Hi
My name is Beverly and I love to quilt. I have been retired for 7 years and I promised myself that I would learn to quilt when I retired, but it has taken me a while to make good on that promise. I joined a guild about a year ago and I love every minute of it. I do not hand quilt everything I have done so far has been on the machine. I just made my first "big quilt" a queen size and I am having it hand quilted by a church group and they said I could come and learn how on my quilt.

Welcome. and what a great support team! It is so much easier to learn with others as well. and all the tips you will gain....take a notebook to write them sown. sort of a journal...you will be amazed at how quick and fun it will be to fill it up...good luck on the quilting....and remember to post a picture, please, ....We love them.! :D

Welcome BDor :) Take them up on their offer to learn to handquilt. It's so nice of them to offer to teach you. You may not choose to ever do one by hand, but having learned to do that before learning to machine quilt, I'm still a hand quilt lover. I hope it never become a dead art. :) I hope you enjoy being a part of this wonderful group. :)

Would love to share some pictures. How do I do that??

There are instructions on how to post pics in the "Picture" forum. It's really not that hard to do. Hope you can get some up there so we can see them. :)

I was like you. I waited until I retired at 57. It was still several years before I started. I wish I had learned a long time ago. I belong to a church group. We hand quilt. It looks so neat to me. I'm going to have to learn to machine quilt because I have bad hands. Good luck on all you quilt. crafftygrandma in Mississippi

i'm from Mississippi too. I live in Carthage.

Hi Beverly! Welcome to the family! :D Feel free to post any of your pictures as we'd be happy to see them. :D

I'm in Hurley. I love it here. I'm just 20 minutes away from Mobile so I can do a lot of shopping if necessary, or just stay in Hurley. Have to go to Mobile for my quilting supplies though.