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"frood" wrote:

As newbies come and introduce themselves, we all say "hi" back to them. But,
while we learn a bit about them, they don't get to know us very easily. (ok,
except for a few gabby folks.... ;-P ) So, as a start to a new year, I
thought it would be fun to tell a bit about ourselves, and get to know each
other. I'm sure the newbies aren't the only one trying to keep the players
straight without a score card!

Ok, here goes! I'm Wendy, posting as "frood". I live in Central NC, USA. I'm
married to a fabulous man, and we have 5 kids, ranging from 13 to 4 yo
twins, known online as Spike and Giles. I've been quilting for about 7 or 8
years, mostly machine piecing and machine quilting. I love bright colors,
and I collect vintage textiles.


What fun! I'm Sandy (see below g) and have been quilting since
about 1985. I started out machine piecing and hand quilting, but now I
also do some machine quilting -- both are so different and wonderful!

I've been married for almost 33 years, and we have two grown DDs, both
married. We also have four grandsons (two from each DD), aged almost
six, almost four (two of them -- first cousins) and six months. I'm a
56-year-old retired high school French teacher and am currently tutoring
some students in that language. We have two QIs, Dexter and Tuppence,
though Tuppence takes her duties a bit more seriously than does Dexter.
He mostly waits for the finished product so he can nap -- but then,
he's ten now, so I guess he's entitled. Tuppence tends to keep me
company in my sewing room and await any opportunity to plunk down on a
project, finished or un. You can see some of my work at the web site
listed below.
--
Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front
http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1