Quilting Is A Family Tradition

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When I was a child, my mother taught me to sew. We did not have a sewing machine but that did not prevent us from sewing. We made alot of our own clothes out of feed sacks. We made quilts from clothes that wore out so bad that we could no longer mend them. Even though they were worn out, there was still alot of usable material for quilting. We had to sew everything by hand. I remember when we got our first sewing machine. My dad bought it at an auction. It was a treddle machine. I loved to use that peddle. It was great exercise for my legs. We found that it was much easier to make quilts and clothes with this machine. It was so much faster too. Today we have such nice sewing machines and the material shop has a large selection of material. We can even purchase premade quilt piece patterns. With all these modern supplies, Quilting is very easy to do. Yet many are intiminated by the thought of making their first quilt. I taught my daughters to quilt. I even enrolled us all in a quilting class that was given in our community. I expected there to be alot of people attend this class as it was free to the public. Imagine my surprise when we were the only ones to show up. To make a quilt, you must first decide the kind of quilt you wish to make. You can make a simple square pattern or a fancier designed pattern. A great way to learn the basics is to begin with a placemat. There is a great placemat pattern here: http://www.how-to-quilt.com/patterns/valentines-day-basket.pdf This pattern has all the necessary information from beginning to the end. Do you quilt? Did your ancestors quilt? Do you have a homemade quilt that was made by your ancestors?