Things I Learned:
• Sew slow
• Sew straight
• I CAN iron without steam. Who would have thunk it?
• Use starch (haven’t done that for over 20 years)
• DO NOT pre-wash/dry anything smaller than a Fat Quarter. OMG what a mess!
• What tools to use, tools that aren’t necessary, when, where, how and why to use them
• How to miter corners
• That it is important to label your quilt
• How to label a quilt
• How to Fabric Paint, Batik, Applique, many, many other techniques!!
• Don’t use cheap thread!
• What DH, LQS, OBW, BOM, UFO, WOMBAT, WWIT, etc. means. Thought I was going crazy for a little while there.
• How to “post” and “reply”
• NO ONE has the right to rip my fabric but me. The only time I do it, is when I want to save time and am not that concerned about distorting the edge. I have a right to waist my fabric and money, no one else.
• How to shop on line for fabric (this was a bad thing to learn)
• That I’m not alone and others need a 12 step program for excessive fabric buying too
• All the mistakes belong to me. I’ll take full credit for those.
• Mistakes bring on opportunity and creativity.
• I LOVE TO QUILT.
Quilt #1 Dedicated to the QuiltingBoard and Ron Hanson's wife who has inspired me from heaven.
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Quilt #2 made for sweet Mary (my MIL) who loves and cherishes her cats and dogs. (see Post 2 for close ups)
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Quilt #3 A nature quilt in the works for my awsome son who lives in Montana.
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