Hi from a complete newbie

[RosyPosy]

Hi Everyone,

I have been reading posts on The Sewing Place for the last few weeks and thought it was about time I joined in.  I am a complete newbie, not only to this forum but also to sewing.  I started crocheting at the beginning of the first lockdown and then decided to move on to embroidery, cross-stitch and then saw some quilting on a TV channel and was fascinated by the colours and patterns.

I knew I had to have a go at quilting and started learning to use a sewing machine only last year.  My first experience had been at school (back in the dim and distant past) and it used to drive me to tears.  I couldn't even thread the machine!  I have now completed 7 patchwork squares (those flying geese have kept my unpicker busy  ) and really love seeing them come together.  I am going to try QAYG when all squares are completed as I don't have space to sandwich a full quilt, let alone quilt it.

I am in awe of all of your experience and skill.  I'm hoping a bit of it will rub off on me


 

[b15erk]

A big welome from me to TSP @RosyPosy !

Look forward to watching your progress!

Jessie

[Lachica]

Welcome! Lots of skilled quilty folks lurking in the Darkside will be around be around to offer advice. I don't quilt but am in awe of the skills involved in selecting colours & accurately stitching tiny pieces.

[Lowena]

Hi @RosyPosy  and welcome from a founder member of the forum and a stalwart of The Darkside! ( patchwork and quilting board )
You will be made very welcome here and we love people who join in.
Please feel free to ask anything and please let us know what you are up to.....flying geese can be a real pain, so if you've mastered them, you're well on your way.

[RosyPosy]

Thank you all for the lovely welcome. 

I wouldn't use the word "mastered" but I've had a shot at them (not that I approve of shooting geese!).

[Bumblebuncher]

Hello and welcome from  non quilter who had the same kind of experience of school sewing classes. I hated the woman that  taught us as she made us tack everything before we could use the machine and the tacking needed to be perfect  mine was never perfect so I spent an entire term tacking, unpicking, tacking, unpicking.  In the end I was doing it on purpose to annoy her!
Luckily I had previously been taught to use a machine and a pattern by my mother.  My darling Auntie Queen taught me crochet, other things I picked up along the way.
I am sure you will get some wonderful help from those in the know

[Silver Rose]

Hello @RosyPosy and welcome to TSP

[WildAtlanticWay]

Welcome @RosyPosy

Well done on teaching yourself some P&Q skills. I’m glad you enjoyed it (mostly).

[BrendaP]

 Hello and welcome to TSP.  We all started somewhere - back in the mists of time. 

You will have realised by now that any stray self professed quilt police quickly get locked up in Acorn's shed in the depths of a large patch of brambles surrounded by stinging nettles, so your quilt can be whatever you want it to be, but bravo on choosing flying geese  and diagonal cuts for your first attempt.

[Surest1tch]

Hi @RosyPosy welcome to TSP  , we were all newbies at one point so you're in very good company. Whatever you want to ask, ask one of us will be able to answer or offer a solution for you  .

[Ohsewsimple]

Welcome @RosyPosy.  I didn’t enjoy needlework at school either.  My teacher had some bloody daft rules she stuck to.  I could never really see the point of many of them.  Fifty years on I make almost all my clothes and have as long as I can remember.  And  I always tell people there isn’t always a right way to do something but the way that is best for you. 

[charley]

Hello and welcome from me too.

[Tamnymore]

Welcome!

[Flobear]

Welcome @RosyPosy  Flying geese for your first blocks  Impressive.

[Lilian]

Hi @RosyPosy welcome to TSP you will find lots of information, inspiration and ideas for P&Q