Review of Westalee Rulers Course
Some people have asked about this course that I took and to see the results, so I thought I'd do a little write-up about it.
This was a 7 week course of about 3 hours each night, plus homework, so it was pretty intensive, especially as I did it at night after work.
The end result was a Quilt as You Go quilt, but I don't have mine all put together yet.
You have to purchase the ruler template set. There are 6 rulers in the set. It's important to buy the spacer gauge, but that is only $10.00 or so. One thing I wasn't prepared for was that I had to buy a marking ruler, which was over $60.00. So, factor that in.
Be sure you have good, fine-tipped marking pens/pencils. You use them a lot.
I really enjoyed the course. Each night there were videos that Leonie from Westalee leads to teach you how to sew each pattern. She's very thorough. You also get the videos to take home so that if you get stuck you can review it. She gives you a lot of tips as you go, so it's important to watch the videos.
You sew about half of each pattern in class and do the rest at home. Some we got done in class.
Ruler work takes a lot of concentration and paying attention to which marks you are using and when.
The last class was a lesson on QaYG, which is a great skill to learn.
I think the success of this course would really depend on your instructor. Mine was fantastic and knew this stuff inside out.
I don't have too many negatives. I think there was a bit too much waste of fabric, but understand that not everyone is used to free motion and might need more to hang onto around the edges while they were working.
I would like to have known about the marking ruler ahead of time so I could budget for it.
Otherwise, it was fun and something I will use, I'm sure.
Watson
I've included some pics of some of the blocks even though they aren't attached yet, to give you an idea of what we did in class.
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