Hello from Western NY State
 

Hello from western New York state.
It's been a very cold winter here. I tend to chickens + ducks outdoors year round. Our homestead seasons determine what type of work we do: growing season, canning season, sewing season, hunting season.

I am new to both quilting and using older sewing machines.
I finished my first quilt top this winter. I dared to try it because of the box of pre cut squares given to me. It took me several years to piece them into a top, working on it only during the winter months.

I discovered that working with color and sewing was a great fall and winter hobby. Mr. P starts his hunting in October so that is when I started hand quilting my first top last fall.

Most all of the fabrics I've used and currently have in stash are scraps given to me by my professional quilting aunt and many from another pro quilter who sold me totes full of high quality fabrics and even some of her ufo's, at her moving south sale.
Meeting that quilter last year had a big impact and influence on my sewing life.

I brought home loads of great quilting supplies, patterns, books, fabrics, etc. I also adopted her mother in laws Singer 1950 . That's what pulled Mr. P into the world of sewing. We became very interested in the vintage Singers. We've spent a lot of these cold days after the holidays reading about and working on different sewing machines. That's how I found my way to this site.

After Mr. P rebuilt his grandmother's 1937 Singer 15-30, it sews so well that I thought that he should now learn to sew. We've had a few lessons and are planning a small baby quilt project before growing (mowing and roofing) seasons start. We think it will be cool for him to sew quilt tops for our future grandkids on his grandma's machine.

I look forward to joining in the discussions here.

Hi Michelle, I am also from NY I'm 10 miles outside Utica. You going to love it here. Everyone here is very nice and helpful.

Welcome from Vermont. You will find beef, chickens, a couple sheep, alpacas, and a goat around here. You will indeed enjoy this diverse group.

Hi I am from Co and want to welcome you. I hope you can get some warmth pretty quick, I'll bet you are getting cabin fever from this horrendous weather. At least you now have a new addiction, quilting Have fiun.

Hi Michelle and welcome. I'm from central New York. Halfway between Syracuse & Binghamton. It has been such a long, cold winter and it isn't over yet!

Hi I am from Eastern NY about 10 miles south of Albany.

Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

Welcome from Texas :wave:

Hello Michelle, welcome from Nevada.

Hello MichelleP in western NY........from........MichelleM in western NY. :)

Hi Michelle, and a hearty welcome from Washington! You will enjoy it here--a fun place to be! :)

Welcome from WI! I think we're finally coming out of the deep freeze. My husband spotted a robin yesterday!

Welcome , I grew up in Buffalo. I still miss Western NY... especially in the fall.

Welcome and waving from Colorado :wave:

Welcome, Michelle! I'm from so far up in western PA, I'm practically in western NY!

Thanks for such a warm welcome all! It's fun to see all of the different areas you are in. I'm surprised too that there are several in western by state. We are in the southern tier, south of Rochester. My featherweight came via eBay from an estate sale in Albany.

Hi from Ohio!

Welcome from Michigan!:)

:) welcome from se TX

Hello and welcome from northern California!

Welcome from Michigan.

Welcome from Ohio. This board is a wealth of knowledge and lots of great quilters.

Welcome from OHIO! How great that you have your hubs interested in the old machines.

Hi! I am from near Rochester,NY. I've been quilting for several years. Right now am working on three different scrap quilts from my stash, different patterns that will all be a variety of designs.
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You sound like ME !!!

Welcome to the QB.... !!!

Looks like a few of you in my area! If you get a chance to pm me, I'd love to get reports on quilt shops or other interesting places nearby.