Hey, y'all! I am new to the forum. My name is Shelly and I live in North Texas. I am a stay-at-home mom and a homeschooler. I am married with two wonderful children at home and one grown and on his own. My passion is quilting, embroidery and general sewing, but I'm on a quilting binge right now! I am a long time stitcher and have plenty of unfinished projects to prove it! I have been peeking in and reading all the wonderful hints and advice and finally decided to join in! I am looking forward to getting to know you.

Welcome to our friendly site. You will find that we are all a very informative and friendly group. If you have any questions just ask. Please feel free to post some pics of your quilts we all love to see what others are working on or have done.
I'm new to quilting but I know that I'll be quilting for many many years to come.

Welcome, You will find inspiration, advice, laughs, and very friendly folk here, Have a cup of coffee/tea and stay awhile.

Welcome Shelly! Glad to have you on board!

welcome Shelly, I'm from south Texas and a former homeschooler, you must have your hands full but glad you find time to quilt-N-chat, that's what makes us such a happy bunch.
kathy

Welcome Shelly I know you'll it here we are a little crazy at times but thats what makes us so great

Hi! I'm a rancher's wife from Nebraska with two grown married daughters and 3 grandkids. Main job is being "grandma" but LOVE to quilt and am trying to find more time to spend on it. Am a fabriholic who would love to one day own a shop. Anyone have any tips for me?

welcome shelly, where in TEXAS are. this is the best bunch of quilters. lots of fun. .....tia sarah

Welcome Shelly! Hope you enjoy it all here as much as we do. Very friendly group of men and women quilters. We love to share everything from tips to pictures. Join right in!

Sharon

Hello iv'e just signed on also from Alabama Have been quilting for about three years Learned mostly from tv and acouple friends , Iv'e had cancer
so needed something to really put me at ease, Iv'e already made all my childrengrand children each a quilt and lots of friends , so if i don't get burned out or run out of folks too quilt for i'll keep on a quilting. Enjoy it so much, Its something i can get going then put in frame down in the den and go to as i can, The next thing i know i have a ouilt ready for binding, My youngest son. 47.. just came back from Iraq. He has awife and son he's in the reserves, I got this computer from him used , before we knew he was going , i played games on it until then , i got on the internet and found all kinds of wonderful quilting programs and stayed in touch with my son at least once a week and some times more. Kept him up spiritualy, and myself he has a wonderful spirit and since of humor he's home now thank you Jesus and his mom sure does feel better but not for aday do i not pray for all ,our sons and daughters. to keep them safe God bless i'm sure i ve bent your ear enough for now .Esther

Welcome Esther! :)
It's good to hear that your son came home safely. I know that has to be a relief. And wasn't it great to be able to stay in touch with him without having to depend on snail mail? :)

It's wonderful that you've taken to quilting the way you have. It's been a God-send for me many times when life wasn't being fair. :) Feel free to share a picture of any work you've done. We just love to oooohhh and ahhhhhh and drool over each other's work. :D

Esther, we are so glad you found us. You sound like a WONDERFUL Mom. Would love to see some pictures of your quilts.

Welcome Ester, Where do you live in Ala? I have a good friend I made on this Forum, that lives in Renlap Ala, I live not far over the Ala line in Ga. Praise God your son returned safely, through Gods loving care. You'll have a great time here and meet alot of wonderful people. There are NO quilt police. Have fun, enjoy and explore all the great info on this site.

Hi, Everyone thank you for your replys,I live in Montevallo Al. Central al
I have a life time friend who lives in Ranburne, near Bowden Ga.
Is that near Remlap ? She lost her husband last year, She asked me to help her get aquilt togetherto hand piece I cut enough 31/2 " sgrs. to make 2 quilts, Got carried away,, Ihave already hand pieced mine and it was fun, Laid it out to have lghts in middle mmeds, around then drks.
It has made a great QUILT TOP JUST GOT IT IN FRAME THIS WEEK. I have a tip i Use i mark my quilts for quilting with childrens washable markers Haven't messed up one yet>>>>>
Hope this finds all well with everyone,, Esther

Gosh, way up in wisconsin i've heard it is truly a beautiful state.
Here in Al. it has been a hot dry summer , Texas has gotten all our rain :
I was asked to put photos of my quilts but dummy me doesn't know how??? I have some photos i need to learn how to scan them into my computer , i do have ascanner --fax machine ,Printer Have agreat week everyone but haven't tried to scan anything yet can some one tell me how????Esther

Welcome to Esther and Kady,
Glad you ladies joined in here, too. We have a great group.

Esther, if you will PM me with your operating system (Windows 98, XP, whatever one) either Patrice or I should be able to help you learn to scan pictures. Also, what type scanner and have you downloaded the program for the scanner??

Patrice is the EXPERT but I've been using puters since I was 18 with a keypunch machine......now that's OLD! lol lol

My son is still in Iraq, I'm so thrilled that your son came home safely! Tell him we appreciate his taking time out of his life to help out the regulars! Big hugs!

Sharon

Hi Lin i'm trying to send a photo of one of my quils lets see if this works esther

Hi Lin i'm trying to send a photo of one of my quils lets see if this works esther

Hi Lin i'm trying to send a photo of one of my quils lets see if this works esther

Very pretty, Love it.

Hello Sharon, As you see i finally figured it out didn't mean to send it three times though ..thankyou for your answer..God Bless .. Esther

esther, that's really gorgeous! I didn't mind looking at it three times in a row. :mrgreen: It's that pretty!

COOL quilt - is it a pattern or did you design it? Great job!
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You asked about the quilt i just put together to blks and border railfence and friendship, thank you ---Esther