Pat Sloan - Three Questions and NOW the food

I thought it would be fun to answer 3 more questions about me

AND I added a sidebar CATEGORY below called

ALL ABOUT PAT .. where you can read answers as I do them! 

Ask more questions today.. I am keeping them all!

 
What is your favorite color scheme for quilts?

My favorite changes OFTEN. Right now I've been in an Aqua and Orange mode.  Redoing some pillows and quilts in my dining and living room. Some of the yummies above are the newest Joel Dewberry collection

Did I come from the sewing/seamstress side or was I always a quilter?

This is my high school home ec class many many MANY years later. It looks the same as I remember it. On the left side is the sewing area. I learned to sew clothing 20 yrs before I learned to quilt. My friends from HS do not think back kindly on home ec. I adored it!

Do I have a hobby (I'll ask it this way as my OLD hobby of Quilting is now my business)

I really enjoy gardening. I am trying to simplify my garden and it's been a slow process, but I'm getting there. With less I can enjoy it more and focus on just what i love.. the flowers!

 And I love yarn .. actually I have "Hooky Love".. as in I love to CROCHET. But I don't do that too much lately. So I decided to keep a online journal of projects that I'd like to do, and I call it Yarn Mashup. You can get to it from my blog top banner.. check out my MASSIVE Wish list of projects to do

  Download Sullivan 2011 Blog Hop Recipe file

with 2 bonus recipes!

So tell me ... how did you learn to quilt?

Comments

[Amy Roth]

I took home ec in school, too, 30-some years ago. (My 11yo son wonders what "home ec" is? *sigh*) Strayed away from sewing, other than the occasional item here and there. 12 years ago a friend in a monthly cross-stitch group asked who wanted to learn how to quilt. Our cross-stitch group still meets but we're all more quilters than stitchers now! So glad she asked that question!

[TheaM]

Sew quilt me I don't remember the learning part... except for playing under the quilt frame in a laundry basket, watching the left hands of my grandmas & aunts. I know I was young, cause I could walk under that quilt frame and not bump my head! Once I could see over the quilt frame, they put me to work threading needles! When I could reach the treadle on the sewing machine, they added 'bobbin filling' to my job description....

[Wendy T.]

Well I learned to sew early in life from my Grandmother who could make, fix , create anything and everything. She didn't quilt as far as I know though. I took home ec in school as well. I decided to learn to quilt and took a class and it was so long ago that all aspects were done by hand. I have always loved fabric and buttons and creating with textiles. I inherited my Gma's top of the line Singer sewing machine when she passed away and that baby is still going strong!! I now use it to get my quilting work done a little faster!!

[Wendy T.]

Well I learned to sew early in life from my Grandmother who could make, fix , create anything and everything. She didn't quilt as far as I know though. I took home ec in school as well. I decided to learn to quilt and took a class and it was so long ago that all aspects were done by hand. I have always loved fabric and buttons and creating with textiles. I inherited my Gma's top of the line Singer sewing machine when she passed away and that baby is still going strong!! I now use it to get my quilting work done a little faster!!

[Sandi]

About 20? years ago, I wanted to make a quilt for a pregnant friend so I took a class. The instructor did everything by hand. We traced our template on the fabric and cut it out with scissors. We hand stitched the blocks together and hand quilted. Since then I have taken many classes and also learned from books.

[Donna Russ]

my mother taught me to handsew, but I did not know it was quilting til like 30 yrs, cause we never made a quilt, we would get the pillows with designs and make a running stitch all around anywhere you wanted to make it stand out...lol and at age 5 I learned to crochet from my mothers best friend, her daughter is still my best friend after 55 years...

[Martina]

It was my friend who introduced me to quilting and sewing ten years ago. Just loved her creations. Then the blogworld opened up for me to be like a classroom and sewcircle. Learned so much through all the things shared:tutorials, BOM's, sewalongs, quiltalongs.... Thanks so much!Also for the recipe-pdf. That is so great!

[web design London]

I also learned by the ladies and gentlement on the net... I really appreciate the instructions and patterns from everyone... I wanted one of those beautiful works of art but, being a new home owner it wasn't in the budget..

[Barbara]

I loved Home Ec, too! That is where I learned to sew. Grandma and mom sewed clothes for me quite often when I was young. Great Grandma was a quilter. However, I taught myself to quilt about 1990. Then I discovered a unique shop - dedicated to quilting of all things! There I took a couple of classes and I was off and running!

[Mary Jo]

I have taught myself to quilt by purchasing quilt books over the years! Completely learned from books!! Thanks for the recipe file!!

[Bev C]

My first quilt I made which I still have was made when I was about 16. I cut out a square of cardboard from a cereal packet and cut out the fabric squares from Mum's stash. Many years later still going strong and still learning.
Happy days.

[k]

I mostly learned on my own and through osmosis as I started working in quilt shops. I did have a mother in law who guided me with the sewing mostly.

[VickiT]

I am still learning to quilt and am currently nearing the end of my Beginning Quilt Piecing class I've been taking for the past 5 weeks so far locally. Otherwise, I really got the 'bug' about 1 1/2 years ago when I started to want to do more with my fancy pants embroidery machine I was lucky enough to get back at the end of 2003. I love machine embroidery but wanted to do more. My husband I both took a training session about digitizing and then had the software to play around with for 30 days afterward. He loves it but I decided that was not for me either. That's when I decided it was quilting that I wanted to do.

Locally finding classes to learn quiting proved to be very challenging and depressing, if not frustrating. I am legally disabled and cannot do stairs at all very well, much less walk even on some days. And to even think of carrying my machine up or down stairs made me hurt just from the though. Heck, I can hardly pull that monster machine even on wheels because of my really bad legs. Every store I called or visited was the same; classes were either upstairs or downstairs with no option for anyone with disabilities. VERY upsetting and frustrating. Sooooooo I turned to the internet and lots of books. The bloggers are awesome because they are MORE than willing to help someone learn to quilt. They don't necessarily do it like you would learn in a class where you start at A and continue step by step until you reach Z so putting it all together for someone like me who thrives on orgination was a challenge to my brain and the way I learn at first but I'm getting there and the class I found locally is filling in the gaps for me. There were just some things that a visual learner like me HAD to see in person so the class is great and helped me with some of those things I just had to see in person. I'm sure there will be some areas that weren't covered in class that might give me some challenges as I work through those on my own. But, so far I'm doing fairly well and am happy so far with what I have created in the class. Heck, I was thrilled to turn my blocks over after ironing them to see all my points lined up perfectly. I expected worse since I am still a beginner and those were the first blocks I'd ever made before.

[Jodi Guerrero]

I didn't learn to quilt until I was an adult. I had learned to sew from my Mom and home ec. but never quilt. I had a friend at work and she was a quilter. After seeing her work I asked her to teach me. We worked for an airline and in-between flights I learned to hand applique hearts. That was the first quilt I made. On saturday I'd bring in my machine (had a long break between flights)and sewed the sashing and got most of my quilt put together. Thank you Katie N. You got me hooked!

[sharon]

I LOVED Home Ec, was secretary of Future Homemakers of America and continued to sew my clothes, my kids clothes, curtains, etc. About five years ago my sister took a quilting class and was hooked. She said I should give it a try and now here I am, still consider myself a novice but I am 'sew' happy to be sewing again! Love your blog and subscribe to the show via ITunes.

[KarenInTucson]

I hope I enjoyed Home Ec and 4H. I look back at those many years ago and think fondly of them as I still recall some of the things I learned! I started sewing when I was 8 and did all the clothing thing for many years. Started quilting summer of 1996 and haven't looked back. I started crocheting in 1968 when my DD was born and have made lots of afghans - baby to bed size. Have a couple of projects I think I will do this winter - already have the yarn!

[LJ Meyers]

I don't feel like a quilter, yet. I'm just really a learner at this point. Taking quilting classes at my local sewing store has been my best learning experience. I like that it's not a "quilt store" because I enjoy lots of different sewing projects as well as quilting. The shop I go to has been a fmily-owned business for 3 or 4 generations. They were located in the same spot until an epic flood hit our city and they were forced to move to the local mall on a temporary basis. Recently, they settled into their permanent location. Am so pleased that they have been able to stay a viable small business in these hard economic times particularly since the flood was so difficult financially, too.

[HM]

My first attempt at quilting was in 1979. I was getting bored with knitting and cross stitch and went to the library in search of something else. I found a book on quilting and using a scissors cut a bunch of squares and sewed them together. Aparently the quilting part of the directions wasn't very clear... or I wasn't good at following directions. I now know part of the problem would have been solved with a walking foot. But as i was trying to SID everythign shifted terribly and I had a horrible mess. I held onto it as a car quilt for a number of years and I believe it got left on the roadside somewhere when I got stuck in some ice/snow and shoved it under the tire to gain some traction!

[Vida]

I first took a quilting class shortly after my first baby as a chance to get out of the house. I fell in love immediately. It satisfies my OCD being able to cut all those exact pieces which will be made even easier with this new ruler. Thanks for the chance to win.

[Miki]

I have been teaching myself to quilt for over 30 years, with a 25 year gap from the early quilting to the recent quilting. I had to relearn everything because everything has changed in 25 years. I enjoy it so much more now. Now I learn from books, blogs, and a class now and then.

[Elizabeth]

Good Morning. I learned to quilt by instructions form my Mom and serveral ladies who come to our sewing room on Thursdays. They are very good quilters and great friends. I also learned by the ladies and gentlement on the net. I really appreciate the instructions and patterns from everyone. Elizabeth

[Judy C in NC]

When I remarried we had six children between us and I thought it would be really fun to make everyone a quilt. When I retired in 2001 - it became my new profession and I have never looked back. Judy C

[Toni Anne]

I passed a quilt shop in town, soon after buying our 1st house. I new I wanted one of those beautiful works of art but, being a new home owner it wasn't in the budget. My mother gave me her old Singer, I bought a few 1/4 yards of fabric a cheap scissors and a pattern. I soon bought a rotary cutter and mat and learned about a 1/4 inch seam allowance. I come from a family of seamstress' both Granma's, my Granpa and my mother all made clothing. I quilt it's a great hobby and I love it.

[Marcia K]

I love to crochet too! I've been doing it since I was probably 5 or 6. My momma taught me. Most likely to keep me off her lap while she was crocheting. I just need more hands! I want to do everything. Not enough hours in the day. I'd love to be able to crochet with you :)

[Sandi]

My Mom took up quilting in 1990 (after some early quilts before that). I decided to try it, too, and haven't stopped since!