I started quilting when my kids wouldn't wear homemade clothes anymore! Now I make my grandkids quilts. I quilt mostly in the winter. In the summer I kayak and garden, and go to yard sales. I like to create my own designs rather than use other people's ideas. I usually start by picking out some fabrics from my stash, and then choose a basic block design that suits my choices. I machine piece and usually hand quilt. I have an antique quilt frame friends from Pennsylvania gave me with hand carved ratcheting ends that lock the rollers in place. I really like carrying on a tradition like quilting, and creating something beautiful and useful.

Hello, and welcome from Idaho!

Welcome from CT! Lots of inspiration for your pretty blocks here!

Welcome from another Finger Lakes quilter!

Hello and welcome from upstate New York :lol:

Hello from Western Mountain Maryland !!

Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!

Hello and welcome from Nebraska!!

Welcome from Porter Okla. We lived at Senca Army depot in 19772/73 was a great place 2 yrd sale.

Welcome from Kansas!

Hi and Welcome from NC!

Welcome to the board from the 1000 Islands area.

Welcome from southeast PA!

Welcome aboard from Georgia :thumbup:

welcome

Hello and welcome from Argentina! :D:D

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

Hello and welcome from Ontario.

emmah! What a surprise to see your location!! Lots others from NY around your area, but not Groton! You will need to PM me your address. I, too lived in Groton! I moved from there in 1994 to sunny Peoria, AZ. My daughter and her family still live there. We lived on Old Peruville Road for 15 years. I sure hope you are staying warm and safe!

Welcome from Massachusetts!!!

Hi there and welcome from...LITERALLY...down the street!

Welcome from Ireland

Another New Yorker here love the "sinking" boat in your avitar.

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D

Hello, welcome and happy quilting from Germany!

Hello and welcome from Atlanta.

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!

Hello and welcome from Minnesota!

Welcome from Georgia

hello from one snowbound state to another :!: ;-) :?

Welcome rom Indiana!

Welcome from Michigan.

Hello, and welcome from Michigan!

Hello and welcome from Michigan

welcome from se TX

Welcome from Massachusetts.

Welcome from someone who grew up in the fingerlakes region. I grew up in Kanona (very small burg near Bath), and worked in Bath and Corning for awhile before moving. I now live near Pittsburgh PA. GO STEELERS!!!!

Welcome from western NY!

welcome!

Welcome from Clanton, Alabama.