Thread: For fun: What do you call yourself?

If female, seamstress; male, seamster.

Diva DooDaher

I call myself a "maker". Or a "maker of things", if you want to get specific. LOL

At work, I'm a programmer, which is a fairly rigid sort of profession, and in my private life, I'm all about being creative and completely free. I paint - on all sorts of things with all sorts of paints. I sew - from quilts to curtains to flowery embroidery to funky stuffed monsters and all sorts of things in between. I make sculpture of robots and fish and birds and all sorts of oddities out of fimo clay and things I find around the house. I do beading - I make very boring jewelry out of very pretty stones. I cook massive batches of mushroom barley soup and bake awesome pineapple upside down cakes. I make soap out of all sorts of things - beer, wine, Tang, babyfood...I'll throw anything in there just to see what'll happen. I do bookbinding and have used anything from soda cans to old records as covers. I draw on anything with anything (especially during meetings at work). I glue stuff to other stuff, punch holes in it, wrap twine around it, melt it, burn it, dye it... There is no medium I won't try out, and I have a list longer than my arm of things I still want to learn how to do.

I've been told I'm an artist but I feel shy about applying that word to myself. To me, "artist" implies a certain level of mastery and I don't feel I've mastered anything except perhaps making messes - I am GREAT at that!!

I'm just a maker, I make stuff out of other stuff.

Oh, except I can't make squat out of yarn. I am pretty bad at crochet and ridiculously horrible at knitting. Not exaggerating, it's a complete disaster when I get knitting needles in my hands. I'm far better off using them as sculpture tools, or to clear a clogged hole punch! LOL

Originally Posted by Sewnoma

I call myself a "maker". Or a "maker of things", if you want to get specific. LOL

At work, I'm a programmer, which is a fairly rigid sort of profession, and in my private life, I'm all about being creative and completely free. I paint - on all sorts of things with all sorts of paints. I sew - from quilts to curtains to flowery embroidery to funky stuffed monsters and all sorts of things in between. I make sculpture of robots and fish and birds and all sorts of oddities out of fimo clay and things I find around the house. I do beading - I make very boring jewelry out of very pretty stones. I cook massive batches of mushroom barley soup and bake awesome pineapple upside down cakes. I make soap out of all sorts of things - beer, wine, Tang, babyfood...I'll throw anything in there just to see what'll happen. I do bookbinding and have used anything from soda cans to old records as covers. I draw on anything with anything (especially during meetings at work). I glue stuff to other stuff, punch holes in it, wrap twine around it, melt it, burn it, dye it... There is no medium I won't try out, and I have a list longer than my arm of things I still want to learn how to do.

I've been told I'm an artist but I feel shy about applying that word to myself. To me, "artist" implies a certain level of mastery and I don't feel I've mastered anything except perhaps making messes - I am GREAT at that!!

I'm just a maker, I make stuff out of other stuff.

Oh, except I can't make squat out of yarn. I am pretty bad at crochet and ridiculously horrible at knitting. Not exaggerating, it's a complete disaster when I get knitting needles in my hands. I'm far better off using them as sculpture tools, or to clear a clogged hole punch! LOL

My husband is also a computer programmer. He quilts as well, though his favorite parts are the designing and piecing...He prefers when I do the cutting and quilting...

I'm a quilter - sew the tops and quilt the "sandwiches." HATE sewing for the home or clothing!

"Sewist" is a lot better than "sewer." Every word got a start somewhere and I intend to help "sewist" grow feet and then wing its way into Webster's. froggyintexas

Originally Posted by MaryLane

I read a lot of blogs and articles on line. I find the way people refer to themselves and their skills/hobby interesting and sometimes amusing. So, what are you? A quilter, a tailor, seamstress, hobby sewer, etc...

I refuse to be called a quilter or a sewist. I sew everything, not just quilts and frankly, quilts are the least fun to sew but they are the best received gifts. The term "sewist" isn't even recognized in dictionaries and just drives me nuts.

So, I am pretty much a seamstress. I can and do sew most anything from upholstery to wedding gowns.

How about you?