Good Morning, Quilters!
Please indulge me…I’ve been quietly quilting and thinking….
Why do we quilt? Why do we cut apart large pieces of fabric into small pieces only to sew them back together again?!
Why don’t we just go to a department store and buy a blanket?
Why do we spend hundreds of dollars making a quilt, when we could buy one for less?
Is the desire to be creative innate?
Do we do it because we enjoy the process or the product?
After writing about the comfort of quilting yesterday, I realized that I often enjoy the process more than, or at least as much as the product.
But then…if we enjoy the process more than the product, is it necessary to finish our quilts? What if we love making quilt tops, but hate quilting them? Perhaps the process is the important part…it’s challenging and comforting. Is that enough?
Or is that an excuse to skip the hard part of finishing?
Maybe this is a month of Open Line Fridays?
Quilt Process or Product? I think there’s room for both!
What do YOU think about when YOU quilt?
We’d LOVE to hear!
Your Puzzled-Piecer,
Lori
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104 comments
Deborah Johnson
I enjoy making everything personal meaning I do not like having the same thing everybody else does so therefore I create what I want with th colors I want and then put the design on it I want…i like pretty things and I like to say I made it.
Kaylene
I like the challenge of cutting out the pieces and making them fit back together as perfect as I can. It doesn’t always go right, but it is fun, relaxing and good therapy for my anxiety. I like to keep my hands busy weather it be quilting, applique or embroidery.
sheryl harrison
i gift most of my quilts. i find i think about the person who will receive the quilt. right now i’m making an ocean quilt w/ lots of applique sharks, whales, turtles, etc for my grandson and i think about him often while i’m working on this.
i made elizabeth hartman’s lloyd and lola llama earlier this year for my granddaughter in georgia. i see her a couple of times a year and miss her. i thought about her a lot while making the quilt. she just turned 14 and i thought about her swimming accomplishments, memories when she was little, and pictures her mother sends.
when i am finishing up a quilt, i think about my next project and have it pretty much figured out and ready to go by the time i finish what i’m working on. i am struggling right now b/c i can’t find a good classic car pattern with applique for my grandson, who is 9. i am finding lots of kid applique cars but not classic for an older child who will soon be a teenager. i am ready to make a binding for the ocean quilt so i need to figure out something fast!
D
Check out Carolyn’s Classic Cars on facebook. Perhaps you will find one that will work for your grandson.
Arvilla Trag
If it was only about warmth, going to a store and buying a blanket would work, but it is not only about creating warmth.
We quilt because the human desire to create beautiful things goes back tens of thousands of years.
We quilt because just buying something as a gift has much less meaning to the giver and the recipient than something hand-made.
We quilt because each quilt made is an individual expression of what we want to say to the recipient, through color, design and workmanship.
We quilt because the process of doing so is tremendously soothing and satisfying, as well as resulting in a useful and beautiful product.
We quilt because our quilts can be handed down for generations, providing a modicum of immortality.
We quilt because the time, effort and materials that go into each quilt are an expression of love that nothing bought in a store can match.
I quilt so I will not kill people.
Kim McKee
This is the best response ever! May I copy and share it?
Lori Hope
Agreed–best response!!
Arvilla Trag
Absolutely.
Marge Yarnall
Arvilla, I too, think your stated thoughts as I work on a particular quilt. Also, as I work and quilt I am praying for the person who will be the reciepent.
arkady62Rhonda
Perfect
Linda Oswald
Well said! ♥️
Suz Kuhns
absolutely perfect! I usually tell people I sew so that I don’t slap the attorneys I work for!
Brenda Perry
Yes! I love your response and I agree completely!
Tracy H
I so agree! Love this!
Alexis Gardner
Yes indeed, that fits me too!
Cheryl
Arvilla,
Beautifully said! May I share this with my quilt guild?
Cheryl
Arvilla Trag
Absolutely.
Deb
I love fabric – the feel, the colors, the patterns. Selecting fabric strategically at times or with wild abandon at other times is both exciting and soothing. Taking the fabric and transforming the pieces into a creation feels so good. I love it all.
kattails....kathy in WV
For me it starts with the process….I love the planning, cutting, sewing, re-cutting, re-sewing, quilting, binding…..but ends with the product. To have a quilt that I created from start to finish, beautiful or not, is so very satisfying right down to soul level. Finally to have a product, a quilt, hand-wrought, to give away or keep or sell brings lasting joy.
Mary Maguire
I love the process more than the completed item. This is reason I make quilts for charities. Also I try to make a different design each time. When it is finished, I more or less lose interest in it. I can say goodbye without a backward glance! Mary
Jackson M. Watkins
Hi Mary, I also love the process and work for a charity for most of the quilts that I make. I make quilts & other items as gifts for family and friends during the holidays. I have had people try to hire me to make a quilt for them, but personally, I would put so much pressure on myself for it to be “perfect” I have not allowed myself to take on jobs such as that, plus I’m not sure that could afford me if you know what I mean. I’m really not sure that the general public understands the time and cost that goes into making a quilt, not to mention the quilting. I personally do have a difficult time letting go once the quilt is completed, I get a little depressed about it. But I am getting better with that.
Sandra Ryce
It’s the process! I love the fabrics most of all!! Just buying them makes me feel good and then, the planning and sewing is so relaxing. The quilting of it not so much but I do have a longarm and eventually get around to quilting it. I too, get great joy out of making a quilt for someone special and tend to finish those first.
Jackson M. Watkins
Hi Lori, I LOVE your article and it does make one think about it… I would have to say that while I love the Product, the Process is by far my favorite. I love cutting the fabrics and putting them back together in an entirely different way, and seeing what becomes of them together. I love the process because each step is like “putting a puzzle together”. While working on the process I always think about the child or person that will receive the quilt as a gift and try to put a lot of love into it. After all, one home can only have so many quilts. When I was a beginner quilter, I dreaded the finishing part, the quilting. But, I have quilted all of my quilts except the first large quilt that I made in a class that I had taken, a 25 Block Sampler, 12″ blocks. I had all intentions of quilting that one also, probably because of my control issue of letting go of the process and thinking that if someone else quilted it I had not done the entire quilt myself, but I was convinced by the instructor and my husband that I had too much time and money in the quilt for me to possible mess it up. In the end, I am glad that I listened to them. I took that as a challenge to practice my straight line quilting and learn free motion quilting on smaller kid’s quilts and work my way up to larger ones, and today I am proud to say that I love the Process from beginning to end. When I started learning to free motion quilt, I had started volunteering for a Chapter of “Quilts For Kids” in my area, and used their quilts to practice my free motion quilting skills, I figured what kid is gonna look at the quilting on their gifted quilt and complain about it! It has allowed me to learn and get better at it and at the same time do a great thing for kids who are in need or are in the hospital, plus I love helping others. Win, Win!!!
Donna
I just sold my condo to move in with my son where I had been living for the past 6 years. I’ve been quilting all along so his house has an abundance of quilts and wall hangings already. The condo quilts from the beginnings of my quilting adventures had nowhere to go. Other family members chose their favorites and the rest were given to my former church for their annual auction.
I continue to quilt even knowing I’m creating even more surplus. So, the logical conclusion is that “it’s the process, not the product” that urges me on. Sewing is my refuge, my relaxation, my therapy.
Maureen B. in B.C.
Donna, if you’ve thought at all about donating quilts, I can heartily recommend your local crisis centre. Unfortunately most all cities, towns and villages have one. Mums who feel forced to leave, and children who are whisked away in the dead of night, often in their pyjamas with only a teddy in tow, are comforted by the efforts of some kind soul who has made and donated a quilt for each of them. The kindness may not register to them at the time, but over time it sinks in. Even on our little island of 12,000 souls, the 27 quilts I donated last year have all been disbursed. I’ve only made 9 so far this year, because of surgery, but I’m back in the sewingroom and hoping to catch up. The lady who runs the crisis centre is always thrilled to see me coming with an armload. Heart warming is the phrase.
Johanna
I love the planning, the fabrics, colors, and patterns and process of making the quilt in my ‘happy place” , my sewing room. The finished quilts are not as important as the making.
Amy N
For me, it seems to be the mystery of what it will actually look like at the end. I do love to use and display my quilts as well. The quilts I keep are a representation of what I made (the skills I learned and how my taste has changed through the years). I love color and I often change patterns to fit my needs. This adds to the mystery of the finish! I do enjoy others reactions to my quilts too. I do give some away and it is fun to see ones displayed and used by others. People I give to often email pictures of my quilts in use and they tell great stories of how their family has bonded to them. For me, it is both the process and the product!
Cathy
I love the process and the product. I love choosing the scrappy fabrics and cutting them to size. I love sitting at my vintage machine and running them through and checking out the different fabrics and remember where they come from. I love laying out the finished top to admire. Then deciding on the backing. When I sandwich and pin baste I again admire the fabric and the block pattern. Im also thinking how am I going to quilt it. The satisfaction of quilting it all on my domestic machine. I love sitting and hand sewing the binding down, again admiring all the work. Best part is washing and drying and throwing it on the bed to sleep under. It all makes me so happy and satisfied that I did it all. Its been good for my self esteem.
Kathryn
For me, quilting is a form of artistic expression. I love the endless possibilities that are presented, when I choose a colour palette for a quilt. Sometimes a specific quilt pattern suggests the colours to use or perhaps a certain fabric or group of fabrics sends me sorting through quilt patterns. I only make quilts for others to give as gifts. I never accept a ‘commission’ for a quilt, because I want to be the one to make the choices, based on my own ideas. I haven’t had anyone be disappointed in a quilt given as a gift!
I enjoy the process of quilting when trying different quilting techniques, such as modern, paper pieced or One Block Wonder. It allows me to grow and learn and that gives me a fresh perspective.
I quilt because I want my friends and family to know how much I cherish them. I derive great satisfaction in giving them something that I have created with my own two hands. I think of it as my legacy!
And finally, quiting is my escape from the world. I can lose myself for many hours enjoying the process AND the final product.
Pamela North
I love the process and the product whatever the craft I’m working on. I can’t bear to sit and do nothing.
Donna Belisle
I think that it gives us a sense of pride and accomplishment that we bought our colors, cut them into pieces and fashioned something that we could claim as our very own accomplishment. Not only did we construct something, but it is an item of comfort and warmth as it is of very great use for our friends and relatives and family to wrap their sometimes lonely and often chilly bodies in.
Jacqui VMS
Wow Lori…I do think we could be sisters! Before 1989 I used to think people who cut apart perfectly good fabric and put it back together again were nuts! And, then I saw a quilt book and had to make a quilt in there for my 10 year old daughter. And, the rest is history! I think about the person I’m making it for (often one of my 13 grandkids) and my own kids….charity quilts are very meaningful. But, for me the process and playing with colour is what makes me want to quilt. I have trouble finishing (just did a blog post a few weeks ago with my confessions of 114 UFO’s which I have whittled down to 86 and a few more to subtract soon). I’m diligently working on those UFO’s and putting them to good use. But, there will be some that I will abandon and I’m good with that..it served its purpose at that time :-).
Lynn
Have you considered tieing the quilts? It goes really quickly and I have also just used a pillowcase finish instead of binding them. In my area, the animal shelters are also grateful for donared beds but they do have some size requirements. My sister makes scrappy quilts to use up her overflowing stash for these….it also uses up her batting scraps.
Linda Rife
I love learning a new technique and hopefully love the outcome. I enjoy creating and a lot of times the item is a gift for someone. I love looking for resources (such as yourself) to help me along the process. It does the soul good and makes me happy inside.
Bette
Lori, what a great question! I’m hosting my group of close quilter friends this afternoon and I’m going to ask for their thoughts. Since we quilters invest so much precious time in creating our quilts, it must be something about the process which is both exhilarating as well as soothing. Then there’s the satisfaction of taking that final stitch and seeing a beautiful (in spite of imperfections) quilt, with my name on the label, ready to be displayed at home or given to a happy recipient. So it must be the product as well!
Teresa
I love the dreaming I love the dreaming of how things with it together how will be quilted dreaming who will get it dreaming with the think about it in years to come the only part of clothing I don’t like spilling a sandwich
piecefulwendy
Wow, can I just pop over for coffee and chat about this for awhile? 🙂 For me, it’s both process and product, but admittedly I enjoy the process more. For as long as I can remember, I have loved fabric, any kind of fabric; the textures, the colors. I grew up around quilting, and my grandmother was a seamstress, so some of my love is influence, I suppose. I enjoy playing with color and patterns. I love the challenge of looking at a pattern and thinking “I can make that” or, even better, creating my own pattern and actually making it. The joy of giving something I’ve made to someone is huge for me, whether they understand how much work I’ve put into it or not. Friends think I work magic when I make a quilt, and I get a kick out of that. I’ve taught a few young women how to quilt, and that is very rewarding. Quilting is my happy place. So, yeah, put the coffee on. I’ll be in your neck of the woods in late October — I’ll bring donuts or cupcakes! Haha!
Melinda Armstrong
I had a sort of epiphany that hit me just a few weeks ago. My husband and I were on a trip in Alaska staring at this beautiful peak they call Denali…I was instantly awed by its beauty and just casually said out loud “It is so beautiful and people seek to climb to the summit..I cannot believe that people would climb that..I wonder what makes someone want to do that?” My husband turned to me, jaw dropped, and said you most certainly do understand what makes someone want to climb that summit…who wants to make a 5,000 piece quilt, or sketch something until the math is right, or wait for the next clue with such anticipation, or spend hours cutting, sewing, and quilting all with a smile on her face. I looked at him and the light went off…It is whatever calls us to be better at something, to challenge us to something higher..The challenge of succeeding even if not perfect…We all find something to accomplish that makes us feel better about who we are…It is different for everyone but once you find it you throw your whole self into it…There are parts of quilting I don’t really get up for like binding but I realize to finish or accomplish that 5,000 piece quilt I must finish that binding so I do…Quilting is just part of who I am and it was love at first cut/sew/quilt 20 years ago..It does sound crazy that we take perfectly good fabric, cut it, shape it, resew it, and love doing it all the while…It is also crazy to want to climb a summit with winds in excess of 100 mph, snowy conditions, and below zero freezing temps…but alas I understand why someone would put themselves through that a little more…
Helen S.
I enjoy the piecing process and have only begun to enjoy the quilting process.
Dael Cowdrey
My feelings have changed over the years. When I first started, it was all about the product and trying to get it done as I was making baby and tshirt quilts for gifts. Although I loved being able to give them such a special gift, I found that I was not enjoying the process very much. So I’ve started allowing myself to have some other types of projects. I love the challenge of learning new quilting methods, and I’ve come to really enjoy needle turn applique and hand quilting. So now I have several long, slow quilt projects going on at the same time as the others so I can allow my creativity to flow and enjoy the process, knowing that there is no rush or deadline. It’s changed everything for me.
Julia Stavran
Definitely process! I have at least 45 pieces tops that can attest to that.
Helen Summers
For me it’s the process. I think that’s why I give most of my quilts away (unless I really love one).
diana
I could relate to all the comments above, but I especially liked Melinda Armstrong’s comment. What a wonderful husband you have, who really recognized why you and I do it. My husband (and, I have to admit myself) didn’t know why quilting is such an obsession with me. But quilting sort of “saved” my sanity. It is my place to go when I get frustrated with the world sometimes. Thanks for asking the question, Lori. It is a wonderful forum.
mary pat
I had a chance to stop at the International Quilt Museum in Omaha this summer and bought a t shirt that says “I QUILT SO I DON’T KILL PEOPLE”. I seldom wear t shirts but I have that hanging in my sewing room and enjoy looking at it. My kids agreed with the sentiment.
Holly
Definitely…the process. I love everything about quilting. I find sewing row after row meditative. I like the challenge of trying a new technique with each quilt. I pick the pattern based on the technique/skill I will learn/perfect. I often select the pattern based on the machine quilting I will learn. I recently completed a semi-whole cloth quilt, quilting many of Lori’s Christmas themed motifs. I especially like the packages, simple, impressive and darling in a row.
boe77
Quilting is a creative outlet. It is not long since I started, but it did not take long before the quilting started to feel like pen and ink and the fabric like paint. I will try just about any techniques time permitting. This makes me a jack of all trade and a master of none, but I am not into mass production, so I have to explore. My projects are finished, unless you count the labels.
Mary B
I was struck by the question you asked, What do YOU think about when YOU quilt?? I just realized I don’t think of anything. I can definitely be an over-thinker at times. Quilting gives me a chance to let my mind rest. I think I rest when I quilt. It’s probably good therapy for me. Thanks for asking these questions.
Ellen
Oh, so true!
susan hilsenbeck
Interesting set of comments … “Process” seems to be the winner although I’m a little worried about the frequency of “I quilt so I don’t kill people”. 😉
Arvilla Trag
Susan – look at the statistics of murders committed with rotary cutters, Dresden rulers and batting: none. Proof that quilting saves lives.
Maureen B. in B.C.
👍😂😂😂😂 Arvilla, that made me laugh out loud, while all around me sleep.
arkady62-Rhonda
There are so many reason I quilt:
It releases my creative soul, my inner designer if you will.
Quilting keeps me from snacking mindlessly. So, weight loss or maintain in my case.
I am in a long distance romance and quilting keeps me from obsessing about the whole separation part of the relationship. He has his physics research and I have my quilting.
I love puzzles and quilting is quite like a puzzle. It all depends on how one places the blocks on the design wall as to which pattern emerges.
And last but certainly not the least, it helps me feel closer to my Mamaw. She was the quilter in the family and I miss her.
arkady62-Rhonda
I forgot to add, I love making the tops. I have only finished three but with that fear conquered, I will finish many more.
Ellen
For me, it is definitely the process. I am learning to take advantage of quilting’s ability to get my mind off my troubles, instead of stewing about them. It is takes enough thought to be soothing, and I can choose a project with the right amount of challenge to suit what I need at the moment–some thoughtless, easy sewing, or something challenging enough that I have to really focus and concentrate. I haven’t finished many quilts yet–I haven’t been at it that long and work full time–but I have a number of them in the works! Finding space and being able to sandwich a quilt without killing my knees has been a stumbling block in terms of making progress in the quilting part, but I helped sandwich a charity quilt with my quilty friends a couple weeks ago, so I’m looking forward to trying it at home. I probably have too many quilts in progress–when I’m looking for a creative opportunity, I often start something new. Then I will get a bee in my bonnet about finishing something eventually and come back to it. I guess that, for me, it satisfies so many needs–creativity, mindless work with my hands, challenge, and joy seeing someone enjoy what I made for them (or imagining it, if it goes to charity).
Rosemaryflower
It is such a pleasure to read all of the comments here. I adore each comment and I imagine I would love to meet all of you. We would have so much happiness to share.
I have found throughout my long life (eek I am 63 now) that I do things to keep myself very busy and out of trouble. Yes, this is, for me, God’s will.
I like the cutting piecing part of quilting. I do have a mountain of quilt tops in the dining room. I did finish one quilt last month, a baby quilt.
I have been sewing since I was 8. My mom taught me, we made things together, as a teenager, she just let me use the machine to make whatever. She gave me old sheets to cut up and make practice stuff.
Anyway, then I had to grow up and go get a job. I worked as an RN for many years and there was no time for sewing. Life was boring, I took up painting but that was not good. Drawing, that was fun
When I married, I went on a sewing spree. I made everything and tried everything, even re-upholstery
Now I am a gramma, and also taking care of my 95 year old daddy, and hubbs too.
I have two design walls and a very messy sewing space in the open morning room right next to my kitchen. I could stay in this room forever, but that does not happen very much. I just discovered EPP, covering hexigons with little bits of fabric and making flowers. I am preparing work boxes to take to grand babysitting adventures.
Ellen
Wouldn’t it be fun to have an Inbox Jaunt quilting retreat?? There are enough of us to take over an entire hotel, (or even a small town!). There are so many of you I feel like I already know because of reading your comments–I agree with Rosemaryflower, it would be wonderful to meet each other in person!
Rosemaryflower
Yes, Ellen, it would be heavenly to meet and sew and sip and talk and even have some “wait staff” to monitor our needs, more soup, help us find that missing piece we just had a second ago, wind bobbins just perfectly etc etc
catpatches
I quilt because I cannot not quilt. I write because I cannot not write. I cook because I cannot not cook. I don’t need to know the reason. I just do what I’m driven to do, and it makes me happy.
Mrs. Plum
Hi, Lori! For me, both the process and the product are important. And, the best part is that it involves fabric! Every quilt is a new challenge, in terms of design, fabric and thread selection, quilting decisions, etc. Every quilt, no matter how simple, has lessons to teach.
cheriec12
I love being creative and making something original from my own heart. Whether it be for myself or a girt for others. I feel like there is a piece of me in every creation. I love the product as well don’t get me wrong, but once it’s complete, I’m always anxious to see what the next one will be.
Maureen B. in B,C.
Hmmmm, no one so far has expressed the obvious … we quilt because of the masses of fabric in our sewingrooms. The stacks call to us in the night. “You’ve bought the fabric, and the rulers, and the cutters, and the mats, and the sewing machines, you NEED to do something with them!!!!” Guilt is a strong motivator, ask any Catholic 😉
I love both the creating and the quilting. I just finished a Christmas quilt for my sister with many pieced stars, and quilted it with 190 free-motion-quilted snowflakes, in 12 different designs. If that isn’t madness and obsession, what is? I do admit to a bit of OCD 😉
Susan MacLeod
For me, process is first, altho I do love the finished product. I’ve been sewing since I could reach the pedal. Mostly I made clothes, then discovered quilting after I finished nursing school. My job takes most of my life and energy, but I have continued to collect beautiful fabrics and patterns for retirement. I do work on small projects and have a few quilts in process which I work on when I have the time and energy. I have many more plans than time.
I can relate to many of the comments above.
Susan T.
I love to sew, and play with all the colours. I love to finish a project. I love the machine quilting process, quilting on my domestic machine. I love playing with different patterns, techniques, etc. I love finding the perfect colour of thread to add to each project. This is the only “hobby” that has kept my interest, as there is always something to learn, a new pattern to try, a new technique to challenge my skills. I love sharing quilting with friends, and I am happiest with fabric, needle and thread in my hands.
Kari
I quilt because I want people to feel LOVED!
Linda B
Great topic and love everyones answers. I think I got the needlework bug honest. My grandmother always had something going, and her hands were never idle if we were sitting somewhere. I have tried a number of creative mediums…painting and other crafts. But the fabric is so compelling. So is yarn. They are clean, do not have fumes or residue to deal with, can be carried with us almost anywhere, and we have so many more options with fabric now than in my grandmothers day. I have always done a few little things through the years, but more mending in front of fhe TV than stitching, but when retiring a couple years ago, started to think about my fabulous idle sewing machine in the basement and some unfinished projects. Had planned to do much more gardening, but our midwest heat in the summer made me pare back that desire. So sewing in the basement where it was cool all summer seemed the answer. I love learning, have so many books, and with the internet and the learning platforms that Craftsy and Creativebug provide and our wonderful quilt shops, it is just a wonderful world of learning and creating. So much inspiration everywhere I look! And I am in love with the FMQ you have introduced us to, Lori. Right now I am still thrilled to have created a few table toppers and runners to spread about my house or to give as gifts, as I try to learn how to piece and applique and FMQ. Don’t think I will ever do a full sized quilt for myself, as I already have four or five from my grandmother…but maybe for a grandchild? So for me, learning the techniques and incorporating them into a project must be the biggest draw, and using these things to add beauty to our home (or giving as gifts) is a close second. Very thankful!
Dawn Spero
The creative process is the best part for me and that’s why I have so many unfinished quilt tops. I love going to quilt stores to see new fabrics or viewing websites with new collections. Sometimes a pattern or idea is the spark that sends me on the hunt for the fabric. Sometimes it is fabric that inspires me to look for a pattern or to sketch an idea. Then seeing how my ideas and choices come together motivate me to keep at it. However, I am getting more and more out of the quilting process because I love what quilting does to enhance that quilt top. I do have quilted pieces throughout the house and I do enjoy having them, but it’s definitely the process of creating and making that holds my interest.
Linda
I love the challenge of picking just the right colors and pattern. I do not like the quilting part. I am not good at it. I have a Sweet Sixteen just sitting in the corner covered. I now have over 100 tops. I feel very quilt.
BARB EMERSON
I loved reading everyone’s comments, and honestly, I have to only say, “All of the above”. It is joyful!
Linda
I feel very guilty.
Brenda Wall
I enjoy the process from touching the fabric and envisioning what I can make from it, to the actual piecing, and then I give them away. Yes, last year I gave away 14 quilts from baby size to king. It is such a joy to create for someone I admire or love.
Gayle O’Grady
I like the creative process. I do a number of other types of art as well (painting, throwing pottery, wood carving, basket making, etc). Quilting is another type of art where fabric is the paint.
My mother did many forms of art as well. As she is no longer with us, many of my cherished things are things she made for me. I guess I have a desire to leave pieces of me behind for my loved ones as well.
Jaymee
I think ‘creation’ and ‘problem solving’ are an innate human qualities. They one of the highest levels of thinking and Quilting has so many steps required for a beautiful, warm product that it keeps me entertained all along the process. I feel satisfaction from the “doing” and the “having” of quilting making.
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