JoanOH

I'm a stay at home wife, quilter, grandmother, housewife. I love quilting, sewing, reading, fabric collecting, and all things creative. I collect vintage linens, morality monkeys (see no evil) from the 40's and 50's, monkey-themed fabric, pitchers and electric percolators from the 30's thru 60's! Love anything coffee-themed. I'm owner/moderator of the Quilting on a Budget Yahoo group, so I understand swaps and the importance of meeting deadlines and doing a good job on anything you're sending to someone else.

Amazing Race, Survivor, Top Chef, Project Runway, America's Top Model, Deadliest Catch, and Big Bang Theory.

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Happiness by Will Ferguson, Willa Cather novels, Linda Larvick books -- generally give me anything with words on paper and I'll read it! (Not a romance novel buff however.)

Quilting is my passion, but I also enjoy sewing handbags, decorative items for my home, wallets, slippers, fabric covers for notebooks and journals. Just starting in fabric postcards but have a long way to go before I'm worthy of a swap in those. I also knit socks, mittens, scarves, dishcloths. I make donation quilts for Shriner's Burns Hospital as I have time.

I babysit my 3 yr old grandson twice a week, and he is the light of my life. We love to read books (his favorite is The Hungry Caterpillar at the moment), sew together, play outside, cook, and, bless his heart, clean house! He made his first quilt (squares of fleece, ragged edge) at the age of barely two. He's the coolest kid ever born, I swear :) I'm currently collecting 5.5 inch squares of bright on black novelty fabric (2 of each) for an I Spy match'em quilt for him.

Things I love - Brights on black fabrics, collecting kid novelty fabrics to make an I Spy quilt, love traditional quilt blocks. Not crazy about crazy quilts. Love novelty Japanese prints. Don't care for ginghams or checks. Neutrals, especially browns, tans, and whites are always good. No solid purples or pinks anything.