Returning to Basics – The Future of Quilting?
I have read several articles lately about how the present economy will most likely affect things we do in our everyday lives. Here at Quilting an Crafting.com and at our house it has always been about basics, using scraps perhaps buying a bit of material – for a larger panel – but for the most part looking thru the scrap bags/bins to create a theme then using or redesigning a pattern to create a one of a kind quilt. The Christmas quilt was a case of buying theme pattern fabric but when it arrived the print was a lot different size than we expected. We reworked the pattern to fit the print and have a really nice one of a kind quilt. My wall hanging came about by digging through the fabric remnant bags/bins then creating a pattern out of those-a sea scape-as it turned out. I didn’t know until it just sort of happened. We think a big part of quilting is (1.) having an idea then (2.) building a theme and pattern to fit your idea. Lots of quilts years ago were built from joining sampler blocks together. So find your remnants chose a block size, and make one block, then a second, and a third, and before you know it you’ll have enough blocks to join to have a bed quilt, and it will be all your work! So don’t get to hung up on being up to date, start simple and build on that and have fun!
Let us take this chance to wish everyone a Happy and Joyous Holiday Season.
