Hello from Connecticut

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wjreese
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Hello from Connecticut

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Hi everyone. My name is Bill Reese and I'm new to this forum. I've been looking for a place to hang out and figured a group of people with a similar interest would be perfect! I've been cross stitching for about two years now, and I really love it. I find that it's about the best relaxation technique there is for me.

About myself: I'm a 49-year-old guy from a small town in Connecticut. I work for the State at the Department of Children and Families. It's a terrible job, honestly, and I have a tough time just going in sometimes. But it pays well and the benefits can't be beat. So, I come home and stitch a bit, and I feel better! :o

I've been married to a fantastic woman named Susan for three years now. We have a dog, two cats, a rat, and five chickens. We also have a small business making stained glass windows, and Susan also makes jewelry. Oh, and I just took up playing guitar! Figured I might be a little old for that, but what the heck ... it's something I've always wanted to do.

Right now I'm working on a cross stitch piece where I got the pattern from one of those websites that converts photos to cross stitch patterns. It's amazing to see how that works. Anyway, it's a picture of Susan, and it's really coming out great. It's roughly 12x12 on 14 count cloth, and I'm a little over halfway done now. It's really exciting to see it come together.

OK, I'm rambling a bit. I'm really looking forward to meeting you and hope that we will have some fun together. Take care for now!!!
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:wave: Hello Bill and welcome to the forum, it's great to have you join us here!!! It sounds like you are a very busy person and your stitching project sounds wonderful!! We would love to see pictures of your work. Here's a link that will help explain all about posting pictures in your post
http://crossstitchforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1027
Again, welcome to the forum!
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Hi Bill! Welcome from another Nutmegger :wave:
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Hi Bill - welcome to the forum! Looking forward to seeing your projects!
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A warm welcome from the chilly West of Scotland! :wave: You'll find many a kindred spirit here, and more enablers than you can shake a stick at. (not me. no. really.)
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Hi, Bill...welcome to the forum from Colorado. I think you'll love it here.

I hope you'll share pictures of your "Susan" project, and others, as we do love photos.
wjreese wrote:I find that it's about the best relaxation technique there is for me.
I agree...I can lose myself in my stitching.
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Hello and welcome from Texas! :wave:
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:wave: hi and welcome from the UK.
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Hi and welcome from England :D
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:wave: Hi Bill and welcome to the forum from South Carolina! I hope you will post pictures of your project. Sounds like a very busy life you have and I know stitching can be a great way to unwind at the end of the day. Looking forward to getting to know you also.

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Welcome to the forum :wave: can't wit to see you project AND good for you on learning the guitar!
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:wave: Hi and Welcome from me too in stormy and humid Brisbane its great to have you on the forum. Good on you for learning the guitar, I have always been told "you are never too old to learn" so go for it all. :lol: :dance: :dance:
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Hi all, and thank you so much for the warm welcome! I really hope to get to know you all (well, that may be a tall order!), or some of you, better! I've been working on a piece for some time now, probably five months, of my wife Susan. This is from a picture of her when we were first dating. We've been married for over three years now. Anyway, this is one of my favorite pics of her. I uploaded it to pic2pat and got a fantastic pattern. Here's a pic of how it's coming so far:

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I'm a little over half done, as it continues down a few more inches. The finished piece will be roughly 12x12. I'll send updates as I go! I'm happy to meet you all and look forward to talking soon!

Bill
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WOW That is AWESOME. Your dear Susan fair jumps off the fabric Bill. Great even stitching. Well Done. :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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:applesauce: :applesauce: Looks to me like a beautiful piece of stitching and a beautiful wife. Looking forward to your updates. Has Susan seen it yet?

Carole
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:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: That is just stunning!! Great stitching!!
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:shock: Wow! that's great! Now, you need to make it a SAL, and we can watch it grow! (Just start a new thread in the SAL section -- easy!)
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Hello Bill :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave: :wave:
Great to welcome another guy to this site. I just love your picture of Susan. Lovely stitching. I love stitched photos. Every time you look at it is will be even more personal. Look forward to seeing it finished. :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:

Enjoy the forum :hug: :hug: :hug:
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Hello and welcome :)
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Serinde wrote::shock: Wow! that's great! Now, you need to make it a SAL, and we can watch it grow! (Just start a new thread in the SAL section -- easy!)
I agree!
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