Quilta93 Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 My niece, Sydney, visited for a week from Minnesota, because she wanted to see us and wanted to learn to quilt. She'll be 14 next month. She saved her money and bought a sewing machine. The only sewing she's really done was in the class the place she bought her sewing machine offered for new machine owners. I've taught adults, but not kids. I told her to look through a book of blocks and choose the ones she liked. I vetoed all but the one in the pictures. I decided to make 18" inch blocks, so she only needed to make 6 blocks. It ended up looking too long and skinny, so we decided to make 3 more blocks. Sydney did most of the cutting and sewing. I did all the pinning. I had her practice drawing what she wanted to quilt, and then quilt it on some sheets I cut down, using my Millie. She decided to quilt feathers and swirls in the sashing, and I suggested meandering in the blocks. She did one block, and didn't like it at all, so we ripped it out. She ended up doing feathers in all the blocks. She did all the quilting. She had never even seen a longarm until she saw mine. I'm amazed at how well she did. She said she had no idea what making a quilt involved. With all the work she did in one week, she didn't get burned out. She wants to come back, and thinks she can go home and make a quilt using the churn dash block. Deb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbaldwin Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 absolutely wonderful. Love it and better than I ever did on my first quilt and I was 58! You planted the seed grandma and she is now going make it blossom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connieb Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Wow, great work for a first time ever! She's going to be great so long as she keeps on loving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Deb; She did a wonderful job. The feathers look outstanding. I hazard to guess she will soon be free motion quilting on her DSM. You might want to get her some Craftsy classes for Christmas from Leah Day, Angela Walters, Cindy Needham, etc. to build her sit down quilting skills. Then next visit to your place you better watch out. Tell her she did an exceptional job piecing and quilting from everyone her on the forum. Thank you for sharing. Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb in the Mtns Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 That is amazing! Great job to you both! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlsa3 Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Wow...if that's her first quilt I want to see her quilts after she has been quilting for a few years. She's gonna be a die hard quilter before it's over with. Beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibbyG Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 It's great to see that she's fearless and just jumps right in and quilts. It's a beautiful block and she should be very proud of her work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilta93 Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thank you everyone for your comments and encouraging words. I couldn't believe how well she did. I plan on letting her know what everyone has said 21 hours ago, Cagey said: She did a wonderful job. The feathers look outstanding. I hazard to guess she will soon be free motion quilting on her DSM. You might want to get her some Craftsy classes for Christmas from Leah Day, Angela Walters, Cindy Needham, etc. to build her sit down quilting skills. Then next visit to your place you better watch out. Tell her she did an exceptional job piecing and quilting from everyone her on the forum. Thank you for sharing. Cagey, great ideas about Craftsy classes. i started out having her quilt using my DSM. The following pictures are example of what she did. She seemed to enjoy it. Deb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsquilts Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 WOW!!! I am impressed. She did a wonderful job on both the piecing and quilting. And you did an awesome job teaching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Deb; I think a class or two and some on paper drawing practice, and she will be winning some ribbons at the school art shows and quilt shows. Have her check at her school to see if they consider sewing and quilting an art. I have seen it at some of the art presentations at our local high schools. I have tried to get my girls to do it, but all they want is to use the DSM to embroider gifts or teachers or for Spirt Day costumes. Maybe one day they will get the quilting bug. Cagey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwiltr Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Wow! That's impressive! The benefit of youth...no fear and quicker learning ability ;). Good for her and great job by yourself getting her going! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Row Studio Posted October 31, 2017 Report Share Posted October 31, 2017 You must be an amazing teacher and she is a star student well done both of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepsi Girl Posted November 1, 2017 Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 16 hours ago, T Row Studio said: You must be an amazing teacher and she is a star student well done both of you. Exactly! Kudos to you both ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quilterkp Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 That is fabulous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue E. Posted November 5, 2017 Report Share Posted November 5, 2017 Your niece made a wonderful quilt. It is hard to believe that this is her first quilt. She also did a great job with her quilting. Cudos to both you and her on a job well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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