I went to the library on Thursday and searched for books on Quilting the quilt. One of the books I got is by Harriet Hargrave. (a legend in machine quilting) This quote in her book really spoke to me and where I am in my craft:
"Today's quilter is inundated with ideas for pattern,, design and color for quilts. Books are filled with wonderful photographs of beautiful quilts all focusing on pattern, design, and color. But where is the quilting? How often is the quilting not even visible in the photos--if there is even much quilting at all? How often is the quilt quilted with generic meandering on a longarm machine, so the quilting plays no part in the overall quilts design? When you reach the end of a pattern or project, expecting to find ideas for finishing the quilt tops, how often do you read "quilt as desired?" How often are quilt shop samples left unquilted? A growing percentage of quilts at quilt shows are not quilted by the person who made the top. Many are quilted similarly, on commercial longarm machines. Where is our guide and inspiration for quilting all of the tops we've been lured into making based on pattern, design and color? So often, out of frustration ,we neatly fold the top, and start another pretty project, concerned only about pattern, design ,and color."
Boy, gotta tell you, this spoke directly to me. I have 7-10 tops hanging and waiting to be quilted. Most of them I don't want commercially quilted, but I am totally uninspired as to how to quilt them, but I will never become comfortable unless I dive in and do it!!! So I have decided that my time needs to be spent doing a piecing project alternating with a quilting project. I will never get these done unless I just do it. And I have to learn to not apologize for my mistakes.
Today, I dived in to the last Jo Morton project from last year. I hope my attitude is starting to turn...
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