Originally Posted by
Rhonda K
What part of the quilting process intimidates you? Do you have a block learning new techniques? Do past failures limit you to new experiences?
That voice that limits creativity does run around in my head sometimes. I have to tell it to go away as I really do enjoy learning new techniques or features on my machines. Even if I'm not "that" successful, I am learning.
Are you excited to try or afraid to fail?
I get excited to try lots of things. It is not always fear or failure that prevents me from trying. If I see a new to me technique that interests me, I usually try to read as much about it as possible. It is often learning more about the technique that helps me determine if it’s for me or not. I love looking at art quilts. I admire the people that make them greatly. I know that art quilting is not for me. I’m just not wired that way.
I’m still relatively early in my quilting journey, so I’m usually willing to try any piecing technique at least once. My problem is more along the lines of seeing so many things I want to try that I can’t focus on one thing to try!
I can’t think of a part of the process that intimidates me now. I have been intimidated by the whole thing when I started. I had never even sewed before my first quilt. I couldn’t sew a straight line for the life of me. I was under the (false) impression that quilts needed to be completed on a long arm due to a misunderstanding on my part. When I learned that I could finish them at home, the process of quilting them scared me. It wasn’t until I found the QB and Angela Walters YouTube videos that I had the confidence to finish even if I did screw up. “Finished is better than perfect.”
Time is the only thing that limits me now. 😊