Comments on: Leave Perfection to the Gods

By: Maria

Maria — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 20:35:35 +0000

Do it Holly, do it!!!

By: Holly Mo

Holly Mo — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:20:08 +0000

I told my co-worker how I read this blog post after she asked me about the quilt, and she said “just do it, I won’t care if you mess up”.
I will think about it, and if I do it I will be sure to let you see it!

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:04:47 +0000

It was nice seeing you and Roger Susan and meeting Rosette. Have fun in NY funny that you have to go to the city to get wool!

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:03:19 +0000

Do it Holly and let us see what it looks like when it’s done!

By: Maria

Maria — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:02:12 +0000

That’s great Sandy. Don’t want to out the quilting police. It’s a good idea to do some work that you can’t control and sounds like fun too

By: Cindy Chambers

Cindy Chambers — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 01:59:56 +0000

Hi Maria, What a wonderful post this is. Guess what? I think you’re a writer too.
I think the Gods would be honored for you to call the day perfect. This day was a gift from God and the Angels just for you.

By: Sandy Proudfoot

Sandy Proudfoot — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 23:24:23 +0000

Maria, I had not heard that expression until a few years ago. I sometimes write an article for a national quilt magazine in Canada. I wrote an article on the quilt police. Guess what?! It wasn’t accepted. All others have been over the years…guess I should not have made fun of the quilt police…(smile). I include myself in this…we quilters are too tight-arsed for our own good. Once a year I take a class in encaustic painting simply because I cannot control where the paint is going. It’s good for me to not be in control. (but not always easy !!)
SandyP

By: Holly Mo

Holly Mo — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 19:20:26 +0000

Thanks for this! I know with my knitting I worry about a missed stitch, and my hubby always reminds me that I am the only one who will ever notice.
Good advice for those who are considering anything new. Interestingly enough, a co-worker asked me today if I would make her a quilt out of her old band shirts. Not sure why she asked me (I suppose she thinks I’m crafty) but this gives me something to think about!

By: Susan D. Smith

Susan D. Smith — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 16:03:02 +0000

Roger, Rosette and I enjoyed stopping by to chat. The “Umbrella Girl” and cat potholder I purchased has joined one of your earlier potholders in my office. It’s in a place where people can’t help but see it and those who come in my office looking grim (or at least determined about something) can’t help but smile when they see it. Guess that old tune “Let a Smile Be Your Umbrella” is true!

This Adk Museum event was a great day for us, too. We met many new people, exchanged spinning and knitting ideas and best of all, we got to see so much creativity on display. It’s inspiring…I will be in NYC for a week Sept. 28-Oct. 5 and intend to bring along a couple of knitting projects to work on in various places (Madison Park!) while Roger sees his docs. I plan to visit the Union Square Farmers’ Market, too, to purchase some yarn from Catskill Merino Sheep Farm to make Roger some thrummed mittens. So many ideas – I need more time to make them all happen!

Hope you have the opportunity to enjoy the Washington County Fiber Fest this coming weekend.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:47:28 +0000

Sandy, One woman told me she took a quilting class and the instructor told them to fear not the quilting police were not there.