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    From Switzerland, with Love

    Hello,

    my name is Ursula, I'm 52 and live in a small town near our capital city, Bern. For the last 22 years I've been running a "Hotel Mama".

    When I started joining bits and pieces of fabric (blouses and shirts from thrift shops, fabric brought home from holidays, old bedlinen... )35 years ago, I did get some rised eyebrows. At that time, old ladies would knit or chrochet granny squares. And they would most certainly not purchase their yarn second hand!

    My first quilt was made in metric measurements. I used loads of pins and had no cutting mat or rotary blade. I'd easily finish 3 quilts nowadays in the time it took to do this one. Who said that the sum of our errors is called experience? Soon I abandoned the metric system because nothing beats a quater of an Inch, not even a scant quater of an Inch :-)).

    Since I came across Jenny and her tutorials I must admit the second hand aspect is on the recline. I surrendered to the beauty of MSQC's pre cuts. Nothing beats a well balanced Layer Cake or Jelly Roll.
    My favourite pattern is the double slice. Take a Layer Cake, Jenny's tutorial et volà!

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    Welcome from Missouri! Renate is from Winterthur, some day I want to visit your beautiful country!

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      Thank you for your kind words and say hi to Renate. I gather she's one of the ladies in the picture?

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        Welcome from Iowa! Hope to see you here often.
        TODAY IS A GOOD DAY...TO HAVE A GOOD DAY...Genny

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          Welcome from central Missouri.

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            Hi from Northeastern Ohio!
            ~ Rosie ~

            Shop: It's Coming Up Rosie

            ~ The "Dream Team" ~
            "Penny" - Brother VQ2400" ~ "Leia" - Brother PR655 6-Needle Embroidery Machine
            "Rosie" - Viking Eden Rose 250C ~ "Pearl" - Viking Designer SE LE
            "Thor" - Juki TL-2010Q ~ ~ "Sally" - Singer ProFinish Serger ~

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              Warm welcome to the forum from Missouri. So glad you decided to join us!
              sigpicwww.whisperofrose.blogspot.com


              Scottie Mom Barb

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                Welcome from Alabama. I bet you have made some nice ones though time demanding. Yes, I am looking forward to precut seems much easier.

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                  I love your words - "the sum of our errors is called experience"
                  Welcome to the forum :-)
                  Preeti
                  http://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.com/

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                    Hi Geneviève
                    Didn't know where to go and ended up here;-)) Thank you for your inviting words. Will probably be around for quite while. Have a feeling it's going to be good.Ursula

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                      Hi BobW

                      Love your working cat. One of my quilts was made for a cat as well. If I knew how to attach a picture I'd show you.

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                        Hi Ursula, welcome from Utah, USA. The two ladies in Jean's picture are Jenny Doan, and Jean herself. Renata is another of our forum friends. I'm so glad you found us, and hope you will feel comfortable posting your thoughts on the various threads. This is a kind and happy place, and sometimes funny and silly, and sometimes full of compassion for various woes. But always, it's a place full of quilting love and ideas.
                        sigpicMiss Sheri

                        For me, it's all about Love, . . . Always!

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                          Thank you. It's Irish humour. Love the Country.

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