If you have more than one WIP you never get bored. BUT then I'm never bored.

I've been making quilts for about 3 yrs now. I have made about 4, have one in the works and 4 others to make. Currently, nothing is happening since I sprained my finger,hand.
I love handiwork of any kind, crochet, needlepoint etc

Oh so true. Problem is, two of them I started last September and haven't touched them since. I work full time though and don't get nearly as much time to sew as I'd like. My sewing area is in our basement, and my husband calls it "the dungeon". "Are you going to the dungeon tonight?" I'm almost through reorganizing it and will hopefully post some pics soon.

Well, Scissor Queen, we were kind of "molded alike." My first quilt was the Double Irish Chain--traced every piece with a cardboard template and cut each piece out individually (about 25 years ago). My Mother-in-law said you could not double the material since it might not be the exact size. I also hand-pieced the whole quilt (Queen size). I had some church ladies handquilt it since it was for my niece's wedding. At her Bridal Shower, I wrapped samples of the fabric in a box and said on my note: "Your quilt to be."

My maternal Grandmother quilted and as a very young child, she would let me trace the cardboard templates to her fabric and even cut some out as I got older. So, the love of quilts was instilled at a young age. I have finished six quilts. The rest are on-going projects that just need borders or need blocks joined. My husband (a great quilt supporter), says I get on too many rabbit trails, like place mats and table runners--I also did a wall hanging in my very first quilt class quite a few years ago. Then there is the "water color" wall hanging (Amish) that I dearly love. I got the kit at the Hampton Quilt Show.

We are heading to Lancaster the first week in November and he is exercising his arm strength so he can hold the bolts of fabric :lol: I am so blessed to have him as an encouragement. Finished six place mats this past Saturday for an Open House and he walked in my sewing room and saw them laying there and said, "they are beautiful." That made it worth all the rush to finish them.

Thank you all for sharing all of your inside stories on quilting. All I need to do is talk about quilting and I want to go and start quilting more.

I just started a couple of months ago. My first quilt top is a Double Irish Chain, which I'm too scared to start quilting on. My second project (currently in progress) is a tree skirt.

I was always semi-interested in quilting -- my grandmother was a quilter, but she died several years ago. I wish I could have learned from her. Over the years I would start thinking about doing a quilt, but was too intimidated. When I learned one of my friends had made a few quilts, I asked her to teach me, and so here I am :)

Since I was forced due to illness to quit work in Oct 06, I decided to use the time to sew something for my kids. I have sewn apparel since I was 10 or so. I figured that I could decipher quilting instructions...easier to sew straight lines! Since then, I have finished 8 bed sized quilts, 4 lap quilts, 5 baby quilts, and a bunch of pillowcases to match.,..not to mention the 10 totes to carry the quilts... I also have tops made for 5 babys, 7 beds, and 5 laps. It is so hard to get the energy to sit down and finish them!! I hate sandwiching and basting. THe rest is okay.
And I am, and always was, a FABRICHOLIC !!!!

Nice to "meet" everyone!!!

My mother was the quilter including hand quilting everythng she did. I started about 1995. I have made a lot of baby quilts for gifts. I have three tops completed now to be quilted and 4 in progress. As you can tell I get rather scatted at times. They will all get done I know that but right now I have three to make for Christmas gifts. I better get moving!

I have been quilting since January 2002. I took the plunge and took a hand quilting class. Fell deeply into a passion I never thought possible. The only time I entered any of my quilts was last year I entered a quilt in the county fair and took grand prize. It was an unbelievable sensation. Not my quilt. As I never thought I was that good. I live to quilt and buy fabric for my stash. What a fun and enjoyable adventure I have been on and will continue for many years to come. I sill hand piece and don't really like using the machine. So I am much slower, but it is worth the wait.

For years, I used to visit my local quilt shop and fall in love with all the quilts. I was busy being a single mom raising 2 kids. No time for classes. Then I was busy raising my grandson. I kept dragging him into the quilt shop to see all the quilts. In 2003 I was laid off. I finally got to take a beginning class during the day. I pieced the quilt for the class but never finished it. The 1st quilt I actually finished was for my grandson. I designed it myself since I couldn't find many patterns for little boy quilts. I haven't stopped quilting since I took that 1st class. I recently starting hand quilting. I really like the look of hand quilting.

My sister does nothing but make quilts by hand. She has a cookie tin that she puts the stuff she needs and takes the tin wherever she goes. She can sit and sew anyplace she wants to (unlike us machine people). She has made all her quilts that way. She does absolutely beautiful work. All of them (except the Chinese Coin) have been her own design with embellishments (lace, ribbon, stuff) and are fantastic. She says it is more relaxing for her. She doesn't have to sit in front of a machine. She can sit on the dock, watch the fish jump, listen to the birds and watch the loons and sew to her heart's content. Not a bad way either. I embroider. That's my hand work. I have made quilts by embroidering 12" squares. And just when I thought I had a darn good idea on how to learn to quilt, I see they had patterns for redwork quilts. And that was from a long time ago. Good things last. Edie