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Mary Evans

Mary Evans, (mmevans@easystreet.com), is  Forum Manager of QAF. She writes, " I'm an accountant, running my own full-time home-based business. I have 3 grown children with families of their own, including 7 dear grandchildren, and a black cat named Miss Molly.

"I've been sewing most all of my life, making garments, home dec, and then, quilting for the last 5 years, so most of garment making these days is quilted garments, and/or children's clothing. I wish I could sew or quilt all day every day. I also knit, crochet, cross-stitch, needlepoint, and do many kinds of crafting. (Or should say, I used to do those things before I took up quilting!) I have also dyed fabric, and am interested in learning about other methods of fabric decoration.

"I have been on Delphi for over two years, and have co-hosted the Quilting topic on the Textile Arts Forum for much of that time. I love browsing Web pages, especially quilt related or book related, and am really happy being an information junkie. I have made some great online friends and am looking forward to meeting a great many more."


Robin Castelli

Robin Castelli, (rcastelli17@attbi.com), is QAF Swaps and Activitiy Coordinator. Robin has lots of experience participating and leading swaps on several different online services, including Delphi, MSN and Genie. Robin has been quilting since she was 13 yrs old..grandma taught. She took a hiatus through college and didn't start back into it until she was about 24...and hasn't stopped since. Robin enjoys learning and trying new techniques. She says, "I had only made traditional bedquilts from traditional blocks until I found the world of cyberquilting, which expanded my skills, thoughts, and ideas in a way that I never dreamed possible. What was once my hobby has truly been turned into a manner of expressing myself."


Kathy Larson

Kathy Larson (BEARLARSON@delphi.com), is QAF Nighttime ChatWebster. Better known to many, as "Bear", she is a lover of old/antique tops and quilts. She herself, had never made a quilt until she walked into a quilt/craft supply store for doll hair about 7 years ago and saw a quilt hanging on the wall that she just HAD to have. Needless to say, the quilt was a class sample. Two days later, "Bear" was making her very first quilt. A lap sized, "Road to Oklahoma".

She accidentally fell into the Quilting topic on Prodigy a short time later, when she came online looking for doll makers. Since then, she has little time for doll making, and spends much of her time buying fabric, sewing, gardening and "chatting" with her online friends from Prodigy, Genie and now Delphi. "Bear" says " I cherish the wonderful friends I have made online. They are a very important part of my life."


Sandy Wheeler, (SANDYANGEL@delphi.com), is QAF Technical Assistance Coordinator & BOM Designer. Sandy, also known as Angel is married to Jim and they have one son, Jason who is 18. Sandy writes, "We also have four, four-legged "kids"; 3 basset hounds and a rather confused cocker spaniel...he thinks he's a basset hound. We've also got a cat in the menagerie, a gray kitten my husband named PuttPutt who also seems to think he's a dog.

"I grew up as an Army brat and then spent 14 years in the Army myself. My husband, Jim is retired from the Army. We met square dancing when we were stationed in Germany and were married in Switzerland.

"I've been quilting since about 1989. The ladies on Prodigy got me started. I logged onto Prodigy and in what was then the Hobbies area, I found the quilters. They were the ones that looked like they were having the most fun. I posted a couple of messages, but wasn't quite sure what this strange language they were speaking was.....Fat quarters? Churn Dash? I decided I'd take a beginner quilting class at one of the quilt shops here just so I could learn what they were talking about and they wouldn't figure out that I wasn't a quilter too. I took the class (project still isn't quilted) and got hooked. Now quilting has kind of taken over my life. I became a representative for Electric Quilt when EQ1 came out and have been traveling and showing that ever since. I also teach quilt classes at Harriet's TreadleArts and design and publish my own patterns."