What does quilting mean to you?
#21
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Posts: 4,345
Quilting means a lot to me. It's a wonderful craft, an art form and also something like a therapy and a good training for patience. Quilts have what I wish to have by myself: beauty, balance, structure, calmness and softness. When I quilt I feel complete...it's much more for me than hobby - it's passion, a little obsession and a lot of emotion.
#23
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Posts: 10,357
Quilting to me is like gardening...practical and yet an art. When I sit surrounded by my animal companions and put needle and thread to fabric, it is almost a form of meditation. Quilting brings me peace.
#25
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,038
Quilting is my challenge, passion, stimulation and therapy.
Being a part of this QB forum has provided opportunities for me to communicate with a diverse group of quilters.
On a local level, quilting is an amazing and thriving activity. Some of us have learned "quilt documentation".The state quilting associations are accumulating archival pictures and surveys to preserve their legacies.
We also give back to our community by donating quilts made with love and hope.
Happy Quilting. :D
Being a part of this QB forum has provided opportunities for me to communicate with a diverse group of quilters.
On a local level, quilting is an amazing and thriving activity. Some of us have learned "quilt documentation".The state quilting associations are accumulating archival pictures and surveys to preserve their legacies.
We also give back to our community by donating quilts made with love and hope.
Happy Quilting. :D
#26
Originally Posted by skippitydodahquilts
Is it a form of art, a craft, or a hobby for you? I want to know what you guys and gals think!
For me, it's a hobby that i want to perfect and make it into a work of art. It allows me to express myself in a way that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise. I can play with color and designs and it just makes me happy :).
For me, it's a hobby that i want to perfect and make it into a work of art. It allows me to express myself in a way that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise. I can play with color and designs and it just makes me happy :).
#27
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Quebec, Canada
Posts: 1,861
Being a new quilter I just wanted to learn how it was done. I am very involved in genealogy and, as DebQuilter50 said, I think it is a way to reconnect with my mother and grandmother who made some quilts but that was before I was born and I am 62 yo.
I wish I would have seen them doing the quilts that ended up in my house after they were gone.
I am still learning so the whole process is still difficult for me but I like the result so far. Seeing fabrics getting a new look as it is pieced with different fabrics in different shapes is amazing and satisfying to me. As SherriB said: it gives me a sense of accomplishment when I see some blocks finished. I have not completed a whole quilt yet but I beleive I will be proud to see it done.
I wish I would have seen them doing the quilts that ended up in my house after they were gone.
I am still learning so the whole process is still difficult for me but I like the result so far. Seeing fabrics getting a new look as it is pieced with different fabrics in different shapes is amazing and satisfying to me. As SherriB said: it gives me a sense of accomplishment when I see some blocks finished. I have not completed a whole quilt yet but I beleive I will be proud to see it done.
#30
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 729
quilting for me is keeping a tradition going forward from our early settlers of the united states its gives me the feeling of accomplishment of knowing our mothers great grandmothers and all other women and gentlemen brought this craft for us to love and enjoy
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