A NEWBIE QUILTER'S DREAM

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I started yesterday with no plan in mind, to make a runner for my dining room table.  As a crafter it is not new to me to begin a project without thinking first about what I need.  It seems that I just form the thought and everything I need shows up.  We are all more prepared for things than we realize.  Like I said, "as a crafter."  I had a conversation last week at a church bazaar with a woman who was describing her craft space to me, it sounded like a dream, but then I realized she was much more comfortable with quilting than I was because I am fairly new to it, although when I started yesterday I found everything I neededuntil it came to putting the runner together.  I have still not put a quilt or any quilting together yet.  So I went about the internet did a search and found "Free Patterns " through a quilt site I visit.  I then went through all of my material and collected the necessary pieces to make the project. I cut it all out and was up until 3:00 a.m. last night putting the quilt top together. When I woke this morning, I took a lot of it apart and re-did it because the pattern wasn't right. It still isn't perfect but neither am I, so I continued. The next thing that happened was I realized I did not know how to add the batting or the back to it, so I searched again on the internet and found e-how.com and a series of videos on how to complete the project. The videos are by Gretchen Soares and they are very good. They gave me all the information I needed except the binding, which, when I get there tomorrow, I'm sure I'll find it on another site. You should check out Gretchen's videos if you are a newbie to quilting; and a table runner is a great beginner project. Another is a wall hanging or even placemats to start small. Check out Gretchen's videos if you need help. I have a couple of videos on cutting quilt square into triangles in the archives of this blog. I hope this helps you quilters.