Originally Posted by
Cari-in-Oly
I don't have constraints. I have fabric from JoAnns, Walmart, Hobby Lobby, LQSs, thrift stores, garage sales, and many online vendors. I don't discriminate when making a quilt(like saving the "good stuff" only for special quilts). I see a pattern I want to make and choose the fabrics based on what colors I think will look good, not where the fabrics came from. I don't make show quilts, I make quilts to be used up and worn out no matter how beautiful(or not) they are when I make them. I put the same care and effort into everything I make whether it's for donation or intended to be a future family heirloom.
Cari
I agree why put a Yoke around your neck !!!! If I like it doesn't matter WHO is sell it if the price is right. Why would any quilter who sews for the Love of sewing make one better than the other ????? I make them to share I very seldom sell a quilt?? I have been sewing & quilting for over 64 yrs..Most times I never use a pattern. I draw my quilts our on graph paper then decided what type of block or blocks will go in to the body. That's the way My Grandma & My Maw taught me on a treadle . I sew the same way ... But I learned from a long line of Quilters with More hands on Knowledge ... My Life was Blessed .