Hi I am from Kentucky 2years retired now.Didn't think I would ever be able to quilt. then after retirement started having trouble with my feet so I hae been kept off them now since Feb 2007.......friend gave me some material and a half pattern of grandmothers flower garden and I sarted sewing. Calling her long didtance when I got stumped...I now have a twin size quilt finished and I have a top of another twin ready to be quilted...I have mistakes in them but I am proud of them and sewing has saved my sanity..I have been reading this sit for awhile now and just love and all of you

Greetings from Sacramento CA. This forum is fabulous to maintain sanity. BTW: there are no mistakes - only creative challenges. :wink:

Welcome from Southern California

Welcome, love your screen name!

Welcome! Sorry to hear you are "sidelined", but quilting is such wonderful therapy. Do share some pictures of your work with us.

where in Ky do you live?

Welcome from NE CA. Glad you joined us. We love pictures. We all make mistakes, in quilting and in life in general.

I'm so glad you joined us! Show us a picture of your quilts!Ninnie in NC

Welcome from Northern Illinois. Quilting and this forum are sanity savers!

Hi and Welcome from southern Indiana!

Welcome from E. Tennessee. I believe the old time quilters used to put a deliberate "mistake" into each of their quilts because they felt that to make the "perfect" quilt was mocking God, as "only God can make something perfect".. just a little quilt lore for you.

Hello & Welcome from WA

Welcome Hillbilly!! Here you will find much here and addiction direction:)So glad you joined us! Come chat w/us some evening! SKeat

Welcome from Ohio.....:-)

A Rocky Mountain hello from Colorado

Welcome from SW Iowa. Quilting is my therapy so welcome to the club

Greetings from Central Washington State.
You are truly a life example of God closing a door and opening a window. So glad you found this site. <wave>

A warm welcome from Canada. Terrific people on this board, and I agree, quilting is great therapy! :D

Hi from Maine! Quilting is great therapy! In quilting there are no mistakes!!lol

those aren't "mistakes" they're personality, and they are what makes that quilt 100% yours and 100% perfect.

I heard that the Amish do that too. I don't have to worry about putting deliberate mistakes in my quilts, there is always something I feel I could have done better! All part of quilting, I guess.

Welcome from the Piedmont of NC. Can't wait to see pics of your quilts.

PQ

I like that :!: AND I love the "personality" my quilts have.

Welcome from Pine Grove, California---those little mistakes we make just give the finished product "character"---don't worry about them!

You're going to like it here. Prepare to be inspired, learn a lot, get help when you need it and best of all laugh!

Hello, and Welcome from St. Louis, MO. Are you going to be able to go to the AQS show in Paducah next weekend? :lol: :lol:

HI, HILLBILLY ! I AM ALSO A KENTUCKY HILLBILLY WHO DOES QUILTING...WONDERING WHERE IN THE HILLS OF KY DO YOU LIVE? I AM IN FLOYD COUNTY....LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION HERE!

Welcome from Arkansas :lol: :lol: :lol:

Welcome to the quilting forum. I am from TN, but my daughter lives in Bowling Green. At least when I go see the grandbaby I can go to fabric stores, since we do not have any in rural Macon County. Again welcome.

Hi from PA. Yes TIppy and ANgie the Amish still do put a deliberate mistake into their quilts. I have two. Most of the time you would never see it. I know where they are in my quilts and still have to look hard. They beleive that only God is perfect so their quilts cannot be.

And Hillbilly I too took solice in quilting. My mom had just had her lung removed from cancer and I took with me a Giant Dahlia quilt top to hand peice while I was taking care of her. My mom is gone now but the beautiful quilt will always remind me of the time I spent with her. Currently a UFO.

I lost my grandmother in 1995 to bone cancer, I took family medical leave and didn't quilt then. I lost my dad January, 2008 to lung cancer and now my dear SIL who is also my BF is in the last stages of her cancer. They don't know where it orginated, but was in her hip, ribs, liver, lungs, and 3 brain tumors when she was finally diaganosed this past June. She has been a trooper and loves the things I have quilted for her. Since I started quilting a little over a year ago it has helped me get through some rough times as well as giving joy and comfort to those you love!

Sorry, sometimes I just get like the Energizer Bunny........... I just get on a roll and keep going & going & going.........

I am so sorry about your SIL. Cancer is such a horrible disease. I really think they can cure it and won't for financial reasons. I am glad your quilting has brought comfort. It is really relaxing.

May our God hold you tight as your family goes down this path.
I have lost friends and family to cancer but all have been thankful for the kindness of quilters as well as knitters and crocheters and other crafters who make quilts, hats and blankets for all.

Thank you and God Bless!

Oh Loretta that is too funny :D

Hi Hillbilly, and welcome from the central part of Indiana :D

Welcome from SW Iowa. Remember they are not mistakes but what gives our quilts personality.