I learned to embroider from my Grandma Ruth when I was 6 and then at 9 or 10 Mom and Grandma started teaching me to use the sewing machine; by the time I was 12 I was making some of my clothes. Both Mom and Grandma Ruth made most of my clothes. When I got married I had to sew so we could have something to wear. It wasn't until I was 30 that I started making quilts. Georgia,Eleanor and Kaye(PBS Shows) were my teachers and I was mostly self taught until we moved to South Carolina and joined a small quilt guild and started taking classes. The other quilters showed me how to do hand quilting and much easier than I had been doing it.
I've been quilting since 1988 and haven't stopped yet. Most of my quilts are for in-need children through "The Linus Connection" ; local group in central Texas. I make my quilts all by machine, the quilts are mostly in bright colors that I love to work in.
Sharon W.
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