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On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:53:15 -0000, Lynda
wrote: Hello my name is Lynda and this is my first group. I picked this group because I would love to learn how to make a quilt . I have never done this I have always wanted to learn to how. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get started please let me know. I guess I just never had time to find out . Remember I have no clue how to even start. I don't even know what kind of supplies I need. Welcome! I started quilting in January of this year. I had an old sewing machine, and I had a good friend who quilts who had taken me with her to some shows and lent me all the quilting novels by Jennifer Chiaverini ... Our local quilt shop has a beginners' course, one evening a week for six weeks. They also had put together a kit of all the equipment needed to get started - some of it I didn't even know what it was! The course was great - they helped us choose fabric to make a quilt with several different blocks in it, and they taught us all the steps, going slowly enough that nobody felt clumsy. Once I got started, I borrowed a lot of books from the library and some from my friend, I asked a bunch of questions in this group, and I asked more questions at the store. And now I'm having a great time making different projects. I've been to a couple of meetings of the quilters' guild in town, and I think this year I'll probably join officially. One neat thing about quilting fabric that I don't think anyone's mentioned yet: it's kind of expensive, but it is normal to buy it in little pieces. A "fat quarter" is a piece about 18 inches by 22 inches, and you can just keep buying little bits of colours and patterns you like until you are ready to turn them into something together. You can even buy smaller bits than that, sometimes - I got a six-inch square for 25 cents CDN, the other day, and it was a perfect accent for a project I'm working on. Louise, in Kingston Ontario |
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Another Washingtonian. Lynda, go to Pieces Quilt Shop on Rainier Blvd across
the parking lot from Fred Meyer. They are very nice in there and offer a lot of classes for different levels of quilters. Donna in Bellevue *"Lynda" wrote in message Thankyou so much I have a couple quilting books kind of glanced over them , I think take a better look at them . I live in Renton Washington |
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