Down on the Farm: Theme Swap - OMG! SEE PG. 74
01-13-2010, 07:57 AM
#641
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Location: Brigham City, UT
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To all quilters...If you are enjoying making the blocks, giving and receiving the blocks and making the different blocks into quilts and other fabric crafts, you are doing this right. If your guts are in a panic and you are worried your work isn't 'good'nough', please reevaluate. We are a group of friends with skills from all different levels and styles. My experience is we all enjoy watching each other grow and change. We want to make friends and have fun.
Please join in. Ask questions, take risks (we do all the time). If you try something and it just doesn't turn out the way you want, laugh and set it aside. Try something else. After a while, the block will call you back and let you know how to add, subtract - whatever - to make it great.
Benjamin Franklin was once asked if he got frustrated during the 500 failed attempts at a lightbulb. Franklin's response was "No sir, each time, I learned another way how not to do it. Out of the millions of possibilities, I had once again identified one that didn't work."
How many times does a baby try to take those first steps. Does he get discouraged and stop trying? Well frustrated a bit maybe, but he never stops trying. And neither should new quilters. We all do better with experience and PRACTICE!
I hope I can safely say that the majority (if not all) of the members here appreciate your attempts. We enjoy your new 'take' on quilting. You give us fresh perspective and new ideas. You are safe here, My mistakes are loved and welcomed as part of the 'swap' process. If you want help or suggestions, just ask. Never feel small or insignificant. Without your contribution, my quilt is short squares as well as personality.
The most any of us can do is our best. After that, just smile, laugh, sip a cup of tea and enjoy a nap. I'm glad you are here and so are all the other quilters. Let's be friends. Gwyn
Please join in. Ask questions, take risks (we do all the time). If you try something and it just doesn't turn out the way you want, laugh and set it aside. Try something else. After a while, the block will call you back and let you know how to add, subtract - whatever - to make it great.
Benjamin Franklin was once asked if he got frustrated during the 500 failed attempts at a lightbulb. Franklin's response was "No sir, each time, I learned another way how not to do it. Out of the millions of possibilities, I had once again identified one that didn't work."
How many times does a baby try to take those first steps. Does he get discouraged and stop trying? Well frustrated a bit maybe, but he never stops trying. And neither should new quilters. We all do better with experience and PRACTICE!
I hope I can safely say that the majority (if not all) of the members here appreciate your attempts. We enjoy your new 'take' on quilting. You give us fresh perspective and new ideas. You are safe here, My mistakes are loved and welcomed as part of the 'swap' process. If you want help or suggestions, just ask. Never feel small or insignificant. Without your contribution, my quilt is short squares as well as personality.
The most any of us can do is our best. After that, just smile, laugh, sip a cup of tea and enjoy a nap. I'm glad you are here and so are all the other quilters. Let's be friends. Gwyn
01-13-2010, 08:07 AM
#643
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: The middle of an IL cornfield
Posts: 7,014
Well said, Gwynn. Not all blocks will be "perfect"; not all color choices would be what you might have made on your own, but any quilts created from the exchange will have lots of love and laughs sewn into it. And maybe you will see something in a new and different way.
01-13-2010, 09:09 AM
#644
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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I could not find it but remembered something about two different farm things. Like a turkey and something else. Just so I don't mess something up that all I care about. Think maybe I should go through each swao and see if I see my name.
01-13-2010, 09:46 AM
#647
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 862
I am doing the SunBonnet Sue block, what does everyone think of this? I would embroider a Sun Bonnet Sue that is about 4 inches in size on a 8.5 muslin piece and add John Deere borders or other fabric to make 12.5. Would that look funny. Still in the planning stages. I just don't like the other SBS.
01-13-2010, 02:25 PM
#649
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Originally Posted by Gwyn
To all quilters...If you are enjoying making the blocks, giving and receiving the blocks and making the different blocks into quilts and other fabric crafts, you are doing this right. If your guts are in a panic and you are worried your work isn't 'good'nough', please reevaluate. We are a group of friends with skills from all different levels and styles. My experience is we all enjoy watching each other grow and change. We want to make friends and have fun.
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