2.21.2005
quilts and questions
My apologies to those of you who read this. It's been awhile, I know. But if you were wondering, yes, I am still alive. I survived my first retreat without Amy and Carrie. Forty women were here quilting from Friday afternoon until Sunday afternoon. Every table in the camp was covered with fabric, and sewing machines whirred and hummed day and night. They made some beautiful quilts...but still, I have a hard time seeing the point in cutting apart fabric just to sew it back together and cut it apart and sew it together again. I appreciate that they do it...but I probably won't ever be a quilter.
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Hey, Steph - I think you'd have a better appreciation for quilting if you think back to quilters in bygone days. Think back to those women who took the scraps of fabric from clothing they'd made, and then the remnants of still sturdy cloth from well-worn clothing. They were resourceful, while at the same time being creative, being artistic, expressing themselves.
Yes, today many quilters do start with perfectly good lengths of fabric, chop it up, and sew it back together in some fashionable design. But some still take those scraps, those pieces that would normally be abandoned by many, and give them a second chance, turning them into something beautiful and useful. That is my kind of quilting. Maybe it's yours too.
Lisa
My mom cuts squares out of jeans too worn to be given to a thrift store. She has a few boxes cut out and ready to sew into a jean quilt. She and my sister and I made one together when I was maybe 8 or 9. A true family project since our old jeans are in the quilt.
Lisa
You're right, Lisa. "Second chance" quilting is more my style. My mom made a quilt from remnants of wool once. It's not as pretty as the master-pieces the quilters made this past weekend, butit has served us well on many frozen winter nights.
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