I signed up last week and thought it was about time I said hello to everyone.

I'm married with one son and have only been quilting a few years. At the moment I'm making quilts for the "Quilts of Valour - UK" for injured British soldiers and just dithering over what quilt to do next.

Considering doing a signature quilt.

Lovely and informative site and really glad I found you.

Damkina

Hi! My mum Lives in england..I am in Michigan.
Do you have an event coming up where you would get signatures together for a quilt? i did one, and found that pressing butcher paper on the back, makes the signatures go on nice..

Hello Damkina

Welcome from Nottingham, UK. So nice to see more of us British girls joining this forum.
You will love it here. There is always someone here to help, all you have to do is ask. I have said this on many occasions - "We are like one huge happy family".

Tisha

BTW whereabouts are you in the UK?

Hello Kim and Tisha, Thank you for such a warm welcome.

No, we don't have an event coming up although I can visit our local quilt shop to see if they would be willing to help. But, I am thinking about making the blocks and taking them to family and to work to see if people would like to donate to sign a block to a soldier. Still working out which block and if it could work.

Thanks for the suggestions about putting the paper on the back. When I've signed labels they probably would have done better with the backing.

I don't live that far from you Tisha; Sheffield in S Yorkshire. At first I never even thought that there'd be so many quilters in the UK.

Joanne

what are you doing up at midnight?! lol!

Chatting to you :D lol!

Actually, I've got to go now, hubby is just on his way home from work and he'll be wanting a cuppa and some supper.

Poor thing, been out of the house for 15 hours today.

I'll be back... tomorrow.

Joanne

Joanne

We'll have to meet up if your only at Sheffield.

I think there are 2 members here on the board also from Sheffield. Karenmay for definate, I forget who the other member is. I'm obviuosly having a "senior" moment LOL.

Tisha

LOL Kim

Talking with you - Whereabouts is your Mum in the UK???

Maybe she could meet up with Joanne & I too. Is she a quilter ?????

Tisha

Hello,and welcome from Missouri, in the middle of the U. S.

Hello from a Devonian, transplanted in Perth, Western Australia.

hertfordshire i believe..and no she doesn't quilt or sew., only mending,lol.
she does volunteers her time at the local animal shelter..
i haven't been there in years..last time i was there, she lived in Suffolk ? i think. she was a war bride. i came here in 1964..i was jut a little tike.

Welcome from Sarasota, Florida

Hello and Welcome :D :D :D

Welcome from northeast CA. Glad you joined us. We love pictures and this is the place for inspiration and learning.

Welcom from a Scot now retired and living in Spain.

Nice to hear there are a lot of quilters still left in England I thought they had all retired to my part of Spain LOL

Elle

Hi Joanne and welcome from an English woman now living in France! I'm technically a Lancastrian as I was born in Blackpool :shock: but my Mother's family were from the Bradford area, Idle, Pudsey and Keighley mainly! My Grand parents had a farm at Greengates in Idle - my Mother always says she saw an 'Idle Child'! :lol:

welcome aboard :D

LOL, they are not all in Spain or France, I am in Ireland! Welcome to the board.

:D Thank you all for such a lovely welcome from all over the planet!

I would love to meet up with fellow quilters with a date that's convenient for all.

As soon as I work out how, and reloaded my piccys onto the computer (hubby has done an upgrade 'thing' whatever it's called) I'll post some photos.

My favourite quilt that I've made is my son's hand stitched Battalion Quilt with all his Regimental symbols appliqued on. He loves it and I'm just so proud of it and him.

Just bought some more red, white and blue for another Patriotic quilt for another QOV, and have some Union Jack flag fabric left to add a bit in. Plus I've still got to finish my sister's Christmas present quilt, and also start on my son's new quilt.

So much quilting to do... not enough hours and certainly not enough hidey places to keep my secret stash... as well as the pile thats on the dining room table! :wink:

Joanne

*Waves from Iowa* :)

Waves back across the big pond. "Hello!" :-)

Hello Damkina,A warm welcome from Skipton North Yorkshire.There are many quilters in England,although the quilting shops are getting to be an endangered venue,more and more seem to be closing, probably because people shop on the web so much.There's nothing like going to shop and sighing over all the lovely fabrics however ! As a new qui;ter you are set on a wonderful journey of creating and making friends, maybe we will meet up one day, you will always be welcome here in Skipton. Happy sewing ,Letty

Hello Letty,

I totally agree, there's nothing like going into a shop to have that touchy-feelly time with the fabric before you take it home. Quilt shops are few and far between here too, so I make sure I buy enough to keep me going for a while when I do get to visit.

Thank you for your kind invite... we'll have to see what the new year brings.

I can't believe the amount of ideas for quilts that I keep getting, only problem is, I haven't got enough time in the day to do them all.

Chat soon
Joanne

Hello Joanne, nice to see someone else from the UK on here! I'm about 13miles from Sheffield and I joined this forum a couple of years ago...its a great place even though I dont get on here as much as I'd like.
We'll maybe get to meet up some day for a cuppa!

Karen xx

Hi and welcome from MA.

Welcome from Southern California. As a wife of a retired sailor and the mother of a sailor and a soldier, I think what you are doing making the quilts of valor is a wonderful thing. I have not made any of those yet, but I have made several of the Home of the Brave quilts, 4 of them went to family members of soldiers my daughter served with in Afghanistan.

Welcome from another newbie. We were in London for a week with a one day side trip to the Cotswolds in June for the best trip of my life. I tried to get to a quilt store, but, it would have taken some doing since there weren't any in the city itself.

Welcome from Utah. I lived in England for 18 months about 30 years ago. I have many fond memories.

Welcome from Indiana!!!