Location: Blue Ridge Mountians

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Welcome from Virginia

. I'm a hand quilter too, but when I get behind, I let my long armers catch me up. I use to think machine quilting was not "authentic" but then the beautiful masterpieces these LA's turn out made me change my mind. I now admire all the artwork we all create, and any tool to help us create more beauties has my vote!

07-20-2018, 02:33 AM

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Flossie Fewcloes

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Join Date: Jun 2018

Location: Western Australia

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If only I could hand quilt faster!

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Originally Posted by SusieQOH

Welcome, Flossie! That's exactly why I'm learning how to machine quilt!

I am terribly nervous of trying machine quilting because in my efforts to try it, I found I knew words that would make a sailor blush, and me too. It was so stressful. I hope you have a calmer outlook. Good luck.

07-20-2018, 02:36 AM

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Flossie Fewcloes

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Certainly long arm quilters are brilliant at what they achieve but I still feel that a hand quilted quilt is softer.

07-20-2018, 02:38 AM

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Flossie Fewcloes

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Sounds great but we are mostly hand quilters and consequently we are all in the same boat!

07-20-2018, 02:41 AM

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Flossie Fewcloes

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Don't terrify me with talk of rulers and FMQ, I'm dreading the thought of teaching myself to machine quilt as it is!!!

07-20-2018, 02:44 AM

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Flossie Fewcloes

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And good luck to you too! If only I could hand quilt faster! It's the designing and producing the quilt tops that I enjoy most, the quilting is just something that I have to do to finish them.