My Introduction

NAME: Rochelle (and that's my youngest Brendon)

WHERE DO YOU LIVE: Utah

HOBBIES: Running, chasing my two boys, blog stalking, and watching TV

SEWING EXPERIENCE: ummmm.....back in 7th grade we did a section in our TLC class on sewing....but my mom has sewed my whole life and will be supervising my every action - so I promise it won't turn out bad!!!  I'm excited to start learning to sew!

WHAT IS YOUR BEST FEATURE:  My husband would say my boobs while breastfeeding....but I'd say my eyes

WHAT CRAZY THING DO YOU WANT TO TRY:  Running a half and a full marathon one day!

WHAT MAKES YOU PANIC:  I'm with Abigail - just thinking about what could happen to my kids gives me anxiety!

Anyway - I'm Rachel's (and Rosanne's) cousin - just so you know how I fit.  So excited to get to know you all and get an awesome quilt!

Introductions!

hey everybody i'm abigail from arkansas! rachel and i are friends here in little rock (so glad she moved here....)! She wanted me to get us started with some icebreaker questions so we could all get to know each other a little better. (and we would love it if you post a picture of yourself so we can put faces with names)! so copy and paste the list with your own answers and photo and make a post asap so we can all get to know you! here goes....



NAME: abigail

WHERE DO YOU LIVE: arkansas (previously OK, TX, NY, China)

HOBBIES: chasing two children, playing nurse at the hospital a couple times a month, learning to sew, keeping up with my extremely long list on google reader, looking for good design

SEWING EXPERIENCE: i have been around people that sew all my life and learned a few things when i was little. i have only recently begun really trying on my own. i make up a lot of things as i go and "wing-it" a lot. goals for the near future: sew a zipper in something and make an adult size article of clothing.

WHAT IS YOUR BEST FEATURE: probably my luscious lips

WHAT CRAZY THING DO YOU WANT TO TRY: i want to live abroad again and i want to open my own women's health clinic

WHAT MAKES YOU PANIC: i panic when my kids get (or almost get) injured, patients in the hospital code (aka heart stops or breathing stops), or i am late getting somewhere.

Hi y'all!

Thanks for putting this together Rach! I used to do old fashioned quilting back when my oldest babies were babies and I was in RS presy and we always had one going for homemaking days/nights, and we used them for raising money (back when RS raised money), and to demo for Missionary open houses. But personally I have never made a quilt, only stitched on the frame when we had them up. So to piece blocks together will be a good experience and fun...I hope! This is actually a homemaking skill we have been told/taught we all should know to use up castaway clothing and such and to know how to make blankets should we need to. I appreciate all your effort! Now, where do we get the patterns?

OH I am supposed to say something about me-huh? I am Granny Graham, Rachel's mom-in-law and Joey's mom and Avery and Ansley's Granny or Granma Pogo since we are known by our dogs! Joey is # 6 of 10 kids, and we are expecting grandbaby #16 in June! What blessings! I am excited to think I might have the time and energy to do something like this. I graduated from nursing school in May of 09 and will be working soon in the school system. I was an acute care nurse on the ortho floor and then in mental health. But I want to be close to my last baby at home, for her last two years of school so I am getting into the school system and will be working there soon. I taught myself to sew when my kids were little, but will try the piecing of a block and hope I can turn out blocks you will be happy with.