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QuiltingQueen
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Jane
La Porte
Indiana
USA
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 Posted - Jul 13 2005 : 11:58:30 AM
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| Hi! Well, I grew up in the farmland of central Indiana. We were surrounded by hog farms ("sweet stinky") and apple orchards. Now, I live in northwest Indiana. I don't currently live on a farm, but our small rural village is surrounded by farmland, and I help some 84-year-old friends with their 22 acre farm. Lots of gardening there! When I'm not up to my elbows in dirt, I'm busy quilting and taking care of kids and occasionally doing computer projects. Hello to all you other Indiana farmgirls! |
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verbina
True Blue Farmgirl
231 Posts
randi
n.j
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2005 : 2:36:46 PM
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| hi jane, im not a indiana farm girl but hello from a new jersey farm girl. do you quilt by hand? |
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PhillyfarmGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
59 Posts
Yael
Philadelphia
PA
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2005 : 4:49:32 PM
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HI there Jane!
When I lived in Maryland, my neighbors had a hog farm. "Sweet stinky" is not what I thought LOL!
My son use to help them in the barn in the mornings before school. If I could have I would have made him shower outside! As it was, as soon as he got in the house I marched him into the shower and threw his clothes immediately in the laundry. It was a smell I never got used to.
I did learn alot though, for example, how intelligent pigs are. I really had no idea. And how big the sows got! I was amazed.
I quilt also, don't have anything in right now, but hopefully, I will soon be working on one.
Welcome to the group! I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!
All the best!
~It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion;
It is easy in solitude to live after our own;
but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd
keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.~
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2005 : 5:30:42 PM
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Welcome Jane!! Sounds like you found just the right group..us..hee hee! Glad you are here!!!
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
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QuiltingQueen
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Jane
La Porte
Indiana
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2005 : 9:21:38 PM
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| Yes, I piece by hand but also by machine. After the top (and sometimes the backing) is completely pieced, I mostly do the quilting by hand, but I have completed a few small projects by quilting them on my sewing machine. I really like to hand quilt, but time and quantity are always an issue. It seems I've always got several projects going at the same time, though. That way I've got sewing to do if I'm in the mood to use the sewing machine, and I've also got hand piecing and small hand quilting projects to take along with me when I'm on the go. I guess I should have called myself QuiltingAddict instead! |
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QuiltingQueen
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Jane
La Porte
Indiana
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2005 : 9:24:01 PM
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| I almost forgot...Hello to you friendly souls from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Utah! Thanks for the kind words of welcome! |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Jul 13 2005 : 9:41:41 PM
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My husband used to work on a hog farm during college to earn money and I remember the smell of him! Even after a shower! It was "lingering"! Welcome Jane! I have been to Goshen! Glad you are here! jenny from kansas
"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there." Rumi, 13th century. http://www.xs4all.nl/~josvg/cits/sb/sb101.html |
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
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Posted - Jul 18 2005 : 11:59:33 PM
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Hi Jane,
I grew up in NW Indiana but my husband and I are now in the process of moving to Michigan. I wonder if we aren't moving from right near where you are now, in Jasper County, where the stinky hog farms are. |
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QuiltingQueen
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Jane
La Porte
Indiana
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Jul 19 2005 : 07:42:30 AM
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| Hi, Jenny from Kansas and Laura on her way to Michigan! I just love this farmgirls site! Such fun! |
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atwell
True Blue Farmgirl
88 Posts
susan
Laporte
IN
USA
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Posted - Jul 19 2005 : 2:50:53 PM
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hey sweet stinky!!
sure glad to see you so active on the site!!
went to the fair last nite ...got my MJF t-shirt and bag today and am waiting on the bumper stickers...saw lots of would be mjf farmgirls......looking forward to handing out mjf info adding to our chapter!! see ya friday!
susan
FatQuarterQuiltFarm
Long Arm Machine
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QuiltingQueen
True Blue Farmgirl
104 Posts
Jane
La Porte
Indiana
USA
104 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 07:40:39 AM
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Hey Susan!
I went to the fair last evening (Tuesday) and thought I might see you, but never bumped into you. I love this site! Did you swing through the hog barn while you were there for a little whiff of sweet stinky? (Not me...the hogs!) (LOL) Yesterday morning/afternoon I was at the farm picking raspberries and blackberries, and I had this thought of being connected with other farmgirls. By last evening when the scratches up my arms really turned red and I looked like I'd been attacked by a wild baby kitty, I just knew there would be someone out there who had probably been berry picking, too, and might have matching scratches (unless they were wise enough to wear a long-sleeved shirt in 86 degree heat...not me!). I've always been a farmgirl...it's just so much more fun now that I'm aware of it! |
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atwell
True Blue Farmgirl
88 Posts
susan
Laporte
IN
USA
88 Posts |
Posted - Jul 20 2005 : 08:41:37 AM
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nooo I didnt get there last night,,,and I didnt check out the swine barn but next time for sure!!I can relate to the looking like you were attacked by a baby kitty aftermath of the raspberry picking...even after I wore long sleeves!! Ive got to get off this site and get some stuff done!! Im all jacked up about the mail art thing specially cause MJ is going to be featuring it in the next Mag!!I have got to get mine finished and sent out and get this quilt done.Also......if you happen to have an extra small container of blue berries I would gladly purchase them from you on fri. I dont want to go picking I just need a small taste while they are in season!! See ya friday!!
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Long Arm Machine
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