The Quilted Jacket

I cannot say enough great things about the workshop that I took with Sandra Lee Designs to learn how to make a quilted jacket. Sandra is a phenomenal teacher, and I would travel again to take a class with her, she is just so talented and so fun, and at the end of the day, everyone in the class ends up with a beautiful jacket because she knows how to make that happen. I got into this because I had so much fun at my first QuiltCon that I knew I had to go back, and ideally I wanted to go back with the woman who taught me that any amateur with a credit card and some foreplanning could attend this spectacular event. So sign up again I did. I say it was her idea and she says it was mine, but somewhere along the road to going back we agreed that we should each make a jacket that would scream "We are going to QuiltCon" to those in the know. I think it was her, because basically, I cannot sew. Not in the third dimension at least, and that is definitely a skill you need to pull of the quilted jacket. So when I caught wind of this class, I knew I had to make it work for me to attend, and I am so glad I did! I brought a quilt that I had made 30 years ago that was so damaged I did not feel up to the task of repairing it--so I cut it up, sewed it back together, and voila! A jacket emerged!