First

Ok, here we go! I guess it's time for me to jump on this band wagon. Now where to start? I think I will start at the beginning.

I remember as a very young child sitting under a quilt "tacked" to wooden frames. The frames were supported in each corner with the chairs from our kitchen table. It was a magical place. It was where I watched Saturday morning cartoons with my sister and cousins. It was where I played Barbies and 'house'. It was where I would listen to grown-up talk. Or at least I thought I was.

I grew up in the era of "tied" quilts. Often my mom and grandma would buy sheets (or fabric)and tie the quilts with yarn. I don't remember ever seeing pieced quilts. Although my mom had a large assortment of scrap fabrics. Speaking of scraps...

This was the first quilt I ever made. I was about 12 years old. How do you like those colors? I rummaged through my mom's scraps (now we call it a "stash") picking out a solid that matched my print. My template was a piece of cardboard I used to trace each square and then I cut the square out with scissors. No rotary cutter or cutting mat for me.

This was the sewing machine I made my quilt on. It is a Singer 'featherweight'. It belonged to my mom and last year for my birthday she asked me what I wanted. You guessed it! I love this machine. It brings back a lot of wonderful memories. Some day I will show you what I sew with now.

This was the very beginning of my journey as a quilter. As a newlywed my husband bought me a sewing machine at a yard sale. I sewed Halloween costumes and clothes for my young kids. But as they grew they liked the mall clothes better and no longer went Trick-or-Treating. About 5 years ago my friend Sherri reintroduced me to the quilting world. Now I'm totally hooked! I have wonderful quilting friends aka peeps (you know who you are). Now I'm ready to fly with this blogging thing and hopefully gain some new friends out there in the blogging world.

One more thing: Thanks Sherri for helping me get started!