Comments on: Meet Rachel Griffith

By: carol c

carol c — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:56:20 +0000

I have been piecing tops now for 4-5 years, i find that lately I see pretty patterns and realize I can make that now. Before I would dream and look at them and knew I wasnt up to anything past a 9 patch. NOW, I think I can try things on my own. At the moment, I am packing up a past life of my own so that sewing can take the place of my dearest love, detail ceramic painting. WHich was my job for the last 28 years. Now it is making charity quilts for soldiers and advocacy centers. to give back when I had pancreatic cancer to others that do with less.

By: Lori Alberti

Lori Alberti — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:33:53 +0000

My first quilt was in 1983. My skills are intermediate to advanced depending on technique and I teach classes every once in a while. I gravitate towards bed quilts for the most part, but am expanding into wall quilts with more of an arts type look. There are so many wonderful ideas in quilting that I love subscribing to many magazines, but I have subscribed to Quiltmaker the longest. In the quilt industry, the design possibilities are endless and that is my favorite part of quilting. Good luck to all in this fun contest.

By: Lisa N

Lisa N — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:55:24 +0000

I have been quilting for about 5 years now. I consider myself an intermediate quilter because I know the basics and there is always something more to learn. I love quilting. I make bed quilts, wall hangings, table toppers, tote bags, anything really!
Thanks for the contest!

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:37:25 +0000

No…the quilty beast cannot be controlled. There is always a new technique, a new tool and fabulous new fabrics.
I got the quilting bug from viewing quilts at my grandmother’s home and was a self taught quilter in the mid 70s. I’ve always loved trying very challenging techniques – just to see if I can do them, but I would consider myself an intermediate quilter. IT HAS BEEN GREAT THERAPY!!!!!
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By: Laura O'Dorisio

Laura O'Dorisio — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:58:10 +0000

hi! I am 14 years old and I have been quilting for 2 years. the first quilt i made was a lap quilt for my room. it is pink and brown. I am currently making quilts for some widows i know for christmas! so far i have made 10. my skill level is intermediate.
Thanks for the chance to win!!!!

-Laura

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:32:12 +0000

I was in a quilt shop this weekend with my 6 YO daughter. My child volunteered that I had a quilt made in high school (I’d shown it to her recently-it is falling apart from age and poor handling) and then informed the clerk, “and she made it 30 years ago.” Thanks a lot, kid. That quilt has all the hallmarks of a first quilt: blanket for batting, sheet for backing, poor quality fabric (in my defense, that fabric was all I had access to then) and machine quilting sans walking foot. While in college I took a hand-piecing workshop and made another quilt (with another blanket batting and sheet backing). Now I mostly collect fabric and make small things like baby quilts, wall hangings and table runners. Machine piecing and hand quilting are my favorites, but I’ve tried machine quilting, paper piecing, and applique. I love Quiltmaker for all the quilting designs and still have most issues since 1995.

By: Patty

Patty — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:49:52 +0000

I started by sewing clothes. But quilting has taken over. Taken over my basement, my car trunk, my closets, etc…………..

By: Carol Sc

Carol Sc — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:06:52 +0000

I started quilting in 1973 — teaching a class in an adult ed program, as preparations started for celebrating our Bicentenniel. …so, I am considered a professional. My background was as a home economics major with an emphasis on clothing — quilting soon took over. I still like traditional piecing the best.

By: Bridget Wideman

Bridget Wideman — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:48:17 +0000

My brother got me started 5 years ago simply by sending me a “Quilt-in-a-day” Log Cabin book, fabric, and the basic supplies to get started. He saw a quilt shop while on holiday and said the brightly colored quilts in the window reminded him of me, and since I had recently decided to learn how to use the sewing machine I was given 15 years prior, maybe making a quilt would be fun for me. Well, I got totally hooked from the get-go! I had to take my sewing machine to the quilt shop so they could teach me how to use it (back then I used a basic, mechanical model Kenmore…nothing computerized. And I still needed help! I’d never been a sewer). I’m now an avid quilter and consider myself to be at the intermediate level. I sure wish I’d have picked up this hobby in my 20’s instead of my 40’s because the ideas are just overflowing! But I’ve done a pretty good job building a stash in short period of time!

By: Janet Kopecky

Janet Kopecky — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:42:31 +0000

I started making baby blankets that were embroidered blocks and tied 32 years ago. I enjoy all techniques and consider myself a beginner in some areas and advanced in others. I love learning new things. I recently retired and hope to have time to quilt alot this winter. I’m addicted to quilting blogs! It is so much fun to travel all over the world from my home computer interacting with talented quilters and designers. I am enjoying my new issue of 100 blocks and hopping to all the new websites listed at the heading with the designer. What a cool issue!