Hello. My mother taught me to quilt as a child, and she is the reason I'm here, actually. Due to health issues, she recently moved in with me and has insisted she's given up quilting. She has stacks of beautiful quilts done alone and with her quilt group, as well as fabric, supplies and thirty years worth of books and magazines. I hope to find quilters who might be interested in some of her supplies and who can advise me on various aspects of quilting.

A warm welcome from Ireland. You will get lots of help here

Please, make yourself at home, everyone here is friendly.

Welcome, so glad you joined us. Are you planning on learning how to quilt? If so, this is the best place to be for help and inspiration.

A big welcome from Ireland. I hope you take up quilting so that you can use some of Mom's things and she can help you.

Nice of you to join us. You will get lots of help and support here...Try to keep your Mom interested in some aspects of quilting...It will be good for her and she is no doubt a wealth of information. Hugs to you both...

Ditter

Howdy and welcome from Pipe Creek Texas!!!

Hello and Welcome from Northern Indiana ! Hang on to those quilting supplies.. quilting is very addictive :wink:

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

Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!! I hope you learn to quilt and become as addicted as the rest of us! Please read the forum rules and don't post to sell anything until you have "a regular here" under your name. I'd hate to see you get banned from this wonderful board(as has happened in the recent past to several people). Once you get this and post items to sell, there's a lot of us that will buy!!! Enjoy quilting and the board!!!

Thank you, everyone! I did read the forum rules and won't be here just to sell, but I do also want to learn more, maybe get Mom inspired again. Also, my youngest daughter is still at home and very interested in anything "fiber arts." So, we shall see where this takes us.

Hello and welcome from Ontario

Hi from KY. I love the blue butterfly , and hang on to fiber and supplies until you are POSITIVE you, your mom and daughter wont use them!

The blue butterfly is a part of about a dozen vintage blocks we found in Mom's stuff - even she doesn't remember where they're from. Butterflies appliqued on feed sacking. The feed sack material has been bleached for use, but you can still see the print on some. 1930s or 40s?

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It is beautiful :mrgreen: Here is hoping the "quilting bug" catches all of you and you can create some wonderful memories :thumbup:

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!

Welcome, Hope you get the quilting bug. Just like riding a bike if you learned as a child you'll get back into it. It can be so theraputic or lead you to therapy- haha. Hang on to those treasures until you're sure you won't use them. Sounds like you likely have fabric us vintage lovers would all drool over. If you insist on sharing - send some of us a pm - we'll would take them and pay the shipping.

I think you have quite a treasure trove. I can just picture those butterflies made up in a quilt, they are so nice. I remember having dresses and skirts made from feed sacks as a child. I could go with my dad when it was time to buy seed so I could pick out patterns I liked for a new dress. I quilted many years ago, self taught, then stopped for about 20 years. I found this website, and now , after seeing all the pretty things, I'm thinking to start again. I must learn new cutting technics now to make it easier. I have arthritis in my fingers and thumbs so using the cutting tools can be painful. But I"m just going to take it slower this time around. If your mom is able, get her started again.

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So happy that you have joined us!!!

Hi and welcome from Oklahoma.