Hi,

I have lurked at this site for a while and thought I'd register to say hi and so that I can comment on all your lovely quilts!

I am new to quilting, and am just finishing piecing my first top. I am so glad that I started quilting, I suffer from depression and have found sewing to be a good form of therapy.

So, hello everyone!

Welcome from upstate New York!

I agree quilting is a great form of therapy! You get lost in your thoughts while quilting. I have always been interested in quilting but never did any until the last week of November. Don't know how I managed before!

You'll love it here!

Hello and welcome from Ontario.

Welcome from NH!!!! {{WAVING}}

You are absolutely right, that quilting is wonderful therapy!!!! Enjoy! :-D :-D Reminds me of Calgon, "Take me away"!! :lol: :lol:

Hi from Kentucky! Glad the quilting helps you with the depression. I have battled that for 40 years, so know how you feel. Don't let it get the best of you!! Medication has helped me tremendously.

Welcome from Ohio.

Hello, and welcome from Texas!

Hi from San Antonio, Texas. I just joined this group and have all ready received many "welcomes". I know that you will enjoy this, too!

Welcome from Wisconsin!

Welcome to the board.

Welcome from Louisiana! I, too, suffered form depression about 10 years ago. I stopped taking meds for it because it made me feel worse. Sewing and quilting have been my therapy for the last 10 years. And I have to say I have never felt better or more content.

:lol: :lol: Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!! Sewing in any form has been therapy for a lot of us for many reasons! You'll enjoy this board and get all the encouragement you need!!

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

Welcome to the site from New Hampshire! Post some pictures of your work. We love to see what others are doing.

Hello from Central Louisiana :-)

You are not alone with your suffering :-) My boyfriend (now husband) use to tease me when I bought lots of fabric for projects I had yet to plan but NOW he encourages it :-) He knows it makes me feel better to have the potential of a project . . and I am even making him his very own quilt with snakes on it so I think that has something to do with it!

Welcome, waving from Indiana, USA

Welcome from CT, USA. Don't be afraid of anti-depressants. They can really help.

Hello & Welcome from Wa. State :-D

Thank you to everyone for the kind welcome. I'm suprised how many depression sufferers there are here. It gives me comfort that I am not the only one. Thank heavens for quilting, eh?

Hi and welcome from Mass.

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!

welcome

Hello and welcome from southeastern Michigan!! Glad you joined us!! I joined just last week. This place is fantastic!! :thumbup:

Hello and welcome to the group

Hello from Alabama! So glad you are a part of the group! These girls will cheer you up whenever you need cheering! I have a pen pal in Hinckley. Do you live near there?

welcome

Thank you, and sadly I live about 100 miles from Hinckley! I'm much nearer the coast :lol:

Welcome from a small town on the Gulf Coast of Texas. I'm so glad we have an international group!

I love England and Scotland (my last name is Dollar and there a town in Scotland by the name of Dollar but no Dollars live there- too funny!). I would live there if I didn't have a family that won't let me leave the states. I am long overdue for another visit. Happy quilting and so glad you have found us!

Welcome to the Quiltingboard.
Regards, Dorothy

Our family has 2 Brits that married into the family. Welcome.

Hello and welcome from Boston. Yea quilting is the medicine for
many ailments

Welcome from South Carolina!
Kind Regards,
MaryAnna

Hello dear!!!!!!!! Welcome from Ohio! I think depression has been around a lot longer than people think- it's just that now it's being talked about and treated. So glad you joined the board!!! HUGS, Sue

Hi from Illinois. Quilting is good for the soul. Feel better

Welcome from North Carolina! You have come to the right place!

Welcome. I am also from UK but have lived in Kenya for many years. I know you will enjoy this wonderful group.

And a warm welcome from nearer home - Ireland! You'll love this site.

Welcome from Michigan.

Welcome fliedermaus from this corner of England,
I know you'll find the folks on this board friendly and helpful. I agree that quilting is great therapy, you seem to able to get yourself lost in what you're doing. Hope happier times are in store for you,
Kind regards Barbara.