Back in the olden days the girls were required to take home economics. (I wanted to take shop!) I had to make a dress. I knew nothing about sewing and had to ask the teacher what to do with each step. The dress turned out sewn wrong side out. (I would have been better at shop.) The only sewing I have done since then is to make a simple rod pocket for some curtains.
Four years ago I chose the book "The Quilter's Apprentice" by Jennifer Cheverini for our book club. That piqued my interest in quilting. I read the books "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Quilting" and "Quilting for Dummies" and designed my own bedspread. I hand quilted it, and it took a year to complete. I've gotten a little faster since then, but not much.
