Another quilter friend and I started a group about one month ago. It was to tie comforters for a non-profit. It was not intimidating. " If you can tie a knot and want to enjoy an evening of fellowship, come Tuesday at 6:30 pm -8 pm to make comforters for the needy. No experience or supplies needed." But we talked it up with a few key ladies who then invited others.
Just like Junegerbrancht said..you will be investing a lot of time. It takes me a couple of hours preparing the backs, then pinning backs, batting and tops on the boards for tieing. Some days we have about 8 ladies and sometime 2 but in that month we have finished 3 comforters. Some of them want to learn to sew.. We have a bin full of denim squares and will start to teach them sewing the squares. Then we have to bind the comforters...
I am enjoying this group but am also finding that I am using some of my stash to supply backings and other projects, we have set up other work stations on Qsnap frames for long stitch quilting because sometimes there is not enough room around the tieing frame. Another question is...Who is supporting this group financially..Will they have to buy the supplies? The group that I lead would probably faint if they knew the cost of a yard of fabric. I will eventually let them know....but I want them hooked on quilting first
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