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Im so glad to know Im not the only one worn ragged by someone a fraction of
my age! Thank you for your story. It was not what I expected. *they never are* . What surprises me is that you assume we might forget you if you didnt post a lot. Nope. You have an unforgettable name. :-) Thanks Jan!!! Diana -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 "Jan Dunaway" wrote in message ink.net... Glad to hear you are doing better! I don't know how entertaining it will be, but here it goes..... Back when Hubby and I got married in 1994, he was a consultant hired to help the State of Delaware government offices and schools etc, get wired for internet access. I was a stay at home wife, and of course became the guinea pig for all experiments new. When he took a new job and we moved to the midwest in 1995?, I was a snow bound bored woman who discovered many newsgroups, including this one. I had quilted some, but now I was in a strange place, bored and internet addicted :-) This group was always there to answer my questions. Between this group and Simply Quilts, I made some really fun pieces. Now days, I stay mainly because it's comfy. I don't have much time to quilt because I have an active 18 month old daughter. Hubby has a new job, so I don't even read as much as I used to. But it's like that comfortable old friend where you just pick up where you left off even if it's been awhile. The funniest part is we've changed addresses so many times, and I'm pretty quiet, so most assume I'm new. :-) Hope it amused you for at least 2 minutes! I'm off to bed... yeppers at 8 pm...... little one wore me ragged and hubby actually has a couple of moments. I'm taking a QI and catching some ZZZsss. Jan |
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Diana Curtis wrote:
Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored I wanted to do some hand work that was different to long-stitch (got boring!) but wasn't x-stitch (DSis is too good at it!), and in a way I fell into patchwork to start off with to use up scraps from sewing clothes. That was back in '95. I completed a few hot-pot holders, but what I started working on initially is now finished! I'm basically self-taught from books. -- Melinda http://cust.idl.com.au/athol |
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Well, I have been on RCTQ for not quite 2 years. I finally got the computer set
up, and the net account up and running. DH sat down with me and said what newsgroup should we check out. I said "quilting", so he called up quilting newsgrous, this was the first on the list and I never checked any others. That was in January of 2001. I stay because it is fun, educational and I like the people and byplay that goes on. Quilting was an outgrowth of sewing in general for me. My degree is in Clothing and Textiles, almost a master's in C&T along with work toward a master's in Adult Ed. I was working at House of Fabrics (assistant manager/sewing machine manager) when HoF was bought by the company that became Jo-Ann Stores. Stayed on through many changes in 3 years, finally got fed up enough to quit. One of the things that led to my quitting also led to my quilting. G We had to wear a "uniform" for JAS. Khaki bottoms and white shirts (or shirts with the JAS logo we could purchase from a specfic company ) Had to have some way to channel the creative sewing I needed to do. (As much as I was working I wasn't wearing much but uniform, and what other clothes I already had were sitting in the closet) So I started with some quilting. I had taken a beginning hand quilting class several years ago, and just went on from there. Now I am finally beginning to teach quilt classes and design my own quilts. Eventually I hope to have some of my designs out for sale as patterns (a couple of people have already asked about buying patterns of a couple of my quilts.) Have some ideas for quilt books and want to become a really good teacher. Hope this entertains you some what, Pati, in Phx. Diana Curtis wrote: Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
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I was tiny when I left my grandmother's house, about 3 years old. Didn't ever
see her again, until I was an adult. But something must have stuck in my infant mind. According to family lore, when she sat down, she had a box of scraps and she constantly hand-pieced quilts. When I went to see her as an adult - sure enough, she was sitting in her recliner, piecing a bow-tie quilt top. I was always fascinated by the needle arts. I took a class in high school, back in 1972 or so called Home Arts. I had to take it because the cooking class I really wanted was full, and it was the only one left open. The teacher taught us how to crochet, crewel embroidery, cross-stitch, hardanger, Swedish weaving (not what it sounds like, it is a form of woven cross-stitch), latch-hook and twisted braid ties. She took us to her house, where she showed us her wall to wall carpet, made entirely by herself and her family...yeah. Dedicated woman! I loved the needle arts. I kept thinking, I want to make all my own things, too (call it a hippie era complex G). I started collecting and trading crafts. Someone taught me to broomstick crochet. I taught them another stitch they didn't know. And so on. When I got married in 1978, I desperately wanted to make a quilt. Finally, DH signed me up for a class in 1979. We had to drive 35 miles to get to it, and there were like 6 classes. I didn't drive then, either, so DH had to drive me. I started making a log cabin quilt. That quilt is still not finished. I even still have the fabric. Then I got busy with babies. No time to quilt. In 1984, we moved to Monterey CA. Some lady down the block offered a quilt class. She had a pattern for a small wall hanging, in which one learned all the techniques. Applique, piecing, making your own binding, making your own templates, quilting the sandwich, and doing the corner bindings right, either squared or triangulated...and doing it ALL by hand. I finished that wall-hanging. The colors are mediocre, because I wasn't brave back then. But it hangs on my wall as my first truly finished quilt. I also took jointed teddy-bear making classes and guitar classes G. Then we moved again and life got busy. And then we moved to PA, the heart of quilt country. I joined a guild in 1991. I stayed in it a year and didn't learn a thing, because basically, it was all business. No sitting around a frame quilting, although they did do some workshops you could pay to attend. And then I saw Solar Eclipse II (Caryl Bryer Fallert). Man, I wanted to make quilts like THAT. It was the FIRST machine quilted quilt to win the Houston Quilt Show Best Of Show. I paid to learn machine quilting from Harriet Hargrave. I've never looked back. I also paid to learn a kalaidascope technique involving a triangle ruler. That quilt is a UFO. And I paid to learn rotary cutter techniques. That quilt is also unfinished, but it was due to being lost for over 5 years. I guess I should finish it, now I found it...its also my one of my last hand-quilted quilts. While in the quilt guild, I finished only 3 quilts - one of which went to charity auction and raised the most money of all of them. It was a simple embroidered cat quilt, lap-size. The man who bought it paid $75 for it. I dropped out of the guild after a year, due to family crisis after family crisis. By the time I was ready to quilt again - I was also on the Internet. I didn't want to join a guild, but I wanted to talk quilts. I did a search and here you were. I posted a little about myself and the rest is history. I've since made over 100 quilts. I was the person who challenged myself to finish a quilt a week for a New Year's resolution, and managed to make 30 before another family crisis took all my time... As for the Needle Arts - I don't want to do ANY of them anymore. Quilting is what I love best. Oh, and I only own 3 of my own quilts. Family and friends have the rest... Merry Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once http://www.stardancerpress.com/MerryStahel/ http://community.webshots.com/user/merrystahel |
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Oh Diana, here is my sad tale to share.
I came to quilt making via needlework and teddy bear making. I move to New Westminster in 1988. I'd made Teddies for some time and needlework since the 70's. A friend told me of the shop in Burnaby and by entering a teddy bear snow angel ornament in their Christmas ornament challenge I got to know the shop. They were primarily quilting and needlework/cross-stitch. I got to know the owner and long story short, started to go the Wednesday night drop in. Then progressed to teaching teddy classes and then on to quilting. Well the Cross-stitch and Teddies are on the sideline more now and Quilting is more my main interest. My friend Deni in Burnaby introduced me to the ng about 1998 when my brother built me my first computer. We'd met at a retreat from that infamous shop in Burnaby. Well she e-mailed Sairey, and I met her before the group and so the tale ends. I love meeting folks in my travels, as you can attest from my visit to Houston last year. I've been fortunate to meet a few of our friends from Britain at Donna Dean in Bellevue's, had Phyllis [BBL] sleep over at my place. Met some of our Canadian friends, go to San Diego and also Houston. I've slept at Sairey's hostel, and met Florence in Tucson and her husband Ren. I almost met up with Dragonfly [Pam] in Albuquerque except her phone answering machine was acting up. I hope to meet even more of our great RTCQ friends and be a part of the group for many years to come. Another traveloque will be due shortly, as I'm due vacation at the end of the month, not sure where I'm going, but will share with all on my return. -- Sandi in New Westminster B.C. "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if yo u feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
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The bored part of recovering is the hardest. I hope it goes fast for you.
I found RCTQ when I had a webtv. I was just searching thru the list of groups on "discuss" and ran across this one. That was back in late 98 or early 99. I don't always have time to read or post but I try to check in on a regular basis. At that time I was trying to finish my first quilt. I had started it in 1979 and it needed quilted. I hand quilted it and it's hanging over the back of my couch right now. When I finished that quilt the quilting bug really took hold and I've made several quilts since then. I've even managed to win a grand champion ribbon at the county fair two years in a row now. (a quilted pillow and a tree skirt) The problem with that is you have to come up with something bigger and better every year! Kathy in Ks. "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 |
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Man, Diana, you two really have something in common, don't you? It's a shame that
even though so many advances have been made in medicine, our bodies have a way of throwing doctors a curve ball...hehe. -- Jalynne Queen Gypsy (snail mail available upon request) see what i've been up to at www.100megsfree4.com/jalynne "Mika" wrote in message .net... Hi Diana. Glad to know that you are now at the healing stage of being bored. I feel for you. I had my gb out in 1979 when they still did the old fashioned incision. Laser surgery was...well a dream of the future at that time. Anyway... |
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Diana Curtis wrote:
Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 I resisted quilting for a loooooong time! I refused to get into it... It was hard, but I stuck to clothes and household items like curtains... I had a small venture when I made a baby quilt for my son, but it didn't really count! I did a few 'mock quilts' on the serger, with the wadding unquilted... See, I was trying, but it called! Then I decided that resistance was futile! I was going to make a PROPER quilt for my son! A space quilt, with planets and rockets and aliens all over it... I came here to ask for advice, steered by friends from other news groups. The advice was excellent: I made a practice quilt of friendship stars, and then did the Space Quilt. Then another followed by accident... Then I got into squishies and swaps and wanted a quilt for me and stared another and got into a couple of other things like the Row Robin and the Starry Starry Night swap... It's an addiction! I will never stop! And this is the best group on the planet for advice about anything from quilting techniques to blocked drains and HRT! Who needs anything else? -- Kate XXXXXX Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.diceyhome.free-online.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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Cheers Helen!
That's why I loved doing this Row Robin (and the Round Robin preceding it). It has made me gradually step "outside the square" and do things I wouldn't normally do. And I can't wait for next time either! -- Sharon From Melbourne Australia (Qof DU) http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/index.html Member of the Houston 2004 Party Animals "Helen Hansen-Pye" wrote in message ... Hi Diana I got into RCTQ by being bored on teh internet one day. My husband suggested that I might enjoy newsgroups since I find surfing incredibly boring. Well, in a nutshell, he was wrong, in a nutshell most newsgroups are incredibly boring. Just alot of little minds who are sure that what they have to say is of some importance......EXCEPT RCTQ. I know I dont post often, but I always read! I just love the newsgroup. I have got files of posts that I have kept because thay have touched my heart in some way (most of Mr Bear for example), or because thay have naswered a question. My bookmarls are full to groaning from the wonderful urls some of our more patient ladies post (thank you from the bottom of my heart whoever it was that showed me the Quilter's Cache site!!) I came to be a quilter by reading Laura Ingalls Wilder as a child. I so wanted to be just like her, but we just didnt have the same kind of life and I dont think my mother ever will understand the idea of cutting up fabric just to sew it back into a sqauare again! I taught myself out of library books and magazines (and of course all you fine ladies.) I have attended one class and only went once cos it was so bad!! In my quilting future I hope to find the courage to step away from doing what I always do.. I love the traditional blocks, I just cant get my head around the art quilt or applique to be perfectly honest. One day I will work it out! Cheers and kia ora HelenNZ "Diana Curtis" wrote in message ... Im recovering well... certain things coming in the mail keep my spirits up, thank you muchly! But the days linger long sometimes. I havent energy to do much yet, but you, yes YOU, have the power to entertain and amuse me if you feel like it, and I hope you do... Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol Thanks in advance, Diana the slightly bored -- http://photos.yahoo.com/lunamom44 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.509 / Virus Database: 306 - Release Date: 12/08/2003 |
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Diana Curtis wrote:
Would you please tell me how you came to post at RCTQ, and why you stay, and how you came to be a quilter and what you hope to find in your quilting future. Maybe everyone else will get some pleasure in reading these .. then I wont feel so selfish! lol I go through phases of what interests me mosts, and my usenet posting history has reflected this. It boils down also to how much time I have to spend on the computer- the more I have, the more groups I get hyperactive on. This past year, I've been more fascinated by quilting. So I came here in January after finishing a wall hanging for my mom. Sadly, I haven't had the actual time or funds to work on my quilting like I would like to. So I come here to talk about quilts, and plot my next projects. And all of you ladies and gentlemen are quite generous and supportive. There are only a few instances of flared tempers, but I can dodge those arguments all right. And I've seen more beautiful fabrics and quilts since coming here than before. So I'm enjoying my visit here. I'm guessing I'll actually be posting less when I have the time and money to quilt. I mostly peek in during the day as a short study break, and then return to my homework. But the quilting is something that has deepened my friendship with Rose, and that's certainly not a bad thing. =) -georg |
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