Vintage Trailer Quilt

Vintage Trailer Quilt

Friday, December 18, 2009

Happy Quilting

I was thinking about how did I get my start in quilting. My husband and I decided to semiretire in 2001. We lived in the Denver area for 20 years and was ready for country living. We decided to move to Oregon after visiting here several times. We found a small town named Dallas, OR which is 15 miles west of Salem. We purchased a home with 6 acres.
My brother and his wife live near Sacramento,CA. Mary has been a quilter for several years. She told me that I would love quilting. She encouraged me to take a basic quilting class which I did in April 2003. We have a great quilt store in Dallas called Grandma's Attic. I took a 5 week class and was hooked on quilting. I watched Alex Anderson Simple Quilts every day. I went to my 1st Quilt show while I was taking my basis quilting class. I set a goal to enter the show in 2 years. I joined the Mid Valley Quilt Guild in Salem.
My quilting goals for myself were to:
1) Attend a Quilts Shows
2) Visit quilt stores everywhere
3) Visit museum that display quilts
Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum, Golden CO, New England Quilt Museum Lowell,MA La Connor Quilt and Textile Museum, La Connor, WA
4) Attend Quilting Expo, Festival etc.
NW Quilting Expo, Portland OR, Sewing Expo, Pullallup WA, Pacific International Quilt Festival Santa Clara CA, Houston Quilt Festival Houston TX
5) Take classes to learn more about quilting
6) Enter my quilt in a show ect.
Polk County Fair, Oregon State Fair, Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show, Sisters OR, and my quild quilt show
7) No UFO's I finish every quilt I make.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Happy Quilting

I have decided to start a blog today about quilting. I took my first quilting class in 2003 at Grandma's Attic in Dallas,Oregon. It has been my love and passion since that time. I will write more at a later time. I'm looking forward to writing about quilting and quilting activities