Patterns for New Quilter, that has never sewed
02-04-2015, 01:51 PM
#51
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I would teach her the basics of the machine first, and definitely how to change a needle. Then maybe start her with some scraps and learning to make a 1/4" seam, then maybe a simple strip or 4 patch quilt. Good luck to you both, I am sure you will have a new quilter in no time at all
02-04-2015, 08:11 PM
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Get Eleanor Burns "quilt in a day" book- Irish Chain Quilts. She not only shows you how to do it, she offers King, Queen, twin, couch, and baby size, how to organize, and best of all she encourages assembly line sewing. Taught me everything I needed to get started, and I enjoyed it.
02-18-2015, 09:03 AM
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My first quilt was from "Turning Twenty." I liked it because if you just bought twenty fat quarters, you knew that all the pieces you needed would come out of that fat quarter. Long pieces of fabric were intimidating for me so the different fat quarters seemed very "doable." I don't know if that book is still available but that's the one that lit my passion and I've never looked back :0)
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