I must admit, that I'm getting frustrated with perfection
02-04-2011, 12:14 AM
#232
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I quilt for love and for the love for the recipient not for perfection. I love quilting and its associated skills and I am lucky enough to belong to a really super quilting group who help keep me sane. Nothing in life is perfect
02-04-2011, 12:19 AM
#233
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I don't let the booboos in quilting get me down, not sure who came up with a 1/4 seam, so just try if possible to skip that part, same size work well enough in this sewing room normally 3/8, are we saving fabric?, most of us have way too much :) and were saving it for what?
Do understand some patterns require these seam sizes, think I'll by choice skip those:)
Do strive to make pretty, useful goodies, and done is the Greatest !! Happy Sewing
Do understand some patterns require these seam sizes, think I'll by choice skip those:)
Do strive to make pretty, useful goodies, and done is the Greatest !! Happy Sewing
02-04-2011, 04:52 AM
#237
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perfection is in God"s domain.
I will learn a new method and use it or not as to the value I see in it.
Remember there are people always trying to make a buck on teaching something they value or think we will. Enjoy what you do and don't stop. As we do we get better. I'm better than I was 35 years ago but I hope to be better next month. :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup:
I will learn a new method and use it or not as to the value I see in it.
Remember there are people always trying to make a buck on teaching something they value or think we will. Enjoy what you do and don't stop. As we do we get better. I'm better than I was 35 years ago but I hope to be better next month. :lol: :thumbup: :thumbup:
02-04-2011, 07:45 AM
#239
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Originally Posted by k9dancer
Originally Posted by phatquilts2
Thanks for starting this thread. There are many reasons for starting this journey of quilting.
May I venture to state that in our day and age we do not have to quilt out of necessity like the generations before us(at least most of us). Does anyone remember reading "Little House on the Prairie" with the descriptive prose of quilt making? Oh my, just the hardships of that era.
We have the conscious decision to be able to play and enjoy our quilt making. Or we can take the other well traveled road to become the best of the best and win those top prizes at Houston and Paducah and let us not omit the international Shows. That is incredible competition just to make it to that level and have a quilt(s) on display. What an achievement in itself. That may be another goal in your journey to quilting.
Or use your artistic license, enter the realm of the abstract. Some of us enjoy using up scraps; i.e., Bonnie Hunter, making crazy blocks or sending our creations off to charity groups. Do not forget the world of the LAQs and what contributions they make to enhance these creations.
I enjoy reading, daydreaming [call me Ms. Mitty] and collecting the fabrics and gadgets. Also, love Mary Ellen Hopkins' books and her world of the ppm. What is marvelous about quilting is that anyone can find her/his niche.
Last but not least, it is my therapy! Quilting makes me feel alive, thriving and challenged. Naturally, my family knows that I have lost it completely and indeed I live out there in some quilting galaxy, far far away.
Yes, I have my own "padded cell" to prove it. You have your own, right? Time to get off the soap box now and yes, I am phatquilts2 and I am a quiltaholic. :thumbup: :D
May I venture to state that in our day and age we do not have to quilt out of necessity like the generations before us(at least most of us). Does anyone remember reading "Little House on the Prairie" with the descriptive prose of quilt making? Oh my, just the hardships of that era.
We have the conscious decision to be able to play and enjoy our quilt making. Or we can take the other well traveled road to become the best of the best and win those top prizes at Houston and Paducah and let us not omit the international Shows. That is incredible competition just to make it to that level and have a quilt(s) on display. What an achievement in itself. That may be another goal in your journey to quilting.
Or use your artistic license, enter the realm of the abstract. Some of us enjoy using up scraps; i.e., Bonnie Hunter, making crazy blocks or sending our creations off to charity groups. Do not forget the world of the LAQs and what contributions they make to enhance these creations.
I enjoy reading, daydreaming [call me Ms. Mitty] and collecting the fabrics and gadgets. Also, love Mary Ellen Hopkins' books and her world of the ppm. What is marvelous about quilting is that anyone can find her/his niche.
Last but not least, it is my therapy! Quilting makes me feel alive, thriving and challenged. Naturally, my family knows that I have lost it completely and indeed I live out there in some quilting galaxy, far far away.
Yes, I have my own "padded cell" to prove it. You have your own, right? Time to get off the soap box now and yes, I am phatquilts2 and I am a quiltaholic. :thumbup: :D
02-04-2011, 08:09 AM
#240
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Location: Grew up in WV but retired in Between, GA
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A pitching coach once told my daughter that "Practice makes permanent"--------- in other words practice it the right way and the results will be what you strive for. Perfection is not the most important thing----proud of what you have done!
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