Hello! My name is Ann. Have been sewing off & on since high school. Just finished a 'real' quilt (as my sister calls it) for my neice this Christmas. Have another cut out ready to start sewing on. Also crochet & do counted cross stitch. End up collecting more patterns on everything than I can ever do in my lifetime, but that's the fun of it:)

That is some of the fun of it all. I crochet, sew etc myself and more ideas and fabric than I know what to do with. Still would like more as well. Welcome from Legal Alberta

Hello Ann.. welcome to the board.. This is a GREAT place to be.

I to am a collector of patterns ..... why I ask myself. I never have enought time for all I want to do!

Any questions feel free to ask this is the BEST place to be on the web!

Hi. I am new here too.

Welcome! Glad you joined us!

M

That was just cruel. They should be encouraging you not being mean. Though you are not the only one that something like that has happened to. On spring break when I was visiting my mom, we went into a quilt shop and I was asking her about her long arm machine, it was visible from where we were. She had the gall to imply that I would never be able to learn how to use it. Now I don't have one quiet like hers yet but I do have the quilting table and a grand quilter from phaff. I am very happy that none of that goes on at this site. Everyone here is encouraging and helpful.

I've been quilting since I was about 20 and I look young for my age. I remember going into a quilt shop back then to look at things. The lady there followed me around like I was going to steal something...made me kind of disappointed in quilting for a while.

Welcome, Ann! You should have lots of fun here!

Welcome! I've had salespeople follow ma around, too. It makes me nervous. As to cheater cloth, there are many ideas of what makes a quilt. Some purists beleive it is a bed covering only, others consider it strictly an art form. I used cheater cloth to learn machine quilting - did not want to risk ruining a top that I worked hard to piece. I have been seeing some that are very pretty being framed in patchwork.

Glad you joined us Ann!

Celeste

Hello again. The quilt I just finished this Christmas was along the lines of a picture frame block. My 7 yr old neice wanted a cat on a horse but decided that cats on one side & horses on the other was okay. Found all kinds of cat prints/activities & fussy cut them into 5 inch blocks. Framed with a 1 inch white strip the a 2 inch colored strip. Each block had different colored strips. The back was a fleece print of running horses.
The 'cheater quilt' that my sister referred to was a piece of white material with a printed cross stitch design/saying with preprinted quilt lines. Even made a sm cut in the material when cutting a thread so covered it up with a satin heart. Her daughter still has it 24 yrs later & cherishes it.
Currently ready to start another quilt--have the different sized pieces cut out & ready to sew. Sticking to straight edges right now. Will wait until I've done a few more before delving into curved lines & triangles. I know I will have questions then. Thanks for all the encouragement.