Rebecca's Quilting: 07/28/12

Saturday, July 28, 2012

QUILTING 101 - FOUR NEW STUDENTS

I had the pleasure of meeting four great ladies today at Jo-Ann. They were all new to quilting, although some had sewn before. We had a great time learning how to use a rotary cutter, mat and ruler, how to make perfect 1/4" seams, how to piece patches together and how to interlock seams. The block they made is called "Hole in the Barn Door." Here are (left to right) Becca, Barb, Lisa and Marie, proudly holding up their finished blocks, and looking forward to their next project:

ABOUT ME

I have been quilting since the early 1990s and have taught many beginner quilting classes in my home and various quilt shops in the area. In 2001, I started my own professional long arm quilting business and quilted more than 120 quilts for my customers over the next two years. One quilt that I did the custom quilting on toured the country with The Alliance for American Quilts and was raffled off, raising $10,000 for that organization. The quilt was featured on the television show Simply Quilts on HGTV and in Quilter's Newsletter Magazine. Another of my quilts, which I designed myself, won a ribbon at the Heritage Quilters Guild Quilt Show in Lockport, Illinois, in 2003.