Hello from Washington!
01-01-2011, 10:45 AM
#11
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Keene, New Hampshire
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Greetings and Happy New Year from New Hampshire
Go to the LQS that Kitsie recommended and ask if and when they'll be offering a beginners' class.
If they aren't, the Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) that np3 mentioned is good. BHG also published Grandma's Best full-size Quilt Blocks; it's is a nice book if you don't want to make a quilt yet but wish to learn techniques.
Ask for them at your library before you buy them. Most libraries will fill your request thru another system library if they don't own particular books.
Good luck.
Go to the LQS that Kitsie recommended and ask if and when they'll be offering a beginners' class.
If they aren't, the Better Homes and Gardens (BHG) that np3 mentioned is good. BHG also published Grandma's Best full-size Quilt Blocks; it's is a nice book if you don't want to make a quilt yet but wish to learn techniques.
Ask for them at your library before you buy them. Most libraries will fill your request thru another system library if they don't own particular books.
Good luck.
01-01-2011, 10:48 AM
#12
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Out searching for some sunshine :-)
Posts: 58,856
Hello and Welcome to the board :D:D:D
I was born and raised in Vancouver, still have a lot of family there :D
I would go to the library online, and put some holds on quilting books. Every book teaches from a different perspective, this way you can find one that works/makes sense to you.
Also, check out these classes offered here on the board in the tutorial section. Look through the rest of the tutes here too :D:D:D
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-66776-1.htm
I was born and raised in Vancouver, still have a lot of family there :D
I would go to the library online, and put some holds on quilting books. Every book teaches from a different perspective, this way you can find one that works/makes sense to you.
Also, check out these classes offered here on the board in the tutorial section. Look through the rest of the tutes here too :D:D:D
http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-66776-1.htm
01-01-2011, 10:51 AM
#13
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Washington
Posts: 240
Hello to you from another Washingtonian - Brush Prairie to be exact. Looking forward to reading your posts.
Good luck. And remember we all were new quilters at one time. I learned by remembering how my granny did it by hand, with me sitting next to her on the sofa. I actually thought that one couldn't quilt EXCEPT by hand. Goes to show you ... and I was in my fifties before I figured it out.
Good luck. And remember we all were new quilters at one time. I learned by remembering how my granny did it by hand, with me sitting next to her on the sofa. I actually thought that one couldn't quilt EXCEPT by hand. Goes to show you ... and I was in my fifties before I figured it out.
01-01-2011, 01:19 PM
#17
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Pacific NW
Posts: 649
Hello from Wenatchee.
I always recommend this book to all quilters--new or experienced. Good visuals and explanations. There's no better reference book.
I've used to more times than I can count.
http://www.amazon.com/Quilters-Ultim...3916655&sr=8-4
I always recommend this book to all quilters--new or experienced. Good visuals and explanations. There's no better reference book.
I've used to more times than I can count.
http://www.amazon.com/Quilters-Ultim...3916655&sr=8-4
01-01-2011, 05:36 PM
#19
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Farmington Hills, Michigan
Posts: 5,626
Welcome from Michigan. I think the best thing I did when I started quilting was to go to my LQS and take lessons. Don't try to buy everything you see but only as you need it. I bought too much and have never used some. I hope you have fun learning.....I did.
01-01-2011, 06:23 PM
#20
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Vancouver, WA
Posts: 14
I am in Ridgefield too! We've probably seen each other in town! I live up Hillhurst from Pioneer--just a few blocks from town. Come to the community center on Wednesday mornings and join our stitchery group!
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