It started this past Christmas.  I’d been dabbling in learning to sew a few things and seeing the things my Mom had quilted.  I wanted to give it a try. I stumbled through a couple small projects using some tutorials I found online. I wanted to see if I could conquer learning to quilt. I had been asking my Mom some questions. She would patiently respond. I’d wanted something to organize my threads in (I do like organization), so she sent me a gift of some containers for just that purpose…and a book.
Learning to Quilt: A Beginner’s Guide.  25 Lessons.
I started to read. Learned a lot in the introductory pages. I’d been doing some things all wrong. ALL WRONG. Then, somehow, it occurs to me that during the summer, I often have Wednesday evenings free. I could use those nights to go through a lesson.  And, thus, the Summer of the Quilt came to be.
The book leads one through the creation of 20 blocks that are joined together with borders and such to form a big quilt. Each block (square) uses different techniques for creating designs within the quilt.  This is right up my alley, I’m giving it a go.
So, here I go…