Comments on: Why/When Did You Start Quilting?

By: mamaspark

mamaspark — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 14:54:00 +0000

What a great question! My first quilt was a Thimbleberries sampler. I don’t really like it all that much anymore but my DD won’t let me give it away! I have been sewing off and on from the time Iwas a tten. my mother sewed a lot, mostly clothes. I think her mother made quilts but she passed away when I was only 2. I have (had) one quilt she made for my sister that became my son’s. It has been loved into oblibion! I did kids clothes, then Halloween costumes and became fascinated with quilting around the time my first DD was quite young. I ran out of time for that and really began in earnest about 7 years ago or so.

By: Chookyblue

Chookyblue — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 05:37:00 +0000

Hi Judy
I have just finished my first quilt. Finished 4 otjhers in the meantime and several others on the go. I remember my Mum doing a little sewing and when I was a little Brownie she made my uniform for me and my little brothers and sisters were under the table playing with the peddle and she packed it all up and never did another thing. She never patchworked at all. I picked up sewing at school and my interest has come from there. Love it.
OH and I do like your first quilt……

By: Mrs. Goodneedle

Mrs. Goodneedle — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:38:00 +0000

Your first quilt was beautiful then and still is today. I began quilting in 1983, was a first generation quilter in my family. I don’t know how many from my first class (also a sampler, of course!)are still quilting now.

By: EileenKNY

EileenKNY — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:04:00 +0000

Nobody in my family quilted that I know of-I don’t remember either of my grandmothers. My mother once said she was “forced” to make a quilt and hated it.
I went to the Amish country in PA when I was in HS, and fell in love with the quilts. Years passed and I forgot about them.
Mike and I took the kids on vacation there in the late ’80s, and I saw some really beautiful quilts. They were very expensive and hand made. I decided that I wanted to learn how to make my own. It took me almost 5 years to find a class, because I knew I needed help.
It was a continuing ed class and we did everything by hand, even the binding.
Obviously, I got hooked and still am hooked. Only now, I don’t get to do as much as I’d like to do.

By: Owens Family Adventures

Owens Family Adventures — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:53:00 +0000

When we lived in Okinawa I had a friend who quilted. We would have crafty days once a week..she would quilt and I would crochet. When she would go fabric shopping I’d tag along and buy fabric. Silly I know but I just couldn’t resist. When we moved to Houston for a three year tour I met a woman who talked about learning to quilt. We looked at each other and it was love at first sight!! hahaha We went out that day, bought a book and some thread and quilted the most hideous wall hangings you’ve ever seen in your life. We spent the next year making quilts at her house during the day while her young son played under the table. It was a wonderful year and I will always carry memories of that time. I am now living in Korea and the love affair I have with fabric and quilts continues. Quilting is such a part of me now that I can’t imagine my life without it. I love everything about it. From the fat quarters to tiny threads on my clothes. It quiets something inside of me I didn’t know needed quieting. There are no other quilters in my family tree. I am proud to be the first, but not the last!!
This was fun!! Thanks for bringing back some great memories!!
dawn