LOL, love how the QAYG is now known here as the 'SewBiz Technique'.... Its not mine. I merely 'splained it!
Thanks for your kind words, Janice, re: hubby temporarily being a clod. He just doesn't get my bliss.
Libster thank you for showing us your quilt in good lighting. It is gorgeous. I see blocks I love in there... some the same as in my quilt. Tonight is my quilt group meeting/Christmas party and I am bringing my completed Boom quilt to show them. I know they will DIE when they see it! Our leader wants us to swap F8ths and do a boom quilt among our group members, so we are hoping my quilt will be the persuader.
TG, it's cool you were taught handwork in home ec! Perhaps because they didn't have the fleet of sewing machines set up yet? I actually taught myself to sew on a machine my Dad had bought for my Mom, but Mom didn't use. For a decade I thought it was a table in her bedroom! One day when I was 11 or 12 I opened it up, found the manual, and followed step by step how to thread it and sew. Started sewing little Christmas ornaments and clothing for my troll dolls. I loved using a sewing machine.... and never got over it! By the time I went into Home Ec class, I already was experienced with a sewing machine and had made several dresses for my little sister to wear to kindergarten. The other girls were making a plain square apron, and I was sewing complex little dresses, with set in sleeves and gathers, LOL. I'm so glad the teacher let me sew what I wanted. I would have been so bored otherwise.
I didn't do as well in cooking class... just not as interested or motivated!