Hi all..... I have always loved sewing but about 30 years ago I came across a quilt magazine and fell in love. At that time in my life I sewed clothing for my children and loved it and of course I save all my scraps. The closest I had ever been to quilting was when I would go to my great grandmother's house and see the quilt on the back of her couch and the one on her bed. At that time working and raising my children took most all of my time so quilting was put on a back burner. When I decided to make my fist quilt it was a 9 patch made out of all the wrong fabric. It was so ugly and I was so disappointed because it was nothing like the beautiful quilts in the magazine. For years I continued to buy the magazine and would spend hours reading them, looking at the pictures and dreaming of the day I could try it again. I spent years doing this and "collecting" fabric for the day I would try again. Since then I have finished a couple of bed-size quilts.

I came across this board purely by accident but I am so glad I did. I have dropped into the chat room a few times and have been reading all for a while and everyone seems so friendly and eager to help and so I wanted to say hello.

Hello, and welcome from Missouri! We love pictures!

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!

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Welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!!!!!!!

welcome Texan where do you live????

Hello and welcome from SW Iowa.

I just started this month also, so Hello from Indiana!

My husband is from north west Iowa. Born and raised in Gilmore City.

Hello & Welcome. I am new also. Looking forward to getting to know you. Everyone seems so nice & helpful.

Welcome from Houston!

Hello, from one Texan to another.

Hello and Welcome from Wichita Falls, Tx

Hi Katie - welcome! I'm new to this site, but not to quilting. I am in the Fort Worth area - where are you from?

Thanks for making me feel so welcome.
I intend to send lots of pictures as we are kind of in the midst of a move. We've stayed put since our youngest is graduating this year and will be going off to college. This move will be giving me a dream studio about 15 feet from the back porch, so although I hate moving I am a little excited

right now we live in Lewisville but will be moving to Olney

Welcome from East Texas.

Where is Olney?

Olney is about 2 hours west from where I am now...close to Graham

I live in east Texas, White Oak, a small town of 5,000.
You could not have found a better place to learn and love quilts and quilters than this site composed of wonderful
people.

Welcome from Oregon

Hi and welcome from Lubbock and Austin. I split my time between the two. So glad you joined us here.

Helloooooo from Australia!

Hello from Kentucky. hopefully to be moving to Texas soon..

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Hi and welcome from Oklahoma