Venturing into the professional art quilt arena

Musicmaker · 2009-09-03T12:11:54+00:00

As some of you know, I lead several lives, one of which is Piano Teacher Extraordinaire. I have an adult student named Rita who has commissioned me to make a semi landscape quilt for the wall above her living room sofa. 7' long x 3' tall!!! Part of me was shrieking - "NO - you can't DO this - run away!!" But fortunately I have another part of me that is brave and bold and ready to do just about anything. (excluding bungie jumping) Even more interesting is that when I posted my first blog about it, so that Rita, who lives 60 miles away, could get a look at it SO FAR, she became very worried and anxious, even losing sleep over how to tell me that it wasn't what she had in mind. My initial disappointment soon gave way (not without much prayer) to excitement. OK - I'll finish this one and start ANOTHER!! I'm nearly done with the construction of the elements phase, and am soon going to the sewing machine for thread painting and tacking down raw edges (since there isn't a single turned under edge on the whole thing). My question is this... I'm thinking of putting together a tutorial on my blog that includes the "pre project" brainstorming process. Like, "I have an idea, but how do I turn it into a quilt" kind of brainstorming. Do you, my world wide quilting counselors, thing that there's any interest in that kind of tutorial? Musicmaker

Sep 03, 2009 41 Replies

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Musicmaker 16 years ago

Nightmist - you've hit the head of the nail, or something like that.

"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you did not do than by the things you did do. So, throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.".... Mark Twain.

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J* 16 years ago

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