SUZANNE PRATT wrote in a message to CHRISTI WALKUP:
-> We love getting new peoples in our echos. tell us a little about 
-> yourself and what kind of crafting you do besides making beautiful c 
-> ildren. Some of who work only get on every other day. but thats ok. 
-> because we just love visiting and sharing our days. 
 SP>  
 SP> Hi, I haven't been on in a few days (spending more time quilting at
 SP> my sisters)  
YEP!!  My house!!! (Why does that "My House" song run through my mind when I 
say that?)  We had soooo much fun!!
 SP> so I just saw your message this morning (7/14).  A little about
 SP> myself....  Well, I have 5 children -- a son and 4 daughters, who
 SP> range in age from 4  to 25.  I work at Kimberly Clark as a computer
 SP> programmer on the Accounts  Receivable system.  My real love
 SP> besides my children is my needlework --   quilting is my favorite
 SP> but I also do smocking, cross stitch, needlepoint,  hardanger,
 SP> drawn thread, etc.  I hate to cook so I try to do as little  of
 SP> that as possible -- fortunately my husband loves to cook and is
 SP> quite  good at it, so I can usually pass this chore on to him.   
Susie, cook is a four letter word!
 SP>  
 SP> I have been enjoying all the posts -- I usually have to skim thru
 SP> most of  them.  Pat and I spent the weekend making blocks for the
 SP> exchanges so the  winners of the QBE and the MQBE should be getting
 SP> those soon.  We really had  
 SP> fun -- there is nothing more fun than quilting -- except perhaps
 SP> getting  to plow thru someone else's fabric stash!!!  At one point
 SP> we felt the urge  to go to Hancocks to get some thread -- of
 SP> course, while we were there we  saw just a few pieces of fabric
 SP> that we both thought would add to our  stash's well -- everyone
 SP> needs a well-rounded stash!! 
Wait till the MQBE and the QBE's arrive at the winner's houses.  They are
great!!  Susie really did a wonderful job on them!  I had given her full use
of my stash and my scraps so she had fun just picking out the colors!  Sue 
didn't tell everyone that while at Hancock's I gave her a belated birthday 
present of a quilt tote bag, you know, one of those big ones that holds all
of your tools and fabric for a king sized quilt.  She had carried her stuff
up in plastic tubs (overflowing ones at that).
 SP>  
 SP> Got to get back to the grindstone -- hope everyone has a nice day. 
Glad to get you out of lurk mode!  Have a good day Susie.  Oh, are we still
on for the swap?  I keep Elizabeth and you take Chris?   :)
Later!,
           Pat 
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