This is the first quilt I bought at my all time favorite quilt store in Racine, WI...Calico, Canvas and Colors...which I just found out has been changed to Calico Printworks. I will have to check into that. Any way...this is the best quilt shop I have ever been to and I have been to many. It is an old house and it is wall to wall quilts, kits, fabrics, and ideas galore. And the ladies could not have been nicer...they even had toys for the boys to play with. I saw this quilt hanging on the wall and fell in love with the colors. I asked Linda if she thought I could do it. She had no clue as to my skill or knowledge about quilting...which was very little. So Mark bought the kit and that night I began my first real quilt. I don't remember how many days it took but I remember reading and reading the directions over and over. Wanting to make sure that I didn't cut the fabric wrong. Just so happened that the foster child we had at this point had their family visits in Racine. Perfect, get them settled with their biological family and spend the next two hours in the quilt shop. I was usually sitting on the steps when the would open the doors. We got to be real buddies. If I had a quilting question I could call or email and they would help. Sometimes when I just couldn't get it...I would take the quilt in for a little lesson. They were always so willing to help. When we found out that Sarah Beth had been diagnosed with breast cancer they helped me find a pink quilt kit and when I finished piecing it they put my quilt in front of the line and got in quilted in about an hour so I would have it finished by the time I would see her at the hospital). So after the long arm quilting was finished Tammy put the binding on (I didn't know how at that time...they taught me for my next quilt.) When I went to get it, when Tammy pulled it out of the bag to show me the finished product I just started crying. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. To think that I had made that was unbelievable to me. And I was hooked...hook, line, and sinker.
This is the first quilt I bought at my all time favorite quilt store in Racine, WI...Calico, Canvas and Colors...which I just found out has been changed to Calico Printworks. I will have to check into that. Any way...this is the best quilt shop I have ever been to and I have been to many. It is an old house and it is wall to wall quilts, kits, fabrics, and ideas galore. And the ladies could not have been nicer...they even had toys for the boys to play with. I saw this quilt hanging on the wall and fell in love with the colors. I asked Linda if she thought I could do it. She had no clue as to my skill or knowledge about quilting...which was very little. So Mark bought the kit and that night I began my first real quilt. I don't remember how many days it took but I remember reading and reading the directions over and over. Wanting to make sure that I didn't cut the fabric wrong. Just so happened that the foster child we had at this point had their family visits in Racine. Perfect, get them settled with their biological family and spend the next two hours in the quilt shop. I was usually sitting on the steps when the would open the doors. We got to be real buddies. If I had a quilting question I could call or email and they would help. Sometimes when I just couldn't get it...I would take the quilt in for a little lesson. They were always so willing to help. When we found out that Sarah Beth had been diagnosed with breast cancer they helped me find a pink quilt kit and when I finished piecing it they put my quilt in front of the line and got in quilted in about an hour so I would have it finished by the time I would see her at the hospital). So after the long arm quilting was finished Tammy put the binding on (I didn't know how at that time...they taught me for my next quilt.) When I went to get it, when Tammy pulled it out of the bag to show me the finished product I just started crying. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. To think that I had made that was unbelievable to me. And I was hooked...hook, line, and sinker.
love this quilt, Jan
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