Monday, June 14, 2010

Diving Into the Ocean of Craft


Crafts are like the ocean...an unfathomable source of creative expression and pleasure. MANY people do not understand one's not sticking to just one area of crafting. On rare occasions one meets another with a similar drive. A month or so ago Susan walked through a room where Katie had many quilters starting to put together another quilt for Project Hope, this time an ocean theme. Susan, a sewer and crocheter, among other talents, had not quilted, but the next time we met, she had figured out how to do her first nine-patch block. Today at a mixed craft group she showed us the boat block and her plans for a fish block. Click the photo above to see. Next week she'll do needlepoint.
I continue to listen to and learn from podcasts downloaded from craftypod.com. Easy to download, they enrich crafting time and dog walking with business, skill and creative ideas, some as wild as a Church of Craft. The Internet is exploding with easy instruction. Susan probably didn't take a class but perhaps found a book at the library, or Internet sites such as Marcia Hohn's Quilter's Cache or quilting.about.com and added her own touches. Hats off to people who dive in, daring explorers of the ocean of craft.

4 comments:

  1. Wow, I do commend her! Love her boat block. The Internet truly is an amazing source of information. Do you think she's hooked now on quilting?

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  2. Fascinating! She was at the right place at the right time and got hooked on something that appealed to her immediately. How wonderful! It will be fun to see what else she creates. Thanks, too, for the other sites to explore.

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  3. I still don't see how you crafters have the time to do all you do and have a life, too. It's a mystery. Of course it takes a volume of talent. Don't argue with me. Yes, it does. Just as some people have talent in math or music, crafters have a rich talent. I didn't even know about it until I started reading your blog, Linda.

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  4. AMAZING --- I agree with Nancy 100%. I run out of time just looking and commenting.

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