Today at work while I was chatting with a coworker, another person said "did I hear you say you were a quilter?" When I said yes, she got so excited. Within minutes we were talking about projects, where to shop, what style quilting do you do, showing photos of our work.
I asked her if she was a project quilter or a process quilter. A project quilter buys supplies for one project at a time. A process quilter buys fabric and books just to have it. We both laughed when I said I just go in the sewing room and fondle the fabric. She said she lays the new fabric out on the passenger side of the car so she can look at it while she's driving home. So now I have a new friend. Fun! And yes, we admitted we are crazy and passionate about our work. Isn't quilting fun?
Cheryl

so glad you found a quilting friend

And just think you can chat about projects at work :thumbup: Lunch.. who needs to eat, when they is quilting to be done :lol:

That's wonderful for you!

Friends are nice, but quilty friends are the best! :-D Congrats on your new quilty friend!

We are all alike!!!!!!!!!!! :D

Thats great. Are you going to get her to join us here? :thumbup:

That's wonderful!!!

Some of my best friends are 100%...cotton LOL. Congrats on finding one in !00% flesh!

That's Great, always fun to find things in common when, the guys cruse around in the oldie cars, you can tell what there into, Quilting's different.
Had a friend mention to a customer who came thru her line the other day about a quilted hand bag, the conversation turned: that she was a new Quilter and the customer ask if she could give her a hug!! LOL but sweet :)

Thats great!

How fun for you. I'll bet you wind up not eating a lot of lunches for LQS trips.

Oh how fun!!! I took my grandson on a 3 1/2hr. whale watch cruise this summer; and wasn't til we were almost back to the harbor when something in the conversation came up to make me aware that we had been sitting with a quilter during the whole ride. She and I spent the last 10 minutes of the cruise just chatting up a storm lol. I told her of 4 great quiltshops in the area; and her hubby told me to stop telling her because she would want to stop at all of them. I never got her name....sad, we could have stayed in touch. We certainly had alot in common; even both have had our right knees replaced, and we both had our grandsons with us.

That's great! Sounds like you will have loads of fun together!
A couple of years ago I was stuck in the hospital for over a week and I kept noticing that one of my nurses wore a "I Love Quilting" lanyard around her neck. I asked about it and we got to talking, the next day she brought me her album full of pics she had taken at various quilt shows and a couple of quilt magazines! I ran into her recently at the local quilt show.

How exciting having someone to talk to in person everyday about quilting and fabric, and getting to show off your projects and processes to someone who really cares.

New quilt friends are the best. Enjoy!

I have found so many great people to talk to who are...quilters, former quilters, daughters and granddaughters of quilters, or want-a-be quilters. The craft is so exciting for so many people! that they want to talk patterns, and past quilt experiences. I LOVE IT!!!!!

I recently found a quilting friend on this board that only lives 4 blocks from me! :thumbup: We have become fast friends. Quilting has become even more fun now that I have someone that I can go shopping with!

I don't know anyone that quilts. My daughter is attempting but she is too busy and not yet that interested enough. Glad I found yall.

How fun for you to find a new quilting buddy. I have found 2 in the same way..."did I overhear you..."

I try to wear a quilting pin or something like that on my jackets, you would be surprised how many will see that pin and speak. Have found new quilters this way, some just ask about the pin and then will come to the LQS when some demonstrations are going on. I've been accused of "hooking" people on fabric.

"She said she lays the new fabric out on the passenger side of the car so she can look at it while she's driving home."

I like her already!

It would be so exciting to have someone to talk to daily about quilting and go together shopping for fabrics. My friend who does go with me, doesn't sew or quilt and I always feel rushed when I go to buy fabrics because I know that's not her thing. My sister and I get to go once in a while, but she's quit quilting and I can't seem to inspire her to start back. We have to go long distances to get to a quilt shop and sometimes I just go alone. It's better for my piece of mind while shopping for fabric.

I did that today as a matter of fact. After picking up my mail with a fabric order enclosed I could not wait until I got to work or back home to look at it. So I opened the package at a stop light, and then kept glancing over at it all the way to work. Then actually took it in to my office to stare at it some more!

My husband went to a lady barber for years and she was talking about quilting one day and he told her I quilted and the next time he went for a haircut I went with him and we hit it off. She had an embroidery machine and then I bought one much later and she really helped me with it. We've become very good friends. Yes, it's great to have a "quilting friend".

What fun! We do pop in all kids of places, don't we?

If you need a friend, pick a quilter.Three years ago,I was on holidays in Cuba with another friend. She was tutoring me with Hardanger every morning near the pool. People were stopping by to have a look to our work. Since we are *older ladies* a couple would come every morning to say Hello. A couple of days before we left the woman said that she wished to make a quilt one day. My girlfriend said that I could teach her. She said that she would be ready to start in a couple of months. We traded phone numbers, I never thought of a follow up . How often people that you meet on holidays contact you after. She phoned me two months after and since , every Monday she comes to my house and after teaching her now, we quilt together. We are both bilingual French for chatting and English for quilting. I am looking forward to October when we will resume our get-together!

Quilt friends become your best friend!

Lucky you. I don't have enough quilting friends. But my sis is starting to quilt and I'm going to kidnap her and bring her here for a week sometime so we can do a project together.

Where in RI are you? I'm in Coventry - maybe we should all meet for coffee?

A few years ago I was going to the Stitches and Craft show in Brisbane and got talking to a lady who had just moved and was going to the quilt show too. It turns out she wanted to join a group, so I told her about mine in Rosewood. she lived 5 kilometers from there so she came and joined the group. Same thing happened to yet another lady who wanted to have lessons and when I told her about our group she also joined. She is into collecting dolls like me. Both ladies are good friends now. Strange how you meet people.

I found another quilting buddy in the community where I live. She lives on the next block over and I would see her out while I was walking. We would make general chit-chat about stuff going on in the neighborhood. She stopped by the house one evening and she saw a couple of quilts draped over the couch in the livingroom that I was working on and said "Oh, I quilt too!". Well, that was it - now all we talk about is quilting and sewing!!

That is great, I hope you get to have quilt days with her. I always thought it would be fun to have a sew day with a friend. God bless.

OH it is fun to meet quilters...I don't have one here, but I have an arty friend. I left my best ever quilty friend back in WA when I moved. How I miss her and our talks, our shopping trips, our sneaking in fabric sacks,planning what to make next and so on. We lived and breathed quilts in between family and life in general!

I'm hoping to do a project one day with my quilting sister in Montana...hopefully next summer?

It is always great to meet a quilt friend. Other people just don't understand our passion. Have fun with your new friend

way to go. we pop up everywhere