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#45
Originally Posted by tammylou
Hi my name is tammy and I am new to this site. I'm a self taught quilter but as of right now I haven't finished my first quilt yet (get a lot of razzing for that one) I do have 4 ufo's in progress though.
Hi Tammylou: Welcome! You'll learn lots and you'll teach all of us alot, too...why, already I've learned from you...ARE WE SUPPOSE TO FINISH OUR QUILTS? Here I thought you just had to make the tops and if they sat around long enough maybe they'd finish themselves!!! :roll: Enjoy your visits to the board!
#46
Junior Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Nicholson, Georgia
Posts: 134
ThankS everyone for warm welcome. Tammylou I didnt finnish my first few quilts either. But have about 4 going right now. Cant work on one at a time lol. Have a hand applique(which will probly take me 2 years to finnish Im using hand dyes on it), a baby quilt, a dresden plate and a Quilt for my grandson.
#49
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Forest Grove,OR
Posts: 6,400
Originally Posted by Edie
I never get squared either. Here's a tip my mom told me. Pick out the smallest one, square it, and make all the others the same size - here again - who's to know but you. I have been quilting for over ten years. I have no idea what a totally correct block is supposed to look like when it is finished. Mine never are. But they seem to turn out. Last year I was asked to make a quilt for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Three Day Walk. Sure, I said - yah!!!!! It turned out beautifully, it made over $1,500 in a raffle drawing and I was asked to make another one this year and am in the process of making another one, this being a Sampler Quilt with 35 12" blocks and at the same time a Sampler Quilt for our granddaughter that has 15 12" blocks. Don't beat yourself up. I seem to do my best work when I am listening to an audio book, having a glass of wine or pop and be able to get up and walk away if you are a little perturbed at what is going on. You'll get a new perspective when you stick your nose out the door and breathe or talk to someone on the phone.
LISTEN TO ME - I AM 71 YEARS OLD AND PROBABLY A HECKUVA LOT OLDER THAN YOU AND IF YOU DON'T LISTEN, I'LL SIC MY MOTHER ON YOU - SHE'S 93 AND STILL QUILTS!
Enjoy the day and enjoy what you are doing! Edie
LISTEN TO ME - I AM 71 YEARS OLD AND PROBABLY A HECKUVA LOT OLDER THAN YOU AND IF YOU DON'T LISTEN, I'LL SIC MY MOTHER ON YOU - SHE'S 93 AND STILL QUILTS!
Enjoy the day and enjoy what you are doing! Edie
#50
Banned
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Forest Grove,OR
Posts: 6,400
Originally Posted by DebbieJJ
Welcome from Hartselle, Ala! I'm new too, and I feel so comfortable here already. I hope to make a lot of new friends, and to learn a lot from all of you!
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