Only another quilter can imagine how thrilled I was to find a quilt teacher. The wife of a guy I worked with taught quilting in their home. I signed up! I took every class she offered. I was amazed at the “little things” I learned from her and the other students that made such a difference in my quilting. I’ve taken many classes since and can’t recommend them enough.
Checkerboard with hearts wall hanging or table topper. It’s hand pieced, hand appliqued and hand quilted.
Yes, I was still hand piecing and was learning a lot in the process. I would get to machine piecing but there’s a lot to say about learning from scratch. The teacher was a stickler for the rules of quilting and that was fine. I learned them all and later learned which ones I could break. Things like straight of grain, on the bias, accurate quarter inch seams and why they’re important, needle turn applique at this early stage, marking a quilt top before you start quilting, thread basting, etc. I don’t regret for a minute learning how to quilt from the basics. Making a quilt is a slow process and learning to quilt is an even slower process.
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