Greetings from the Emerald Isle to all you lovely ladies. I just came accross this site this morning while trying to keep myself awake having been woken at the crack of dawn by my six year old. The same fella has to be dragged out of bed on school mornings!
I've only been quilting for about 2 years but I'm totally hooked. I've just joined the Irish Patchwork society here but I'm not sure if I'm going to stick it out there, lots of "thou shallt not" kind of quilters whereas I love my quilts MORE for their mistakes. God didn't make me perfect and I'm happy to be that way!
Fabric on this side of the pond is SOOO expensive, 13 euros a metre which is about 17 dollars. I was on holidays in Maine last summer and discovered Walmart and boy did I have fun. I'm only sorry I didn't buy more. At the moment I buy a lot online form the states, usually from fabricshack.com as they're reasonable with the shipping, costs me about a dollar a yard for shipping.
I'm a teacher and I'm making a quilt with my class this year. The kids are 8-9yrs old and they love it. They're hand-piecing the blocks and I'll put them together with sashing and borders etc. If anyone has any ideas, I'd welcome them...
I hope to get to know you all now that I've found this site. Have a good weekend everyone. Here in Ireland it's mid-term break for the kids so we're off to sunny Spain for a week to visit my husbands parents who live there. Catch up with you all when I get back.
Regards, Mel