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Old 08-15-2011, 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by wantabe quilter
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yep, try Senior Centers too. and ask at your library or quilt shops in your area.
Never thought about that. I am afraid if I go to a Senior Center I will want to adopt and grandma or grandpa. :D
And that is bad, why?

My best friends over the years have been way older than me. They are all gone now. You can learn so much from older people. LOL 'Older people' is now me.....
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Old 08-15-2011, 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Barb44
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yep, try Senior Centers too. and ask at your library or quilt shops in your area.
Never thought about that. I am afraid if I go to a Senior Center I will want to adopt and grandma or grandpa. :D
And that is bad, why?

My best friends over the years have been way older than me. They are all gone now. You can learn so much from older people. LOL 'Older people' is now me.....
It is not bad at all. lol I am also one of those older people now.
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Does your local quilt guild have beginner lessons?
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Also, sometimes colleges offer continuing education classes for all kinds of topics: quilting, computers, photography etc.

That's where I took my first two classes. They were great. One was for a T-shirt quilt and the other was a rail fence. Both were very basic and from A to Z basics.
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Originally Posted by Doreen
Does your local quilt guild have beginner lessons?
I just found out they even had a guild in my town. I sent a e-mail to see if they new of someone that gave lessons.

Thank you,
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Originally Posted by merrylouw
Also, sometimes colleges offer continuing education classes for all kinds of topics: quilting, computers, photography etc.

That's where I took my first two classes. They were great. One was for a T-shirt quilt and the other was a rail fence. Both were very basic and from A to Z basics.
Thank you I will call them tomorrow and check it out.
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I live in a small town and take classes from the Technical College.
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Old 08-15-2011, 02:09 PM
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There are an amazing number of free videos on youtube.com. I especially like the ones by Missouri Star Quilt Company but there might be some that are even more elementary. Jenny Doan (of MSQC) also has an online course you pay for but I think it's excellent (I did it). You can stop, start, replay, type in questions (and she really does reply to them).

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...beginning+quil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQM8wI95xeI
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Originally Posted by wantabe quilter
Originally Posted by nativetexan
yep, try Senior Centers too. and ask at your library or quilt shops in your area.
Never thought about that. I am afraid if I go to a Senior Center I will want to adopt and grandma or grandpa. :D
Dang! Adopt me and I'll teach you.

:lol:
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Originally Posted by newestnana
There are an amazing number of free videos on youtube.com. I especially like the ones by Missouri Star Quilt Company but there might be some that are even more elementary. Jenny Doan (of MSQC) also has an online course you pay for but I think it's excellent (I did it). You can stop, start, replay, type in questions (and she really does reply to them).

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...beginning+quil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQM8wI95xeI
Thank you very much. I am fixing to head home now and I will check them out.
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