I'm tickled pink to have found this group! I'm Pam from Iowa, semi-retired, living in a very small town (pop 220) with a husband, two cats, and a dog. I made my first quilt about 20 years ago. It was from a kit -- one of those kits with printed blocks -- you use embroidery thread to make the design and then just sew the blocks together. Not quite patchwork, but it turned out nice and encouraged me to keep going. The next quilt was just pink, white, and blue squares -- I didn't know about blocks so I stitched the squares together in long rows and then put the rows together. Don't laugh at me!

One of my daughter's friends visited awhile back, and he was surprised that people are "still quilting". He thought it was a dying art. LOL! I set him straight.

Looking forward to getting to know everyone and sharing patterns, tips, photos!

Welcome, Pam, from a fellow Iowan (though I live in Arizona now). Everyone here will definitely make you feel welcome and it's a great place to come for sharing all kinds of things.

Cheers,
Patrick

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Hello Pam and welcome to BC This is a great place to find friendship, help and encouragement.... and fantastic tips too
These ladies and gents will amaze you I look forward to seeing you around a lot
Have fun here
Jacqui

Hi Pam!! glad you have joined us here!!

Hi Pam!

We meet in another thread. So glad you are getting acquainted with our site.

Thanks for the warm welcome! There sure is a lot to explore here. Those things are so cute! I'll have to restrain myself.

Welcome, Pam from another Iowan! Although, I know we can't be in the same town, as mine has about 275 people!

Jami

Welcome Pam, I'm new to BC and still something of a novice quilter even though I've been quilting on and off for 20+ years. The ladies here are incredibly talented and I've become so much more industrious and focused since I've joined. Inspiration abounds in every thread! Have fun.

Melita

Jami, I'm in Woolstock -- it's about 30 miles east of Fort Dodge, 80 miles north of Des Moines. Our claim to fame is that George Reeves (the TV Superman from the 50's) was born here.

I was raised in Iowa, but lived in Seattle for about 25 years. Except for not being able to find Thai food, I prefer Iowa. Fresh fish would be nice too. But our beef is better, and you can't get a tenderloin sandwich anywhere in Seattle.

Melita, me too -- I still consider myself a novice even though I've made about 50 quilts. I've just recently started to stretch myself and get out of my comfort zone, work on more difficult stuff. But I'm still leery of working with triangles!