Hi. My name is Gayle and am new to this site. My husband and I are full-time RVers from Michigan and winter in Alamo, Texas. After many years of doing counted cross stitch, a friend of mine introduced me to quiliting about 5 years ago. Talk about an obsession. I've been sewing "quilt as you sew" log cabin quilts. The best thing about these is that when you sew the blocks together and put on the borders and binding, the quilt is finished. I've sewn some SNW's but no OBW's .. yet. I love reading everyone's comments and welcome everyone's suggestions.

Welcome, waving from Indiana, USA

do you ever go to Shipshewana, Indiana to the flea markets, shops downtown and they have 3 fabric stores in town, also 8 miles away at Middlebury, Indiana is another quilt shop

The Indiana shop hop starts October 13 - 23 and I am planning on going to some of the shops during this festival and this is the link to tell more about the shop hop

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-63921-1.htm

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some day we will be full time RV'ers!

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Unfortunately our visits to Shipsewana were prior to my quilting so I've not visited the quilt shops in your area. I call myself a fabric junkie so I have to be careful about not buying too many fabrics as I don't have much storage space, as we live in a 5th wheel RV. Too many projects - so little time.

Hi Gayle, and welcome from western Nevada! :thumbup:

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Hi Gayle,
My name is Shelia and I am new to this site and also fairly new to quilting. Most of the quilting I have done is either done randomly or from simple patterns from books, and with bits and pieces of leftover material from other projects. There is so much to learn and I have so many questions. Could you tell us how you do the "quilt as you go". Sounds like something I could use, as I mostly tie my quilts together. Have tried machine quilting, but not very successfully. Any new improvements in my work will be welcfomed. Thanks in advance! And wrlcome from New England!

Hi and Welcome from Florida, we're glad to have you here!

Hi Sheila. I found a quilt book by Marti Michell (Weekend Log Cabin Quilts for people who don't have time to quilt). Was available at American School of Needlework for less than $10. The block is quilted as you sew the logs together; top, batting & back. Once you have completed the required number of blocks and squared them up, arrange them the way you want and stitch them together. There are 2 methods of finishing the back; I use a strip of fabric, sewn in when the blocks are sewn together, to cover the raw seam on the back. Add your borders and binding - done.

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Hi Gayle, Did you know that there is a fantastic place to get fabric in Alamo? Cassino has a quilt shop in her garage, and you can shop there by appointment. She is a Winter Texan (like me) so I don't know if she is there yet, but her number is (956) 782-8399 and she has a wide variety of fabrics and notions, and also gives classes. Best wishes! Quilting Grandma

Welcome from Arizona!

Yes, I do know about Cassino. Been there. She lives in Alamo Country Club and I'm in Trophy Gardens; just around the corner.

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