donnajean

I sewed my own clothing as a teenager & my sister got me into quilting when I retired from teaching in 1996. My 1st quilts were from reading books & I remember an Eleanor Burns video. My sister insisted that I take a class & I found that I knew more than the quilting instructor "about teaching". There were girls in the class who did not even know how to thread a machine. Yet, we would just watch a demonstration & then were supposed to go home & make that "sampler" block on our own. I'm sure I was the only one who completed that quilt. So, when I later taught sewing at a sew ' vac shop, I would start beginners with a pot holder or baby/lap quilt so that I made sure they completed the whole process of making a quilt. Many of the books are so very well illustrated & you follow the directions - one step at a time - you will be fine.