Do you sew with friends?
#22
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I go to my neighbor's house once in a while, maybe every other week for a couple hours. Help her with her projects mostly. She has 5 cats and that is about all I can take. She's a sweet person but the cat hair is all over. She quilts her own quilts, nothing for a business. Too much cat hair. I don't stay long sometimes not even an hour when the cats get really playful. Fur just flies! My niece comes over once in a while and works on projects. She is quite accomplished for 10 and mostly self taught with YouTube. But we have a good time.
#27
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Location: North Carolina
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I am probably the wrong person to comment on this. I've been quilting a little less than 2 years and am self taught. Never been to a quilting class, never been to a quild. I've donated most of my quilts. I prefer the solitude so I can concentrate. If I were a "hand" quilter, I could socialize and stitch too as I have done this with other needle work. And often I do not use a pattern ... I let the fabrics tell me how they want to laid out- Ha.
However, you 2 are friends. I would probably make time to work with her some to keep her encouraged about quilting.
However, you 2 are friends. I would probably make time to work with her some to keep her encouraged about quilting.
#28
I need to sew by myself. I do better work that way. I really don't even like to take classes because it is a distraction hearing others talking and asking questions. I like to socialize, so I end up not getting much done.
#30
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Citrus County, Florida
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I quilt with a select friend or two that know what they are doing. I went to one class with a newbie to quilting and got nothing done on my own project. Then.... Repeated calls to go to her house to "help" finish her project. ......... Lesson learned.... I don't help any more because the work ends up being mine and the credit for the project hers We remain friends but not sewing buddies.
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