ANOTHER QUILTTING LOVER

Hello Fellow Quilters: I got a great chuckle out of your stories about your cats. I have (3) indoor cats and (8) cats in our barn here on the farm. Yes, they do like to try out every quilt I make before and after the quilting is done. Usually all (3) of them are laying side-by-side on our bed all snuggled in for a long days nap. At nighttime watch out. THEY ARE ALIVE! I just finished a king size, double irish chain quilt in burgandy and pink with the main background in white on white. Just received my stack-n-whack butterfly quilt back from the quilters. Such a joy to see the quilting all done and the quilt finished. I love to put the binding on as I enjoy hand work. I will have my surgery this Monday, 8/22/05 at Shawnee Mission, KS. Keep me in your prayers. Quilt till you drop! Donna Roberts on the farm

Good luck on your surgery Monday. Your recoup. time should give you plenty of time for hand work. I too enjoy hand work. I've got 3 quilts in the works. 2 are Grandma's flower gardens-all being hand done. There will be no machine stitching on it at all. The other is a snowball floral quilt. It's quite pretty. Our guild is doing them for comfort quilts for a local cancer dr/clinic. Aren't stack and whack's fun? I just finished the blocks for one.. Your Irish Chain sounds beautiful. And yes all the animals must try out and help with the arranging of the blocks and trying out of the quilts as they are being done. My puppy wants to sit in my lap as I sew at the machine. But has to be content with a chair pulled up as close as possible (touching) and then she is ok. But we still have to take lap breaks. Donna, I will keep you in my prayers. Happy Quilting! Cheryl 9 years out

I am rather new to this message board. Never thought about looking here. I usually stick to my state board as I don't have a lot of computer time. I LOVE to quilt. I just recently started and my first quilt was a stack & whack. I love them. I am looking to find more books with stack & whack patterns. My hubby got my first book for me last year for my birthday. I have done 4 of the quilts in the past year. They have all been wall hangings or lap quilts. The only thing with me is I do all of my stitching BY HAND. That tends to be a little fun with the stack & whack. How have things been going since your surgery? Peggy Jones 326/171/145

Hi Peeps, I'm a quilter too... I didn't even know they had a quilting site, I pretty much stick to the Cali board, but I'm always open to meeting new people. I just got a stack'n'wack quilt back from the machine quilters too... and I'm about to start my binding... I hate to brag, but this quilt is absolutely beautiful. I've only sewen about 8 quilts now and with each quilt my skill gets better. (meaning my corners are meeting in the proper places and I'm definately getting faster). I'm also getting really good at choosing colors. I've made another stack'n'wack quilt that I'm about to put the boards on too. I need to find another pattern to work on besides stack'n' wack, althought I think they make up so pretty. I'll check back again later! Happy Holidays everyone! Chris

Chris I couldn't believe it! I didn't know you were a quilter! Me too. I haven't checked this board in forever. We need to get together. Dianne