:D This looks like a really nice forum. I am not new to quilting but I do
a lot of crafting. I am trying to start a quilt for our son-in-law. He is active
in the military and overseas. I thought while I'm praying I will make him a quilt. Do any of you lap quilt?
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are having the best new year ever.

Hello and welcome. I've done some lap quilting. It's so much easier to quilt the smaller pieces instead of a large size quilt. I like it because it's easy to take it with me when I'm away from home. My thoughts are with you and I hope your son-in-law returns home safely. Have a happy and safe new year.

Minda

Hi -- I'm in Mississippi too! Glad you have joined us. I don't lap quilt, but I made a quilt a few months ago for a friend who has breast cancer and I prayed while working on it. Sort of like a prayer quilt. No power in that quilt... but I told her it was a reminder that she is being prayed for. Barb C.

Barb C, What a nice way to let someone know how much you care.

Minda

HI....WHERE IS HE SERVING? I HAVE A SON IN AFGHANISTAN, TO DONE WITH HIS YEAR THE END OF MARCH. I MADE HIM A PATRIOTIC (LARGE) TWIN SIZE............IT WAS COOL......IT IS VERY COLD THERE NOW AND HE LOVES IT! PRAYERS BE WITH HIM AS WE THANK ALL OF OUR TROOPS FOR THEIR SERVICE!! GOD BLESS HIM AND ALLM OF OUR GUYS AND GALS!! NANCY FROM WI.

I just happened upon this site. I am from Mississippi also. I am just recently gotten serious about quilting.

What part of the state do you live in? I am in the Jackson area. Barb C

I live in Vicksburg. What part of Jackson do you live in? Are you a member of a quilt guild in Jackson. I can only find one in Vicksburg and it doesn't seem to be very active or involved. I am retired and would enjoy joining a group who meets during the week.

I am not too terribly far from Vburg... I am in Clinton. I come to Stitch N Frame in Vicksburg every now and then.

I am not in a group. There is a group in Jackson. There are 2 groups in Clinton.. 1 meets at the Library once a week.. Tuesday mornings I think. I went to that some, but they really don't do anything other than sit and talk while they work on crafts. There is a group that meets on Tuesday nights (the 2nd Tuesday of the month I think) at Wildwood Baptist Church (down Springridge Road). I think they are pretty active. Unfortunatly Tuesday nights don't work for me... I have Bible study and my son has band practice at our church.

Barb

Hi Barb i live in Oklahoma City Okla. was born in Mt. Bayou Miss. what part of Miss. do you live in i'll be glad when i can quilt as well as you can.

Annette

Hi Barb sorry if i had continue to read i wouldn't have written the note, i know where Vicksburg and Clinton Miss is you don't have to write back but love your quilting Annette

Hi from va. I too am quilting for my "to be son-in-law" who is in Iraq. My quilt is a simple 9 patch and my first. Can someone tell me how to start hand quilting the "quilt" I have finished the top and have sandwiched it together, how do I start from here?

Hi Tomi,
Welcome to the world of Quilting lovers! I have a son in Iraq. He was telling me while he was home on leave last month that they are all receiving so much from the public that he'd really like us to make quilts for the wounded. There is a hospital in Bagadad that receives our wounded warriours that he's getting the address for. He said the guys going there are in need of some love and attention.

Sharon

Hi there! There are many in my family who have and are serving in the armed forces. Some are home, and some have come home. I spent a lot of time growing up in Miss. with my granny. She lived in McCall Creek and then in Smithdale just outside of McComb. So many memories, all of them wonderful. Seems like at one time or another all my quilts end up as lap quilts. I hand quilt a lot of them...and they were some of my first originals. Welcome!

[quote=SandraJennings I spent a lot of time growing up in Miss. with my granny. She lived in McCall Creek and then in Smithdale just outside of McComb. [quote]

I know where both those communities are! MY SIL grew up in McCall's Creek... and I rode past it at least once a week going from my home in Natchez to my grandparents in Magee.

I have also been through Smithdale a zillion times on my way to McComb and other parts south.

Small world! Barb

That's what I hear.....kinda like a quilt though,huh? Lots of little pieces that fit together no matter where they may be placed in it all. Sure miss those magnolias and my grannies pecans, and that wonderful cane syrup!

Hi Beachnag, did you get your answers on quilting this quilt?

Welcome Tomi56 from North Mississippi!!! (just outside of Memphis)

Im from Ocean Springs Mississippi. I would like to find someone close to me that can teach me to quilt.

Welcome from Southern California!

Hi, and welcome from OKlahoma.