Quilter's Academy - Freshman Year

Now that I have retired, I am going to learn to quilt.  After a couple of tries at doing this with the help of a book or two and a class here and there, I am instead going to be using Harriet Hargraves Quilter's Academy series.

Harriet Hargrave is a master quilter who has been teaching her art for over 30 years.  Harriet, along with her daughter Carrie, have begun a series of books which incorporate all these years of lessons into what will eventually become 6 volumes of teaching books.

Quilter's Academy Vol 1 - Freshman Year is the first in the series and as yet, the only one to have been published so far.  It covers the basics - tools, drafting, cutting, sewing and pressing - with emphasis on precision.  Only strips and squares are used for the 11 projects in the first book.

Over the 6 volumes in the series, skills will be built in order.  By the end of the entire 'college course' I should be able to draft, design and sew up any quilt I want and have a PhD in Master Quilting.

Hahahahahaha

So much for the intro - the reality will be dealt with here.