Fidissimus

What do you do at your get togethers?
BTW Laurie, your quote gave me a good lol - I never finish anyth

KarenBarnes

We exchange fat quarters, show and tell current projects and visit and eat! What could be better? Oh maybe if chocolate is involved! :)

Fidissimus

Sounds like good fun! (Though I will admit I'm no good at eating in public - I have a jillion and one food allergies) but the rest sounds great! Happily I am neither allergic to coffee or chocolate. ;-)

KarenBarnes

We have a blast, come and join us!

cbridges22

It will be my first time so come be a newbie with me.

luvnquilt

I'd join, but I already have other plans with an old friend who I haven't seen in a long time. Otherwise it would be negotiable. I got a kick out of people saying they're from Bellingham and Blaine, I graduated High School in Bellingham- that's my old stomping grounds :)- I'll watch for the next get together and commit to bring cheesecake!!

sew cornie

Hi and welcome to the Board! We'd love to have you join us. And as for food allergies, we have them in my family too. We keep a peanut/tree nut free house, but I'm also geared up for baking gluten/egg/dairy/soy/yeast free. I understand how it goes.

I'll PM you my address. Looking forward to meeting you!

Fidissimus

Well that sounds about right! :roll: At least I can't gorge on junk food. ;-)
Are you the one with all the allergies or is it someone else in your house?

BTW I am hoping to come but I'm supposed to meet an old friend for coffee at some point that weekend - she's coming in from out of town and I'm not sure what her schedule is. I'm thinking we'll probably meet in the morning though. Next challenge is getting kid coverage - then I'm golden! 8-)

sew cornie

I'm anaphylactic to watermelon of all things. My 6yo has the tree nuts, my 4yo has tree nuts, peanuts and dairy, my niece has those plus eggs. My Sis-In-Law has become very debilitated by MS and is on a special diet to try to ease her symptoms - exclusive of peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, eggs, soy, gluten, legumes, yeast, and red meat. Pretty much leaves her with poultry, produce, and gluten-free grains. Needless to say, our larger family gatherings don't include dining out much anymore.

This get-together is an open house, so if you can only drop in for a short time, that's just fine. Don't feel obligated to the entire 3 hours (although we'd love to have you for that long if you can :D ) Hope to see you then!

Fidissimus

That sounds like my family... seems everyone is allergic to something or other, plus half of us have celiac disease so no wheat, barley, rye or oats.

I hope the diet works for your SIL. I know they recommend a gluten free diet these days for people dx'd with other auto-immune diseases like RA and Fibro. My cousin has MS but has lived with it such a long time that it's sort of stabilized. I hope your SIL finds herself in that position someday (soon).

BTW I tried to google your address and it gave me directions to another street... ??