Originally Posted by happymrs
When I wanted to learn, no one I asked to show, wanted to help. All I heard was, "Oh, you need to take some classes!". Well now I realize, they just didn't want to be bothered. I finally took the plunge, found a quilt pattern, easy one, in a quilt mag, & made it all by myself. Haven't stopped since. Tried to classes & they must have too easy, cause I was really with both of them. Now, I keep an eye out for better, more interesting classes, but the local LQS doesn't offer those kind. So, I buy lots of books, get info on sites like this, & am still doing my own thing.
Same here! The best quilter I know could only spare one lesson for me and that was just to make a 12" block of DNP. I had to sandwich it myself and she never got around to helping me with the binding so after 3 years (gasp!!!) I bought "Quilting For Dummies" and read it through the 12 week recovery bed rest I had after 2 back to back surgeries. I figured out the binding and then I found this board and I haven't needed to call that friend back.