Why Do You....(dare I say it)...QUILT?
10-26-2011, 03:24 PM
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Because the joy it brings me and my family members I give them to. I had to quite nursing 4 yrs ago do to health reasons. I had worked since I was 15, we had our 1st grand-baby and I think it started out as something to keep me from going insane. Now it's just fun, it's like putting a puzzle together.
10-26-2011, 03:44 PM
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It's a way to be creative. I definitely love shopping for fabric and seeing it come together. Most importantly, I think it's what a quilt means to me. It represents safety, security, comfort, warmth and the love that went into making it.
10-26-2011, 03:49 PM
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Originally Posted by MellieKQuilter
For me it is a completely rewarding, relaxing and enjoyable past time. :)
10-26-2011, 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted by wuv2quilt
I know that in days gone by making a quilt was often a matter of necessity. You had to keep the family warm, or freeze to death. Frequently, you made do with what was on hand. You didn’t get to go to your LQS, or actually have a “stash”. You did what had to be done in order to provide for your family.
In this day and age most of us don’t HAVE to make a quilt for the necessity of it…we have central heat / air, gas logs, and usually more bed linens they we know what to do with.
This being said, I’d put a quilt on every bed in my home, (I just need to make enough to do that). I LOVE quilts! I enjoy the process of selecting my fabrics, color schemes, design / pattern layout, and most important, (to me), who the quilt is for.
So, WHY do you quilt?
Is it for the love of the craft?
The ability to create what will hopefully be a piece of your family history?
The joy it brings you?
Artistic expression?
So, Why Do You Quilt?
In this day and age most of us don’t HAVE to make a quilt for the necessity of it…we have central heat / air, gas logs, and usually more bed linens they we know what to do with.
This being said, I’d put a quilt on every bed in my home, (I just need to make enough to do that). I LOVE quilts! I enjoy the process of selecting my fabrics, color schemes, design / pattern layout, and most important, (to me), who the quilt is for.
So, WHY do you quilt?
Is it for the love of the craft?
The ability to create what will hopefully be a piece of your family history?
The joy it brings you?
Artistic expression?
So, Why Do You Quilt?
;-)
Also ~ it brings me joy to express my artistic side and quilts can bring joy to those whom I give them to.
10-26-2011, 03:52 PM
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great topic !
I am not an artist, actually I am not even that good with colors, but I always like to create/work with my hands. In 80thies sew my cloths, then somehow got my hands on a quilting book and from then on, on and off I have made quilts for my family and still hope to make some more, maybe get a new sewing machine and still have money left for fabric....
I am not an artist, actually I am not even that good with colors, but I always like to create/work with my hands. In 80thies sew my cloths, then somehow got my hands on a quilting book and from then on, on and off I have made quilts for my family and still hope to make some more, maybe get a new sewing machine and still have money left for fabric....
10-26-2011, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by wuv2quilt
Originally Posted by kwendt
I quilt 'cause I had a sewing machine already, and my mother gave me her stash (a 20' truck load) of old vintage fabrics, mostly cotton. Plus I had/have left over calico's from lots of costume making.
So what do I do with all that? (should have given it away...!) But NOOOOO... I had to take up quilting!
Now I'm hooked. Some days I just go into my sewing room and.... putter. For hours. Some days I sew a little too.
<sigh> I'm pathetic.... ! lol!
So what do I do with all that? (should have given it away...!) But NOOOOO... I had to take up quilting!
Now I'm hooked. Some days I just go into my sewing room and.... putter. For hours. Some days I sew a little too.
<sigh> I'm pathetic.... ! lol!
A 20' TRUCK LOAD???? Can I come to your house and play?
I'm not drooling...I'm not drooling
10-26-2011, 04:11 PM
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I don't know if there is a why do my quilting, just as well ask why do you eat? to live of course, to live.
I quilt, because it feels good in my soul, it creates happiness within my being, it fills my mind with creative thoughts, it calms my spirit.
I feel the same way about my painting and knitting or anything that I do that is creative especially when I do a mindless quilt. But I am not selfish with my desires for crafting.
I know there is another human being who wants my attention too. Therefore I cook and help with some housework and then the day is mine.I don't let my crafts consume me, I take time for other things in my life. I sometimes do no crafts at for an entire day. I just spend it with hubby.
I quilt, because it feels good in my soul, it creates happiness within my being, it fills my mind with creative thoughts, it calms my spirit.
I feel the same way about my painting and knitting or anything that I do that is creative especially when I do a mindless quilt. But I am not selfish with my desires for crafting.
I know there is another human being who wants my attention too. Therefore I cook and help with some housework and then the day is mine.I don't let my crafts consume me, I take time for other things in my life. I sometimes do no crafts at for an entire day. I just spend it with hubby.
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