Hi
 

I am new here, thought I would introduce myself.I am Jeanne. I live in Southwestern Wisconsin, best place around in my humble opinion.

Widow, Husband passed away a year and 1/2 ago, miss him every day. Have 3 grown Daughters, who all have significant others (Boyfriends or Husbands) are all 3 happy, healthy, have jobs, etc. I couldn't be happier about my Daughters. I have 1 Grandson who is the light of my life, funny, and cuter than cute. Wish my Husband was here to enjoy him, he was born after my Husband passed away.

I am recently retired, after my Husband passed away, I just didn't want to go to work any more, stuck it out almost 2 years and decided it was time to stay home and enjoy my life. I quilt, do alot of hand stitching, embroidery, applique, wool applique, hand dye wool, make journals from scratch, pretty much anything that is stitching or sewing connected I will give it a try. Everyone always told me I would enjoy retirement but no one told me I would be busier than I was when I worked full time. I volunteer at the Local Library and the Humane Society and babysit for my Grandson and try to get some sewing time in there sometimes too. I have a friend who is working on turning her cheese factory into her "Studio" so I am helping her with that too. Not good with hammer and nails but am good at dragging stuff out and helping put it back together :)

I am constantly entertained by my little Rat Terrier Dandelion and my big lab Bruiser, also have 3 cats that are pretty independent, but the dogs are definitely my Shadows. Especially Dandelion. Also 4 horses, 1 morgan/paint, 1 breeding stock paint, 1 quarter horse and the queen of the ranch an arabian mare who keeps the 3 "boys" in line.

I think that is my life in a nutshell. Nice to meet everyone and hope to get lots of ideas here. :) Going to check out the site and see if I can figure out how to post some of my quilt pics somewhere. :)

JustJeanne

Welcome from Minnesota and happy quilting :)

Howdy and welcome, from Texas! :)

Welcome, I am below Fond du Lac. You will LOVE this wonderful family of quilters. They are so helpful and I have learned so much from this board. I bet we will see your quilt inspectors! Mine is my sticktight (calico) she loves the sewing room the best!

Hello Jeanne, welcome from northern California! You will enjoy it here. We would enjoy seeing some of your quilt pictures!

welcome from North Dakota

Welcome from Dallas Tx. area. Sorry you lost your love. It must be half of your self gone. I hope you can find peace and comfort. Your being busy will keep you on track. Sounds like you have some 4 legged children to look after too.

Welcome from Glendale Arizona.

Welcome from the Sho-Me state - I have been to Wisconsin and thought that it looked just like Missouri.

where can I post pictures? I haven't figured that out yet.

Another Nancy~~~~~~~I am from over by Dodgeville :) close to the Mississippi River, The Wisconsin River, Blue Mounds State Park, Governor Dodge State Park, about 1/2 hour from Madison (just far enough away) about 1 hour from the Baraboo Bluffs, 1 hour from Galena IL. Great Quilt Shops around the area too. Are you going to the Quilt Expo in Madison this week? DEFINITELY THINK I AM BLESSED TO LIVE HERE.

[ATTACH=CONFIG]359637[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]359636[/ATTACH]Started my blog on here today and added a photo, here are a couple more, that is my black lab BRUISER ( and yes he is a TUB) in his pool (and SPOILED) on one of those over 100% days this summer and HE LOVES HIS POOL!!!!!!! The other picture is one of those 1600" Jelly Roll Quilts, love doing them, I give them away as gifts, this one is going to a girlfriend of mine who has breast cancer :(

So go check out my blog and read about our quilty groups next project :) FUN FUN FUN!!!!!!!

Hi Jeanne, it is good to have another horse person here on board! Welcome from the heart of wine country in California! My sweetie and I raise Appaloosas......we have 5 right now......

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Hi Jeanne and welcome from NE Ohio.

Hello and a warm welcome from New York. Sounds like you are living life to the max and cramming in all its googness! Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

Hi from Ohio! Sorry for the loss of your husband! The quilting board will keep you busy!

:) welcome from se TX

Welcome Jeanne. I'm sorry to learn of your husband, but happy to hear of your daughters, grandson, and four-legged family members.
This is a wonderful board to be a part of.

I love your pics. Welcome from central Florida.

A warm welcome from North Central Washington, Jeanne. I liked your 1600 Jelly Roll. One of these days I will tackle one myself. Thanks for sharing a picture of Bruiser. :)

Greetings from New Hampshire and welcome

Hi from Minneapolis! Love the photo of Bruiser and your jelly roll quilt.

Welcome from TX! With this board, you can fill lots of hours learning and seeing new things. Happy retirement and sorry for your loss.

Hello, welcome from Oklahoma!!! :)

Hi Jeanne!
Welcome from Minnesota!
We are neighbors! :)