Look What I'm Making
I have finally got around to taking a class on quilt making. The evidence of my first session on the Wednesday just passed, are in the photos below. I was in a class with one other person and we were together for 3 hours being instructed step-by-step though we were at different steps of the quilt making process. The other lady was not a true beginner. In fact she has made several quilts and was half way through a similar one as mine though she was making one for her nephew. This quilt is called a Stack and Slash Lap Quilt and is perfect for beginners like me. While the fabric shop had all kinds of wonderful fabric I chose to use 6 fat quarters that were on discount for my first quilt. Even at that the fat quarters and the trim fabrics came to a whopping $32 (Canadian) dollars and that was after the sale price and the 20% discount. The tally also doesn't include the quilt batting, binding and backing fabric I still need to buy. I am making the lap quilt as a "welcome home