{"id":1339,"date":"2013-06-18T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-18T23:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/18\/quilting-with-a-newbie\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T12:48:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T20:48:24","slug":"quilting-with-a-newbie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2013\/06\/18\/quilting-with-a-newbie\/","title":{"rendered":"Quilting with a newbie"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several weeks ago, my granddaughter asked me to teach her how to make a quilt, and I told her we’d better wait until school was over for the summer, since she and her family are always pretty busy. Today was the day! I got out graph paper for her to practice sewing straight lines, which she did much better than I’d expected \u2014 and with much less practice. \ud83d\ude42 Then we selected fabrics for the doll quilt she wanted to make; it’s all in pinks to coordinate with the bed. I’d thought we’d make a Rail Fence quilt with three “logs” in each block, but DGD had a tough time deciding among four she liked, so we finally went with all four fabrics, arranging them to her taste.<\/p>\n

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She did so<\/i> well! She’s barely six years old, and she was enthralled \u2014 and very disappointed that we didn’t have time to finish the quilt. This is what she accomplished today. The blocks are 4″ square, and all that remains to finish the quilt top is to add that third row of blocks and a border. I did the cutting, pressing, and pinning, but she did everything else. I was less worried about possible accidents than I might have been if I hadn’t had a finger guard for the presser foot on my Bernina, and I sat right behind her while she sewed so as to see exactly what she was doing.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever seen a cuter little quilter? We’ve set a date for the next session. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Several weeks ago, my granddaughter asked me to teach her how to make a quilt, and I told her we’d better wait until school was over for the summer, since she and her family are always pretty busy. Today was the day! 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