LOL! Here is my Tennessee Waltz quilt by Eleanor Burns. Mine is not as good as yours and pepperment31. I am not very good at choosing fabrics. I am better now but I was real bad then.

I love your Quilt. It's so soft.
I envy people who can reach into their scap bucket and make scrappy quilts I CAN NOT DO THAT!! I have to have everything that is Coordinated! Trust me, I can't even make a scrappy quilt for Charity. Sad isn't it. So one of these days I will through ALL my scraps into a grab bag and send it off to one of you Lovely Friends that Loves scraps.
PS You'll get a ton of Batiks and Moda's

Oh I didn't mean yours was scrappy I love the "Happy Colors"

i collected fabric for 6 or 7 years because i worked in the fabric dept. of walmart and i loved the feel and colors of the cloth!!!
i did NOT sew much at all. but all these ladies would come and tell what they were quilting and i got the itch. well i have only been quilting about 3 years and none of my quilts are perfect my stitches are not the same but you know what i'm getting there and you will also. but you have to move to get started. it is hard but it's just fabric it won't bleed if you cut it. good luck i know you can do it just go for it!!!!!!!!!!!!

When I first read this thread, I thought, "Oh, I can give her some advice", but guess what? Everyone else said everything and more than what I was going to say! Take it all into consideration. All of us are here to help each other and that includes you. Every one of us started out at some point not knowing how to do ANYTHING, but we learned that it all starts with sewing 2 pieces of fabric together. If the seam is not straight, try it again. Who will know? Who will care? Tape a piece of masking tape on your machine to show you where the 1/4" mark is and try it again, and again, and again. Practice, practice. Before long, you will have DONE it, you'll feel so accomplished that you will have the incentive to go on. It builds upon itself. When I started, there were no computers, I didn't know anyone who quilted, there were no classes (or I couldn't afford them), so I went to a fabric store and bought an inexpensive book on beginner quilting, and a couple quarter-yard lengths of fabric (there were no fat quarters then, either). I didn't even buy batting because I was so unsure about doing this thing, and besides, what would I do with it if this didn't work out? So it was me, the book, and my machine (which only sewed straight stitches and zigzag stitches). I just went step by step, over and over, and guess what - I LEARNED! Than I bought a little flannel to use for batting. Then I attempted a small project (potholder) which was not perfect, but I finished it! I was a quilter! That how it started.

Just come back to this board with your questions or problems. We've all had the same questions and problems and we will help you. There's nothing too unimportant to ask. Good luck. We're looking forward to hearing from you and the progress you're making!

I was in our LQS looking for fabric to go with the Double Wedding Ring quilt that I'm making and the clerk told me my fabric was not very cheery, Boy did that set me back, I had a hard time getting started on the quilt until I told myself the nerve she had she wasent making the quilt. Went home and made a block and it turned out beautiful, shows she dont know as much as she thinks. So I guess I want to tell you dont take what a clerk tells you they dont know it all.

Emiko Toda Loeb, a very talented Japanese professional quilter - told me years ago, ignore the mistakes and just keep going - most will never be noticed.

keep at it gal!
one of my many hobbies is throwing pots (crash!) I still have the first wonkey pot I made, prominently displayed, to remind me how far I've progresed

Teacup, I lol when I read abt your husband's questions...the only one my dh asks now is "who u makin' that for?" We've been married 55+ years and he still does not know that I am not that generous, just a pushover :!:

It's only thread and fabric, and it's kind of like riding horses, if you don't get kicked, bit, or thrown off at least once, it isn't worth it! LOL So don't worry if you get stuck with a needle, or knicked by rotary knife. it's happened to almost all of us and we are all still here and going strong. It's not so bad.

YOU CAN DO IT!! :)