Having been forced out of lurkdom by a previous thread, I thought I should formally say Hi. I am a new quilter, having started last fall. I had sewn as a kid, mostly clothing, but I gave it up as too frustrating. I hated spending all of that time working on a garment only to have it complete and not fit right (when you wear four different sizes on one body fit can be a problem).

My love is cross stitch, particularly samplers. I was working on a band sampler (a Jeanette Douglas design) and while stitching a band of log cabin blocks, it occurred to me that - hey the kids are gone and I have a whole lot more time, so why not actually try making a quilt. And the rest is history. I have made two so far, but temporarily back to having no time again (but that's another story), so I get my quilting fix by looking at others. My first two quilts are not great, so I won't show close-ups, but I learned a lot, and am planning several more.

I love your first two quilts! Looks like you're a natural! Welcome to the board.

Your quilts are great. Welcome from Massachusetts!!

Welcome from Texas!

Your quilts look great to me. The hardest part of quilting for me is picking out the colors, you have that down, so the rest is easy.

Welcome

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They look wonderful! Bonjour from France, F x

Welcome!

Hello there and welcome. I'm so happy to see you chose a rail fence pattern for one of your first. I did, too. Gorgeous colors, too.

Blessings,
Ruth

Hello and Welcome from Northern Indiana ! Glad you joined us :lol:

Your first two quilts look good to me :mrgreen: