5 Fun Facts About Me
Fun Facts About Me
Every one is getting ready for QuiltCon. I am really excited to get to attend after all the craziness of the past couple of months. The Modern Quilt Guild has a link party for attendees to help everyone get to know a little about each other before the event.
For the link party we are supposed to share a picture and 5 fun facts about ourselves. This is my grandmother and I enjoying some much needed sewing time and watching Emma just after Christmas in her sewing room. She taught me to quilt when I was 16.
5 fun facts….
1. I spent half of my childhood at my grandparent’s house in northern Florida playing in the woods and ravines, swimming in creeks, and riding horses. They lived way back in the country and you had to drive about 40 minutes of clay roads until you got to a paved road. I spent the other half of my childhood at the beach.
2. I love riding horses, but I went through a short period where I was too scared to ride. The story is… as my family and I were coming back from a long ride, the horse I was riding bolted for home. I was probably around 7 or 8 years old at the time. When the horse got to the gate, he stopped suddenly and I basically did a summersault over his neck and landed in the sand at his feet. The horse just walked around me. I didn’t have any injuries, just freaked out. After that I did not want to get back on a horse, but my mom stressed the importance of getting back on. She was right. After a few months, I was back at it. I still remember everything about that moment and especially that my mom was right there with me through the whole thing. She kept her horse with mine and tried to help me stop my horse. It’s funny how little moments like that can stick with you.
3. I always say I love the beach so much because my mother walked on the beach almost everyday while she was pregnant with me.
4. I tend to be old fashioned. I was very close to my great grandparents on both sides of the family. They were a big influence on me growing up and it all stuck with me.
5. I love to garden. I love to grow flowers all over my backyard and veggies in raised beds and I have a large collection of orchids that I obsess over.
Tell me something about you in the comments.
Happy sewing,
Candace
You can find projects and quilting patterns in my Etsy Shop.
5 Comments
Deborah
Yay! I'm so happy to "see" you!! Have a wonderful time at QuiltCon!!
The Cozy Pumpkin
I hear, from Leslie, you're moving my way and joining our local MQG!!! 🙂 Looking forward to meeting you at one of our meetings…or maybe I'll see you at QC!
-Amanda-
Mind Body and Bike
I really dig the shirt! REPRESENT!
Erika Mulvenna
Hi Candace, nice to read a bit about you before QuiltCon! I am jealous of your sewing time with your grandma, it looks like a lot of fun. I hope my grandchildren will sew with me one day! Oh, but a long, long time from now – my tot is only 4 years old. 🙂
Kiwi Fit
ONE DAY! CAN'T WAIT!