Hi, I have just joined. I was making my own clothes long before I got to an age to be eligible to learn at school. This caused me all sorts of problems, because I felt I knew a lot more than the teacher was teaching; she was starting from the bottom. Let's make a handkerchief sort of thing, when I was wearing a dress I had made myself. If there was a special thing coming up, I wouldn't think of buying a dress, I would go get material.

Anyway, two giant dogs and a bad back caused me to stop sewing some years ago. I now have an itch to begin again, but I would like to learn to quilt and I am also planning on buying a machine with lots of embroidery stitches on. I've never done that so am interested in talking to experts on both those things.

My first love is and always will be dogs and I currently have a thirteen month old Golden Retriever.