Hey Kristen!!! Fancy meeting you here!!! See you on the Cali board! Dianne

Hi Liz I was born and raised in Boston (Roslindale). I spent time with an aunt who lives off Furnace Brook Pkwy when I was growing up. I live in Northern California now, SF Bay area. I love to quilt and have been quilting since 1973. Your quilts are beautiful. Keep on quilting!!! My motto is "She who dies with the most fabric wins!!!!" Dianne

For those of you who are like me and make quilts because the like the fabric and another quilt is just what we don't need, Project Linus gives blankets to children who are seriously ill or traumatized. You can check them out at www.projectlinus.org and find a chapter near you. Joanne

Cathy How did you make out with your "6" hour quilt. My first quilt was a Quilt in a Day Log Cabin by Eleanor Burns. We pieced the tops in an 8 hour class but we were really sewing. At the time I worked as a security guard and I pinned and started quilting that same night. That was 15 years ago, I know I would not have the energy now. I am working on a Garden Gate wallhanging now. Solid background with wonderunder black wrought iron fence you are looking through. Good Luck Pat

Hi, this is my first time on the quilting board. I too am looking at doing a 6 hr quilt by Kaye Wood. Kaye is a member of an organization I belong to...see the next paragraph. I belong to an organization that makes quilts for children in crisis situations, like the battered woman's center, children's cancer hospital, etc....in the Travis/Williamson county area here in Austin, Texas. It is called The Linus Connection. So, since my kids and grandkids and lots of others have all the quilts they need right now, I make alot for Linus. It is a wonderful non profit organization. Anyway, one of my favorite quilts to make is a scrap quilt with red, white and blue patriotic material. It fits well for both boys and girls. You sew the scraps onto a 5 in wide strip of muslin (36 or 45 long) and then add strips of solid (usually red or blue) inbetween the strips and on top and bottom and it makes a really cute quilt. If anyone wants more info, email me. I actually have to tie my quilts because I have lupus and fibromylegia. I think someday soon I will take a machine quilting class and see if I can do some of that. I have tried and have a hard time handling the material and it gets bunched up. Coordination and strength problem. I am two months post op on 6/29. I haven't weighed in a week, but at almost 7 weeks I was -54lbs since the surgery and -73 altogether. It hasn't been a breeze, but not too hard either. I am finding eating actual food to be a challenge, especially with getting all my protein and liquids in!! Take care of yourselves and I will come by more often. Jackie K.