sarah333

all right tim, thats very nice to hear.

kcama

My husband calls my sewing room the black hole of Calcutta...kind of true since shirts with one button missing might hide in there for years....

But when my great nephew's 2nd grade class worked on a quilt, he decided he wanted to learn to sew one. We started with little pillows....and I managed to let him take the lead without being critical....bite your tongue, bite your tongue.

He made a quilt wall-hanging for his mom, and when his first brother was born we made a very nice baby quilt - he did all the fabric and design selection, most of the cutting, and some of the sewing. (He was diagnosed as ADHD, but when he's working on a quilt he can concentrate on it longer than I can).

Brother number 2 came very early, so we had to hustle to get the second quilt made, but it too came out great. I love that there are fabrics with cars and trucks and tractors.

When they moved to a new house, he helped me make fleece patchwork bedspreads and curtains for both boys' bedrooms.

In fact, tomorrow he's coming to help me make him some school pants - these have got to be the three most rough and tumble boys I've ever seen, but that teacher should be congratulated for introducing him, and his class, to a skill he'll have forever.
K Cama

sarah222

kcama, quilting is a great thing you've taught him to do .i have a very close friend and her son has add.she has taught him to work with clay. and when he sits down to work on his clay totally different boy

live2teach

That is so great. I would love to see my husband sew. LOL. He is very supportive and even helps me cut material and pick material every now and then. He loves to watch me sew and quilt and when I have accomplished a project, I'll ask him if I should sell it. He always says no, I want to keep it. I think if he could keep everything I have made and will make, he would. :D His day is coming...lol...he'll sew something.

Steve

I’m just finishing up my first quilt after having the desire to learn most of my life. Though told I couldn't possibly remember it, I distinctly recall my Granny (my grandfather’s sister) giving me a quilt when I was two and a half years old. It fascinated me to no end, with its small colorful pieces and stitches, and so the seed was planted. Now at fifty having had Leslee offer to guide me (after she restored the same quilt for me), I couldn’t possibly say no to the opportunity to learn and have been enjoying myself immensely over the last month. I’ve decided to work on baby quilts for the infants in the family first and work up in size and difficulty. Machine piecing and quilting by hand is my current plan of attack. The sewing machine is my first. I did a small amount of sewing on an old treadle machine once and some corn pillows with my mom a few years back. It wasn’t so hard to learn, though trial and error played its part.

The running stitch is finally picking its pace up from the slow cantor I started with. I insisted on learning “by the book” (via online site) and think it’s paying off. I’m about halfway through the stitching and should be done within the week. I don’t know if I’ll continue with the hand quilting by the time I reach the queen-size quilts, but will play it by ear.

Usually I pick up a hobby every five years or so to keep my mind alert and interested. The cooking and baking, music and music making, writing etc. came to me slowly at first, as is quilting. My only regret is that I didn’t take it up sooner. There’s no making up for lost time, in the long run though I’m very grateful to have stumbled upon it in life. It’s proving to be a wonderful experience and one I hope to share, just as my Granny did all those years ago.

kathy

Congratulations Steve, glad to have you in our world! BTW are you speaking of "our" Leslee? or do you have one too?

Steve

Oh, "our" Leslee yes, I almost forgot I have to share here. :D

BarbC

Congrats on your first quilt.... I am looking forward to seeing many more. My hubby started quilting a year ago.. he was 50 then... wonder if it has to do with the age? He is totally hooked. He has a bunch of tops ready to quilt... most are for charity. There are 3 that are for specific people. There is a cool black and white quilt he made for our son's 15th birthday (it was in June)... there is a winter quilt he made for himself (Our daughter wants us to each have a winter/Christmas quilt for our Christmas card picture this year. Not sure we will get them all made!)... and he has a lovely floral he has made for his mother's 80th birthday this December. It is my favorite... mainly because it will be a total surprise to her and the rest of his family.. and it really is a son's love poured out to his mom. His quilts are all large! In fact, they grow and grow as he is working on them! We joke about it. I hope you enjoy quilting as much as my hubby! Barb C

annmarie

Barb C - where are the pictures of all these MAN-made quilts? We would love to see them.

BarbC

Here is a picture of his first quilt. He made this one last fall. I will have to upload pictures of the rest. Barb