Hi from Houston, Tx
 

Hi everyone! I found the Quilting Board forums a couple of weeks ago and decided to stop lurking and say hi to everybody! It will take me awhile to get through all the posts and learn my way around here but I'll have a great time while I'm at it. I'm sure I will discover new friends and learn much from all of you as I make my way through.
Hmm, where do I start? Ok, just the basics for now (I tend to ramble so I will try to stick to the basics. I apologize in advance if I fail). I live just south of Houston in Freeport, Tx. I'm a Mom to 4 wonderful grown children and grandma to 6 (for now). I'm married to my best friend and he has learned to let me be when it comes to my hobbies( well, he does shake his head sometimes in utter confusion) and not to ask questions, especially those concerning my stash or how much I spend. I have 3 dogs, all toy breeds. Two are toy Poodles, one is a Maltese (our white poodle Honey is 2 weeks away from having her puppies).
I have been sewing and making quilts since I was a teenager. I would say that skill-wise I still have much to learn. I tend to stick with the more simple patterns and make them more interesting with choices in fabrics. I use both machine and handquilting depending on the quilt itself and it's size, but not in the same quilt. My current WIP is a king sized Irish chain quilt. The top is almost complete and I will be handquilting this baby as it is much too large for my machine to handle.
I guess that cover the basics without too much rambling so I'll say toodles for now but please feel free to ask any questions if you want to know anything else. And if any of you are in the Houston area and want to get together and hit the LQS's hit me up, I'd love to meet you!
Toodles,
Angela

hello Angela
welcome from Missouri/Nebraska
I came from Mo to help my GD in NE with her children for awhile I am in a tiny apartment while my lifetime supply of stash is in a storage building 600 miles away .
This is a nice place to spend some time and learn Good job teaching him not to ask to many questions that is why I have EX

you will find all kinds of help and inspiration here
have fun barb

Hello and welcome from Perth, Western Australia. Look forward to seeing your work (we love pics:)).

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Welcome from Minnesota and happy quilting :)

:) welcome from The Woodlands area just n of Houston

Welcome from NE Ohio.

Welcome from the San Antonio area. We lived in Spring for awhile, lovely area.

Hi from Ohio!

G'day from Australia

Hi Angela, welcome from northern California! I hope you will post pictures of your quilt!

Welcome from Missouri. Very glad you joined us! I have made a couple of Irish Chain quilts, but I machine quilted them. One of my favorite patterns!! I hope you will show a picture of yours (please, please).

Welcome aboard from North Carolina and ENJOY!!

Hi, Angela. Welcome to the board from Central Texas. My brother and his family live in Angleton, not far from you.

Hi there, grandmother of 10 here in Houston, just east of Katy. Welcome aboard, or welcome ya'll. Would love to meet up with you sometime.

Thank you so much for all of the warm welcomes! I'm sure I'll fit in nicely here amongst you.
I have 1 last side to my border that I will be doing today and the top will be finished. Then, the sandwich and quilting and she will be done. I'll post pics when I'm finished. I would love to get some feedback from everyone here.

Angela

Hello neighbor.... I'm in Louisiana :-)