Last fall, I signed up for a class at Modern Domestic, it was a beginning quilting class focused on half square triangles. My plan was to make a quilt for my friend Erin...well, her first baby, Mara. It turned out pretty good and I found it pretty fun.
So, I always viewed quilting as something I would pursue...probably...when I got old, haha...well, I guess that time came at the ripe age of 42. I got the bug and away I was swept.
I enjoyed the tediousness of the work, its fairly mindless work for the most part, but at the same time, Its fair to say that I'm a perfectionist about these types of things so mindless may not be the best way to describe it. I felt a bit overwhelmed with all the fabric possibilities but I nailed down some nice gender neutral choices as Erin is not much for girly-girly. My favorite thing about the quilt process is cutting the fabric, and my absolute favorite part is the binding--making it and hand sewing it--I love, love the hand sewing part--very surprising to me as I've avoided hand sewing at every turn, just as I've avoided placing a zipper if I absolutely do not have to (I am warming to this since I have a great invisible zipper foot and a nice machine that I enjoy now). My least favorite part is the pinning of the top and the actual quilting part, ironically.
I have so much to learn about colors and pattern but I'm sure Mara didn't care about that.
So, I always viewed quilting as something I would pursue...probably...when I got old, haha...well, I guess that time came at the ripe age of 42. I got the bug and away I was swept.
I enjoyed the tediousness of the work, its fairly mindless work for the most part, but at the same time, Its fair to say that I'm a perfectionist about these types of things so mindless may not be the best way to describe it. I felt a bit overwhelmed with all the fabric possibilities but I nailed down some nice gender neutral choices as Erin is not much for girly-girly. My favorite thing about the quilt process is cutting the fabric, and my absolute favorite part is the binding--making it and hand sewing it--I love, love the hand sewing part--very surprising to me as I've avoided hand sewing at every turn, just as I've avoided placing a zipper if I absolutely do not have to (I am warming to this since I have a great invisible zipper foot and a nice machine that I enjoy now). My least favorite part is the pinning of the top and the actual quilting part, ironically.
I have so much to learn about colors and pattern but I'm sure Mara didn't care about that.
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