Same Journey...Diffferent Day

 

All aboard! Ladies and gentlemen…we have encountered a slight delay in blog departure. Before we get this blog train steaming down the tracks a few things need to be highlighted and commented on and about. 

One…I must take a moment to thank an individual, two really. One, Elaine, her support, guidance, encouragement, and foresight has made the last 60+ years of having her being a part of my life more than just purposeful. I am who I am because of her. She honestly is the better half. I still have some rough edges that need work…thankfully she hasn’t given up. 

The second individual is one of a very special group, quilters, that encompasses what keeps me moving, keeps me busy, keeps me motivated and keeps me living with a daily purpose. The move from Virginia to Pennsylvania meant leaving a cast of some terrific quilters that let me be a part of their quilting journey. Once settled and ready to longarm again was not quite as productive. I didn’t know any locals, not familiar with any guilds and thankful for having Quilts of Valor to keep me busy. The worry about generating another group of quilters to share the journey with was short lived. Dottie Thomas, often referred to as “The Machine” contacted me about longarming some of her work. Our first meeting involved six quilts that needed longarming. Since that first encounter, she was responsible, for the first two years, for 80% of the quilters I longarm for. Her introductions and referrals put Studio One, Thee Leatherneck Kilted Quilter and We Quilt on the Pennsylvania map. The number of quilters I get to share with has grown. The appreciation I have for Dottie reaching out and providing me with an opportunity to share my craft with others is a memory I will hold dear forever. 

Dottie, to you, and all of you that have allowed me to be a part of your quilting journey, one quilt or an endless number of quilts, from my body, soul, and whole heart…Thank you. Thank you all whether from PA, VA, MD, DE, NC, and to the many volunteers from the Quilts of Valor Foundation, coast to coast, who we have longarmed for, quilted with and been allowed to award QOV’s to the many who are or have stood watch over our freedoms and liberties. 

As you scroll down the blog you’ll come to “Source Links.” Links to us, links to organization(s) and links to vendors. Regarding the links to vendors…we have not, not now or not ever taken any gratuities. If we post a link to a vendor, it is because they have earned our business based on the quality of their product, meeting the claims they advertise, and their customer support. Being part of our daily lives and providing us with all three of the above mentioned…the least we can do is reference them here on our blog. We encourage you to give them an opportunity to be a part of your quilting journey as they have ours. This is true with any testimonials we make, recommendations we may provide in our entries, photos, or videos we post here or on wequilt.org including later additions to the Source Links.

 All Aboard!!! Oh yeah, Quilt till you wilt, we do.