New here and intro :o)

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum and pretty new to sewing. Well, I've done a few quilts wall hangings, curtains, fabric bowls and purses but never anything to do with clothing until last week. Last week I resized some T-shirts that were too big for me. I've had them a long time and wanted to wear them so I asked for help and got it. :) Here is what I came up with. They are getting a little better with everyone I do.

of my photo albums are here: first experience with sewing was October of 2003. I'm not that new but new enough. :o)I have no clue why but I became interested in quilting.I cleaned out an old junk room (plaster half off) that had seen better days and placed my old Brother machine (XR-31) that had only been used to sew up ripped knees in my boys jeans on a little wooden school desk.I found out there was a quilt shop about ten minutes away by searching on line. They had a website and they were going to be starting a block of the month club. You pay $5 and go once a month to pick up the packet of fabric and instructions on how to make the block and if you go every month you end up with a quilt for $5 :)I bought all the items I needed to get started at her shop and it was SO expensive but I didn't know that until I didsome research later on. She showed me how to use the rotary cutter and how to get a 1/4" seam and I was on my own. I bought some cheapie fabric at Walmart to practice cutting and when I went to try I had no idea what I was suppose to do. LOL! I went through lots of frustration but ended up with a cute table runner and then I started the block of the month.The frustration level was very high as the local quilt shop owner proved to be very rude (laughing at me) and I ended up not going back after the block of the month was done.I again went to the internet to find quilting buddies and help and found a local guild. I have buddied up with a gal that is about 10 miles away. She is very busy but we get together once a month and I have emailed and called her a few times. She's the best.My "MAIN" support though I have to say is internet groups either yahoo groups or forums. The feeling of being stuck now doesn't frustrate me so much because I know that there is help through the cable lines. LOL.All of my quilts (6) have been Mystery Quilts except for one so it wasn't the seeing of what the project would end up like. I really don't have a clue what got me started.I then wanted a bigger sewing machine to machine quilt easier and went to a Janome Workshop. The project we did to try the two machines out was a Patchwork Purse. Well, that got me interested in purses. I don't have a clue either what led me to Lazy Girl Designs but the "LOOK" of the item is what draws me to make a purse. Photos of what others have made draws me to make an item . To want remake an item is the ease of making it and the functionality of what I have made.I would like to make some PJ bottoms but never seem to get at it.Shortly after getting into quilting my husband became laid off and he said he would put a few electrical outlets in as I was running off a pull chain light for electricity. He thought about it a bit and said lets move your stuff into the bedroom and redo the whole room up nice. That was so neat of him. I got busy making curtains and a wall hanging for "MY" new room. Raising two sons I longed for some "pink" so pink because the focus fabric and pink became the door and window casing paint color. I love that little room although I have threatened to expand it into the next room. :) husband was laid off so long that WE redid the whole upstairs that hadn't been toughed since the 50's I think. LOL!I since have gotten into machine embroidery, hand and machine knitting. I use to be an avid bread baker still get into it once in a while and use to do macramé and weaving a little.That's a small part of my story. I enjoyed writing it out. :)Really..........I'm "NOT" usually this chatty. LOL!Susie in northern NY