"All Quilter Swap" Hints **NEW TITLE** (used to be Secret Pal Hints)

[SHARONMAMAW]

First Name: Sharon

Favorite Colors: All colors

Favorite Style of Fabrics (batiks, homespuns, reproductions, etc): I like all fabrics

Hand or Machine Quilt: Machine

Brand of Machine: Babylock Espire

Favorite Candy: Peanut M&M's

ALLERGY ALERTS: None

Hobbies: all types of crafts; quilting, crochet, painting, and gardening

Pets: 1 dog - Libby, I got her from the dog shelter. I'm not sure what she is, but she is a very good pet!

[jameswife2003]

First Name:Melissa

Favorite Colors:purple

Favorite Style of Fabrics (batiks, homespuns, reproductions, etc):Pretty much anything, especially if it has honeybees on it

Hand or Machine Quilt:both

Brand of Machine:Singer reproduction treadle

Favorite Candy:Lindore truffles

ALLERGY ALERTS:shellfish DS:more than I can mention, don't send food for him:) and most perfumes, I tend to avoid almost anything with a scent to it.

Hobbies:quilting, reading, video games

Pets:1 Campbell's Russian Dwarf hamster named Moadib DS has a cat named Hermes

Edit: I just realized I need more '30's prints.

[TexasQuilter]

First Name: Laura

Favorite Colors: Blue, Purple, jewel tones

Favorite Style of Fabrics (batiks, homespuns, reproductions, etc): All kinds, but really like batiks

Hand or Machine Quilt: Both

Brand of Machine: Brother

Favorite Candy: Any chocolate!

ALLERGY ALERTS: None

Hobbies: Besides quilting - reading

Pets: 4 dogs, 2 cats

[Abbigail]

First Name: Brenda

Favorite Colors: fall & earth colors (rust, greens, browns, blues) and Americana just about all EXCEPT bright colors.

Favorite Style of Fabrics (batiks, reproductions, etc): I like Thimbleberries, Modas, I tend to like the darker type colors or muted colors. I like nautical themes, especially lighthouses. I'm also getting more into the pastel colors now because of the noodle and charm swaps that are going on.

Hand or Machine Quilt: Hand quilting now but want to learn machine quilting.

Brand of Machine: Baby Lock Esante that I don't know how to use yet!

Favorite Candy: Just about anything except sour or gummy candy. No gum.

ALLERGY ALERTS: I don't use perfumed soaps or shower gels. They break me out.

Hobbies: Quilting, crosstitching, traveling, flower gardening (I have over 300 different irises!)and feeding the birds.

Pets: They way I work I don't have the proper time to spend with a pet but I would love to own another warfield red beagle someday. They are the cutest things!

Colors I don't like: The neon bright colors like bright colored oranges, lime greens, etc. I don't really like the mod or retro type fabrics.

[cindyg]

First Name: Cindy.

Favorite Colors: Purples.

Favorite Style of Fabrics: fairy frosts, batiks, tone-on-tone.

Hand or Machine Quilt: Machine quilt or send to a long arm quilter.

Brand of Machine: Janome MC6600P; Juki machine on my quilting frame.

Favorite Candy: Butterfinger Crisp.

ALLERGY ALERTS: Pollen, cat hair, mold spores, housework, & cooking.

Hobbies: Quilting, singing, camping/boating/fishing.

Pets: Buffy (12 yr. old Shih-Tzu), Scooter (2 yr. old Tibetan Spaniel) and Schatzi (1 yr. old Yorkie). Schatzi rules our house.

[DouceFleur1]

First Name: Denise

Favorite Colors: Pink, lilac, lavender, purple; but love all colors too

Favorite Style of Fabrics (batiks, homespuns, reproductions, etc): all kinds

Hand or Machine Quilt: both. I don't have a quilt machine, I mostly do stitch in the ditch with regular machine and hand quilting.

Brand of Machine: Singer 9410, a 50-year old Singer 401A (on which I learn to sew), and a Kenmore that I inherited from my MIL.

Favorite Candy: Chocolate

ALLERGY ALERTS: None

Hobbies: in first place, of course, quilting, knitting, crochet, all kinds of crafts, reading, cooking...

Pets: 2 cats, Pompom 3 1/2 years old and Pipo 3 years old. They're both Manx cats. They have a little tail, like a rabbit tail.

[nur5e]

First Name:Marcia

Favorite Colors:peach, pink, dusty rose, greens...blues aren't my favorite but I seem to have a lot in my stash box and they always come in handy! Basically I like all colors, brights, muted and pastels...guess you could say I pretty open when it comes to colors!

Favorite Style of Fabrics (batiks, homespuns, reproductions, etc):My passion is collecting cotton prints of cats...we are a 'cat' family and youngest DD is going to be a vet. One of these days I will make something out of all my treasures! I also like floral prints, especially anything w roses.

Hand or Machine Quilt:both...depending on the project

Brand of Machine:bernina 130

Favorite Candy:swedish fish and candy corn!!! anything wo milk (except for jelly beans)!

ALLERGY ALERTS:milk! and all dairy products...that makes for a bad situation when I have a craving for chocolate!

Hobbies:quilting, reading, history, collecting anything to do w cats and quilts!,

Pets:2 cats at my house...Arnie-11yo gray tabby & maine coone mix that originally belonged to youngest daughter, and Sarah-3yo gray longhair mix that we fostered for a rescue group and then decided we couldnt live wo! Both DDs have a variety of their own cats and
kittens that have been rescued over the years!


Not my favorite!:Don't care for 'modern' print fabric

[Spudgrandma]

First Name: T-Lynn (Lynn is actually my middle name but I do not use my 1st on-line as it is too unusual.)

Favorite Colors: Neutrals, pastels, muted colors. I guess I'm kind of old fashioned, I don't care for the really bright colors or wild prints.

Favorite Style of Fabrics (batiks, homespuns, reproductions, etc): Right now I'm looking at the reproductions (30s & 40s) and really liking what I see, also Calicos

Machine Quilt: Machine (so far mostly stitch in the ditch. I am getting ready to try my hand at FMQ.)

Brand of Machine: Janome 6600, Viking 500, and a Huskylock 910

Favorite Candy: Cherry cordials, butterscotch drops.

ALLERGY ALERTS: Only a couple of medications.

Hobbies: Quilting, scrapbooking, just enjoying my grandkids.

Pets: Not at present (we have always had outdoor cats and dogs, but we lost our last one to old age about a year ago and have not gotten another)

Spudgrandma/T-Lynn.... aka/PQ

[luv_2quilt60]

First Name:Beverly

Favorite colors:Humm..Yellow, Purples and Blues

Favorite style of fabrics:Florals,Batiks,1930's

Machine Quilt: I Machine Quilt!

Brand Of Machine: Bernina QE440, Singer

Favorite candy....Heath Bars

Allergy Alerts: None

Hobbies: Quilting, cooking and working outside in the spring/summer...and Playing with my grandkids!!

Pets: Mitzy (outside dog) and Betsy

Luv_2quilt60....AKA Beverly

[kho]

First Name: Sandy

Favorite Colors: all,

Favorite Style of Fabrics (batiks, homespuns, reproductions, etc):Florals

Hand or Machine Quilt: I have done both

Brand of Machine:Husqvarna Viking Quilt Designer2, kenmore

Favorite Candy: Baby Ruth, tootsie rolls

ALLERGY ALERTS: coconut

Hobbies: quilting, knitting, crocheting, reading, horses,

Pets: Parrot, Dolly, Pixie, rat terrier who after one year learned to sneeze on command, Wrangler, Australian shepherd, good on watching the gates to keep cattle in, otherwise he's just a big gomer.

Like:Pastels, earthy, fall colors,
don't like the neon colors or the 60's reproduction fabrics