I have been curious for awhile about blogging. I've been afraid to try and also figured I didn't have anything interesting to write about.
I met Mandy at a quilt class at The Quilting Connection in Ames Iowa. We were taking a hand applique class, taught by Angela Lawrence. The class was 6 months and ended in July. There is another 6 months starting here in August that unfortunately Mandy will not be able to attend, but I will be.
Now, I am not much of a quilter. I made a couple quilts about 10 years ago for my nephews, who are now 18 and 16. I also made 3 chenille quilts for my mother, father and one of my brothers. I stopped quilting shortly after that cause it became too difficult to go up and down the stairs to get to the sewing machine.
I started quilting again earlier this year mostly out of boredom. I was trying to think of a way I could quilt and not have to go down to the sewing machine that much. I went to the local quilt shop, Quilting Connection, and talked to the nice ladies that still run the place. I wanted to try doing it all by hand but no one really knows how to do the piecing by hand. As we talked, we came up with the idea of hand applique. At least that way I can do part of it by hand and then trudge to the basement as I wanted to do the rest.
I was excited by this prospect and signed up for the class. Now I will admit that I am a terrible procrastinator. We have done the first 6 months of the class and 10 blocks. I have yet to get 1 finished. That is why I decided to blog. I thought if I blogged about my progress I would probably do a better job of having something to show. Mandy's blog inspired me to do one of my own.
I will take photos of my work so you can all see my progress.
Thank you for reading my little blog.
Pippa
(Yes, Pippa is my real name. I had it before Princess Catherine's sister did.)
My profile photo is a heartland stars block I did for a class that I unfortunately didn't finish. I decided 2 quilt classes was a bit more than I could handle since I hadn't quilted in 10 plus years.
