I am a new quilter and was at a LQS Friday and was trying to figure out what to do with a panel I had and wanted to make into a lap quilt for my sister to use at dialysis. One of the employees gave me some great feedback on what I should use for borders etc. Then the shop owner came out and joined the conversation and was so nice and asked me how big I wanted it to be and then proceeded to get out paper and pen and drew it out for me and helped me figure out how wide to make each border and how to the sizes to cut each to make it work out visually and numerically.
After that she asked my opinion about what would interest me in a beginning quilting class. Then she went into the back room and pulled out some sample sandwiches and handouts and showed me how to do the binding and cut and stitch it all. I am forever a customer of this shop.
The Quilt Room in Huffman, Tx www.thequiltroomhuffman.com