Hi everyone! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/greet024.gifI am new to quilting and have lurked around on this board for quite a while now and finally decided to join. :-)

Just a little bit about me: I am 26 and from a very small town in GA. I'm not married. I have 2 horses,2 goats,2 cows,2 dogs,2 cats & 4 chickens (probably why i'm not married) My friends make fun & call me Noah because of my animals. oh and I like to barrel race.

I made my 1st quilt last year as a Christmas gift for my mom. It has pictures of me & my little sis growing up on it. I didnt think i was ever going to get that thing done, i had never even used a sewing machine before & on top of that it was a queen size quilt! After that I took a quilting class where we made a lucky star sample quilt and since then i have made two twin size lucky star quilts that i would like to give to the boys home where i volunteer.

ok. For some reason I am long winded today so i'll hush before I write a novel :oops:

Glad to hear from you! Welcome to the board from Indiana.

hi I'm from Iowa, you will really like this site. I think a lot of people here are animal lovers.

Welcome from Pa. :D

I have friends down your way. Around Waco.

Nice to have you here. Lots of friendly people on this board.

Welcome GAGIRL!!!

Welcome! There have been a few newbies from GA lately. Have fun!

Hi from Mass you'll have fun here

ok. i am going to attempt to post a picture. The first one is the quilt I made for my mom and the second one is the sampler quilt i made. I tied my moms quilt because i havent a clue how to do the actual quilting part of it :oops:

ok i cant figure this picture thing out

Very pretty! Love the star quilt! :thumbup:

Welcome to the board!

Hello and WElcome from Michigan!!
Wowza that photo quilt sure doesn't look like a beginner did it!!! The other is beautiful too. This place is Addicting!!

WOW...beautiful work! Hope you'll add more photos as you go on to future projects, too.

Thank you everyone for such nice replies especially about the picture quilt! Its a little crookked but my mom loved it! Here is one a little closer and on this one you can see that its not lined up right

Your quilts are gorgeous! Welcome from PA!

That is awsome!! How did you do your pictures?

Welcome and Hafa Adai from Guam!
Great fun here,,,,have a sit and enjoy!

up north ~ I scanned my pictures and printed them out on iron on transfer paper for quilts and pillows that i found at Hobby Lobby

Hello GAGIRL from the island of Newfoundland, Canada

Wow what beautiful work you do!!!

I do have to ask, as it is something I haven't heard of before.... what is barrel racing???

Cheers!!

Welcome from WA State. You'll love everyone here

Quilting Aggi ~ Barrel racing is a speed event in Rodeo. You go around three barrels in a coverleaf pattern and try to get the fastest time. It sounds boring but it is the best adrenaline rush in the world!! :D

I also like pole bending and its another Rodeo speed event basicly weaving in and out of poles and you try to get the fastest time

Here is a link if you want to take a look

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel_racing

Welcome GAGIRL from NE PA! Your first quilt is absolutely gorgeous! You're going to love it here......

Barb

Welcome from Iowa! Your quilts look great!

Welcome from muggy (or is it buggy?) Northern Ontario! I love your quilts!

P.S. I'd have your menagerie here as well, if I could... two of everything! Wow!

Welcome from another GA girl. I just joined the board last week and I LOVE it here. There are great people and gorgeous quilts here!!

Welcome from Spain, your quilts are beautiful, I love em all!!!! :D

Hello and nice to meet you! :D Your quilts are beautiful :D I think that it would be great fun to have all of those animals :D

Welcome Noah!:0)LOL We have a stock full(animals) over here too:))In fact inherited 3 goats last week over a storm:))We did finally find their family but, the kids wanted to keep them. :))Keep posting and keep creating!!:))Skeat

hi welcome from Wyoming I'm sure you will love this site maybe meet you in the chat room happy quilting

Welcome from another animal and quilt lover in N. California!

You sure do some beautiful work! What a thrill your Mom must have had to open that present!

Hi and welcome from Indiana. Beautiful quilts!

Thanks everyone!

DazzleMe ~ Bremen is about 45 minutes West of Atlanta right on the Alabama line. I have been thru Brunswick several times on the way to Jekyl. I love to eat at Spanky's :mrgreen:

Hi GAGIRL,
You will find this is the most helpful,friendlyest place you can be. I am also in Ga. There are several of us. You will love this forum welcome and have fun.
Bill'sBonBon

Hi Noah!
I love animals and your quilts are beautiful.
Welcome to the Quilting Board from Memphis, TN.

Purple

WOW! GAGirl you are really, really talented. Your quilts are gorgeous and they look perfect. People quilt for years and don't get as good a quality as these quilts appear to be. GOOD JOB!

Hey GaGirl! Beautiful quilts! For a beginer you sure got the knack! I also was a "can chaser" and a pole bender! Only local shows but did very well on my little arab stud, Ralde. Did all the classes actually but it's hard to win some when you can't afford the best attire. Use to teach kids to ride on my arab but when the barrels or poles were up I would tell them NOT to face them! Little horse loved the events so much that he would go on auto pilot and they had better hang on! He also loved the key hole and after I messed up by turning him to soon and hitting the line I let him do his own thing. Another hint: NEVER NEVER wax your saddle before you do the Key Hole!! Almost got left hanging onto the horses tail on the trip "home"! :oops: Little horse is gone now and hubby and I don't ride anymore cause old bones don't heal so well but we have 9 (5 ponies and 4 horses) that we just love to death. So keep on "chasing those cans"!! It is great fun win or not!! :lol: