Checking In With My "Newbies"

Been "helping" a couple of ladies get started with their quilting.  I feel so important!

I thought I'd check in with them and see how they are progressing.

Kathy's update from FB.

Well, all I can say is you are not alone, Welcome to the "sisterhood!"  We have all cut wrong again and again and again...

Save those wrong-cut squares because you will be able to use them somewhere, trust me.
Recently I cut 10" squares when they should have been 12".... I cut 12 of them!   I considered using the 10" and having a smaller baby quilt, but decided against that.   So, I went back to the store (praying they'd still have some of the same print) and bought more fabric and cut them correctly.

Now, I'm onto a new baby quilt and those 10" inch squares are perfect.  So, don't beat yourself up.

Dez:  She has all her "strips sewn together" and cut into squares.
Next step is sewing the on-point rows together.


Sometimes when life "happens" and my quilt project goes dormant, it is hard to pick it back up.
I can usually break through that by doing "SOMETHING"... "ANYTHING" having to do with quilt making.

I'll go look at interesting quilts on Pinterest, or dust my sewing room (so much dustier here in Southern Calif than in Portland.)  Anything to get me thinking about quilts.   And, if I'm still feeling apathetic I make a deal with myself.  "Sew for only 15 minutes...then you can stop."  But. usually I sew for "a while."

Just remember this sage advice:

  Lipstick?  Powder?  Husband?  Well, OK.... maybe not....