Hi, I'm a newbie to the forum, but I've been quilting for many years, and sewing ever since I can remember. I'm so glad to find a quilting cybergroup to join!! The vast majority of my projects are completely by hand, just my preference. At the moment I've just finished piecing a kaleidoscope star lap quilt and I'm getting ready to start piecing a lone star full/queen for my roommate. I'm also drawing up plans for a basting frame and a quilting frame that I hope to build next week so I can get the lap quilt ready to quilt.

Hello,
You will love it here. There is always something to learn from somebody.
Judy in Ohio

Welcome to the board Tippy!! It is a wonderful place!

Kyia :D

Welcome Tippy from Canada!

Welcome from NE CA. Glad you joined us. I admire anyone who hand quilts. We love pictures.

Welcome from Ohio.....you will enjoy this site ....alot to see and learn!!.....;-0

Thanks for the warm welcomes. I have a feeling this is going to be a great place for encouragement and ideas to make me a more consistent quilter. I have tons of ideas and my roommate (and one of the anesthesiologists I work with) have accused me of being a bit ADD when it comes to my quilting. I just have soooo many ideas bumping around in my head!!! :shock: Not to mention other projects, like slowly restoring an old VW Beetle. Woman's work is never done...

Hi Tippy and Welcome from southern Indiana!!

(I have a cousin who lives in Maryville -- that is such a beautiful area!)

welcome from Kentucky
Mary

welcome from Wa.

Welcome from Southern California!

Welcome from Roscoe, Illinois!

Hi and Welcome from Mass.

I wish I had patience for hand work. Welcome and hello from Sacramento CA.

Hi and welcome to the board from Kansas City, Kansas!! Can't wait to see some of your pictures of what you have made!!

Hello and Welcome from VA

I just finished piecing a lap quilt from some Jinny Beyer fabric I've had for almost 20 years.. yep robbed the stash. It's a beautiful stripe and I made a kaleidoscope,. 8 pointed star quilt. basically purple green and black, with shaded black for corners and triangles. Have to go to the lumber yard before I can start quilting it.. have to build my quilt frames. I'm also working on a baby/toddler quilt that's applique. I'm designing it for a friend's baby boy.. it's various sea creatures and scenes.. sea turtles, seahorses, angel fish and killer whales (thanks to my roommate). That one I only have a couple of blocks left to design and make and then piece it together. And I'm collecting fabric to make a lone star or broken star.. That's what is actively going for right now anyway..lol.

Welcome. I have never hand quilted but am in awe of those who do. Send us some pictures. I would love to see some.

Hi Tippy I just joined the board also. What part of East Tn are you in? I am in Greene county.

I'm in Blount County cybercat.. Maryville, it's just south of Knoxville.

Your wish is my command. I put a couple of pics in the picture topic. Where in Iowa are you? I grew up in N. Missouri, about 60 miles S. of the state line.
Brookfield, Chillicothe areas.

Hi Tippy and welcome to the board from Georgia. I admire your patience to do so much of your quilts by hand. I made my first quilt (a queen log cabin) by hand and knew that if I ever wanted to finish another quilt it would have to be on the sewing machine!!!

Hi all. I am Karen from Mifflin County PA. Tippy earlier we were chatting and I got dumped from the site. Sorry about the abrupt departure. I enjoyed talking to you.

Hey Karen, don't worry, I had to get ready and go to work anyway, but I did enjoy talking to you.. I figured something like that had happened.

Thanks very much Tippy. I look forward to continuing our convo.