You Can Do This !
#51
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lowell, MA
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Thank you, I believe you have summed up the way to have fun when quilting and why we do what we do. Some of my quilts are quite beautiful and hopefully treasured; the majority though are quilts made with love, not necessarily perfect, but hopefully used and treasured by the recipient. I quilt because it gives me joy and it's definitely cheaper than therapy, especially when buying fabric. LOL.
#56
Love, love, love this post! If I was perfect, I'd be making perfect quilts. Since I'm not, my quilts aren't either and that's okay with me! It's about the journey.......the destination is the icing on the cake! The variety in quilting is so much fun. There are never two quilts/projects that are quite the same........just like all of us!
#57
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Texas
Posts: 983
Thanks for such a wonderful heartfelt post, you certainly brightened up my day or should I say night. I havent been able to sew all week & been down about it but running myself ragged elsewhere. I was looking forward to sewing tomorrow BUT grand kids are coming so another day of no sewing but your post will give me a lot to think about when I do get to walk into my creating room. TYVM
#58
There's a pride in workmanship, making your own fabric and design decisions (however simple) that I don't think you can get by fusing pre-fused pre-cuts to a wallhanging. Even DH, who is not a quilter but has paid for an awful lot of fabric, says, "where's the sport in that?"
I agree wholeheartedly that the " everything is done for you except the ironing " kits are not something I would personally pay for, or do. I like to have far more control over things than that. BUT, if by purchasing and completing one of those kits inspires someone else to try something new, then I think they are fantastic ! I think of them as a stepping stone, not the final destination !
#59
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,260
Yes, I whole heartily agree with you and your attitude.
#60
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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I agree wholeheartedly that the " everything is done for you except the ironing " kits are not something I would personally pay for, or do. I like to have far more control over things than that. BUT, if by purchasing and completing one of those kits inspires someone else to try something new, then I think they are fantastic ! I think of them as a stepping stone, not the final destination !
hugs,
Charlotte
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