hello from dover pa,

I remember grandpa dale and his friends talking to me about dutch hex signs as a toddler, dutch signs invoke your prayer, I was told, signs for good luck, rain, bluebird of happiness, ect. talk of great grandpa michael c. bosserman and the bread company... their once was a bosserman bread company, I would wonder what will I do when I"m all grown up,I had to find my talent, I remember 6th grade when in school club I was taught to crochet a granny square, I was hooked, its called crafting, than in sewing class I was introduced to sewing, my first project was a pillow, than around the age of 20 I decided to try learning quilting, my first project was a pinwheel block-- and than I bought a better homes and garden book on the history of quilting, and I saw the stunning patterns and instructions for 2 quilts I had to make, the first was my PA dutch tulip quilt( see pictures) it took me 2 years to complete, my daughter heather now owns this heirloom as I gave it to her, my second project was a amish diamond in a square quilt, it took me 10 years and I hand quilted every stitch, the pumpkin seed, the feather border, and the peace rose, and tulips, I entered it in the york fair, the ladies were flabbergasted and looked at me and exclaimed "its amish! " and seriously looked at me..... because I don't look amish... and I was 30 years old, I guess they didn't believe I made it...besides they didn't even have a category me to properly enter it in, I love quilting, and than I ran into Todd the pretzel man, the best pretzels and pretzel rolls I ever had! it was halloween 1996, love at first sight, besides we dated in high school, that was the beginning of our relationship.

Hello and welcome from the UK!

hello! best reguards! joan smittie

Welcome from Kansas

Welcome from Kentucky! Pretty quilts!

hello!! from dover pa, joan smittie

Welcome to the board!! Love your pics and sure could go for one of those pretzels right now LOL :D

thank you so much!! joan smittie

yeah, its kinda nice I can bake one when I get hungry... joan smittie

yeah, its kinda nice I can go bake one when I get hungry....joan smittie dover pa

Hello Joan!
Welcome from Minnesota!
Yum...pretzels!

hello from dover pa-- best of both worlds snacking on a pretzel and quilting!!! joan smittie

Welcome from NC!

hello from dover pa!! nice to meet you! joan smittie

hello from dover pa!!! nice to meet you! joan smittie

thank you so much!!! joan smittie

Hi and welcome from Missouri!

hello from little ole dover pa! it is so nice meeting other quilters, joan smittie

Howdy

hello! joan smittie

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!
your work is beautiful!

Hello, welcome from Oklahoma!!!

thank you! and hello, joan smittie dover pennsylvania

hello kathy! from pennsylvania

Hi and welcome from Iowa.

Hello and welcome from the Arkansas Ozarks.
Happy quilting.

Welcome from Michigan.:)

Hello, and another welcome from Michigan!

Welcome from North Carolina!

Welcome Neighbor!

Wow! You didn't start with the easy patterns, did you? :thumbup: Welcome from Western PA!!

Love those big pretzels, welcome from Pa! Very nice quilts.

Hello and welcome from Adrian, MI

Hi Joan, Welcome from the Arkansas Ozarks!

Hi and welcome from Arizona.

Hi and welcome from New York. Beautiful quilts!

welcome from se TX

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D
Your quilts are beautiful!

Welcome Joan from sunny Deltona, FL. Quilts are beautiful
Have a Blessed day and come join us on the chat.
Ellen

Welcome from Wisconsin