This is the very first that quilt I made. It is titled "Sun, Moon, and Stars" and is a rail fence pattern. I made this quilt in 2005 at a Quilting for Beginners class at a local quilt store after a friend encouraged me to try quilting.
I remember how scared I was. Yes, scared. I didn't even know how to thread a sewing machine! Home Ec was the only class I never did very well in and, at the time of the quilting class, I was certain that I would make a mess of my first quilt while embarrassing myself in the process.
Well, all those things I feared didn't happen. After it was finished, I was pleased with my first attempt at quilting. I decided to keep trying this new thing for a while. Maybe, since I conquered the sewing machine and didn't cut off any fingers with the rotary cutter, I could do this!
One thing is for certain, I knew I liked it. Then, after I made another quilt, then another... I began to LOVE it. I learned new patterns, and finally felt comfortable with my new quilting tools. I began, like most quilters, to collect newer and better tools!
Then I started developing what's known in the quilting world as a "Stash" - which is a collection of fabrics that you might use one day. For you non-quilters, you "add to your stash" when you are on a "shop hop" with your friends. Usually after a good quilt show, or even during... if there are vendors. My stash grew and grew... and it's still growing! And yes, we have actual quilt shows. If people can have car shows, dog shows, computer shows, and art shows... we can have quilt shows.
I also learned the name of the term "U.F.O." which, to a quilter, does not mean an Unidentified Flying Object. It means an Un Finished Object. I have a few of my own U.F.O.'s now, also. One is a Twisted Bargello that, when I was working on it, made me want to poke my eyes out with a pencil. Someday I will get back to it... maybe.
So many quilts... so little time.
Over and out.
I remember how scared I was. Yes, scared. I didn't even know how to thread a sewing machine! Home Ec was the only class I never did very well in and, at the time of the quilting class, I was certain that I would make a mess of my first quilt while embarrassing myself in the process.
Well, all those things I feared didn't happen. After it was finished, I was pleased with my first attempt at quilting. I decided to keep trying this new thing for a while. Maybe, since I conquered the sewing machine and didn't cut off any fingers with the rotary cutter, I could do this!
One thing is for certain, I knew I liked it. Then, after I made another quilt, then another... I began to LOVE it. I learned new patterns, and finally felt comfortable with my new quilting tools. I began, like most quilters, to collect newer and better tools!
Then I started developing what's known in the quilting world as a "Stash" - which is a collection of fabrics that you might use one day. For you non-quilters, you "add to your stash" when you are on a "shop hop" with your friends. Usually after a good quilt show, or even during... if there are vendors. My stash grew and grew... and it's still growing! And yes, we have actual quilt shows. If people can have car shows, dog shows, computer shows, and art shows... we can have quilt shows.
I also learned the name of the term "U.F.O." which, to a quilter, does not mean an Unidentified Flying Object. It means an Un Finished Object. I have a few of my own U.F.O.'s now, also. One is a Twisted Bargello that, when I was working on it, made me want to poke my eyes out with a pencil. Someday I will get back to it... maybe.
So many quilts... so little time.
Over and out.
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