Bill'sBonBon

Self Taught, been sewing all my life,always loved quilts but didn't know I could do them until 2004. Looked at mags. bought books did trial and error, sew and rip :lol: Never had a class would like to one day.
BillsBonBon

Carm

I am self taught as well. When I started sewing and quilting I don't think there were many, if any, classes near my rural area. And anyways, I didn't have the extra money to spend on classes. I bought a book on quilting and questioned anyone in my family who had ever quilted or helped to quilt. My great-grandmother( who was deceased at that time), my grandmother, aunt and my husbands grandmother gave me some tips on putting a quilt in to a frame and knotting the thread and snapping in to the batting and that's about it. I watched the few sewing shows, two shows I think at that time. I made my first quilt in 1986! I, too, could take a class now if I wanted to but I would rather buy the fabric and a quilting book and figure it out on my own!

mimisharon

me too

pocoellie

Never took a class or lesson. In high school, I wouldn't have been caught dead in any type of "home ec" class. LOL

mcdaniel023

Self taught except what I learned from El Burns, Kaye Woods and Simply Quilts. That was a lot of learning. They used to be on all day.

Ditter43

Self taught...didn't even take home ec in hs. First learned to sew when my first child was born almost 50 years ago. Learned to hand sew first till I could afford a sewing machine. I remember my first sewing machine was a "new home." Many, many years ago!!

Ditter

jimrdeb

I am self taught also. Read books and watched videos online.
Still today alot of trial and error!

Bottle Blonde

Self-taught. I worked a full-time job and had 4 kids - no time for classes.

chris_quilts

Self taught altho I had home-ec in 7th and 8th grade. Hated the sewing part and loved the cooking. Wish now I had had paid more attention during the sewing semesters but I do read books, look on the Internet and this board of course. I'd like to take a class but don't know what in what area I'd take one.

barnbum

Self taught. I used to read the quilting books I couldn't afford--at the fabric store, try to remember what I read, then run home to try it. I don't think I could sit through a class.