My new sewing class at City College Adult Ed.
Posted by Wendy Breakstone Ladd | Filed under Quilting for Beginners
Well, the week is almost quite over yet and I’m done reading all of the blogs I follow.
However, I started a sewing class this week! Its on Tuesday nights and its structured like an “open sew” time. Students bring whatever projects they want to work on. The class has Bernina machines, sergers, large cutting boards, etc. And the teacher, Ranell Hansen, is a long time sewing instructor and quilter! AWE – the best of both worlds. Ranell is quite a talented art quilter! Check out her blog.
Santa Barbara Riviera by Ranell Hansen (Photo Courtesy: Ranell Hansen)
So here’s what I’m going to do with this wonderful 3 hours of dedicated sewing time I now have per week:
1. Challenge myself to sewing something other than a quilt
2. Challenge myself to learn how these mechanical older berninas work. You know I’m spoiled with my Bernina 440 Quilters Edition.
3. Only use fabrics from my existing stash
4. Network and meet new people
Once I start my project I’ll take some pictures.
Gotta go sew! WendyB
January 24th, 2010 at 11:43 am
Nice to hear someone else is having trouble pushing “outside” the comfort zone-I feel like I JUST got here! Ya know? Things finally look nice, I want them to continue looking nice- forget trying new things! HOWEVER, I felt a similar kick in the pants and signed up for a class. Good luck with yours!