Hello from Fairbanks, Alaska
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07-04-2016
#63
Welcome to the board, now WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR???
(lol) Honestly, I don't know how you could have stayed away from quilting for so long, if you knew you wanted to go that way!
Almost 30 years ago, I bought myself a knitting machine (from the "proceeds" of a divorce), with the intent that it would be for my retirement. Since that time, technology has changed so much I'm afraid that purchase won't have been worth it. Add to that, I took up quilting, and love it! I hope someday to have a longarm machine. Trust me, it will not be packed up under the bed, like the knitting machine is.
Hope to see some pics from you soon!
(lol) Honestly, I don't know how you could have stayed away from quilting for so long, if you knew you wanted to go that way!
Almost 30 years ago, I bought myself a knitting machine (from the "proceeds" of a divorce), with the intent that it would be for my retirement. Since that time, technology has changed so much I'm afraid that purchase won't have been worth it. Add to that, I took up quilting, and love it! I hope someday to have a longarm machine. Trust me, it will not be packed up under the bed, like the knitting machine is.
Hope to see some pics from you soon!
#64
BuzzinBumble , 09-13-2011 08:44 AM
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My welcome is a little late, but still just as warm. It seems there are quite a few quilters from the Land of the Midnight Sun on the QB! I notice because my brother and his wife live in Fairbanks too.
Enjoy being on the Quilting Board Kay!
Enjoy being on the Quilting Board Kay!
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Looks like I'm going to be headed your way in a few weeks :shock: So very exciting! I do know that I saw some very pretty landscape-ish fabrics when I was there a few weeks ago...Originally Posted by KVz
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Ooooh! I'll get right on that! :lol:
Originally Posted by shnnn
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To introduce myself, I retired from teaching in May and gave myself permission to be a quilter as a retirement gift. I have sewed all my life and made small projects that could be considered quilting, but I didn't want to take the full plunge until I had more time. I'm here now and thoroughly enjoying myself, but I'm having trouble focusing on one thing at a time. I want to do machine applique, machine quilting, piecing, landscape quilting, ..... Boy is this fun!!
Welcome! Maybe you need to make a machine appliqued landscape with pieced borders, and then machine quilt it! :D
Originally Posted by KVz
What a great group of folks this is! To introduce myself, I retired from teaching in May and gave myself permission to be a quilter as a retirement gift. I have sewed all my life and made small projects that could be considered quilting, but I didn't want to take the full plunge until I had more time. I'm here now and thoroughly enjoying myself, but I'm having trouble focusing on one thing at a time. I want to do machine applique, machine quilting, piecing, landscape quilting, ..... Boy is this fun!!
