Modern Quilt Studio Homework #9 part 2

This is part of an ongoing series of essays responding to Weeks Ringle’s post called QuiltCon Homework. Read my first essay on Encourage. Apparently, I have more to say.

In her blog post, Weeks writes “Encourage one another. Bill and I have an agreement: love it for 10 minutes, which means that before you decide if you like it or not, give it 10 minutes. Look carefully. Think about it. Listen to the point of view and find at

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Modern Quilt Studio QuiltCon Homework #10

This is the 10th part in an ongoing series of essays responding to Weeks Ringle’s post called QuiltCon Homework. Read my last essay at discussing the concept of “encourage.”

Weeks writes ” Have fortitude to follow all the way through on an idea, even when you stumble and are tempted to give up.”

It is hard to keep going on a project. We all get stuck or stumped or don’t have enough fabric. That line about not having enough fabric

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Modern Quilt Studio Homework #9

I know you thought I forgot or got bored with this series of essays, or something. I didn’t. I just had a lot of other stuff to do and a lot of other things about which to write.

This is part of an ongoing series of essays responding to Weeks Ringle’s post called QuiltCon Homework. Read my last essay at discussing the concept of “giving and receiving.”

In her blog post, Weeks writes “Encourage one another. Bill and I have

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Modern Quilt Studio QuiltCon Homework #8

Weeks writes: “Give and receive. Learn how to give and receive constructive criticism for those who seek it. Find four positive things to say about someone else’s quilt and look for one thing that you think they could improve”

I have been to many quilt shows. I have also stood in front of many quilts where I often have heard people talking openly about what they disliked about a quilt. At first, I was so green I did not notice these words, being

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Modern Quilt Studio QuiltCon Homework #7

Weeks writes: “Share your work – volunteering to organize a quilting day to make quilts for your favorite charity, offer to give a lecture on your work at your aunt’s retirement community – you needn’t be famous or have written a book to share your quilts with others”

I was listening to a podcast the other day (Frances??) and the hostess said that a town near her had a Quilting Day. They had for years and it consisted of people working

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Modern Quilt Studio QuiltCon Homework #6

 

Weeks Ringle wrote “Experiment. Work with small prototypes that are a minimal investment of time and money – don’t get overwhelmed the thought of a big project. Experiment with different types of stitching, mix genres of fabric, play with unlikely color combinations, make sample pieces that are entirely unlike anything you’ve ever made before[.]”

My mantra is “there is always more fabric”. And there is. Really. Trust me on this one.

I like to say that there is

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Modern Quilt Studio’s QuiltCon Homework #5

Weeks wrote “Think broadly. Don’t get hung up on labels; you needn’t adhere to making one type of quilt—even though we consider ourselves modern quilters, there’s something to be learned from every genre of quilting. Which types of quilting could you learn from?”

You might like bright fabrics like me, but it won’t kill me to look at a quilt made with Civil War fabrics or a quilt splashed with house paint. I like to keep an open mind when looking

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Modern Quilt Studio’s QuiltCon Homework #4

I am continuing on with the QuiltCon Homework that Weeks Ringle issued in February. Number 4 is ‘Reflect’. Weeks wrote “Reflect. Who you will be tomorrow as a quilter doesn’t have to be who you were yesterday. What would you like to learn?”

I want to continue to explore my quiltmaking as an expression of my creativity. I could do anything to express my creativity, but quiltmaking is what is making me happy (as Tanesha at

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Modern Quilt Studio’s QuiltCon Homework #3

Weeks writes “Challenge yourself  - if you could only make one more quilt, what would it be?”

I would make something really hard, some quilt that would make people stop in their tracks and would make their mouths hang open. It would be a completely insane quilt with thousands of pieces or something so difficult that people would not know how it was put together.

If I had to pin down a pattern, I would choose the Double

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