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02-02-2015, 07:28 AM

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Basketman

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Join Date: Jan 2013

Location: Finger Lakes region

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After teaching her how to thread a machine and sew a straight line, and a few basics in cutting etc...I would test out her skills to see if she is a natural or someone who needs to learn from the ground up. I know I started with zero skills in quilting...even had to buy a machine and with a couple of hours in the way of a "crash course" to get me started, I went on to make a king sized quilt with fabrics on the bias and literally a thousand triangles used to making blocks called Crown of Thorns, and it came out good enough to make me go further. We all learn at different rates and with varied skill sets and just because some of us started at the lowest rung on the ladder does not mean everyone should. For many the pendulum swings both ways...start us with something too complicated and we quit...start us with something too basic and we quit from boredom. I think a runner with some challenges, especially if you are along to view the progress and help with the mistakes, gives her a "sewing vocabulary" and not something so simplistic that it will likely end up being her one and only. If she is a friend, you more than likely know her temperament and that would be the deciding factor for me as to what I teach her and at what pace...or I would"politically"suggest the LQS for instruction...so you remain friends.

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