A Favor of you Please

Thats so very true. Its a most supportive group. We are indeed lucky to have found it and kept it going as it is. Diana

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Oh, Ann, what a wonderful, moving story! What a great legacy your mom left you all. Wow! See...that's how I see quilting, parts of us we leave behind with everyone we teach to quilt, give a quilt, or sees our quilts. It's our mark on the world. If we can pass on our love of quilts and quilting to just one person, who then in turn passes it on....what a difference we will have made!

No way. No overnight trips without kids until they can vote. Oh, and DD#1 will be entering a secluded all-girls school next year.

In article , Diana Curtis writes

Hmm I joined when I first got my own computer and got online (until then I had been looking at a few ngs on a friends computer at his home once a week). That musta been in '97 but I have a real bad memory so it could have been a year either side.

I joined this ng cos I liked quilting. I stay because its like home - warm and comfy and full of people who I love, even though we all get made at each other sometimes. I have made some of my best friends here and done things I would never have done otherwise.

Hope you're feeling better real soon. :-)

Sounds like your DH would get along well with my son. He has a button he wears that says "Incorrigible punster. Please do not incorrige." LOL....I've been thinking about embroidering that on a T shirt for him.

Aha - if you like mead, you need to get Anty Krysia to send you a bottle of honey vodka - Krupnik - from Poland - its like mead, but on steroids...

And - picture the scene if you will - O'Hare Airport Immigration desk, "what is the purpose of your visit" "to visit friends off the internet" and me promptly digging in my purse for a well-thumbed piece of paper with Sarah's address written on it.. you should have seen the look on the immigration officers face...

Suzie B p.s. - when you gonna tell us why you started and etc?

-- "From the internet connection under the pier" Southend, UK

You are a good dorter. I knewed I rezed you rightly ; ) Love Mom (pattin 'erself very very gently on the back)

CNYstitcher wrote:

Thanks Diana and Jalynne.

My Mom was a remarkable lady. All of her grandchildren know how precious that Mother's Day was and the quilts they received. Mom had made some of the quilts with a certain person in mind. It's amazing but that person picked the quilt that was made with them in mind.

Ann

Right on all counts Diana It was really tough writing what I did but I knew it's also a good thing to share.

I'm slowly getting through everyone else's "favours to Diana" and they are all very interesting. Thanks for asking.

Ann

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That is a great goal. Finishing feels pretty darn good! Thank you for sharing your story! Diana

Thank you Jalynne, I dont think I could have said it better myself. Diana

Thank you Ann, your story is most touching. What a loving gift your mother gave, her quilts, her time, herself, her love. I envy you that. Diana

LOL... love it. Diana

Thank you Ally, every post I have read in this thread has made me smile, and think, and that makes me feel better! Im glad you found home here too! Diana

A lovely story Diana (almost as lovely as you!).

Well... I was waiting till everyone else had their say but since you asked so nicely Ill dive in now. I wanted to make quilts because they looked so homey. This was back in the hippy days of make it yourself. My mom was a wonderful clothing maker but had not tried making quilts. I couldnt learn it from her or any other family member so I learned the basics from a woman who was over from South Africa on a strange Tom Sawyer type adventure with a young man from California. I made a few blocks and that was about it until a few years later when I made my first quilt. That was a laughable yet loveable affair, all cotton sheets and bits and bobs from Moms sewing bag. There was a badger of fleece and a muskie *fish* out of uncut cordoroy, and it was machine everything I think. It had part of a comforter, nylon covered, as its batt and my ex took it in the divorce and later returned it. The batt is making a return appearence in my siggy quilt! Later I made quilts from cotton and poly cotton cause it was I could get for free.or frugally.. and I made quilts. Or quilt tops anyway. My son found me RCTQ some years ago. I posted hesitantly at first... then somehow I finally figured it out, that I was welcome here, no matter how wonky my seams... no matter if I ever finished a quilt or not. It seemed that my brand of playing around was fine, that it was not a quilt police kind of group. Now, youd have to use dynamite to get rid of me. I cant picture a time when I wont want to come here to laugh, or mourn, or celebrate (anything.. heck.. a day of good health seems a good reason to smile and say whooohoooo!) and maybe even talk quilting a bit! Oh, thats what held me back at first. I felt I had nothing to offer... I am not a technically good quilter. As for the mead... cyber mead is my strength.. but its super strong.. believe me! LOL Hugs, Diana

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"Paul & Suzie Beckwith" wrote in messagenews: snipped-for-privacy@news.blueyonder.co.uk...> Aha - if you like mead, you need to get Anty Krysia to send you a> bottle of honey vodka - Krupnik - from Poland - its like mead, but on> steroids...

I read RCTQ for several months before I posted the first time. I had to learn all the abbreviations - were more used in the past or do I just imagine it? - and then I had to think of a question that I thought was worthy enough of everyone's time. I can't remember what it was now! I stay because I have read over 100 books on quilting and none of them match up to the vast experience provided by this group. The range and diversity of textile interests and experience that are found at RCTQ among the regulars and lurkers is truly astounding. What I hope to find in my quilting future is the energy and drive to do more contemporary pieces, with bold use of colors and shapes! I have made myself a promise - no more quilts of just squares (2 tatw to my name now, and a bargello of sorts). From now on I want to learn a new technique with every project I do, not just repeat past successes. I hope these answers have entertained you!

-- Jo in Scotland

Why, thank you Sharon! :-) Diana, with hugs and all!