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About Me ... |
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I grew up in Delaware, and
at age 19,
moved to
Pennsylvania where I lived for the next 22 years. That's where I fell in love with the art
of piecing and quilting, though in those early days, I wasn't very good at
it. Somewhere between my first and second child I decided to abandon all
sewing projects, and gave (or attempted to give) my fabric away. So much
for that! My best friend and quilting mentor decided quitting wasn't
appropriate, and undertook the task of getting me hooked again. I will be
forever grateful to her for her patience and persistence! Quilts for my
children soon led to quilts for charity raffles, and somewhere along in
there I stumbled upon the internet world of quilters. It was those gals who
hung the moniker "Squirrel" on me ... it later became "Desert Squirrel" when
I moved to Arizona. Participation in a
year long project with one of the
Quilt in a Day instructors (Loretta Smith)
left me hungry for more "blocks of the month" ... and after some pouting
from fellow swappers at the end of that project, I undertook to start a
block of the month to keep us all together. Over the years we've evolved
from photocopied patterns mailed each month to swappers, and utter chaos, to
the more streamlined Block of the Month group we now have on MSN. My co-host
Margo took a class in web design, which now has our blocks of the month. Check out
our archived patterns, and current projects
here
. This year marks the 10th anniversary of
having a web page! Every time I've been ready to throw in the towel and quit, a quilter (newbie as well as experienced) will tell me "I tried something I've never done before, thank you", and I forget all about the frustration of orchestrating year long swaps ... and away we go again!
I live in Michigan now, and am a member of the Quirky Quilters Quilt Guild!
Such a grand bunch of ladies! I hope to learn much from them, and find some
way to give back, as well. Margo and I can't meet at MacDonald's to open
"squishies" together, but thanks to the internet, we still can stay
connected.
I come from a long line of needlewomen, spinners, weavers, tatters, quilters, and more. But through this wonderful craft called quilting, rich in history and legend, I've met some incredible people, and have had some unbelievable experiences. My life has truly been enriched. And of course, Squirrels have enriched it even more!! I had the wonderful experience of raising an orphaned squirrel when I lived in Florida. My quilting buddies nicknamed me "Squirrely Mom", and the "Squirrel" part stuck. From Florida to AZ, I became the "Desert Squirrel", and when I moved to MI, the "Quilted Squirrel". My squirrel was later released at the Sanford Park Zoo in Florida. Our Michigan squirrels are well fed and spoiled rotten here in our yard!
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This site was last updated 09/04/08