my first quilt was a cathedral window. My neighbor taught me to make a block. Then proceeded to gift me 4 paper grocery bags full of white HEAVY duck fabric to use to make it. I added white heavy cotton eyelet fabric for the centers. Needless to say, I didnt get far. The cotton was too heavy to fold and stitch thru, I gave up after about 9 blocks.
About 10 years later I started watching Alex Andersons Quilt show and wanted to make a quilt. I went shopping at a LQS and got so lost in the fabric, the owner suggested I join their "Dear Jane" quilt club. I did, my first quilt was a Dear Jane where I learned all different techniques on a small scale. The members thought I was weird for changing the Dear Jane pattern. The rest is history. Here is my first quilt: (it was a QAYG before there was such a thing)
