Why Do You....(dare I say it)...QUILT?
10-26-2011, 06:34 PM
#62
Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Central New York State :o)
Posts: 277
For me it's that connection to my heritage. My grandmother and great grandmothers quilted. I have some of their quilts in my collection. I also quilt for my own satisfaction. I have to keep busy, can't just sit while watching TV or waiting for a child's lesson or Dr appt to be done. Keeps me sane. :o)
10-26-2011, 06:52 PM
#65
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: College Station, Texas
Posts: 822
Originally Posted by happymrs
It takes me away like nothing else ever seems to! I have always loved fabric, so it works out great for me. It's my creative outlet, & I can do things on my machine that I can't do otherwise. I don't think it's a crazy question, but if someone doesn't quilt, they might, lol!....
10-26-2011, 06:59 PM
#66
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Tampa Bay Area, Florida
Posts: 2,229
Originally Posted by barny
It's the artistic creativity coming out of our fingers and brain. No one else has the same thoughts and abilities. It is so wonderful! God is good.
10-26-2011, 07:44 PM
#68
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 662
I love tradition. No one in my family quilted so I thought someone should. I do all kinds of things the way they "used to be done." Quilting is one of them. There is more satisfaction putting a hand made quilt on a bed than buying a blanket at a store. I love the tradition of the quilting bee. In our small town there used to be a group of ladies who gathered every week to work on a quilt on a frame. They have all passed now.
I hang my laundry outside. I bake our bread. I make our soap and laundry soap. I can knit if needed, crochet with yarn or thread, embroider, cross-stitch, upholster, grow as much of our own food as possible and preserve it, and try to make whatever we need instead of buying it.
I hang my laundry outside. I bake our bread. I make our soap and laundry soap. I can knit if needed, crochet with yarn or thread, embroider, cross-stitch, upholster, grow as much of our own food as possible and preserve it, and try to make whatever we need instead of buying it.
10-26-2011, 08:30 PM
#69
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ohio
Posts: 17,068
I've always loved making things. Never thought I'd become a quilter though. I fell for it big time after a friend asked if I wanted to take a beginner class.
It brings me so much joy. I love making my world more beautiful. I love knowing that my loved ones can cuddle up in a quilt I made for them.
My cats are also glad I'm a quilter :)
It brings me so much joy. I love making my world more beautiful. I love knowing that my loved ones can cuddle up in a quilt I made for them.
My cats are also glad I'm a quilter :)
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