Comments on: Worldwide Quilting Day….(And a Giveaway!)

By: Vickie Gillespie

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 21:52:58 +0000

One way I and other members of the Gala Quilt guild share or love of sewing is to get together at a library and sew. For national quilt month, the library sponsored a lunch and learn, where I had the privilege of telling those attending about our guild and quilting in general. Then I got to answer questions from the audience and found that those who attended were really interested in more information.

By: Barbara Ladyansky

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:48:29 +0000

This worldwide quilting day will find me recuperating by snuggling uner colorfol and comfy quilts.

By: Kris B

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 13:43:30 +0000

I learned not to make such a big, important quilt for my first project. I thought it would be a fabulous idea to make a quilt for my company president with blocks created by each of our locations. I had sewn clothes and thought that sewing straight lines together would be no problem! Boy was I wrong! My aunt helped me make it a success, but there were lots of struggles as I went. At least you only have one first & I learned from it!!

By: Carolyn Tindal

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:03:52 +0000

I had all the triangles laid out on the counter. Even though I checked them at least 150x’s, AFTER I sewed them together, I noticed that one was in the opposite direction. Learned that you have to check 151xs!! I just told everyone, I wanted to do that and that it adds design interest!!

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By: Kathi

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:50:03 +0000

My first quilt was a queen sized quilt made from (a billion?) 9 patches! Three borders and stars in each corner. That was 13 years ago. I love it we use it on our bed! I learned that you should go slightly smaller for a first quilt! And while corner matching does matter….after awhile sometimes it doesn’t matter that much!

By: Jane

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:39:34 +0000

What I learned from my first quilt was to not judge my abilities. What I mean is that, now that I am more experienced, I look back on that first quilt and think, “If I had known what this project would involve, I don’t think I would have tackled it.” I didn’t know anything about quilting when I made my first quilt. It is huge, larger than queen size, and machine quilted on a little machine. But I powered through and completed it for my daughter. It makes me proud, even with all it’s flaws. Of course, I learned many quilting and sewing related information. But in this case, Ignorance truly was bliss. I am not afraid to take on any project, no matter the skill level. They are all learning experiences in my quilting journey.

By: Karrie Smith

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 01:27:38 +0000

I have learned almost EVERYTHING since I made my first quilt. I did squares that ended up charm sized, and didn’t even realize that FMQ existed. I thought quilting was putting together fabric! I didn’t even realize designer fabric existed…I have learned SO much from my first quilt! Thanks for the chance to win some awesome stuff!

By: Rachael Rabbit

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 14:50:07 +0000

My first quilt was a hand pieced hexagon quilt that I finished in 2007 – an animal/zoo type scene – that I designed myself (I think I still have the scribbles in a drawer somewhere.) It taught me I really should invest in a sewing machine if I enjoyed sewing this much – although I still love hand-piecing those hexagons! You can see the quilt at http://rachaelrabbit.blogspot.com/2007/08/animal-quilt.html and it currently hangs in my son’s bedroom. x

By: Connie Smith

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 01:01:00 +0000

In 1977 I was in the hospital because of a pregnancy risk. It ended up I was there for 3 months. I had started a crib size quilt at home so my husband brought all the things I needed (even my sewing machine) to the hospital and I finished the entire quilt never getting out of bed. It was a very basic four 4″ squares in a block and hand embroidered 8″ blocks. I had a lap quilting hoop so it made the quilting part fairly easy. The entire hospital learned about this so I had many visitors everyday to see the progress. My daughter arrived on time and healthy. She left the hospital wrapped in her new quilt.