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Hi all, I'm back from the Lowell quilt festival and my first quilt
class ever (first four actually). Lesson #1 learned: 4 classes in 4 days is ALOT. It was exhausting, but also great fun. I feel like I did a little of everything and worked a little outside of my comfort zone here and there, and the classes were all wonderful. If anyone is interested in hearing about any individually, feel free to email me offline. I took Kathy Sandbach's beginner machine quilting class, Diane Hire's curvaceous squares, Sally Schneider's "Bard of Avon," and (today) Sharon Pederson's reversible quilts. All four women were talented, funny, friendly, and great teachers. I uploaded my class blocks here, just for fun. hopefully I'll finish them into something before next year! (See WIP album: http://community.webshots.com/user/quilter329) Lynn (WAY behind on rctq digests, but I'll catch up eventually...) |
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They look really great, Lynn.
What fun those curvaceous squares are!! (though I wouldn't like the job of arranging them - you did really well on that g) .. In message . com, quilter writes Hi all, I'm back from the Lowell quilt festival and my first quilt class ever (first four actually). Lesson #1 learned: 4 classes in 4 days is ALOT. It was exhausting, but also great fun. I feel like I did a little of everything and worked a little outside of my comfort zone here and there, and the classes were all wonderful. If anyone is interested in hearing about any individually, feel free to email me offline. I took Kathy Sandbach's beginner machine quilting class, Diane Hire's curvaceous squares, Sally Schneider's "Bard of Avon," and (today) Sharon Pederson's reversible quilts. All four women were talented, funny, friendly, and great teachers. I uploaded my class blocks here, just for fun. hopefully I'll finish them into something before next year! (See WIP album: http://community.webshots.com/user/quilter329) Lynn (WAY behind on rctq digests, but I'll catch up eventually...) -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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I took Kathy Sandbach's beginner machine quilting class, Hi Lynn, I am considering taking a machine quilting class this fall but I'm not sure it will be worth the time and $$ ($40 for a 5 hour class). Did you find it usefull? My thinking is that because machine quilting skills are so dependant on practice, practice, practice is a class really that helpful, or would a book teach me just at much? What do you think? Pam in Spencerport |
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Hi Pam,
I'm no expert, but I think it would depend on the style of the teacher and the liklihood that you'll practice without someone there to tell you to. Personally, I never would have gone out and bought muslin and practiced. I know I should, but I just wouldn't have. There was quite a long time (3 hours) of lecture/instruction and show and tell before we sewed in this case (followed by 3 hours of sewing, after a lunch break). That might or might not be what you want, but I thought it was useful, with advice about threads, posture/ergonomics, ways to think about design, etc. Other classes I took were 95% sewing, and that was fun too. Sorry, I'm not much help! Lynn is a class really that helpful, or would a book teach me just at much? What do you think? Pam in Spencerport |
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I love the pink curvaceous squares!!
-- Cheryl & the Cats _ _ _ _ _ _ ( Y ) ( Y ) ( Y ) ~ ~ ~ Enness Boofhead Donut Now in hibernation with a wake-up call for Spring! http://community.webshots.com/user/witchofthewest catsatararatATyahooDOTcomDOTau "quilter" wrote in message ups.com... : Hi all, I'm back from the Lowell quilt festival and my first quilt : class ever (first four actually). Lesson #1 learned: 4 classes in 4 : days is ALOT. It was exhausting, but also great fun. I feel like I : did a little of everything and worked a little outside of my comfort : zone here and there, and the classes were all wonderful. If anyone is : interested in hearing about any individually, feel free to email me : offline. I took Kathy Sandbach's beginner machine quilting class, : Diane Hire's curvaceous squares, Sally Schneider's "Bard of Avon," and : (today) Sharon Pederson's reversible quilts. All four women were : talented, funny, friendly, and great teachers. I uploaded my class : blocks here, just for fun. hopefully I'll finish them into something : before next year! : : (See WIP album: http://community.webshots.com/user/quilter329) : : Lynn (WAY behind on rctq digests, but I'll catch up eventually...) : |
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taking a MQ class or not.
It may depend on the expertise of the teacher, mine was lousy. I expected to be given lots of helpful hints on how to set up my machine, but the teacher took one look at my Janome 6500 and said she knew nothing about "NEWFANGLED" machines, and just walked away. She made us buy tons of very expensive threads and extra needles, then we did nothing with them. It was about $40 for 6 hours. The only good thing is that I spent 4 hours of uninterrupted practicing which I probably would not have done otherwise, so I guess it wasn't a total waste. I took a 'jacket from sweatshirt' class a couple of months ago and this teacher was wonderful. She knew her subject, had tons of examples and was always available for questions. My advice is to ask around if someone has taken a class from the teacher you're considering. Denise http://community.webtv.net/DeniseJG/ My QI |
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Mary in Rock Island IL wrote: "Pam in Spencerport" wrote: quilter wrote: I took Kathy Sandbach's beginner machine quilting class, Hi Lynn, I am considering taking a machine quilting class this fall but I'm not sure it will be worth the time and $$ ($40 for a 5 hour class). Did you find it usefull? My thinking is that because machine quilting skills are so dependant on practice, practice, practice is a class really that helpful, or would a book teach me just at much? What do you think? Pam in Spencerport Not Lynn but...$40 for a 5 hour class is reasonable in my experience. As to whether it is worth it, that somewhat depends on your learning style. Some suggestions: Cast a look on the supply list and see if the requested supplies are the type of thing you hope to machine quilt with. Talk with anyone who has taken a class with this person before and find out if it is more demo or supervised practice and think about how that fits with what you want. I dont know anyone who has taken this class or any class by this teacher but I think I will call and get more info. One thing I think would help me is to see a demo and then a chance to do it myself with the teacher checking to see if we are all doing it right. Would you put in several sustained hours of practice if you weren't in class? Probably not, so that in itself may be a good reason to take the class. Thanks Mary. Pam in Spencerport |
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Hi Lynn, Yep, I'm thinking now that the class will more or less make me
put in practice time that otherwise I would not do. I'm also hoping to pick up some tips so I will probably sign up for it. And I think actually seeing someone machine quilt will be helpful. I had been thinking for a while about taking a class like this and stumbled across the website of a quilt shop in this area offering the class. Looks like they offer it on a regular basis so it must be somewhat popular. Pam in Spencerport quilter wrote: Hi Pam, I'm no expert, but I think it would depend on the style of the teacher and the liklihood that you'll practice without someone there to tell you to. Personally, I never would have gone out and bought muslin and practiced. I know I should, but I just wouldn't have. There was quite a long time (3 hours) of lecture/instruction and show and tell before we sewed in this case (followed by 3 hours of sewing, after a lunch break). That might or might not be what you want, but I thought it was useful, with advice about threads, posture/ergonomics, ways to think about design, etc. Other classes I took were 95% sewing, and that was fun too. Sorry, I'm not much help! Lynn is a class really that helpful, or would a book teach me just at much? What do you think? Pam in Spencerport |
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In article . com,
"quilter" wrote: Hi all, I'm back from the Lowell quilt festival and my first quilt class ever (first four actually). Lesson #1 learned: 4 classes in 4 days is ALOT. It was exhausting, but also great fun. I feel like I did a little of everything and worked a little outside of my comfort zone here and there, and the classes were all wonderful. If anyone is interested in hearing about any individually, feel free to email me offline. I took Kathy Sandbach's beginner machine quilting class, Diane Hire's curvaceous squares, Sally Schneider's "Bard of Avon," and (today) Sharon Pederson's reversible quilts. All four women were talented, funny, friendly, and great teachers. I uploaded my class blocks here, just for fun. hopefully I'll finish them into something before next year! (See WIP album: http://community.webshots.com/user/quilter329) Lynn (WAY behind on rctq digests, but I'll catch up eventually...) Welcome back, Lynn! I know just what you mean about four classes in four days. LOL! That's how I feel every year after camp -- and this year my friend Judy took *six* classes in *six* days. I bow to her fortitude. I think you should tell us about all of your classes -- we love hearing about this stuff. I've had a class with Kathy Sandbach -- isn't she wonderful? Now, which block in your picture goes with which class? -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas my ISP is earthlink.net -- put sfoster1(at) in front http://home.earthlink.net/~sfoster1 AKA Dame Sandy, Minister of Education |
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They look as if the classes were really interesting.You did a great job!
Well done. -- Estelle UK http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gal.../ph//my_photos "quilter" wrote in message ups.com... Hi all, I'm back from the Lowell quilt festival and my first quilt class ever (first four actually). Lesson #1 learned: 4 classes in 4 days is ALOT. It was exhausting, but also great fun. I feel like I did a little of everything and worked a little outside of my comfort zone here and there, and the classes were all wonderful. If anyone is interested in hearing about any individually, feel free to email me offline. I took Kathy Sandbach's beginner machine quilting class, Diane Hire's curvaceous squares, Sally Schneider's "Bard of Avon," and (today) Sharon Pederson's reversible quilts. All four women were talented, funny, friendly, and great teachers. I uploaded my class blocks here, just for fun. hopefully I'll finish them into something before next year! (See WIP album: http://community.webshots.com/user/quilter329) Lynn (WAY behind on rctq digests, but I'll catch up eventually...) |
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