A little over a year ago a friend mentioned that a local church was hosting a quilting class for just $5 registration. Having quilted two quilts with no instruction, I thought it would be good to learn the "right way" to quilt, and $5 was such a reasonable fee. Plus I was hoping to spend some time with this friend anyway. Looked like a win/win/win situation to me. And it has been, but we both laugh whenever we recall our naivete in thinking that $5 was going to be our ticket into the world of quilting. Actually, I've quit keeping track of my expenditures for fabrics, threads, notions and such. I'm otherwise such a thrifty, if not frugal, person. I fear looking at the actual outlay might lay me out, so to speak.
Laughable too, was the notion that our schedules would put us in the same room from week to week. There were times that both she and I attended more weakly than weekly, and the weeks we were in class only occasionally overlapped. It has, however, been great to have this new point of contact with her and with the new quilting friends I have made through the class.
The skill garnering has been fun. Certainly many of the basics were picked up in class, but with so many great tutorials online, quilting magazines and even public television quilting shows, I've also enjoyed doing some experimentation on my own.
