National Quilting Day

It is National Quilting Day... So, do YOU quilt?  No?  Do you want to?  Don't know where to start?

I've only been quilting about 5 or 6 years.  I started after a bad breakup with a man... I was sad and had a lot of time on my hands.  My Auntie invited me to her house for a visit...she is a quilter.  I remember she took me to a quilt show at The Buggy Barn.  I was awestruck!  How on earth did they make such beautiful creations!

I bought my first "kit" that day and in true quilter fashion, it is still in my UFO stack to this very day (she said, sheepishly.)

My next step was to join a Block of the Month (BOM) group at Cool Cottons.  I was hooked and have not looked back...even when I moved from "the city of bridges" to the O.C. three years ago...I ditched a lot of stuff from my house....but not much from my sewing room.

To get started, join a BOM group at your local quilt store, and/or join a local quilt guild.  Pick an easy pattern and start sewing... it is that easy.  Go back to day 2 of this blog and read about getting started.
Watch videos from Missouri Start Quilt Company...Jenny makes it VERY easy (and fun.)
Even my 9-yar-old grandson is making his first quilt.  It is a simple pattern, just 5 inch blocks all sewn together.

You can do it!