Just a quick HI from California. I'm pretty new to quilting - but have been sewing and knitting since I was a kid - literally. I picked up my first knitting kneedles at 5 and started using my mom's sewing machine for making my doll dresses at 7.

It's great to have forums like this to share ideas and stories from other quilters.

Here's a picture of my all-hand-quilted quilt I made a few months back:
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Pretty basic quilt. It has all the colors I love - browns and greens.

I'm in the process of making a few more quilts and I like to keep a journal of my quilting progress at my blog.

The latest completed quilt is one of my favorites that I made for a friend's upcoming baby arrival:

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I call this one Baby Rose.

welcome aboard..... sew glad you joined us

Hello and welcome from Ontario. Your pictures didn't show up for me, maybe they are in a format that my computer doesn't understand or something

trying to figure out how to add pictures to the post :(. Sometimes I feel so lame...

Welcome to the board from Ventura County!!
Where in this great state are you located?

I'm in Contra Costa County in a city named Clayton.

Buggers! Okay I'm lame - i still can't get the images to show up...

Baby Rose:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/...5a9de4e7_b.jpg

Hand Quilted Blanket:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/...b62cc69f_b.jpg

Greetings from Sacramento, where the weather can't make up its mind today. :)

I know! It's been some crazy weather changes this year. I was down in LA last week and it was overcast most of the time.

Yesterday in the Bay Area is was pouring! Today it's pretty mellow so far - but VERY chilly.

Hopefully it warms up like the weather report says - us fair-weathered Californians complain about the 'cold' weather when it goes below 68 :P.

And I'm originally from the Oregon coast (similar climate to the Bay Area, but a little cooler). I don't mind cool weather (I do object to below about 45), but HATE HATE HATE summer heat. As far as I'm concerned, if it's over 80, it's too darn hot.

I lived in the Sacramento/Davis area for 6+ during college and little after. Yeah the HEAT is NOT good. It was too hot even at 4 in the morning. Can't open the windows EVER in the summer. Plus, as a poor college bum, I couldn't afford to have my AC running all the time - I did a lot of wandering through the frozen aisles of grocery stores during those times... hahaha

I hope I could continue quilting through the summer. I like to do a lot of things by hand so I have the quilt draped over me a lot - ie: hand binding, sometimes hand quilting.

arg...

Greetings from outside Sacramento. I love the heat. Sometimes I get a burst of energy to do some serious quilting in the summer. My friends think I'm nuts. (No argument here - lol)

That is nuts :P. I hate the heat. I hate sticking to my couch. I hate going outside for any reason. We're living in a house built in the 70s and the AC is on it's last legs ... hopefully it'll last through this summer.

I have 2 small children (3 and 1). And ever since having them, I hate the heat even more. They do love being hosed down though :P.

I'll continue quilting through the summer - stick with the night-time to do any hand quilting/binding.

Crossing my fingers for a working AC through the summer.

BTW - our furnace just gave up this past weekend - thankfully winter is over!

YEP, that's me! They don't call me Mad for nothin' hahahaha

Ahem - word of warning: At around the age of 45 "heat" takes on a whole new meaning and it is a bugger to get away from it. My mom used to call it "being chased by the angel with the flaming sword" aka the personal climate zone. So enjoy the AC. In a few decades, the electric bill will go through the roof. lol

Great something do look forward too ... need to get my solar panels installed ... ahhh dreaming...

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I can see them now with your links, thanks for sharing, very pretty

Hi, I am new too, welcome from Southern Illinos.

Waving from Indiana, USA Welcome!

Hello and welcome from SW Iowa. Glad to have you here.

Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!!

Hi and welcome from Oklahoma.