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Skriven 2008-10-14 23:40:59 av Nancy Backus (1:3634/12.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ruth Haffly
Ärende: what goes around.............
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 10-12-08 01:28 <=-

 NB>> Never done a whole quilt (of any size) but have friends who have... so
 NB>> I'm following this with interest...  The last reminds me of an project

 RH> It is rather "addictive" at times.  I seriously got into it while we

I've gotten into enough addictive pastimes that I've managed to learn
some moderation...  ;>   Or at least to not get quite so far into new
ones as to add more... (G)

 RH> we were in HI, doing quilts for babies in long term hospitalisation for
 RH> special needs.  It's amazing what could be done with squares,
 RH> rectangles and other basic shapes, along with bits of colorful fabric.

That's a worthy cause.  :)  And I've seen any number of really amazing
quilts... Guess I'll just stay an appreciator, not a doer...  :)

 NB>> We made squares of Victorian crazy quilt... using scraps of velvets
 NB>> and satins and then covering the seams with various fancy stitchings.

 RH> Typical Victorian type crazy quilt.  I've a box of scraps of fancy
 RH> fabrics to do a quilt or two like that.

For a while I was saving some scraps just for doing a full one of my
own... until I came to my senses...  now I'm just saving the scraps for
some unknown project, whether mine or someone else's...  (G)
 
 NB>> they certainly worked well in the end.  I may not have the time or
 NB>> "stick-to-it" to actually quilt (or much sewing, or fancy cooking, for
 NB>> that matter), but I do have the quilter's "eye" for color and pattern,
 NB>> as my quilter friends agree.  :)

 RH> And you do need to have an "eye" for what goes together.  I was an art
 RH> minor in college; it helped me with some of the color theory issues
 RH> but didn't "ruin" my eye for working with fabric.

Other than the occasional art/appreciation/sewing class along the way, I
didn't have any training... just the natural knack...  and lots of other
interests to jostle around... ;)  I've helped design a number of things,
even helped bring some to fruition, but the only interest I've retained
is in the peripheries and the appreciation stage...  :)  Maybe if I had
time and energy unlimited, I'd try my hand at quilting for real, and go
back to all the types of needlework I've left behind me...

 RH> The nice thing about quilting now is that if I'm really wrapped up in
 RH> a project that has a deadline, Steve can fix meals for both of us.  If
 RH> I'm really pressed, or just want to get back to it, he will do the
 RH> clean up as well.  Of course it helps to have all the kitchen tools I
 RH> do, including a dishwasher. (G)

And a willing spouse... :)  

ttyl        neb

... You can count an apple's seeds; God counts the apples in a seed.

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