How do you rate yourself as a quilter?
06-29-2011, 07:54 AM
#131
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Originally Posted by spartan quilter
I have done different levels of difficulty, pieced quilts for close to 40 years, and think that I am still a beginner. There is always so much to learn out there. I have given away more quilts than I will ever be able to remember.
I did tell my daughters that when I die, the custom around here at the wake, is to have a slide show of family pictures, and I don't want that. what I would like instead, is for anyone who has gotten a quilt from me, to bring it and lay it across the back of a pew. That is how I want to be remembered. Hope that doesn't sound to morbid.
I did tell my daughters that when I die, the custom around here at the wake, is to have a slide show of family pictures, and I don't want that. what I would like instead, is for anyone who has gotten a quilt from me, to bring it and lay it across the back of a pew. That is how I want to be remembered. Hope that doesn't sound to morbid.
06-29-2011, 06:36 PM
#134
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Join Date: Apr 2010
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I rate myself as a person that really would like to be a good quilter but I just can't seem too grasp a lot of things. I am hoping after I have my carpul tunnel fixed on the 19th of July, I can do a better job. I know not one person that has the time too come and just show me how too cut better and then put the pieces together right. One lady came about 2-3 months ago and helped me and then she took one of my quilt top material home with her and cut most of the pieces out for me and all I have too do is put them together. There are a lot of talented people on this board. I read as much as possible. Right now I am second rate for my quilting!
06-29-2011, 07:00 PM
#135
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Location: Texas
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I just read all nine pages of this, and I commented to my son that "Everyone thinks they are a beginner or just a bit better." Of course, I fudged a bit, as several have claimed intermediate....but, you know, I suspect that each should move up a notch or two on the scale. I know there are master quilters among you all. I have seen the quilts.
I liked the non-rated answers....Cozy Quilter, Happy Quilter, etc.
I think quilters judge themselves just like they judge their own quilts....very critically. I also think quilters are modest. I also think quilters are the best people on the planet!
And I am proud to be among you!!
I liked the non-rated answers....Cozy Quilter, Happy Quilter, etc.
I think quilters judge themselves just like they judge their own quilts....very critically. I also think quilters are modest. I also think quilters are the best people on the planet!
And I am proud to be among you!!
07-02-2011, 06:07 PM
#139
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 1,148
Maybe it would help if you could define the terms "beginner", "intermediate", and "advanced".
I made my first quilt in the early '70's ('71 or '72). Then "played" at quilting til the early '80's, became an avid quilter in the late '80's. I can draft patterns, piece, do curved piecing (although I don't enjoy it), machine applique, paper piece, and hand applique. I can hand quilt but it is boring to me and too slow. If pressed I can machine quilt small items (up to crib-size) but again, don't enjoy wrestling alligators. I even casually teach (guild programs). What would I have to add to my resume to become advanced? I don't do art quilts, hand-dye my own fabric (although I did take one class), long-arm, design (okay, sometimes I alter patterns to my own liking), and I haven't published or entered a quilt show.
I made my first quilt in the early '70's ('71 or '72). Then "played" at quilting til the early '80's, became an avid quilter in the late '80's. I can draft patterns, piece, do curved piecing (although I don't enjoy it), machine applique, paper piece, and hand applique. I can hand quilt but it is boring to me and too slow. If pressed I can machine quilt small items (up to crib-size) but again, don't enjoy wrestling alligators. I even casually teach (guild programs). What would I have to add to my resume to become advanced? I don't do art quilts, hand-dye my own fabric (although I did take one class), long-arm, design (okay, sometimes I alter patterns to my own liking), and I haven't published or entered a quilt show.
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