The Independence Hall Quilt Guild will hold a 10:00 a.m. meeting on Monday, August 19, its first since mid-June. It will be noisy in the Hall. Catching up with friends, turning in items made over the summer after showing them off during “Sew N’ Tell.”
Plan to attend the Comfort Quilt Workshop(s). Sign up for the September 23rd class on Cathedral Windows, taught by member Carol Wychopen.
Are you working on an entry for the Quilt Faire? Turn in your application and photo to Dana Osterlund. The deadline has been moved to September 16th.
Tip: the “Free Table” could be stuffed full of goodies after members clean out their stashes over the summer…
See you Monday!
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(Not So) Free Motion
In Susan Scott’s beginning Free Motion Quilting class, you could feel the anticipation and fear from the students who had never been shown, or experimented with this technique before. Even I, who took the class last year, felt nervous.
We each had a packet of “quilt sandwich(s)” – made with 2 pieces of muslin and batting in the middle. Some were blank and others had lines drawn on them. The lines were hauntingly familiar. They were the same lines used in grade school to teach kids how to write:
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We were learning how to write with our sewing machines. Some were naturals, others struggled to loosen up and have fun with it.
It’s not the technique that’s difficult. Susan guided us through the “exercises”, reminding us to breathe and have fun with it. Fun?!
The tough part is practicing enough to develop the self-confidence to do it. Susan sent us out into the world with the know-how. It is now up to us to do our homework and practice, practice, practice.
The homework? Finish our exercises and quilt a comfort quilt.
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