I’ve been quilting this week. It’s a great quilt, but the design I chose is very detailed and it’s taking a long time. Which gives me lots of time to think. Which is scary. I shouldn’t be allowed so much time to think.
It’s very tempting, here on winter break, to Start All of the Things. You know the tune: I’m going to clean out my studio, I’m going to start a dozen quilts, half a dozen knitting projects, plus I’m going to add all of these other new habits.
And about 3 days after I start back to work, I’ll remember why I don’t Do All of The Things during the school year anymore: my day job is a huge energy hog. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great job (most of the time), but for an Introvert to spend her day with Teenagers and Other Adults all day long…woof.
I did have one brainstorm today that I really do think is a good idea, and I started working on it, and that’s where the announcement comes in. I’m putting all of my old Feather Boot Camp class stuff together into some posts here on my website. I even made a banner:
Making a banner makes it real, right?
I was going to wait until I had it all ready to go, but I may go ahead and release the first class later tonight, but definitely tomorrow morning.
I know that I’m out of the quilting loop, and there are lots of other feather classes and books and whatever out there. I put all of this work in to the videos and handouts though, and even if they help just one more quilter, it’s worth the effort to get it off my hard drive and out in to the world.
But first I have to go quilt some more. I’ll try not to do any more brainstorming while I’m at it.
(edited at 7:20p: the first lesson is posted. http://wp.me/PqREJ-1Lu)
Suzanne. I LOVED your Feather Boot Camp. It made all the difference in the world to my feathers and LA quilting. It gave me confidence. My feathers improved 1000%. I think it’s wonderful for you to share this again.
Thank you for the kind words, Cynthia! I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, now to get it all finished and posted!
Thanks, Cynthia! It’s very freeing to have it out in the world. Now…to finish posting it all!
Your feather boot camp sounds like a fun way to get practice. looking forward to seeing what it is all about.
Very pretty quilt, Suzanne – I love the way you are quilting it.
Thank you! I’m almost done and will post a bunch of pictures when it’s finished!
wow, thank you for the videos, haven’t started them yet, but they will come in handy as I am just getting started on quilting on a frame. I have the time now to get into it as I just retired. so grateful for all the help I can get along the way. Happy New Year to you !
Thank you for the videos! I am gathering information from many sources to find my own style of doing feathers. It is great to see variations and ways that you do them – I like the back and forth method – something I am trying to perfect.
Finding your own style is what it’s all about! Glad you are enjoying, have fun!