Originally Posted by
cathyvv
It's wonderful that your husband wants to learn quilting! You are never too old to learn and he is doing his brain a favor by tackling a new skill.
True confession: i hate to sew buttons on, so rarely have a button down blouse in my closet!
When I showed my grands how to sew, I let them pick fabrics from my stash, showed them how to thread the machine, and we chose a 4 patch as the first project. They made their first quilts for themselves, so were very interested in the process and the result, and perfection was not one of their or my goals. They loved doing it and were as natural as could be on my machine. When it was time to quilt, they made it interesting by using the decorative stitches on the machine. Now they are older and have other interests, but some day they may come back to learn more.
My True Confession is with my arch enemy the dreaded ZIPPER, I don't sew clothing much anymore but I could never get a zipper in correctly so I refuse to do anything that involves a zipper period! It's funny in that when my mother was still with us she could walk me through putting a zipper in over the phone & it would be perfect, but when I lost Mom I lost how to do zippers via phone call are just trying on my own.
Jeri