And they're taking votes for top prize. It's impossible. Each piece is more amazing than the last. Every three feet I have a new favorite. There's something fundamentally unfair about asking me to cast a vote. I can't choose.
My mother has 3 or 4 top 'o the line Berninas. Yeah... She's that lady. Needless to say, there will be no money left when she goes, but I'll probably get a used embroider... Or the surger... Or the long arm... Or the custom table that they all mount in and out of. It's a sickness.
I don't know if I would say they're soothing with that music added in but then again they probably aren't trying to reach out to people already into things like sewing and knitting. I just like my instructional videos to have nice old lady walking me through the process and maybe making one of her nice old lady jokes here and there.
Well, unfortunately it's just for a local quilters guild, so there's no vendor. That said, I asked the wife if it's possible to decoupage with fabrics and she said "yes." So I'm definitely gonna look into that, because I was gonna try making a quilt once but I just got overwhelmed so quickly. But I'm loving what I'm seeing with fabric patterns and cuts and such, so I gotta try something Also, she just found out that I used to cross stitch. So now she wants me to make her something.
my mom knits - we all love the bespoke socks. My mom wants one of these:
You've shown that before. A girl at work has a portable one. They make them... they just aren't cast-iron and spectacular anymore.
I'd totally forgotten about posting that vid before. I guess I really love bespoke socks. You can get high quality new ones (unlike the plastic ones), but they are very expensive: $1400 ish. The reason I love the socks is that my mom knits them, though. I feel like if she had a machine, it would just be a chore, and not a gift. Perhaps that's a bit rose-tinted.
I enjoyed it as a math geek with no prior knowledge of crafting. For all I know it's entirely trivial if you have a foot in both worlds, but I enjoyed reading it despite not having the patience to learn how to actually make the things it described.
Part of the emotional value of a piece is knowing the amount of work that went into it. A labor of love. :)The reason I love the socks is that my mom knits them, though. I feel like if she had a machine, it would just be a chore, and not a gift. Perhaps that's a bit rose-tinted.
After seeing what I saw today, I'm gonna seriously consider it. They're super beautiful and I loved so many of the pieces I saw. I think maybe it'd be easier to do a 2'x2' square or something instead of a full quilt. I'd love to have a piece or two and be able to point to them and say "I made that." I snuck a registration form for the guild. I won't say that I'll join, but I think I might give them a call. :) Only thing is, if I do it, I gotta get rid of some more stuff to make space for supplies . . .
The great thing about textiles is that they are pretty much always welcome gifts (so long as you're gifting adults). They're practical, they show love and they fold. That's actually one of my wife's gripes about cross-stitch and needlepoint: you pretty much have to hang them up. Not so quilting and knitting. Now go make some throw pillows.