Creativity in Motion, is my Motto!
“A Happy Place”
Just imagine it and then you make it happen... that is probably the most beautiful part of creativity!
The process... starts with a thought, that gets those little wheels turning, the design... all the color choices and the look you want to achieve, then finding all the pieces to your puzzle, to create your story of passion. We will come back to the story of passion later. Now the making of the your project... that made the little gray cells start turning colors... ( colors= all the possible ideas, and which one to use! ) The whole creating something out of nothing, that’s what makes me tick. I’m truly happy when I’m creating. I enjoy the process just as much as the creating!
Over the years, I have dabbled in a little bit of everything from quilting, sewing, jewelry making, knitting, crocheting, soap and candle making, and many other things. I would be here all day sharing and you would get bored, so let’s move on, shall we. The one thing that has been a constant from my youth is quilting. Quilting is where I started, I was about 5-6 year old, learning to sew on my grandmother treadle sewing machine. I remember, oh what fun that was making my very first quilt, and realizing the possibilities where endless from that point on!
This reminds me of the age I was when I started sewing, and what a world it opened for me.
Now remember I said, we would come back to the story of passion.... well I guess for me in quilting, it’s all the pretty horses, Oops... I mean all the pretty colors and fabric prints, then pattern designs, and machine quilting designs come into play.... the possibilities are endless! Part of this passion story is when making quilts for others... is to find all these elements that I have mentioned, that you know will resignate with the person, whom you’re making the quilt... (colors, fabric prints, patterns, and designs play a major part in this in this story.)
I have made many quilts over the years and have very few digtal pictures to share here at this time. I should go back through my pictures and scan the quilt pictures, so I guess this means they will be for another time.
Probably the most special quilt that I have made was for my grand daughter, it was an Elsa and Anna quilt. It was a fairly simple one. This one was all about the content.. you know the colors and fabric print, but most of all was the help that I receive in making her quilt... quilter in the making! She has been playing in the sewing room since she was a few months old. She would be laying on a blanket that was on the floor with her toys, as she got older it became scattering my embroidery thread spools all over the floor. And why not.... remember “all the pretty colors,” and such like!
Matching French Seam Pillowcases
Did I mention I’m hooked on this big longarm quilting, no more trying to do on regular sewing machine or the old fashioned lying off with yarn either. Need to get the other quilt finished, so I can post... more to come later.
Probably the most special quilt that I have made was for my grand daughter, it was an Elsa and Anna quilt. It was a fairly simple one. This one was all about the content.. you know the colors and fabric print, but most of all was the help that I receive in making her quilt... quilter in the making! She has been playing in the sewing room since she was a few months old. She would be laying on a blanket that was on the floor with her toys, as she got older it became scattering my embroidery thread spools all over the floor. And why not.... remember “all the pretty colors,” and such like!
Excited about her Quilt
Panel of Elsa and Anna
Framed with beautiful snowflakes in matching colors.
My first time using a longarm quilting machine, and I just loved it. I want one of my very own... well, I could play with this machine all day and be so happy, you could say dream job!
This was at Quilters Cocoon in Riverside, California.
Did I mention I’m hooked on this big longarm quilting, no more trying to do on regular sewing machine or the old fashioned lying off with yarn either. Need to get the other quilt finished, so I can post... more to come later.
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