TaylorAlaska

I joined because this was the most friendly-looking and comfortable place to me that seemed related to sewing, it's too bad it's for quilting and nobody really talks about sewing here. I thought it'd be a generic sewing machine related crafts forum so I made a couple threads for help with my machine and surprisingly I got more responses than other places.

I made an avatar for this site which is unusual for me so I'm quite comfortable here.
I own a sewing machine that my grandmother used and I guess passed down and I tailored a winter coat of mine that I bought but was disappointed with so I tailored it and it came out great. I've always liked sewing by hand but this was my first time using a machine and it was a lot of work because as you know winter coats have layers and stuff. I remember when I sewed by hand I learned a technique to hide thread in seams by folding fabric with another piece of fabric and sewing through both of them down a line it creates one side that has a very smooth seam and I thought I was very smart and learned this was a common technique used. Anyway this place seems nice.

I've never made a quilt before but it sounds easy to do, I'm not sure what kind of quilt I would make. Aren't quilts just blankets? But with patterns on them? I wonder what kind of blanket I would make.
I think I would make a picnic quilt, one for a picnic.... I wonder what other things a quilt could be for..