Learning to quilt

As I mentioned yesterday I needed more knowledge before I made or attempted to make another quilt. The need for information caused me to go on line. I looked at pictures of other quilters accomplishments, and read anything and everything I could find on quilting. This was a daunting task and took some time. I even ordered a few books. I found myself reading words like scant 1/4 in seam, rotary cutting mat, paper piecing, on point, fabric stash, saching, star saching, batting, binding, block, log cabin and morning star. It was then I realized that these blocks I was seeing had names like lady in the lake, flying geese and many even had a history. (a topic for another post)

I found myself consumed with quilting I talked about it to everyone. My husband and son were not all that interested but they let me go on and on. I did find a few ladies where I volunteer that liked to quilt, thank goodness I finally found someone to talk to about quilting. I discovered that there are many ways to arrive at the desired results and I needed to find my way.

Finally I was ready to give this quilting thing another try, armed with more information and a rotary cutter and of course a mat, I set out to make another quilt. This time when I took out the scrap material that I had been saving I felt petty good because I had an idea of what I was doing. You can tell by the picture that I am using scrap material left over from years of sewing. I was sure that I needed to practice before I purchased new fabric.



2nd quilt

I called this a pinwheel and I guess it is but I know now that they are half blocks. I painstakingly cut each triangle and then sewed them together. I know now that there are better, quicker and easier ways to do this, but remember I was a beginner and I was learning from the web (what a teacher).