Hi everyone! My name is Kristan and I have decided to de-lurk and introduce myself. I've been reading this board for about a week now and check it like every 5 minutes to see if anyone has posted anything new. :)

I'm very new to quilting and sewing. I'm self taught, and pretty much rely on the internet (reading on here!) for learning as I go.

I love modern, bright, fresh fabrics and lots of white. I hate patterns (I'm not so good at following them).

I've only made pieced quilt tops so far. Well, I've tried to quilt a baby quilt, but it didn't work out and looks terrible (and it was SID...so what does that tell me about my "talent" - yikes). I have a feeling I'll be sending everything out to be quilted for quite some time.

I am a (soon-to-be) stay at home wife/mommy. We're expecting our first baby (boy!) at the end of August. I spend a lot of time with the sewing machine or at the LQS or JoAnn or Hobby Lobby because my husband travels a lot for work. In fact, we're moving to the city he travels to soon after the baby arrives.

We have a wild and crazy dog named Kosmo. He's an English Shepherd mixed with some other sort of herding dog (Border Collie maybe) that we rescued from the shelter. He likes to hang out under the table and catch all my snipped thread tails in his fur.

Well, I've rambled a lot! I'm gonna head over to the pictures section and show off the little WIPs (UFOs?) that I have going on over here. ;)

I can't wait to get to know everyone!

Cute dog and welcome.

Hello and Welcome from Northern Indiana ! Glad you joined us :lol:

Congrats on the soon to be son :lol: How exciting :thumbup: Keep us posted !

Please post pics of some of your work, would love to see

Welcome from Virginia.

Welcome!

Howdy from Louisiana.

Welcome from Central California....
Remember theres no such thing as an "ugly quilt" I've been assured any "head tilters" I make will be gladly used. (Said my color blind brother!!!) :}

Thanks for the welcome everyone!

Oh my gosh! I'm so calling all future "ugly" quilts I make "head tilters"! Thanks for the laugh! :D

Hi! and Welcome! from Iowa

Welcome, waving from Indiana, USA

Good morning, and Welcome from Midland, TX!

Hello and welcome from Ontario. Glad you joined us.

Welcome from Western New York! :)

Hi and welcome from the sunny state of Florida!
Congrats on becoming a soon-to-be Mommy! Cute quilt inspector!!

Welcome from another Texan! You'll learn alot from this board. There are some amazing quilters here! (Not me - I'm just learning, too.)

Howdy from Dallas!

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!

Hello and Welcome to the board!!! So glad that you joined us :D:D:D

Congratulations on the soon to be arriving little one :D:D:D

Welcome from Montreal. Congrats on the upcoming birth! I just had my first baby 6 weeks ago. It's a lot of work, but OMG, soooooo worth it!

Hello and welcome from SW Iowa. Glad to have you here. I love your dog. What a cutie.

Welcome, and congratulations on the addition coming to your family. We had a border collie for 16 years and I think your dog has some border collie parts! They are great dogs.

Welcome from Ireland