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Question of the Day 11/19/09
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Posted by digger (My Page) on Thu, Nov 19, 09 at 8:04
| Do you always know where your project is going to 'live' before you start it?
I do a lot of drag alongs, utility quilts and comfort quilts that I donate to different organizations - anything from Tender Hearts which is for sick kids to cage blankets for the local rescue. I like to quilt as 'green' as possible and recycle everything from clothes to pillowcases (for doggie/kitty beds) to fabric found in thrift shops and at tag sales.
I also like to try new techniques and the decorative stitches on my various machines so sometimes what starts off being a Tender Hearts quilt ends up somewhere else.
While some projects actually end up where they were intended to end up from the beginning, I find that a lot of times what I think will work for one place or another ends up being better suited for someone else.
Anyone else like this or am I an odd-ball?
Digger
aka Marie in Michigan
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RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| Most of my quilts are comfort quilts for employees where I work, so I have a pretty good idea where they are going. If they are for cancer patients, I try to match the binding or backing to the color ribbon for the particular cancer they have. As a general rule I make quilts from fabric, blocks, techniques or something else I want to try. Since they are smallish comfort quilts, if I don't like the pattern or combination of fabrics, I don't have a lot of time invested in them. beverly |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| Most of my quilts stay here. The few I have done for others were either on commission or a specific gift. There are some tops here now that I like but don't really need, but have no specific place in mind to send them. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| I'm not productive like many of you, and I've never done crafts for charity. My projects are slow, and I've always had a person in mind from the start. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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I make things just because I like the fabric or want to try the pattern, and then give them away to whomever seems to need/want one. I used to make baby quilts for my midwife to give away in her clinic, but she closed that down...so now I don't have that outlet anymore.
I HAVE picked fabric for a specific person (like camo fabric for my dad- he's a big outdoors man- and lilacs for my grandma), but I only do that if I'm making it for a specific purpose- like a birthday.
I think I"m probably one of those gals that quilts simply because it's fun...with no purpose at all behind it. I have no goals, really...I just want to have fun with it. I've never kept a quilt for myself, though. I keep saying I should treat myself to a quilt...but I just can't seem to justify it yet. Feels selfish, in a way. :O) |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| I have to make a lot of quilt tops for classes that I teach, and it is hard picking fabric for a quilt that I'm not sure of where it will live. I've made some with kids fabrics intending to donate them to charity or just for baby gifts--those were all easy to find homes for. But as for the ones with everyday fabrics--I'm still not sure where they'll end up once they're quilted. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| My quilts just pop out of my head when I want to try a new technique or color scheme. So, I have no idea if it will even get finished let alone what I'll do with it. This subject came up at our friendship group, also. I keep making stuff and if it isn't quilted right away, like a Xmas deadline, it goes on the UFO pile. Boy do I keep fabric stores in business. Maybe I should start making only miniatures. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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Linda,
I've thought about miniatures a bunch! Wouldn't it be fun to make all these great quilts in small size?! Could you imagine Amanda's quilt in miniature? Well...maybe not. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| Lots of my projects start out in a class, a technique I want to try, or a kit I see that I can't resist. By the time I get around to finishing I often decide it will be a gift or for charity. Donna |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| I usually have no idea. I have lots of ideas and projects in progress that I've chosen just because I like the fabric, the pattern, etc. Usually as I'm working on the quilt I'll get an idea who it should go to. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| Good question! And one my mom & I have discussed lately. We both taught quilting for yrs & have many that were class projects & have not found a home - yet. I also just quilt because I like a fabric, pattern... But most of my quilts I know ahead of time where they are going. I like praying for the recipient while working on the quilt - esp for wedding, comfort/sympathy & new baby quilts. Most recipients have said it means a lot knowing they were prayed for during the making, which in turn means a lot to me. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| I make tops out of patterns and fabrics I like with no thought as to who I will give them to. I have several baby quilt tops, a stack-n-whack top, a Chinese lantern top just laying around. I won't quilt them unless I get bored, or I find a recipient. If I have a recipient in mind I try to make something they will like. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| My quilts are always made for a specific purpose/person, so yes, I know where they are going to live. Or at least who they'll be living with. After all, my current quilts were made to live in a log home in Wisconsin and now they are living in a 1920s bungalow in Galveston, TX. They seem to like it here, though. 8^) |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| Galveston is a far cry from a log home in Wisconsin. Are you settled in now Annie? I've only had four quilts so far I knew ahead of time where they'd end up. I keep making quilts I like and expect to keep, and then giving them to people I love. I think that happens because my quilts are such an extension of myself, it just comes naturally. I've kept a few but only the daybed sized ones. But, for the most part, I don't know when I start one where it is going to end up. |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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I have a large fam hungry for quilts so I usually know where they are going. I have 2 baby quilts to make in the near future.
I like to try out new things so sometimes I do switch persons if I think it will not be their taste. Most of them I know their color preference and style. A couple of my sisters (oldest of 6 girls) think some I have made are too colorful LOL!
Sometimes I will make one and ask a person if they want it when it is finished.
Charity quilts I usually know before I make them.
Rosa |
RE: Question of the Day 11/19/09
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| Other then the things that I used to sell I generally have an idea where they are going even if they don't begin with a person in mind. Kids quilts I try and plan around their interest but I don't work too hard at trying to find personal preferences as likes and dislikes change too often. I try and work from my stash these days. Jayne |
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