hi everyone i am from georgia. i am a newbie to quilting. i have not quite a year yet. although i have only made clothes back in the day. so i am familiar with the sewing machine. although there are so many with all the new gadgets. i have only done the outlline quilting so far. i haven't tried to do piecing yet. it sounds and looks like alot of fun and so much to learn.
well i am also looking for a few different things to do. i am looking for a table top treeskirt, trick or treat bags, and quilted purse patterns. i hope someone out there maybe able to help. jeanette

Hi Jeanette, welcome to the board. :D You found a good place to get your feet wet on piecing, sooo many helpful people here, lots of lessons in other posts, and very friendly people. Here are a few sites that came up in a search, mccalls has a lot of free patterns online, if you do not mind paying for a pattern, try your local quilt shop and they may have more of a selection as they have all the holiday fabrics and patterns in abundance now. Good Luck

http://mccallsquilting.com/curiss/1005_wbe_pattern/

http://craftandfabriclinks.com/halloweenbag/trickbag.html

http://www.equiltpatterns.com/quiltpattern.php?products_id=64

http://home.howstuffworks.com/quilted-purse-patterns-channel.htm

http://www.patternmart.com/patterns.php?cid=36&PHPSESSID=05276b1967826e664079 0485799405ba

http://www.mccallsquilting.com/bonus/bp1103_pattern/

Hi Jeanette,
I just joined the board today also. I think that once you do your first pieced project you'll be hooked! Good luck to you!

Hi, Jeanette, Welcome to the family! We are glad to have you join us! If you have any questions, comments or pictures you'd like to post, feel free. We won't bite...I promise! :D

Hi quilterj! So glad you joined. This is such a good place to get advice, share ideas, tips, pics, and inspiration! These ladies are talented and really nice, always ready to help out. You'll love it here. :)