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Donna
I’ve been sewing for 55 years. I started out garment sewing. One day my mother saw some of my brother’s geometry designs and said I should make a quilt using them. And that was the beginning of my joy in creating quilts. My favorite quilt pattern is the one that I’m getting ready to do next.
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Robbi
This was my first day of kindergarten. I learned to do embroidery just three years later when I was eight. I learned to sew garments in seventh grade home-economics. I made my first quilt when I was twenty-three. My husband and I moved to a new town with a new baby to a new apartment so my husband could begin graduate school and I could begin a new job. That's a lot of new. In an attempt to ward off insanity I armed myself with a pattern, headed to the fabric store and made my purchase. That was 1993.
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Rhonda
I started quilting 14 years ago. My niece was born and my brother expected the crocheted afghans that I made for my other nieces and nephews. I said, “No way” that I was tired of it, but that didn’t fly with my brother. I had always wanted to learn to quilt, so that is what I decided to make for my niece. I went to the library and the librarian gave me a book of quilt designs that I could tackle. I borrowed a sewing machine and made the “Around the World” design. A few phone calls to the librarian and I finished the quilt. I have been going ever since that moment. My favorite quilt is the one that I’ve just finished.
About three to four years ago I purchased a longarm, because my daughter needed some type of income. Now I’m working myself to death, but longarming gives me a break from all the testosterone in the house.
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Wendy
As a young girl, I remember helping my great grandmother pick out scraps for some of the quilts that she made. Since that time, I had always wanted to make a quilt. My grandmother passed away when I was only 13 and I didn't know anyone else that could teach me how to quilt. I took a continuing education course offered at MSSU, but the piecing was all done by hand and after 6 weeks I only had about a 3 foot square wall hanging. During that class, I heard about Eleanor Burns Quilt in a Day Series and have been hooked ever since. I have taught serveral classes since then and continue to take classes and learn new techniques. The thing I enjoy most about classes is seeing all the diffrent variations of quilts from the same class. And it is always fun meeting fellow quilters and sharing new and old ideas.
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Brenda
I started quilting when I was pregnant with my first son, 18 years ago. My grandmother and great aunt had always quilted. I love carrying on traditions and have always been crafty, so I quickly took to the art. I have given away many quilts, but I still keep the first quilt that I ever made. Every now and then I pull it out and say, "You've come a long way, baby!" You may have seen me during Shop Hops and during other classes. Starting in 2010 I will begin teaching at Bittersweet. Hope to see you in one of my classes.
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