Recently I’ve had the joy of sharing my love and knowledge of quilting with others. It has brought me immense happiness to see a newer quilter grow into a more confident quilter! It has been fun to walk someone through each step of the process and see how proud they are of their work.
Nancy started with me in January and we’ve met almost weekly since then. In just a short amount of time, she has gained new skills and a lot more confidence in her technique. This is the quilt we’ve been working on and I think we are both super proud of how it is turning out. Yesterday we basted the quilt and next week we’ll be doing the actual quilting.
Nancy isn’t new to sewing by any means. she has sewn much clothing and done some quilting on her own. While I was in Disney, she used her new arsenal of tips and techniques and made this beautiful table runner. I love the colors on this!
Nancy and I have become fast friends and I’m so happy to help her along on her quilting journey. I look forward to the emails she sends updating me on her progress. She sent me this lovely note last week…
Well, I just finished the top of my quilt and I am so pleased. First of all without your help I never would have thought I could do it. I just love to sew and have always wanted to quilt, but I would see projects people had done and also looked at quilting magazines and could not see how I ever could complete any of the beautiful works of art I saw.
I know I have a ways to go, but you have broken down each step for me which has brought it all together. I feel fortunate to have found you and would never have known such a talented young woman was right around the corner from me.
Gail is also joining me for lessons. She has been working on multiple large quilts. Gail began her log cabin quilt in a different class and we have been working on getting it ready for the actual quilting. Over the past few weeks we’ve worked on piecing a large backing and basting the quilt. Tomorrow we’ll be sitting down to learn how to roll, fold and do the actual quilting. Here is her beautiful log cabin…
Gail’s second project is a t-shirt quilt for her daughter. She has it all pieced and ready for the basting and quilting. She’s done a super job on this one as well.
Gail is also not new to sewing. She has been sewing for a long time just like Nancy. I love that she is eager to work on her projects and ready and willing to work on them independently. She has chosen a gorgeous new peacock quilt as her next project and the colors are beautiful and I can’t wait to see it come together.
I love working with these ladies!
If you live locally and are interested in learning how to quilt, I’d love to guide you along. Contact me at colwellsg@comcast.net or here in the comments below.
Sandi
