Hello from lancashire England
 

hello,
just stopping by to introduce myself
I live in Lancashire by the sea in the UK
my hubby gave me a lovely red Necchi 200 for Christmas
as I had said I wanted to get into quilting and applique
I made a couple of little chook shed primitive applique projects
about 13 years ago and want to make some more
plus I have a beautiful granddaughter now who is nearly 3 years old
I want to make a quilt and things for her
maybe I will get quite good and even make dresses
I dont think I would be able to use a machine if there wasnt such things
as automatic needle threaders!:thumbup:
but I am willing to give it a try
even though my eyes are not as good now:shock:

Welcome from Southern California! Sewing can be rather addictive, especially quilting. So many fun patterns out there are always calling our names.

Welcome from Norfolk UK

Welcome from NE England. I’m sure your granddaughter will love anything you make for her!

Hi Tessynutty, you'll love it here. Great community feeling; always people willing to help.

There are simple dress patterns out there or just trace around a current basic dress, the fit on small children is very forgiving. Make small projects for her too; drawstring bags, book covers, dolls quilts, bunting, and she'll soon want to sew with you. My seven year old grandson comes for fortnightly lessons now and loves it.

Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Hello and welcome from Oregon! Congratulations on your new machine. :)

Hello from North Carolina! And, welcome to quilting! Enjoy!

Welcome from Oklahoma.

thanks everyone for such a warm welcome:thumbup:

Welcome from the middle of the US - state of Missouri. YES, get a little quilt made as soon as possible. I made my little grandson one when he was little and he loved it to its demise.

Welcome from Texas and the quilting world. You will find lots of help from quilters on this board.

Welcome from NE Ohio, USA.

Waving hello from the USA! :)

Greetings from Vermont

Welcome from Maine. Love my automatic threader.

Welcome from South Louisiana in the USA.

I enjoy making quilts and gifts and hope you continue to do so.

Welcome to the board! Glad you're here :)

Welcome to the boards. There are several of us here with failing eyesight. Still a lot of quilting we can do even if, as in my case, my best days are behind me. Back in November a friend gave me her used but very nice modern machine -- that automatic threader is great and the machine also has great lighting, it will keep me going for awhile yet.

My issue is keratoconus, the cornea/front of the eye is very pointy so I have super astigmatisms and no depth perception among other things, basically I'm losing my ability to focus. It's progressive and in my case doesn't appear to want to stop progressing, but even though I wake up completely legally blind I still have contacts that work. I currently have pretty good vision for the first 3 feet around me and it drops off rapidly after that but I have glasses so I can still drive. But 3 feet lets me play on the computer, cook and most importantly -- quilt! The "nice" thing about my form of blindness is I will always have light/dark and large shapes (a brown door in a white wall is a large shape), and colors. On-line I can enlarge print and change brightness levels and such.

In my quilting I've had to made a lot of adjustments, one is I use neutral but slightly contrasting thread so I have some hope of seeing it well enough to take out stitches if I absolutely have to. I used to be disdainful of what I call "fabric wasteful" techniques, like making triangles by stitching through the diagonal of a square, but nowadays I do a lot of that sort of thing, cutting big and trimming down to size.

Welcome to the board. I'm a little further north now, but lived in lancs for years

Welcome from near Baltimore, Maryland.

Welcome from Northern Indiana, Amish country. You'l love this board (this is my social media) so many helpful, talented people. Just ask.