I don’t know why, but I’ve always been totally intimidated by quilters. I mean, I’m a mad sewer and seamstress extraordinaire if I do say so myself, but there is something about the little intricacies ...

The guiding principle in Linda Wells' class allows the beginning quilter a lot of give. "If you can't see your mistake from a galloping horse, it's OK," Wells has told the group, which gathered ...