Hi, I'm Martha from VA. I'm new to quilting, haven't sewn in years. I am in the process of hand-quilting my first quilt, but took a break from it to make a quilt for my (almost 30 yr old - yikes) daughter for Christmas. I'm in the process of hand quilting it also. Its a disappearing 9 patch. Came out pretty neat.

I've been hanging out on the forum a bit lately - great ideas and wonderful people who share! :thumbup:

I'm learning a lot from everyone. Love it here.

Welcome, I hope we get to see photos of your quilt, it takes a lot of patience to hand quilt, but i love the rhythm involved.

Welcome to the board from Southern California

Thanks for the welcomes.
I've learned a lot - of what NOT to do. :shock: The quilt I'm doing for my daughter, the hand quilting stitches are not as tiny as I'd like. But its getting done, and she'll take good care of it. And if something happens, she'll bring it back to me to fix.....she does NO sewing (or any other craft!). Hehe

Here is a pic of the quilt top:

love the colours, very modern!

Thanks!

That's my daughter's taste. She likes modern/contemporary. She helped pick out about half the fabric. She has good taste! :)

Hello, and welcome from Missouri! Love your quilt. I am a hand quilter and love the peace.

Welcome from western PA. Love the colors in your quilt. Now that it's cold out I hope to get back to hand quilting, too.

Welcome from SC! I was much like you....loved sewing as a child/teen/and young adult. Then children were growing fast, and no time for 'fun' sewing, just curtains and such....now the nest is empty and quilting has changed! All the new 'toys' and 'systems' and pre-cut fabric, wow! It's so much fun...you'll enjoy yourself even more than before! And yes, this forum is wonderful with so many fabulous quilters! Sweethearts one and all!
Kind Regards,
MaryAnna

Hi from Oklahoma. D9P has become my favorite thing. Your colors a lovely. Isn't amazing what you can do with the pieces.

Hello and Welcome :D:D:D
Your daughter's quilt is beautiful!!!

Hi and welcome from MA. Love the quilt.

Great job!!

Thanks. It means a lot to me that you guys think its a good job. :)

I can't wait to try other patterns.

welcome from wa...... ,love your quilt

Welcome from Lynchburg, VA!!!

Rose Hall

Welcome from North Carolina. Great job on the quilt - I know you DD is going to LOVE it.

I love VA....The quilt is nice and we are glad to have you with us...(smart choice ;) :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

where is VA please? Just being nosey!

VA is the State of Virginia in the USA

I lived there for almost 30 years before coming home to Christmas. Welcome Martha!

VA is Virginia. On the Eastern side of the U.S. It is below New York and Pennsylvania, and above North Carolina. Its a beautiful state - the eastern side touches the ocean, and the western side of the state touches the mountains. We live closer to the mountains. Its beautiful.

We have very good weather - we don't get the heavy snows (usually) of the north eastern states, and we don't have the totally unbearable summers of the southern states. It does hit 100 F occasionally and we do get some snow - we have 3-14 inches predicted for this weekend! We haven't had a big snow like that in years. :)

I've lived in New York (born and raised in the upstate), New Jersey, Kansas, Alabama, and Virginia. Also lived in Germany for 7 years. Hubby was in the military.

Hello from Ks and glad you joined up.

Christmas - what a perfect town to live in! :)

It sounds like the most wonderful place to live, I live in central Southern England, about 7 miles from where the big cruise liners come and go and the weather is much the same throughout the year only wetter and colder in winter. That said we had a 1/8th inch of snow tonight and the outside temp is -1.0 centigrade and this is really cold. Nice to get to know you. Thanks for answering my question.

Sure, no problem. :)

Thanks for all the welcomes everyone!

I've been upstairs practicing quilting on my machine on some coasters I am making my friend who has 2 dogs. Got her a nice mug with paw prints on it, and the coasters have paw prints too. Gonna stick some good chocolates in the mug, and give them all to her for Christmas. :)

Welcome from Phoenix. Pretty quilt. I have a brother in Bristol. Really great state. Sometimes I'm tempted to go back east but I'd really miss the kids and grands

Hi Martha, we chatted for a few minutes the other night. I am a hand quilter also. I repair/restore quilts and love every minute of it. Although, I'm getting quite jealous of the quilts that are shown on this site, These quilters are soooo talented and quick. It fascinates me to see all these creations. Beautiful, beautiful work. I would love to see your quilt. Welcome, and Merry Christmas from Tennessee.

Wow, repair and restore. I'm just learning how to do it.
I too, am jealous of the quilts shown here - its amazing. I can only hope to get that good some day.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!! The first picture is what the front of my house looked like 2 days ago - we just had new siding put on.

The second picture is what it looked like this morning..... :shock:

And that was at 9 a.m. this morning - its been snowing hard ever since and there is at least 18" out there right now.

Fantastic, I am so envious of you, although I know life can't be very easy when you need to go out and that. Happy Christmas and more importantly Happy Quilting!!

:D Don't I know you from somewhere?

LOL

judee

wow! How beautiful. We didn't get any of it in mid Tn, it all went east. Maybe a white Christmas for you. I am from all over moved 28 times but Michigan during my teen years. It was always fun with the winter sports. Now I hate cold. I figure if it's cold there should be snow, if no snow then darn it, it should be warm. Your house is really cute. I am sure you have already realized it's quite a job doing repair work or at least it can be. I just finished a postage stamp Sunshine and Shadows dating to mid 1800's. It was an honor to do the work mostly but my I was scared to even touch it at first. She loved it when it was done. It was a beautiful piece to begin with the repairs brought it back to life. Good luck to you and have fun. Keep in touch. Daphne

Hey Cousin! Its about time you caught me here. LOL

Yeah, we had to call a neighbor up the street (farmer with BIG tractor) to ask him if he'll plow us out tomorrow morning.

Its 7:06 - its still snowing. This state isn't made for it - NY, NH, ME, MA, VT - yes, they know how to handle it - here in VA - NOT so much! It's going to be a couple of days till we can get out......this is the biggest snow I remember here. Having grown up in upstate NY this is nothing.

I tried to convince my hubby to buy a snow blower yesterday. He didn't. :evil: He may be reconsidering....haha

See you are from Va, and say nearer the mountains, and say, usually not a lot of snow...so how did that go for you today?? Down here in the Richmond area where I am, we had about 6 inches then sleet, and now snow showers!!!

I love the colors you chose for your daughters quilt....
ETA...I then finished reading the posts and saw your snow!!!
Where in the mtns are you??

Martha, we had about 5 minutes of flurries IN M'Boro Tn. We were hoping for a little more than that. Your area was on the news a bit ago,WOW!! I think it's time for a snowblower. You need to make snow angels and send a photo.

I am in Orange County - but my mailing address is Culpeper (hard to explain). We are not IN the mountains - we are probably about 30 minute drive from Skyline Drive. I see the mountains when I drive to town - its so lovely.

As far as the snow --- well, I'll be taking some more pics now that its DONE! LOL My daughter had sent out something she found on the 'net a few weeks back that said this area could be looking at 40" overall this winter.....I think we've gotten a fair start! Whew. We usually don't get snow till Jan/Feb. So who knows what we're in for! :shock:

Yeah, don't know about snow angels - if I laid down in the snow right now - I'd sink! :lol: We have to get dug out. That's going to take a LOT of work.....

Welcome! I love the quilt you made for your daughter.

Wow! Welcome to the board from South Louisiana. Don't you just love the D9P? It's the first thing I learned when I hopped on board here. Since then I've learned a whole lot of great things. I'm still struggling the computer and the digital camera, but the rest is going well. And I've made a great number of friends.

Oh and about your DPT -- it's great. :thumbup: I love your arrangement of blocks. I've never used that one.