Look at me, I am blogging!

Hi, my name is Karen and I live in a suburb of St. Paul, MN with my 2 children. I have been lurking on quilting blogs since early summer of this year. I had major surgery and had time but no energy so I read quilting blogs.  My first quilting was done in about 1985. I was working for a local fabric store, and made this pillow for a display.

All of the stitching was done by hand. The book this came from called it shadow quilting. There is a shear fabric on top of the cut out shapes, and then you quilt it. You then get a shadowed effect. I remember I enjoyed it very much, and moved on to trying a sampler quilt. 30 years later, and I only have a few blocks done for that sampler. I will show them in my next post.

My desire to quilt 'someday' was always there, but single parenthood was my first priority. My children are now 11 and 13, so I have some breathing space for a hobby or something. So I chose quilting - my dear SIL started before me (both at the same fabric store in the 1980's and the quilting!). She is very prolific, and may join me on my blog.

I have had fun reading all of the blogs and joining many (too many?) as a follower - especially through the Wantobe Quilter campaign. I am amazed at how much quilting has changed in the past couple of decades.  Be back soon, and happy blogging!