Quilters usually make one size for a time and then switch to another. I get to know all about them as we work together in classes scheduled for beginners and advanced quilters. Everyone, hopefully, gets a good sleep the night before and brings a potluck supper for this very social occasion. First-time quilters usually start with a very traditional pattern, and we have classes for everyone, including children during the summer. Quilting by hand is very rewarding, but women who work want to get it done quicker by sewing machine.
Every person is different, but quilters can start and end with a quilt right here.
The retail shop, where you can find a rainbow of colors of DMC floss and silk ribbons, books, cards and other related quilting gifts, is open 10 to 5 Monday to Saturday and until 8 on Thursday. In addition to her own business, Janet Hochsprung said she belongs to a round-robin group in which members work on the each other's quilts. We do the Northern Star quilt show in Somers, N.Y., and the Connecticut Piecemakers show in Trumbull, and my students enter their quilts all over the place. Several years ago I went to a private tag sale and bought a lot of cloth scraps. I had it appraised and dated to 1810.