Roll Call!

If they have been celebrating the New Year in a traditional way then web
sots might be totally appropriate. :-)
Diana

--
Weird people need beads, too
"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
...
Trishie is suffering from NYE too! Shouldn't that be "webshots" in the
siggy line, not "web sots". Hugs and LOL

--
Sharon from Melbourne Australia
Queen of Down Under
http://www.geocities.com/shazrules/craft.html
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/shazrules/my_photos
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" Pete 'n' Trish" wrote in message
...
Hello I'm trish in Syney. Thats Syney Australia. I am closer to Melinda
than
Sharon. I have only been quilting since '99. I an in my fourties (shhh)
I
arrived in Australia from New Zealand in '99. I am a registered nurse
working in a jail. So quitling is stress relief for me. My QI's are two
tanks of tropical fish and some Superb Parakeets but Pete ( the other
half )is a printer so has a good eye for colours. I have started two
other
nurses and two lady prison officers quilting as well. I machine quilt
and
have bought a Janome 10001. But have been back to university studying so
two
more assignments to go and whoo hoo stitching heaven.Hope all the
newbies
stay as this is a great bunch of folk here .. trish in Sydney
www.communitywebsots.com/user/trishinsydney

And of course, we hoping someone took her keys and didn't let her drive.
Friends don't let websots drive. Polly

"Diana Curtis" wrote in message
...
If they have been celebrating the New Year in a traditional way then web
sots might be totally appropriate. :-)
Diana

--
Weird people need beads, too
"Sharon Harper" wrote in message
...
Trishie is suffering from NYE too! Shouldn't that be "webshots" in the
siggy line, not "web sots". Hugs and LOL

I'm known to friends and family as Bonnie. I'm married to
Ralph for 39 years and have been sewing all that time -
quilting on and off for that period also. Two kids (38 +
33) and one granddaughter.


--
Bonnie
NJ

Hello!
Welcome to RCTQ.
I am as Official Chocolate Taster of RCTQ.
I live in a Palace in Virginia, USA. You can send your
chocolate there.
I am also known as Queen of Everything.
BTW, I quilt.
TTFN, PAT in VA/USA

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!

Back you are, indeed! Same joyful Joy we remember, too!

Karen, Queen of Squishies
saying hello from IL
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* We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. - Oscar
Wilde *
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www.SimplyMusic.net
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Hi. This is a great idea for the start of a new year!

I'm Marilyn (online as Marigold). I am married for the 3rd and LAST time to
a wonderful guy who is also married for the 3rd and last time! Between us we
have 16 children ( I have 5 biological, he has 5 biological and the other
six were picked up in second marriages but we've kept them all!) They range
in age from 12 to 32. None of them live with us at present, but you never
know what tomorrow might bring. We are now at 18 grandchildren (last one
born Dec 1 2004). We have two dogs (golden retrievers) and 1 calico cat.

I have been sewing as long as I can remember(long time!) Made several baby
quilts back in the early 70's but didn't really think of it as quilting
because it wasn't cutting up scraps! Apparently thats what I thought
quilting was about! I finally made my first scrap quilt about 1982. The hard
way! It is not a work of art! I had no instruction, just cut up squares of
scraps and outgrown kids clothes, stitched them all together in long rows
and then stitched the long rows together, layered it with batting and an old
sheet and attempted to manuever it through my sewing machine to stitch in
the ditch. It's not something I show off, but it sure holds memories! It was
a long painstaking process and almost finished my life as a quilter. Then I
was introduced to a rotary cutter, strip piecing and all the modern miracle
ideas for quilting and now I can't seem to get enough. I want to try it all
!

I am currently finishing my third denim (blue jean scrap) quilt since Nov. I
did a baby quilt in Nov. and sewed several xmas presents that were not
quilts. I'm looking for ideas for a wedding quilt for my biological DS #1
who is getting married in the summer??? (No date yet!)

My husband is a knife maker and together we operate an online webstore for
his knives and knife making supplies. We also have a web hosting business. I
am currently looking at ideas for a quilters gift site (any ideas would be
welcome??) I do t-shirt imprinting, specializing in quilters themes and
knifemakers sayings.
I also do the leatherwork to go with my husbands knives. What I want to try
next is button making from the scraps of exotic wood from his knife
handles.... Kind of like quilting..... using up scraps??

I don't post on here often, but when I'm feeling cut off from the world ( We
live an hour from anywhere in a village of 400 people and I don't have a car
on the road right now!) reading the posts makes me feel like I'm still part
of the world.

Happy New Year to All !
Great quilting in 2005



"frood" wrote in message
news
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,

Ditto from me too. Happy Birthday Georg,
jeanbaby

I'm Leigh, from Australia. I've been married for 18 years. We have two new
QIs; 16 week old JR Terrier pups. I'm a high school English teacher who's
managed to work part time for the last couple of years.

I've been quilting for about 2 1/2 years now, doing hand applique, a bit of
hand quilting, machine piecing and starting to get more adventurous with
machine quilting. I've just put a Janome 6500 on layby and am looking
forward to getting to know that. I also love teddies and have been cross
stitching for many years. There are pics of the QIs and some of my creations
at my website.

I've learnt heaps from the people of this group and the links they have
provided. Thanks to everyone who has helped me improve my quilting knowledge
and abilities, whether they were aware of it or not. :-)

--
Leigh Harris
Perth, Western Australia
www.leighharris.info
(Real email is bearleigh at bigpond dot com)

nbhilyard wrote:

I always think of Nancy Drew's friend George....
My question: what does a late-14th-century quilt look like, and where did
you find 600-year-old fabric? g

Well, ok, it's not 600-year-old fabric... but it is linen of roughly the
same weave, linen floss, and linen thread...

I'm hoping to post a pic this week. I finally got all of the embroidery
done.

It's based on the guiarducci (sp) tapestry, also known as the Tristram
and Isolde quilt, which is in the V&A in London, with a matching one in
the Bargello Museum in Florence. It shows scenes from the Tristram and
Isolde legend, which is tied up in the Arthur mythos.

I picked one of the scenes - two knights fighting- and re did the words
on it (which were Scilian) and the devices on the sheilds. It is to
commemerate a friend becoming a Duke, and will be his scroll (yes, Duke
in SCA).

-georg

Checking in. I'm Jean, (jeanbaby nick-named by DH)(jellybean-jeanbaby a
nick-name from Missy Butterfly) I have done lots of clothing sewing, doll
clothes,knitting,crochet,needlepoint,even oil painting to load my house with
pictures. Lately my passion has been machine and hand quilting for the last
5 years and some appliqué, all this was urged on by my DD. Some know her as
Hobo. She doesn't get on here much cause she is home schooling, quilting,
sewing for 3 little ones under 7.
DH of 45 years this coming Sunday and I lived in California for 44 years,
most recently in the Santa Barbara area for 15 years. Ten months ago we
moved from a ranch to a golf course, bought clubs and took up golf. ha ha
now that is a sight. We can at least find all 18 holes. We moved to N.
Scottsdale, Arizona. Carefree AZ, is only about 3 miles from us. We have a
motor home and have visited some of the quilty ladies on this group when we
are in their neighborhood, which has enriched both DH and my life. We don't
have any QI's. We have two grown children long out of the nest. Hobo and a
single son that is a pilot in Denver.
jeanbaby