New to Quilting from TN
09-14-2011, 05:14 AM
#27
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Location: St. Louis suburbs
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Originally Posted by Cherylsea
Welcome from central Florida! Check out what is available at your local library - that way you can see if the book is really something that you need to own rather than something you can borrow occasionally. There are so many tutorials on this board (and elsewhere) that books are in danger of becoming redundant. Start with simple squares or strips and master the 1/4" seam - it's like your driver's license. Best Wishes!
09-14-2011, 05:23 AM
#28
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: off the grid in TN
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Yes, I have been reading over a lot of the tutorials and the one on the "scant 1/4 seam," was at this point the most beneficial as that would explain why even some of my little projects dont't quite match up no matter how hard I try! Now I know! Thanks:)
I like this. This is exactly what I did to learn to quilt first. I took out every book the library had and read them. Then I signed up for a quilt class at the local quilt store. Learned so much from that class. But I had to learn to cut on my own and also to sew that darn scant 1/4 seam. Took forever to learn that. Welcome to the board from Illinois. and Good Luck.
Originally Posted by Wanabee Quiltin
Originally Posted by Cherylsea
Welcome from central Florida! Check out what is available at your local library - that way you can see if the book is really something that you need to own rather than something you can borrow occasionally. There are so many tutorials on this board (and elsewhere) that books are in danger of becoming redundant. Start with simple squares or strips and master the 1/4" seam - it's like your driver's license. Best Wishes!
09-14-2011, 05:40 AM
#29
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Glen Burnie, Maryland
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Welcome from Maryland . . .
Can't wait to see some of your work. Look for books on scrappy quilts. They are great on a tight budget. Take donations of fabrics from friends and family. Even old clothes can be turned into quilts.
Can't wait to see some of your work. Look for books on scrappy quilts. They are great on a tight budget. Take donations of fabrics from friends and family. Even old clothes can be turned into quilts.
09-14-2011, 05:42 AM
#30
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Tennessee
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Welcome from Maryville, TN! I, too, have recently started quilting and have learned most of what I know about quilting from this board. I am amazed at how much good information I have found here. You'll learn so much here.
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