I would love to start
blogging some member spotlights so we can get to know each other better.
I will start with me for an example. If you are interested in being
featured, please cut and paste, then answer questions below and email them to
me at nimblethimbles@gmail.com as soon as you can along with at least one picture of you and at least one
picture of a quilt or your sewing area, family, etc. whatever you want to
share.
Member Spotlight–Angela (or Andee)
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I live in Chandler with my partner, five dogs
and two cats. I am a sign language instructor and interpreter. I
love books, reading, hiking and sewing! I have three grown
children--Coleman, Hannah and Mackenzie. I am crossing my fingers for
grandchildren in the next few years.
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Mac with Scrappy Mountain Majesties,
Hannah with My Blue Heaven in purple, and Coleman with Moth in the
Window.
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Q: When did you start quilting?
A: I learned to
sew when I was twenty and made a few quilts (sans rotary cutter and mat) then
but since I didn’t know what I was doing, I used cheap thread and they fell
apart quickly (I had been sewing crafts and had no idea!) so I didn’t sew another
quilt for many years. Then in 2003 or so I decided to make a baby quilt
for my good friend’s first grandchild. That quilt (a spider web) got me
hooked and I have been quilting ever since! This is also when I found
Bonnie Hunter--searching for Spider Web examples.
Q: What would you tell a
newbie that you wish you had known when you started?
A: HA!
Don’t use cheap thread!
Q: What kind of a
quilter are you?
A: I
started out sewing with a line of fabric where everything was matchy matchy
most of the time. I bought fabric for each pattern and did not have a
stash. I didn’t really like scrappy quilts. Over time (mostly
reading the Quiltville blog) my tastes changed! I suddenly was
inspired. I reorganized my fabrics into Bonnie’s scrap system and found
the joy of scrap quilting! I also love modern quilts, antique quilts and civil
war fabrics. I am not sure what category I would fit into. I also
quilt by check for the most part.
Q: What’s your favorite
sewing/quilting tip?
A: You can do
anything step by step. I would never have attempted some of the quilts I
have made if I had known how complicated that would be (I love mystery quilts)
and now that I have done several complicated quilts one step at a time, I know
any quilt can be done.
Q: Do you have a favorite quilt
block, pattern or designer?
A: I am Bonnie
Hunter's #1 fan (along with many other folks) and I love most anything she
designs.
Q: Do you have a favorite
notion or tool you can’t quilt without?
A: My ruler
that helps me set my needle for the perfect quarter inch no matter what machine
I am on.
Q: Do you quilt your own
quilts?
A: I do straight
stitch quilt or tie some of the baby quilts or smaller quilts, I don’t really
enjoy that part of the process so I mostly quilt by check. My friends Ros
Atwood and Barb Barrow quilt most of my quilts and they always look so
much better than I expect!
Q: What’s your favorite part of
the quilting process?
A: Picking up
the quilt. I love the piecing.
Q: What part of the quilting
process do you dislike or struggle with?
A: Not crazy
for binding but love seeing a project through to completion. I have
always said I have very few UFO’s because I am a finisher--however this year I
was challenged to list out what UFO's I do have and realized there were far
more than I expected. I have been spending a lot of time this year seeing
those to completion. I have had several people gift me their UFO's
and so those are seeing completion too!
Q: Do you design your own
quilts?
A: My answer
used to be No! I always say I am a pattern follower. I sometimes
have an idea but just don’t have that creative mind to turn it into anything.
I am so thankful so many folks are talented beyond belief so I will
always have lots of great patterns to choose from. Recently I decided to
try to do a modern quilt medallion--making up the rows as I go. I have
been stuck on this awhile but it got me out of my box. I also took a
class inspired by two gals at quilt camp to make my own cactus landscape
quilt. I am still at the beginning stages of that.
Q: What inspires you to create?
A: I have a hard
time doing “nothing” so I keep pretty busy and I think that drives me to sew.
Q: Do you do any other crafts?
Which ones?
A: I used to do
counted cross stitch, I went through a basket weaving phase and a stamping
phase, I made scrapbooks for each of my kids upon their high school graduations
(I DO NOT recommend waiting til senior year!). I also crochet some and
love to knit.
Q: How many quilts have you
made?
A: Around
300.
Q: What are you working on now?
A: Straits of Mackinac Rainbow BOM, Pat Sloan's Children's Library
BOM, a UFO randomly drawn from All People Quilt each month, binding En Provence
and finishing up UFO's!
Q: What do you wish you
knew how to do (quilt related) and hope to learn?
A: I want to learn just about anything and everything.
Q: Do you have quilt related business that you want to share
with us?
A:
Nope but I do blog at The Modern Diary if you want to visit me there.
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Here is the cut and paste part if you want to do one too!
Member Spotlight–
Info about you:
Q: When did you start quilting?
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Q: What would you tell a newbie that you wish you had known when you started?
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Q: What kind of a quilter are you?
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Q: What’s your favorite sewing/quilting tip?
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Q: Do you have a favorite quilt block, pattern or designer?
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Q: Do you have a favorite notion or tool you can’t quilt without?
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Q: Do you quilt your own quilts?
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Q: What’s your favorite part of the quilting process?
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Q: What part of the quilting process do you dislike or struggle with?
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Q: Do you design your own quilts?
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Q: What inspires you to create?
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Q: Do you do any other crafts? Which ones?
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Q: How many quilts have you made?
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Q: What are you working on now?
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Q: What do you wish you knew how to do (quilt related) and hope to learn?
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Q: Do you have quilt related business that you want to share with us?
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