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Got on the board for question on a quilting machine I got which I should have passed on LOL! Well more about me. I'm retired USDA Food Inspector, who as a little girl, watched her grandmother make quilts for a living on week ends when we visited. Done all kinds of crafts threw the years, ceramics, sewing, felt Christmas Stockings, oil painting, knitting and Crochet. Then in 2010 neighbor found out at 32 she was not going to beat Cancer and had 3 small kids that call me Granny Heather. That is when I first even thought of quilting when I saw a Memory quilt on FB. So I asked her husband for their Pictures which she had put on disks. And made a Memory quilt for each child. She didn't get to see them. But friends from church helped me get them finished for the funeral. Pictures of the quilts are in my album. And a Quilter I have been ever since, I now have bags of scrapes in my closets and dressers. Hand quilted and sewing machine quilted which is hard for the bigger quilts. I want a Quilting machine that works so I can do quilts faster and experiment on designs. I quilt in honor of Melanie, for whom without I would still be sitting in my chair watching TV wondering why I survived Cancer and She could not.

Welcome from western NY and happy quilting :)

Welcome from Southern California!

Welcome to the board. there is a reason and plan for you. You have not finished what what set for you. Happy quilting. Mary

Hello and a warm welcome from Australia.

Welcome from Michigan!:)

:) welcome from se TX

Welcome from NE Ohio.

Hello and welcome to the board. I'm so sorry about the loss of your friend. What a lovely thing you have done for her children.

Welcome from Southern CA. I hope that you find as much inspiration as I do from this website. Sounds like you have a real nice stash.

Welcome to the board and I am sorry to hear about your friend, but feel she is smiling down from above on you for what you have done for her children. Happy quilting.

Welcome from Oklahoma. So glad to have you here.

Welcome from northwestern NY state!!

Heather so glad you fought cancer and amongst us loving quilters.
Welcome from manitoba-canada..

Welcome from Arizona

Welcome from North Carolina. What a moving story. You lost a friend and neighbor but gained many stars in your crown for preserving her memory for her family and you.

Welcome from Vermont.

Welcome to the Board. You are a very warm and caring person who was put in your friend's life for a purpose. I was born in Natchitoches and grew up in West Monroe.

Welcome to the board. It is very nice to meet you.