Back in Oregon!

Hi Launie..

Sorry you had to return early but glad you had a good visit. We sure enjoyed the dinner with you on your drive east.

Hi All, This is the first time I have posted on RCTQ but have been lurking for about 3 years. I have not come forward before because you all are so far advanced in your quilting than I am. I read Launie's post and "out I come" because I live 3 miles from Mall of America. It is an enormous place to shop and not ONE quilt shop....LOL There are a few quilt shops in our little neighborhoods. Also JoAnn's and Hancock's not too far away.

I am DD. I started quilting about 12 years ago when my youngest DD had twin boys. A quilting group took me in (down in FL) and taught me how to strip quilt two matching but opposite color baby quilts for the boys. I have made wall hangings....I love to hand quilt....for both DD's and myself. I have made a twin quilt for one other grandson and one grandaughter. Now another boy is going into a "bib boy bed" and have started collecting fabric for his twin quilt. I have a few UFQ around here. I really like the piecing vs quilting it. I am in awe of you ladies and men that can post the pictures of their quiltls. I do not have any way to post pictures because we don't have a camera that works like that. I am pretty computer/electronic dense, so don't think any of my projects will be put up on this or any board. DD

Welcome aboard, DeeDee. I'm also a Minnesotan; I live in Rochester. I don't get to MOA very often -- I'm not big on shopping, especially if there's no fabric involved. My daughter & I do the Race for the Cure every May, so I do make a trip to the Mall then, though I let her drive, as she lives in Burnsville and shops there often.

You can have your photos put on a CD when you have them developed and then you can upload them to Webshots or a similar site fairly easily. If you're ever in the market for a new camera, some of the digitals are really simple and make it real easy to upload photos. Meanwhile, I guess we'll just wait to meet you in person and see your photos and maybe even a quilt or two.

Julia > >> Hi Everyone,

Hi DD! I don't live in MN, but I did go to the Mall once!

Whether you're a beginner or professional quilter, we don't care! Everyone is welcome - I think we even have some people who don't quilt at all! Welcome to the group, and please don't go back into lurkdom - we're glad you're here!

Welcome, DD! You don't really need a digital camera to be able to post photos:

1. You could -- if you have a scanner (or an all-in-one printer/scanner/etc.) -- scan your printed photos into your computer. It's pretty easy, once you've done it the first time. :)
2. You could ask whoever processes your film if they'd print your photos onto paper, as usual, and also give you a CD with the photos on it in digital form. Then you'd just put the CD into your computer and go from there.

Good luck! :)

Hi Mary, It was great visiting with you and you husband on our way to Minnesota. I wish we had arrived early enough to have dinner again, but we arrived around nine p.m. If you guys are ever in this area, give me a yell. Launie

Hi DD, Glad you joined in. The Mall of America was an experience we won't soon forget! lol I have to say, I'm not much of a mall shopper either. We did not have enough time or money to really get to enjoy it as much as we could. We also did the Aquariam (spelling is wrong, but I'm too tired to care!)

Launie

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Welcome DeeDee. We are all of"mixed" ability and we welcome all lurkers!! lol