What first attracted you to quilting
#71
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Missouri
Posts: 354
I come from a long line of quilters...my great great grandmother had neighbors who would give her scraps and she would piece quilt tops. My grandmother did many quilts and I can remember the quilt frame she had set up when I was a kid. Mom always liked to sew but really didnt start quilting til she retired. She got my teenager daughter interested. I never liked to sew, thought it was a tedious job. Then I received an email link to a quilting site and I checked out and was soon bitten by the bug. It's truly a family tradition!
#72
I can't ever remember a time when i wasn't sewing something. My mom and both grandma's sewed all the time. I learned to sew when I was very little. The first quilt I ever made was for my DD when she went from the crib to a big girl bed. I used Tri-Chem fabric paints to make Sun Bonnet Sue blocks and then made sashing and a border and machine quilted it. I used 5/8 inch seams and polyester fabric! She is now 38 and still has the quilt! I have learned a lot since then. I made most of my clothes and my kids clothes. Quilting is a creative outlet for me and I love it. I have several quilts planned in my head before I finish the one I am working on. I usually have several projects going at one time.
#73
My daughter wanted me to make a quilt for my grandson. I selected an Alex Anderson wall hanging of sail boats and made it into a full size quilt. It was eight years later before I tried quilting again. Now I'm quilting every spare minute and having so much fun! I think this board has kept me quilting. I have learned so much from all of you. Thanks!
#74
Junior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Kansas
Posts: 140
After sewing clothes and craft things, I found quilting and wanted to leave my children and grandchildren something
I made. I have quilts that my Grandmother made and one from my Great GrandMother, whom I knew for several
years...and it is hand quilted Grandmothers Flower Garden. My mother did not sew!! Now I have found out I
am going to be a Great Grandmother in February, so I need to make baby things...lol
Sometimes I feel like I am a collector....patterns, fabrics, and notions!
I made. I have quilts that my Grandmother made and one from my Great GrandMother, whom I knew for several
years...and it is hand quilted Grandmothers Flower Garden. My mother did not sew!! Now I have found out I
am going to be a Great Grandmother in February, so I need to make baby things...lol
Sometimes I feel like I am a collector....patterns, fabrics, and notions!
#76
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Location: Keene, New Hampshire
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thank you all for sharing them.
#77
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Central Florida
Posts: 204
We were expecting our 3rd grandchild and thought a quilt would be beautiful. Was on vacation on NC and the "boutiques" I visited all had quilts -- Made in China. I was so frustrated when I returned home, I decided I can make a quilt myself. I have been sewing since my early teens -- my mother and her sisters were all seamstresses. I am self taught and have been quilting for over 5 years. It is such a relaxing and rewarding hobby. How can you go wrong giving a gift made by your hands and given from your heart.
#78
Let's see started sewing when I was 8 made lots of clothes and other stuff wasn't going to quilt because it was too time consuming.... Had grandsons..... Hmmm cant really make cloths for them, took a class with my boyfriends ex wife ( we had a blast) now quilting is my primary focus long arm, making etc.... Love quilts and really one size fitsall
#79
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: SW Minnesota
Posts: 1,590
My maternal grandmother almost always had a quilt on the frame...when they lived on the farm and even after she and Grandpa moved to town (usually a Log Cabin). My mom also quilted, but not so much until we kids were grown; she sewed many things for me and for my sisters, and the scraps from the clothing projects went to Grandma. I was always interested in sewing and quilting...did much more garment sewing before I was married, and a lot for my girls when small and prom dresses as teenagers. Didn't really start quilting until 8 to 10 years ago. I've been having fun lately making t-shirt quilts.
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