How Many Are Self Taught?
#111
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I knew the basics of sewing but signed up for a sampler class. This taught me a lot about the basics and I learned quite a few techniques. Since then, I taught myself quite a few additional patterns from books or magazines. I still take the occasional class for the fun of it. My primary learning style is visual and it helps me to watch someone do the work.
#112
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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Self taught and been quilting for about 16 years. I stated out cleaning out my house after the kids all got married and found lots of cloths I didn't want to threw away just started cutting the cloths together by hand and quilted it all by hand I made it just for the bed but when my childern came home one day I heard them setting on the bed looking at all the memory of the past. That got me started
#113
self taught except middle school sewing I got a D--
and told I couldn't sew. Mom did not sew And no one else I knew. I have made a few dresses, blouses and quilts and wallhanging all which are sewn. My friend that got good grades I found out were sneaking her work home for mom to do and can't do the littlest repair. I also can fix zippers.
To bad before the teacher could see that I finished my pants that summer to prove her wrong she passed away.
and told I couldn't sew. Mom did not sew And no one else I knew. I have made a few dresses, blouses and quilts and wallhanging all which are sewn. My friend that got good grades I found out were sneaking her work home for mom to do and can't do the littlest repair. I also can fix zippers.
To bad before the teacher could see that I finished my pants that summer to prove her wrong she passed away.
#117
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Bikini Bottom
Posts: 5,652
This ought to be funny here........
I am self taught BUT I have taught myself to do a lot of different things like painting cars, bodywork, so forth. I guess I have the knack to be able to look at something and figure out how it was made or done.
But with quilting it was the same thing but I was deathly SCARED to go to a fabric shop by myself, and I always had to take my wife with me. I never asked questions about how to do something I would just do the trial and error thing, once again SCARED to ask. After all I was a guy that like to quilt and was really fascinated by the patterns and designs.
But with the help of a few friends on the Needlebar and everyone here I have come out of my shell and I realized that guys quilt too. (Eddie is my hero :lol: )
And now when I go to a fabric shop I find that women tend to be very helpful and excited that a man would take an interest in a hobby that they like. :mrgreen:
Billy
I am self taught BUT I have taught myself to do a lot of different things like painting cars, bodywork, so forth. I guess I have the knack to be able to look at something and figure out how it was made or done.
But with quilting it was the same thing but I was deathly SCARED to go to a fabric shop by myself, and I always had to take my wife with me. I never asked questions about how to do something I would just do the trial and error thing, once again SCARED to ask. After all I was a guy that like to quilt and was really fascinated by the patterns and designs.
But with the help of a few friends on the Needlebar and everyone here I have come out of my shell and I realized that guys quilt too. (Eddie is my hero :lol: )
And now when I go to a fabric shop I find that women tend to be very helpful and excited that a man would take an interest in a hobby that they like. :mrgreen:
Billy
#118
Self taught for quilting. I learned to sew my senior year in home ec, but it was clothing only. I feel lucky that sewing comes naturally to me, but not quilting. Still learning, especially a lot from this great board!
#119
My grandparents taught me to applique and piece when I was 12,I finished the quilt when I was 15. I quilted on my own till I was in my 30's and joined a quilt guild, through this group I took classes and met many published quilters, learned a tramendous amount. 1985 I met Harriet Hargrave- her class was phanominal, She was the pivoiting point in my career, I am now a professional quilter and teacher - besides my day job. I still take classes at trade shows, they are expensive, but I save for them, and they are worth it. AQS in Lancaster PA this spring I am signed up for (3) days with Karen Stone, an old friend - looking forward to a hoot!
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