Quilting Class

I went to my first quilting class last night. There were waaaayyy too many people in the class. Apparently when the shop moved to its new location they must not have consolidated their list of attendees. There were 15 in class where there is usually 6-7. Anyway, things went kind of slow. The very first seam I sewed, I had to rip out (didn't sew the strips in the right order). Then I found out my ruler had an extra 1/4" on the edge so I cut my strips too wide. The teacher trimmed them for me while I sewed them up. I had to finish my "block" when I got home. The 3 hours weren't enough with everyone bottling up at the ironing boards and bumping butts trying to get out of their seats. It was fun, tho. One of the owner's husband (about Bobo's age) carried my machine out for me and put it in my car after the class. He was so sweet. We have class for the next two weeks. When we finish, we'll have done 4 different blocks and put the connecting pieces on. I assume we'll put the batting and backing on after the class is over. Mine is being done with clearance Christmas fabric from Hancocks. The backing is a nativity scene, which you can see parts of in this first block. I'll keep you posted with how it goes. Here's a picture of my first block.