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

justflyingin

That is an interesting statistic. Wish we had a way to do a poll here. I am curious the ration of people who do their own quilting to those who send them out. I think it is much higher than roughly 5% here at QB, but it would be a curious poll.

willis.debra

I am Mommy, I am the Boss, I am his beautiful wife, I am a quilter. The order they go in changes with when and where. I manage a Domino's Pizza, I am Mom and Mommy to beautiful children ages 23 to 4. I have been married for 8 years to a wonderful man who just barely survived a heart attack. The time I have left from the rest I use to hand quilt, small quilts, usually.

GailG

Same here, except I didn't sew garments from my DH.(But I did do some alterations for him.)

Grannyh67

I crochet, knit, sew and piece quilt tops. I am no quilter. I am new and have lots to learn. I just like to make things, maybe I'm a crafter, lol.........most of all I'm a wife, mother and grand mother. Just call me Granny, lol.

Mkotch

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

Normabeth

I call myself "a Jack of all Trades" I can do a little of a lot of things. LOL

linda faye

I am a hobbyaholic. Interest are wide and varied. I am who I am and am called a lot of different names. I do what I do and most of the time am called 'nuts' for doing it!

QuilterMomOf3

If female, seamstress; male, seamster.

QuilterMomOf3

If female, call seamstress; male, call seamster.