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    Old 02-12-2011, 07:26 AM
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    my daughter brought me some top to put together and i use too watch simply quilts on t.v and that how i started to do quilting and had fun after that did a lot of mistake and still do some times but that how you learn is your own mistakes
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    Old 02-12-2011, 07:29 AM
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    I learned in reverse of the usual process. My granddaughter took a class when she was expecting her first child and would come home and teach me what she had learned. I was working full time and started to quilt just to make her happy. Now that I am retired I bless her for insisting that I learn to quilt.
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    Old 02-12-2011, 09:51 AM
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    69 years ago when I was 7, Mother turned me loose with scraps of fabric and her new electric Singer. I made a doll quilt, but was so disappointed when the seams didn't match and turned to making other items, like clothes. 50 years later, my DIL pusned me into making 2 Trip-around-the-world quilts for my grandsons and I've been quilting since. I've done many crafts and hobbies and quilting is the only one I've never grown bored with. I bless Lori over and over for the boost into quilting!
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    Old 02-12-2011, 01:26 PM
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    I am self taught with the help of books, PBS and Simple Quilts programs which are no longer on :roll:
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    Old 02-12-2011, 01:29 PM
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    In the early 80s I took quilt classes at a local quilt shop (now gone unfortunately) and made a sampler quilt. I am so glad I did!
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    Old 02-12-2011, 05:05 PM
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    My neighbor taught me, we were making quilts for the senior center, I did the cutting and pinning, on Christmas eve at midnight we were behind so she had me sew a row, then it turned into another and pretty soon I did the entire top myself, never sewn before, I was hooked, I teach myself now by reading and watching you tube and from all you on this board, I love to see what others have done.
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    Old 02-12-2011, 05:08 PM
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    I took lesson from our local quilt shop last summer. she gives beginner lesson every year.
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    Old 02-12-2011, 05:55 PM
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    I have always been interested in making quilts, just never gave it a try until recently. I don't know anyone who quilts. Everything I learned I learned from the internet and books. My first was from a Quilting for Dummies book. I just love those dummie books. I also have a Quilting for Idiots book and a few other different ones. I just wish the internet had been around years ago, I feel like I have wasted so much time. I could have made so many quilts by now and maybe be so much better at quilting.
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    Old 02-12-2011, 06:16 PM
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    I took a quilting class at my LQS and the rest is history. I do think it is easier to learn from someone who really knows how to do it right and has lots of little things to share. And it is simply wonderful to know that if you need anything, you can buy it right in the same place.
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    Old 02-12-2011, 06:22 PM
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    self-taught :?
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