Me that is a good question...... I am a man of many hats...
An outside the box thinker....this can often upset people, but I will always challenge anyone I come in contact with to think.
A sharer with an accomplished quilter.....
And the list can go on. I am a lover of movies and 70's and 80's music... However I love some of the older music too... Glen Miller Band, the Andrew Sisters, The Beach Boys, Chubby Checker....and many more. I am a bit of geek as I like to video game (though not near as much as I use too) I love Star Wars and Star Trek. I love the movie "The Big Lebowski". I was a US Sailor...am a proud son of a now late coal miner. I miss him everyday and have been missing him for over 23 years now. I had a great Father-in-Law who was as much a dad to me as my own father.
I was a preacher, but have become more spiritual instead of religious as I get older. I still have my faith but it is not near a finite as it use to be. I am a Lead Trainer for WV in the law enforcement community and enjoy the ability to share my experience to keep new people safe. I am a perfectionist, OCD, and a bit of a control freak. I have many acquaintances, but a very very few I call a friend.
I am a golfer.....poor one at that, but I enjoy it. I am a singer to my own tunes and unsuspecting audiences are forced to often listen. I listen to self-help, leadership, and empowerment audio books and recording and am ALWAYS seeking to learn something new. I will do near anything I can to help others accomplish their goals.....for what we sow we shall also reap.
I am a golfer.....poor one at that, but I enjoy it. I am a singer to my own tunes and unsuspecting audiences are forced to often listen. I listen to self-help, leadership, and empowerment audio books and recording and am ALWAYS seeking to learn something new. I will do near anything I can to help others accomplish their goals.....for what we sow we shall also reap.
And last but not least a fledgling quilter. I am not the most fond of some of the terms used in quilting, but I am also not interested in rocking the boat in the matter...So I mentally will call a quilt top a "chassis" instead of a flimsy because I am a car guy and the chassis is usually a description of the strip down frame of a car. I am a builder....not a "piecer"... And one last thing I am a dreamer of dreams (from the movie Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)...I always wanted to be a train engineer of old fashioned steam locomotives (check out Cass Scenic Railroad in WV).....so here I can be a "Quilt Engineer".....
Stand by for my next blog......"Male Pattern Baldness"!!!!
Great first post!! I feel like I've known you for like 19 years ;)
ReplyDeleteAs we discussed prior who would have thought after all this time we would be sharing a hobby....let alone it being quilting
DeleteWell darn, she beat me to being the first comment! Well as your second 'mother', a job I happily share with Tish, this first post rocks! I learned so much about you, and find more than a couple aspects of your that resonate. Looking forward to seeing that quilt quilted by you, and to this next post, something I know nothing about... (I'm a lifelong learner too.) Welcome to QBL. :-) Oh, and my MacGyver is tickled you used one of his suggestions for 'flimsy'.
ReplyDeleteI hope to work on my quilt this weekend...depends on time...thanks for the help and letting me be a pattern tester....thanks for commenting....just thanks for being an encouragement
Deletelovely choice of fabrics for your next quilt, are they all batiks? And the background of you and your life, challenges, changes, and is that Plexiglass down there? Adding you to my blog list!!
ReplyDeleteWelcome!! I am so excited you are building quilts and joining us in blogland. :) Also, as a former aerospace engineer turned quilter, I love that you are a Quilt Engineer. I am definitely thinking your terminology might catch on with a wider audience.
ReplyDeleteGreat first post. Your opening line put an ear worm in my head, and now I'll be hearing Roger, Pete and Keith all day. Oh well, could be worse. It's great to meet you. I look forward to following your journey.
ReplyDeleteGreat first post. Your opening line put an ear worm in my head, and now I'll be hearing Roger, Pete and Keith all day. Oh well, could be worse. It's great to meet you. I look forward to following your journey.
ReplyDeleteWelcome Dave! Excited to follow along! And, I'm waiting for the new name of what you call a quilt top! My husband also has done a little building in the past and flimsy has never been associated with anything good.
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday! New Follower on Bloglovin'.
ReplyDeleteNow that was a fun read! I'm looking forward to seeing your engineerings. :) How lucky that you have such a great in-house consultant and collaborator!
ReplyDeleteNow that was a fun read! I'm looking forward to seeing your engineerings. :) How lucky that you have such a great in-house consultant and collaborator!
ReplyDeleteDon't forget the gadgets that let us follow you!
ReplyDeleteWell, how do you do! Great post! Welcome, not only to Blogland, but to the wonderful world of quilting! ~karen
ReplyDeleteI'm Kathy, great to meet you Dave. I follow your wife, so I felt it only fair to do the same with you. You & Tish have a great weekend.
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Hi Dave. You are funny. I enjoy following Tish blog. Hope to read more of your quilting adventures .
ReplyDeleteWelcome to blogland! It was nice getting to know the quilt engineer. I hope to see many more flimsy's errr chassis in the future.
ReplyDeleteWelcome to blogland! I came over from your wife's blog.
ReplyDeleteThat's some first quilt you made! Can't wait to see it quilted. Don't forget the label (I hate that part).
ReplyDeleteWelcome from England, I look forward to seeing your designs
ReplyDeleteHello, Dave The Engineer. Great post, full of fun, inspiration and #CreativeGoodness.
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You are to funny!! Enjoy the journey!!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Quilting Blogland Dave! Your first post was fun and interesting. I love reading your takes on the quilting experience and am hoping I can get my husband interested in making his first quilt too. Yours turned out great!
ReplyDeleteI see you got your gadgets figured out. :) Way to go!! I'm following!
ReplyDeleteLoved this post, Dave. Looking forward to seeing your progress. So Tish has participated in the NQB blog hop for the last two years... your turn next?
ReplyDeleteHi Dave: Welcome to quilt blog land. I knew it was coming. I hate the term flimsy as well, but I won't call them chassis . I just call them tops. I met Tish during last years blog hop and she is one of my faves!
ReplyDeleteWelcome! Love your intro post and look forward to getting to know you and watching your quilting progress.
ReplyDeleteHello Dave! Welcome to the clan! This was a really fun post. It's nice to get to hear a little about you. Looking forward to sharing in your quilting journey! I agree.... the Glen Miller Band is da bomb!
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