OK, so it started with this quilt I made for the church fundraiser...we raffled it off. I had about a dozen folks who came to me about either making a quilt like it for them or teaching them how to make the quilt.
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I didn't even consider it at first, but the idea kinda grew on me to have a quilt class. I had never taught a class before but thought how hard can it be? And I thought it would be fun. And we could use the church fellowship hall for the great eight foot tables! We met once a few weeks back to talk about supplies, fabrics, the pattern and to arrange a meeting date.
So at 8 am on a frigid morning (-4 degrees) we lugged in cutting tools, mats, ironing boards, sewing machines, irons, and lunch (of course) and off we went!
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Susie was a bit late, but she caught up fast since she is making a baby quilt.
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First of all strips were cut...
Bonnie ironing her fabric...
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Penny and Caryn sewing fast and furious!
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The different sewing machines were interesting...some were really old...some were newer...
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Carol's belonged to her mom and is a really neat Singer...It runs very smoothly.
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Here is a psychedelic era Singer...1970s.
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Ruth looking for the quilting app...surely there is an app for that!!
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These three were nothing but trouble! They work together and were pretty wild!
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Sherry shows off a fraction of the finished product...love those colors!
We will meet again January 30th to finish the quilt tops...I am so excited to see how much progress everyone has made.
2 comments:
Great post...great fun!! I've been working on mine this afternoon...no H's yet!
-Carol
I love this quilt and this story! Is this a pattern I could find somewhere? If not, can you share yardage amounts and cutting instructions? This would be great for our guild's Tummy Time quilts.
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