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06-24-2014, 07:39 AM
#41
Super Member
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Colorado
Posts: 2,254
One of the things I kept hearing is "your not old enough to be a quilter"
I was in my early 40's (42-43) when I started quilting.
Still I get the occasional your not old enough line. Now I just tell them
you don't have to be "old" to have a love of quilting.
I turned 50 on June 12th........... does that make me old enough now? LOL
I was in my early 40's (42-43) when I started quilting.
Still I get the occasional your not old enough line. Now I just tell them
you don't have to be "old" to have a love of quilting.
I turned 50 on June 12th........... does that make me old enough now? LOL
Funny, nobody ever tells me I'm too young to quilt.
06-24-2014, 09:24 AM
#43
Member
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Kodiak, Alaska
Posts: 10
I have only been quilting for about a year now. I do get the looks from people who believe I am to young (you can see it in the expression). I have others who get really upset with me because I plan out my quilts (cut on certain days) because I work full time also. So when the weekend comes I just sew until my little heart is filled with Joy of my new creation. I have done several quilt tops this year and so excited to do more.
The misconceptions I have heard is:
1. Age.. So wrong I have been teaching my 10 & 12 year old (LOVE)
2. Never enough fabric - I agree with this since I am always needing more of something. But I did see this a story recently about a wonderful lady who passed away and she had so much fabric her family had to do an estate sale and she had a front yard FULL of fabric. So maybe there is a time when there is to much?
3. Sewing Machines - I was doing all my quilt tops on a OLD Brother machine and honestly she was my baby but I did upgrade and I do LOVE the one i have now.
4. Fabric is Fabric Right?
5. Quilting is Cheap (WRONG)
6. You can throw that together for me in a week right?
I have a few more but so far I wouldnt change much of anything I have done. I love being creative and teaching my young daughters your NEVER to young to learn.
The misconceptions I have heard is:
1. Age.. So wrong I have been teaching my 10 & 12 year old (LOVE)
2. Never enough fabric - I agree with this since I am always needing more of something. But I did see this a story recently about a wonderful lady who passed away and she had so much fabric her family had to do an estate sale and she had a front yard FULL of fabric. So maybe there is a time when there is to much?
3. Sewing Machines - I was doing all my quilt tops on a OLD Brother machine and honestly she was my baby but I did upgrade and I do LOVE the one i have now.
4. Fabric is Fabric Right?
5. Quilting is Cheap (WRONG)
6. You can throw that together for me in a week right?
I have a few more but so far I wouldnt change much of anything I have done. I love being creative and teaching my young daughters your NEVER to young to learn.
06-24-2014, 10:35 AM
#44
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Somewhere Out There
Posts: 376
One of the things I have heard personally, is " How can you afford to quilt ? ". While others have mentioned that some people think quilting is a cheap hobby, there are those who DO know the cost of our passionate crafting choice and I am asked often how I can afford to do it on my limited income. Yes, quilting is expensive ! But it can be done on a budget and still produce a quality quilt ! It means waiting for sales, It means grabbing the designer fabrics when they hit the clearance shelf at the LQS and not off the New Release shelf. Great fabric is great fabric, regardless if it is 2 seasons old ! It means using sheets from the thrift store ! OMG yes I did so say that ! I LOVE thrift store sheets ! Especially solid colored ones. I have totes FULL of them ! So yes. Quilting is not CHEAP by any means, but it also does not have to be overly expensive either !
06-28-2014, 02:45 PM
#47
Super Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 4,688
Misconceptions and misinformation are, by their very definitions, incorrect. Don't believe any of them. Investigate and find your own reality (see 'opinions', below).
Opinions, on the other hand, are never incorrect. They are merely what someone else believes to be the truth, baseless or not. You may not agree with them, but that doesn't make them incorrect. Listen to them all, try out however many make sense to you, keep the ones you like, forget about the ones you don't like. They will all teach you something and you'll wind up with your own, very personal, set of opinions...just like all the rest of us. This is an ongoing process, for opinions can and do change with new information.
The key is to keep an open mind...always open to adaptations of techniques, changes in style and taste, improvements in abilities, and the constant flow of new information and products...to allow yourself continued growth as a quilter.
06-28-2014, 02:48 PM
#48
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
Posts: 7,484
06-28-2014, 02:50 PM
#49
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
Posts: 7,484
One misconception I hear a lot is that seam allowance doesn't matter, as long as you're consistent. (That only works with a very limited set of patterns. The rest are designed for a 1/4" seam allowance.) Another is the complaint that patterns should be designed for 1/4" instead of for a scant 1/4". (They are designed for 1/4". The scant comes in because fabrics and threads have different thickness, which has to be taken into account.)
Another misconception is that all quilt store fabric is good and all bargain store fabric is bad.
And then there are many, many misconceptions concerning copyright.
Another misconception is that all quilt store fabric is good and all bargain store fabric is bad.
And then there are many, many misconceptions concerning copyright.
you can use any seam allowance you want, AS LONG AS you cut your pieces to reflect the seam allowance you've chosen
06-28-2014, 02:56 PM
#50
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: S. W. Indiana
Posts: 7,484
One of the things I kept hearing is "your not old enough to be a quilter"
I was in my early 40's (42-43) when I started quilting.
Still I get the occasional your not old enough line. Now I just tell them
you don't have to be "old" to have a love of quilting.
I turned 50 on June 12th........... does that make me old enough now? LOL
I was in my early 40's (42-43) when I started quilting.
Still I get the occasional your not old enough line. Now I just tell them
you don't have to be "old" to have a love of quilting.
I turned 50 on June 12th........... does that make me old enough now? LOL
What's age got to do with it?
