Thank you all who took the time to leave me your thoughts on my previous post.
It wasn’t my work that was criticized. But this is not important – what is amazing and sad is that there are quilters who speak out loud that they are superior just because they are making things in a certain way and think that quilting world is divided into “quilters” and “Quilters”.
When mentioning “Quilter”, I was thinking about being a better quilter in my own eyes.
Coming from a country with no quilting tradition, I feel that I am somehow different from most “traditional” quilters and that I missed something. I did not see my mother or grandmother quilting. I did not grow up surrounded by quilts – I don’t have the experience many quilters have.
I admire many traditional patterns and the quilt makers who made such quilts without the help of the modern tools we have today.
And
I feel “more quilter” and more anchored in the quilting tradition if I
could make more traditional patterns. This would be a great way to add
more value to my quilting experience. And I am sure many lessons could
be learned.
Stitching the hexagons with my sisters was the best experience of my 11-year quilting life!
So
for me “Quilter” is about the things I admire at other quilters’ work,
things that I would love to accomplish some day myself. And making
quilts with traditional patterns is one of those things.
For
now, I am a more organized quilter. I keep this cute little bucket on
my cutting table or near the sewing machine. And instead of throwing
threads and scraps on the floor, I fill up this bucket.
And when it is not in use, it is a great vase!
Have a great weekend.
Geta
I love that you were able to take to quilting from nothing. I admire the beauty of your quilts and patterns! I spent a summer in Romania helping out at an orphanage and loving an awesome bunch of kids. It is a place and people dear to my heart. I have really enjoyed reading your blog and seeing your creations. Thanks for sharing!
You probably don't remember me, but I lived in Romania (on the campus of the nuclear power plant)for 4 years. I purchased one of your patterns that your friend delivered to me at the campus. I truly love your patterns and quilts and I follow your blog. I am so glad you are quilting and look forward to many future posts.
I really like your work and for me you are a Big Quilter
A quilt is two pieces of fabric, possibly sandwiched around an inner layer, then sewn or tied together. A quilter is the person that makes the quilt. My great-grandmother tied quilts made of old clothing and whatever else she had lying around. They are no less special to me than if they were hand quilted. As long as we have fun and enjoy what we are doing, that is all that matters. We are all QUILTERS! :c)
Que DEUS continue a te abençoar com este talento.Não se aborreça com as pequenezas de alguns… Amo o seu trabalho e acho maravilhoso.
Geta, I missed your post from yesterday – but agree that you are both a quilter and an Amazing Quilter at that – and also an amazing designer. But don't feel that you have missed out so much by not having your mother or grandmother quilting. I did not grow up surrounded by quilts or quilters either – nor did most of my friends in Australia – there wasn't so much of that happening here till the 70s or 80s. But we have access to so much from books, the internet etc that I think we are as well off as any of the ladies who did experience all that.
In Australia we would probably say that the person who started all this – ie quilter as opposed to Quilter was "up herself" and really we don't pay any attention to that sort of person.
Geta, I think you are a beautiful and exquisite Quilter, I love your work. As a quilter myself I was , like you, not surrounded by quilts, but by a family that knitted a crafted round the kitchen table. Please continue to blog and show us your work as I love reading your updates and looking at what you have made.
Susan said it all! I'm from Australia and I started quilting about 6 years ago. No one I knew quilted, although I did sew clothes and did applique when my children were small. I don't know why quilting called my name but once I found it I was hooked. I think there seems to be a lot of quilt snobbery in the USA which we (hopefully) seem to have avoided here in Australia. I love the internet and all the amazing blogs out there sharing their knowledge around the world. I love your quilts, precisely because they are different but no less amazing. Keep up the good work!
I LOVE your quilting and are so inspired by all your work. I try to keep my floor tidy BUT when you get excited about something you are quilting I think it matters what the floor looks like!!!!!!!! Keep up your amazing quilting. Just LOVE it all!!!
Liz from New Zealand
You don't have to come from a country will a long quilting history. You are so talented and I love your blog. You're great.
I very much like and appreciate your current and previous comments.
I have happily been quilting for 10+ years and feel that I am a happy intermediate quilter, in quilt related knowledge only. I work at my own pace, enjoy learning, and feel that we, in this time have many helpful tools, and are very lucky to have the time to sew so much. I am from a family of cloths sewers.
For some reason there is a pecking order to most things.
Happily most of us are happy for others and their accomplishments.
I read your blog and enjoy seeing your work. Very nice…K
I don`t know which quilter is the best, but in this blog I see nothing but wonderful things, wherever you do it with a machine or with your own hands every work has its beauty.
Ilove your work.
A big hug from COSTA RICA.
Ola Geta!
Eu simplesmente ADORO seus trabalhos e acredito que não é preciso fazer cursos para aprender, pois há pessoas que nascem com o "dom" para fazer coisas belas e voce é uma pessoa abençoada, pois tem mãos de fada!
Recebe meus Parabéns por tudo o que faz e tão bem feito! Admiro muito voce e sua capacidade em realizar tantas coisas lindas!
Sou sua fã e seguidora e adoro visitar sempre seu blog, me faz feliz e me anima para continuar fazendo o que tanto gosto, o Patchwork, independente das técnicas e maneiras de quiltar, a mão ou a máquina.
Não sei muito ingles então espero que consiga traduzir e entender o que te escrevo.
Continue sempre assim e receba um abraço especial aqui do Brasil de sua fã,
Maria Josefa
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Geta, you are a QUILTER with all the bigest letters possible! And all by your self!!!
If you are not a QUILTER, then I'm not sure I know who is.