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OT Ping Wayne B.
"Bronwyn" > wrote in
s.com:
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> Nexis wrote:
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>> You may have noticed, I am not Wayne 
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>> I just wanted to say your quilts are simply amazing! Do you
>> do them as a hobby or for a living?
>> I especially like the "non-traditional" ones. Very beautiful!
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>> kimberly
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> Thanks Kimberley (and others for your kind comments)!
> Quilting is my other love after cooking. I've been quilting
> for 16 years as a hobby - we have a very active guild where I
> live - and a very active, kind, rec.quilting group here on
> google. in '04 I travelled to the US to a big quilting
> conference/show and met up with alot of the girls there.
> There are opportunities each year here in Oz to exhibit in
> several shows. I tend to only output one big project a year.
> The 3 fractured quilts took 2 years each to make (all
> handwork). I won my very first prize blue ribbon in June with
> the "Dancing Lights in Indigo Night" - I was thrilled. This
> piece was mostly machine pieced and quilted. This took 5 weeks
> of VERY intensive work, late nights, as I had a deadline.
> Scary. The little African wall hanging was completed in about
> 4-5 days on and off. Just a fun project. The party was last
> night and it was great fun, about 100 guests all dressed in
> African party dress - safari, cat suits, witch dr., saraongs
> etc. a real hoot.
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> Cheers
> Bronwyn
Thanks for sharing. :-)
Wonderful work!!!
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