Honey

When my Grandmother tried to teach me to embroider she would make me rip it out if the back didn't look as good as the front :thumbdown: I didn't pick it up again until I had kids of my own. Now I try to keep the back neat, but if I don't, oh well :oops: I do it for relaxation and to keep my hands nimble :lol:

jljack

This one is fun for me to answer:

1. Taught my husband, and he was sewing beside me tonight.
2. Taught my mom, and she and I spent last Saturday in the sewing room.
3. Taught ladies at church with my friend AZAM, and we have sent over 30 quilts to a pediatric hospice in southern CA.
4. Taught my 9 year old Grandaughter, and she is now on her 2nd quilt.
5. Taught my 17 year old Grandaughter the basics for her first quilt, and I know we will be doing more.
6. Taught my daughter's teenaged sister-in-law how to quilt, and now she has made about 5 for herself and family members.

Now I am getting ready to start a new quilting class at our new church....so, the passing on is going on and on!!!

I am so happy to do this..it is just a really special thing. :thumbup:

Kyiav10

I asked my niece when she was 8.5 (she'll be 10 in June) if she wanted to learn and she did. Her scrappy squares are all together and next is the borders. Even her 4.5 YOA brother wanted to "help". She is very into everything CRAFT! My sister got her her own sewing machine for Christmas.

Kyia

jigsymom

I have only been quilting for a few years. But I have always sewn . It seems now that my youngest daughter that is 33 wants to learn to quilt from me. The problem is she lives in Nevada and I am in Texas. When I visit her I always visit the quiltshops there and I tell her to go to one and ask if they will help her get started or see if there is a guild that will help her. But I have a feeling she would rather learn from me.

Honey

Tell her to take a beginning quilter class from one of the shops. She will learn the basics. Then when you visit you can quilt together and you can teach her the finer points.

jigsymom

I have sugested that to her in the past. Maybe our next visit when we are shopping I will ask at the shop about beginning classes. Maybe if I ask for her she will do it.
Course I know she would rather learn from me. lol

littlehud

My son likes sewing. Neither of my girls want to have anything to do with it. My DGD (who lives with me) is my quilting buddy. She loves to sew and can't wait to go to the fabric store with me.

weatheread

My grandmother taught me to sew when I was a little girl my older sister and I go to quilt classes now and have so much fun . My Daughter had no interest in sewing when she was little and about 16 yrs ago on Christmas day she had a miscarriage and was so depressed I went to stay with her and while I was there taught her to make quillows and she was hooked We go to the Martha Pullen Sewing Conference in Arlington Tx every year. My granddaugher who is 18 comes over when she wants me to help her make something . When she was little she was always in my sewing room maybe someday she will be interested in sewing more

Quilt Mom

I learned to sew as a child - no foot pedal, a knee control, so I did not have to reach the floor to sew! My mother taught me clothing construction, not quilting. I learned to quilt as an adult.

I have been teaching others - not all in my family. I tried to teach my DDs, but it did not 'take'. One decided she had no time, the other decided directions were not for her - she sewed when I was not at home, and followed no rules, creating a lot of interesting items that were not wearable or altering clothing to that same point. My first DD has decided she now has the time, and is workiing on a bargello.

I have been teaching some of the ladies in a quilt block exchange.

It is rewarding to be able to pass on the fun!

Cookie64

That is great, It's alway rewarding when you can pass on your knowledge.

Cookie