Quilting

They suggested blogging about a hobby, so I guess I will talk about a sort-of love/hate hobby of mine which is quilting. For some reason, I decided to hand-stich a quilt about a 2 years ago. I guess I though it seemed romantic or some such thing. Also I don't have a sewing machine! So I patched together the whole thing and began to do the actually quilting and it looked terrible. I am a bit of a perfectionist and when I realized it wasn't going to turn out the way I wanted it to, I just stopped. About a year later a friend asked me if I wanted to go the Gees Bend quilt exibition at the Fort Lauderdale Art Museum. I had never heard of Gees Bend and I was expecting these perfectly done quilts. Boy, was I wrong. While they were beautiful, they were anything but perfect. The quilts were created to be used and a couple misplaced stiches wouldn't hinder that in any way. These women had created works of art, not because of perfection but because of the distinctive touches that they gave to their work. Going to the exhibition really inspired me to start again. I do not think so much of my quilt as full of mistakes but as something only I could have created.