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Reception => Hi, I'm new... => Topic started by: Butterfly on September 22, 2020, 08:50:04 AM

Title: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Butterfly on September 22, 2020, 08:50:04 AM
Good morning everyone!  So happy to be here amongst you clever and experienced sewers. I've done a little sewing in the past and managed to gather material and all sorts of sewing aids. Having spent lockdown viewing youtube videos about all types of sewing, my mind is a muddle of what to do and where to start, and at the moment I feel like an artist afraid of a  blank canvas.  I'm interested in having a go at applique and quilting, and I know I should start with something small (though that's never stopped me from biting off more than I could chew in the past :)) Please bear with me as I have sooooo many questions.
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Acorn on September 22, 2020, 09:03:58 AM
Hello and welcome!  We love questions.   :)   
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Bodgeitandscarper on September 22, 2020, 09:05:25 AM
Hello from an ex (South) Derbyshire girl (near Swadlincote)  0_0

I know nothing about quilting, I make garments, but there's lots of very knowledgeable peeps on here.

It is mandatory to show us pics of your makes  0_0
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Acorn on September 22, 2020, 09:08:52 AM
Oh yes, I forgot to add that I grew up very close to Derbyshire - across the water from @Bodgeitandscarper, in the neighbouring county.  I'm not aware that we knew one another, but who knows?  We may have met at some point!
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Post by: Efemera on September 22, 2020, 09:09:01 AM
Hello there...
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Bodgeitandscarper on September 22, 2020, 09:13:01 AM
Oh yes, I forgot to add that I grew up very close to Derbyshire - across the water from @Bodgeitandscarper, in the neighbouring county.  I'm not aware that we knew one another, but who knows?  We may have met at some point!
Oh my gosh, @Acorn , across the water?  You mean Burton?  You poor thing  :laughing:
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Acorn on September 22, 2020, 09:18:36 AM
Nah, it was a great place to grow up!  :P  Swad, though...  :rolleyes:
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Post by: SewRuthieSews on September 22, 2020, 09:23:17 AM
Welcome, I'm in NE Derbyshire just outside outside Chesterfield. I grew up in Manchester but love the Derbyshire countryside very much.
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Post by: Greybird on September 22, 2020, 09:41:50 AM
Hello and welcome.
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Post by: Lilian on September 22, 2020, 10:06:55 AM
Welcome @Butterfly from another Derbyshire gal. I am in the heart of the shire.  :drink: :)
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Post by: Silver Rose on September 22, 2020, 10:27:37 AM
Welcome to TSP @Butterfly
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Post by: UttaRetch on September 22, 2020, 14:01:33 PM
Welcome @Butterfly.  No question is too stupid to ask, so don't be shy.
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Post by: Kenora on September 22, 2020, 14:07:10 PM
A warm welcome from me too.  :)
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Post by: Puzzler on September 22, 2020, 14:15:21 PM
Welcome. You will be warmly embraced, encouraged and enabled on this forum.
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Post by: fajita on September 22, 2020, 15:09:57 PM
Welcome @Butterfly  :flower: :drink:
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Post by: hernibs on September 22, 2020, 16:55:08 PM
Welcome to the forum from someone across another wee stretch of water - love Derbyshire though!!
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Post by: maliw on September 22, 2020, 17:04:01 PM
Hello and welcome from me too.
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Butterfly on September 22, 2020, 17:13:20 PM
Welcome, I'm in NE Derbyshire just outside outside Chesterfield. I grew up in Manchester but love the Derbyshire countryside very much.

I'm just outside Chesterfield too  :)

Thank you to all who have sent messages of welcome, they are very much appreciated.
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Surest1tch on September 22, 2020, 19:59:56 PM
A very warm welcome from me too @Butterfly,
I'm an ex N E Derbyshire gal too, lived in Chesterfield until I was 16 then moved to Yorkshire looking for work in the early 1970's, love it here and only go back to visit family now.
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Mick on September 23, 2020, 21:46:05 PM
I'm just outside Chesterfield too  :)

Thank you to all who have sent messages of welcome, they are very much appreciated.

Welcome, (a little late), from yet another Spireite.

Like you, I was a total beginner when I joined this forum.
But thanks to the advice and encouragement I got from the members here, I'm still a beginner, but know an awful lot about hoarding fabric...  :loveit:
Title: Re: Derbyshire gal here
Post by: Acorn on September 23, 2020, 21:51:16 PM
Yep, that is our specialist area.   :thumbsup:   :P
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Post by: WildAtlanticWay on September 25, 2020, 15:44:19 PM
Welcome to TSP from an originally East Mids person.