Just What the World Needs

Another quilting blog, ugh!  Why?  Well, I’ve been trying to neaten and straighten my notes, thoughts, resources, works in progress, and my work.  So, I thought a blog might be the way to go.  It’s for me primarily.  If anyone else stumbles on it, that’s fine.  I considered using Pinterest, but decided I needed the ability to add words.  So here I am.

I love:

• fabric, especially hand dyed (which I can’t afford) and vividly colored stuff
• designing improvisational quilts
• the design process
• learning techniques
• messing about with scraps of fabric (see above)
• paper piecing, especially the freezer paper way

I don’t love:

• control freaks who use rulers to check the straightness of my sewing lines (aka the quilt police)
• following patterns – where’s the fun in that
• floral fabric (gag me)
• overpriced quilting gadgets – don’t get me started on all those rulers
• cutsey stuff (unusable baby gifts, hostess aprons, table runners, Xmas tree skirts, Halloween banners….you get my drift)
• hand applique, though I’ve used it
• anything fussy and twee.

My goals (er, my good intentions):

• quilt all my tops (I can hear the laughter now)
• learn to free motion quilt proficiently (this is necessary to accomplish goal one – especially my only real art quilt)
• use up most of my stash before I buy more fabric (being on a tight budget is really helpful here)
• produce some quilts characterized by subtlety and close attention to detail
• actually make a series of quilts rather than trying to stuff all my ideas into one.