Even though I have only been quilting for a little over 3 years now, it is a hobby very dear to my heart. For most of my life I only knew how to hand sew, and was often made fun of my large collection of pillows (The only real project I knew how to finish). After I moved in with my fiance, my will to sew grew, but my tolerance for sewing slowly by hand had lessened. We soon budgeted and invested in what is now my most favorite tangible object, my beloved sewing machine. Every time I look at it, I see happiness awaiting me.(Corny, but true) It's nothing special, and only has very few settings (NOT even a see-through case, so you can see the bobbin from the top!) I had no idea where to start. So, I went to Youtube and typed in "How to sew" The top search result at that time was Jenny Doan, from Missuri Star Quit Company's-'Tube Tutorial-How To Quilt'. I had completely forgotten about quilts. I grabbed two different colors of fabric and hand cut them with scissors into... a-hem...errm..."Squares". But by golly I was PROUD of those O.o Shapes sewn together! I was addicted! I subscribed to MSQC (And you should too !) and once a month I would upgrade things. A cutting mat. A rotary cutter. A ruler. After one year, I felt like a professional! As it turned out, both of my Grandmothers quilted :) I knew my Mom's mom sewed, but I didn't know my biological father's mom did too!
(My beautiful sewing machine!)
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Over the years that I have been machine sewing, I have learned quite a bit! Most things I have learned... The hard way. That means ripping out hundreds of stitches, and having a pile of projects that will never be spoken of or seen again. I would love to teach you what I know. But there is a small problem : I want you to know EVERYTHING I know about sewing, and I know quiet a bit! I do NOT know everything. I know enough to teach you confidently. I could simply do a picture tutorial on making a quilt, or quilted oven mitts (A MUST for a beginner quilter) but I would like to do TEN blogs. Yes, TEN. Over time, I will update this blog and replace the titles below with links to their corresponding blogs. I will be making a set of Oven mitts for a quick demonstration to follow along with. I plan to do one Tutorial for those, and then keep referring back to them in the ten blogs in bigger details. So that is a total of 11, that's ELEVEN upcoming blogs :) I will be busy this month... but that's the plan :) This is a big project I have had in my head and heart for about a month now, so I REALLY hope you enjoy it. Feel free to comment below, I would LOVE to know what you think! Are you excited? Which step are you looking forward to the most?
What you really came here for:
1) Get Inspired (Uploaded July 17th)
2) Combine Pattern + Fabric (Uploaded July 24th)
3) Iron All Fabric (Uploaded August 2nd)
4) Cut Fabric (Uploaded August 6th)
5) Sew And Rearrange Pieces
6) Sew In Rows
7) Frame and Border
8) Batting
9) Quilting
10) Binding
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