Newbie from Virginia
01-20-2009, 10:39 AM
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Hello fellow quilters,
I am from Virginia, and I have been quilting most of my married life. I've been married for 30 years. When I met my husband's grandmothers (both of them), they were both quilters. I loved the colors and different patterns that they chose, and I wanted to learn how to quilt. I knew how to sew from school, and my mother did make quilts, just one pattern all of the time, when ever she quilted.
So, I talked with one of his grandmothers, and she told me how to do it. I came home, and just cut out, and made a simple block quilt top. I didn't put any batting in the middle, but I used a flannel backing, and rolled up the quilt on both ends, and quilted it on the sewing machine. I did a good job, but then I kept making more of them, soon I was giving them as gifts to every one I knew. I was using polyester fabric way back then, but now I use cotton fabric, put batting in the middle, and cotton backing. I sew the pieces together on the machine, and then hand quilt the quilts. I even taught some friends at church how to quilt the quilts. Most of them did have quilt tops they had done, but never tried to finish them, They all are doing great now.
I am supposed to go to a senior group to teach them how to quilt, soon. I look forward to that, I don't have a car, so I have to depend on other people to take me. So, I go when I can.
I look forward to getting to know every one, and have a great day!
I am from Virginia, and I have been quilting most of my married life. I've been married for 30 years. When I met my husband's grandmothers (both of them), they were both quilters. I loved the colors and different patterns that they chose, and I wanted to learn how to quilt. I knew how to sew from school, and my mother did make quilts, just one pattern all of the time, when ever she quilted.
So, I talked with one of his grandmothers, and she told me how to do it. I came home, and just cut out, and made a simple block quilt top. I didn't put any batting in the middle, but I used a flannel backing, and rolled up the quilt on both ends, and quilted it on the sewing machine. I did a good job, but then I kept making more of them, soon I was giving them as gifts to every one I knew. I was using polyester fabric way back then, but now I use cotton fabric, put batting in the middle, and cotton backing. I sew the pieces together on the machine, and then hand quilt the quilts. I even taught some friends at church how to quilt the quilts. Most of them did have quilt tops they had done, but never tried to finish them, They all are doing great now.
I am supposed to go to a senior group to teach them how to quilt, soon. I look forward to that, I don't have a car, so I have to depend on other people to take me. So, I go when I can.
I look forward to getting to know every one, and have a great day!
01-20-2009, 12:32 PM
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Thank you for welcoming me into your quilting board, "quilters are piecemakers" you know. I hope I get some really nice friends from this site, and I look forward to getting to know every one.
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