Sewing Group at Work
04-29-2010, 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Bluphrog
I've had several ladies at work ask me about teaching a beginning quilting class. As I had never taken one (I've been sewing since I was pre-teen and quilting for the last 10 years), I took a beginning class at my LQS, just to see how it's done. Since we will have our classes during lunch, which doesn't give us enough time to set up machines, etc., I'm going to bring one of my machines to demonstrate on, then let the ladies do "homework" and bring it in at the next class. If they have any questions, I'll leave my machine here and can give them help during the week. The goal will be for each person to create a quilt by the end of the classes, while learning to sew a good 1/4" seam, strip piecing, chain piecing, sashings, borders,layering and quilting. Have I bitten off more than I can chew?
04-30-2010, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluphrog
I've had several ladies at work ask me about teaching a beginning quilting class. As I had never taken one (I've been sewing since I was pre-teen and quilting for the last 10 years), I took a beginning class at my LQS, just to see how it's done. Since we will have our classes during lunch, which doesn't give us enough time to set up machines, etc., I'm going to bring one of my machines to demonstrate on, then let the ladies do "homework" and bring it in at the next class. If they have any questions, I'll leave my machine here and can give them help during the week. The goal will be for each person to create a quilt by the end of the classes, while learning to sew a good 1/4" seam, strip piecing, chain piecing, sashings, borders,layering and quilting. Have I bitten off more than I can chew?
How bad can we do? They'll learn something, if just not to be afraid of taking a class somewhere.
We laughed so hard Tuesday night, that made it more than worthwhile!! It also helped that we met after work so no real time crunch such as lunch time. Being a bit older, and a long time sewer, I have an extra machine that I can leave in work plus, at the recent Joann's sale, I duplicated enough basic tools that I don't have to lug anything back & forth. That's a big help.
04-30-2010, 06:36 AM
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This sounds like so much fun!!!
My co-worker and I share quilting and collaborated on making a quilt for a special student of ours. It is such a nice thing to share non-work related something. Great relationship building going on there!
My co-worker and I share quilting and collaborated on making a quilt for a special student of ours. It is such a nice thing to share non-work related something. Great relationship building going on there!
04-30-2010, 06:41 AM
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There are mostly men in my profession so I don't get a chance to interact with too many women during working hours. This is a wonderful opportunity to do just that! Not to sound sexist, which I'm not, but I've found that groups of women create their own type of energy that can radiate out to do good things.
I'm really hoping that we reach the point where we can all contribute one or more blocks to create a quilt for a raffle here at work around Christmas time. That would be such fun!
I'm really hoping that we reach the point where we can all contribute one or more blocks to create a quilt for a raffle here at work around Christmas time. That would be such fun!
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