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I am an almost. 80y/0 mother of 5, gr/mother of 11 and G.Gr/mother of 7, live in Australia.

Welcome to the board from Oklahoma. Enjoy your new found hobby.

Hello and Welcome from Florida! :D

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Originally Posted by jeanniep

Hi , I am a Raw beginner at patchwork, and I live in Australia
I read up all the tips I can find. I have made my first quilt."out of my head" and it is not too bad, I think! I am 80 yrs. young , so hope I can really stay around to make more !

I admire you for leaning a new craft. I hope you are around to make many more quilts. They say leaning new things and doing something creative helps to stave off Altzhimers so I hope I can keep quilting and learning new things the rest of my life. I have wanted to quilt for a long time but didn't really get started until after I retired though I have been a sewer most of my life. I want to design quilts as well as make them. I am learning to machine quilt but am not really good at it yet. Maybe someday I will be. I also like to hand quilt but though I am not bad, it is a long way from perfect. I hope to get much better at that too.

Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D

Welcome from Michigan.

Welcome from Denver, Co USA.

I like the Kai cut rotary cutters as the do not engage until you press on them and they automatically spring back to a safe position when you stop cutting. I have not had to change blades as well. Welcome to quilting...you will find it addictive.

Hi jeanniep, another Queenslander here, I'm from the Gold Coast, welcome!

Where in Australia are you from?
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