Originally Posted by huntersgrammie

shelbie i wished you lived closer to me, im in alberta, i would love to have you cut for me. lol i too am a new quilter and i hate cutting. yesterday i am at a quilt class and we are making wonky trees and i am supposed to cut the blocks mirror image of one another, but when you don't know the terminology and the instructor just keeps going guess what i ruined about 30 8" blocks. and her solution oh just use them like that and fussy cut you will loose some fabric but thats ok. well me being like i am i had to re-cut them. i figure i may as well learn how to do it right if i am going to learn how to do it. to me the instructor seemed to gravitate to the people she knew and the others just didn't get the attention they needed. oh well i am stuck now at home with a bunch of blocks made and not sure where or what to do with them as i didn't get the instructions required to complete the project and i am not comfortable asking what the next steps are to complete it are as people tend to look at you like you have 2 heads because you can't follow the instructions. but unfortunately i was re cutting blocks when others were learning the process so i was left out of the step by step stage. sorry for venting but after spending $100 on fabric and 6 hours in class i am no farther ahead and feeling frustrated. so that is my pity party for the week have a great one and thanks for listening.