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    Old 02-06-2010, 03:25 PM
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    Self Taught, been sewing all my life,always loved quilts but didn't know I could do them until 2004. Looked at mags. bought books did trial and error, sew and rip :lol: Never had a class would like to one day.
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    Old 02-06-2010, 03:27 PM
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    I am self taught as well. When I started sewing and quilting I don't think there were many, if any, classes near my rural area. And anyways, I didn't have the extra money to spend on classes. I bought a book on quilting and questioned anyone in my family who had ever quilted or helped to quilt. My great-grandmother( who was deceased at that time), my grandmother, aunt and my husbands grandmother gave me some tips on putting a quilt in to a frame and knotting the thread and snapping in to the batting and that's about it. I watched the few sewing shows, two shows I think at that time. I made my first quilt in 1986! I, too, could take a class now if I wanted to but I would rather buy the fabric and a quilting book and figure it out on my own!
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    I mean you NEVER took a class. Everything you know about quilting is from trial and error, or books and television.

    The reason I never took a class is because when I started out, I did not know they had them. By the time I realized it, I pretty much knew my way around the sewing machine. I still could take one, but now I would rather spend the $$ on more fabric. ;)
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    Old 02-06-2010, 03:30 PM
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    Originally Posted by thismomquilts
    Self taught
    me too
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    Old 02-06-2010, 03:33 PM
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    Never took a class or lesson. In high school, I wouldn't have been caught dead in any type of "home ec" class. LOL
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    Old 02-06-2010, 03:38 PM
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    Self taught except what I learned from El Burns, Kaye Woods and Simply Quilts. That was a lot of learning. They used to be on all day.
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    Old 02-06-2010, 03:50 PM
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    Self taught...didn't even take home ec in hs. First learned to sew when my first child was born almost 50 years ago. Learned to hand sew first till I could afford a sewing machine. I remember my first sewing machine was a "new home." Many, many years ago!!

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    Old 02-06-2010, 03:58 PM
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    I am self taught also. Read books and watched videos online.
    Still today alot of trial and error!
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    Old 02-06-2010, 04:00 PM
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    Self-taught. I worked a full-time job and had 4 kids - no time for classes.
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    Old 02-06-2010, 04:09 PM
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    Self taught altho I had home-ec in 7th and 8th grade. Hated the sewing part and loved the cooking. Wish now I had had paid more attention during the sewing semesters but I do read books, look on the Internet and this board of course. I'd like to take a class but don't know what in what area I'd take one.
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    Old 02-06-2010, 04:14 PM
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    Self taught. I used to read the quilting books I couldn't afford--at the fabric store, try to remember what I read, then run home to try it. I don't think I could sit through a class.
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