I found your board a couple weeks ago. It looks very active & interesting. I've been quilting since I first took a class in 1989, which was a large bed size sampler quilt. All hand pieced & hand quilted it took me 2 years to finish. But I was definitely hooked. For a long while I got my quilting satisfaction mainly from watching many tv shows: Eleanor Burns, Fons & Porter, Alex Anderson, Kaye Wood, Nancy Zieman, as well as a few others. I finally joined our local quilt guild in 1999. Since I retired from nursing in 2003, I have been a much more active quilter. I LOVE retirement!

My avatar shows my greatest accomplishment: a Grandmother's Flower Garden that I started in 2001 & finished in 2010. It is all hand pieced & hand quilted. The border was my own creation. I used the plastic templates, Quilt Pati's, having seen the inventor, Pati Shambaugh demonstrate on Simply Quilts (Alex Anderson's HGTV show). Mine has well over 1000 hexagons in it.

I love all aspects of quilting. Having bought a new Baby Lock as few months ago, I am now venturing into machine quilting. And the new machine is a dream for machine piecing.

Hello, and welcome from Idaho!

Welcome, waving from central Indiana, USA

can you post a bigger picture of your quilt for us under pictures, thanks

Craftybear

Welcome from Louisiana:)

Hello from Upstate NY

Hello, welcome from Oklahoma!

Welcome from Washington. :D

Hello and welcome from the Ozarks in Arkansas
Happy Quilting

Hello and welcome to QB, from western Nevada!

Thanks for the welcome!
At your request, Craftybear, I posted 3 pics in the Picture section.

Hello from the mountains of East Tennessee!!!

Welcome from Alabama. I agree, retirement is wonderful!

Welcome from In.

Welcome from West Virginia

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D

Welcome to the board from Southern California!!!

Welcome from Northern New York

Hi Belita and welcome from NE Ohio.

Welcome from Ohio!

HI and welcome from Alaska.

Welcome from the California desert.

Glad to have you with us from West Tennessee. Your avatar is beautiful.

Welcome from Wyoming!

welcome!

hello and Welcome from on the sunrise side of michigan

Hello, welcome and happy quilting from Germany!

Hello, and another Michigan welcome!

Welcome from Michigan.:)

Hi from Ohio!

Hello and welcome from Louisiana!

Welcome Laura from sunny Deltona Florida - Lot of smart people up on this board. The quilt in your avatar is beautiful
Have a Blessed day
Ellen

welcome from se TX

Hi and welcome to the Board from (hot & sunny) Arizona. :-D

What a beautiful quilt. If I had to do hand work, I would probably quit quilting. I am so thankful for machine quilting. Patience isn't my strong point. By the way - welcome from Idaho.

Welcome from northern California!

Welcome from Wonder Valley in California, next to Kings Canyon National Park!!!!!

Hello and welcome from Minnesota!

Welcome from WV!!

Your avatar is lovely. Welcome to the board from East Tennessee. :-D

G'day from Australia.