I took three on-line classes from Helen Godden and learned her techniques for painting on her quilts using dyes as well as acrylic paints, and also learned some nifty new fmq patterns from her. I joined Debby Brown's Color Block quilt along in January and that means that each month I have a big quilt to practice all kinds of FMQ and ruler work ideas on without the stress of trying to do something completely original to put in a show. I have learned how much I enjoy just puttering around the house doing things that need doing and treating my creative outlets as fun hobbies rather than post retirement second careers- as someone who has always insisted that my hobbies pay for themselves, this is a real breakthrough
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Rob