Hi, I am Trish, I have lived in the central Virginia area since 2002, and have been quilting about a dozen years.

All the kids are out of the house, my DH and I are now servants only to three kitties--Miss Tatiana, Sir Gandolf and Rory Sebastian.

I am not a FINISHER. That is one of the 'f' words, in my world!:lol:
However, I actually have just about finished a quilt, started on Dec 8 for my sis in law for xmas....family harmony is a great motivator (I made my other sis in law one last year...)

My favorite part of quilting is choosing the fabric, my least favorite part is sandwiching....and I am an enthusiastic but rather poor machine 'quilter'!

I am not traditional, and I am not 100% art quilty...although as of this moment in time, I can't recall ONE quilt that I have followed a pattern on START TO FINISH!

Looking forward to a new start in 2010 ---with a gutting of the studio and a reorganization in my head of my priorities, art-wise...

Welcome to the board from Southern California. Many of us have much more fun picking out fabrics, cutting, sewing etc than we do sandwiching. That is my least favorite part. I have trained my Husband and my son's ex girlfriend how to sandwich and now they do a lot of my quilts with/ or sometimes for me. I use the spray basting and go over to our church (where DH works) and put a couple tables together so no getting down on the floor.

Thanks for the welcome~

Getting down on the floor is NOT an option, with the beasties around! Usually I take what I have to my quilt group, but time was of the essence, so day before yesterday I did half a quilt at a time on the diningroom table!! It was only an oversized lap quilt, thank goodness!!!

Hello and welcome from an Iowa girl! OBTW they are not unfinished but WIP's (works in progress) Sometimes I get the top down and then have to think what kind of border I want to put on or how I want to quilt it. I call it "mulling over"! Once I get it figured out then I'm on a roll again. In the meantime I start a new project so I can mull over how to finish. HaHa

Welcome from Oklahoma

Hello and Welcome!!!:D:D:D
I had to laugh at you saying you do not follow a pattern...I look at a pattern and almost always end up thinking I can change this just a little...omit that... :roll: I love creative license!!! 8-)

Thanks for the welcome... no they aren't even WIP's, they are plain old UFO's.... :)

Thanks for the welcome. I don't even call it creative license, I basically say I don't follow directions well!!!!

But hey, ANYONE can make it look like the picture!!

No UFO's No WIP's I'm currently working on 3 PhD's(projects half done) In what you ask? Textiles!

Welcome! I too am from Central (western) VA. Great group of people here. :)