After about a few years of doing that and then we moved to my Dad's home state of TN I started watching the "Eleanor Burns" show and was hooked on traditional quilting. I took some classes at our LQS and sort have grown since then. I really have lost the patience to stay with a quilt for months before I wonder onto something else so I loved to do a mixed array of stuff now as long as it has to do with fabric and thread. Now I still do my occasional traditional quilt but not so much anymore. There is just so much out there now for quilters and sewers that I seem to want to try it all. I started to get into crazyquilting and stitching and always go back to it because it must be the feminie side of me. So basically I get I am self taught. I do allot of volunteer quilting for our charities here in TN particularly the woman's abuse centers.
I have two adult children and 3 grandbabies ages 13,9 & 2 two are boys and the baby is a girl, and they take up allot of my time and I have no complaints about that.
For my picture I composed a collage of my different recent involvements because they all mean a little something to me.
I think quilters are the best people in the world. We seem to become close quick and always want to be there each other. I am involved in 4 quilt guilds here in TN and a fiber arts guild also. These are most of my friends because that is how I chose it to be. It seems to me that some (not all) of the people that are not involved in fabrics and fiber who I thought were friends turned out to be acquaintences and that is fine but my heart is with my family and friends. I tell things like I see them and hopefully am very tactful about it. I enjoy being with people whether it is in blogland or real life.
I am so excited to be a part of this group and I am glad that we are from all parts of the world. It is nice to know that when you get up in the middle of the night and somebody from over the pond is awake they just might want to chat a bit and I get to know them better. Well that is it I cannot wait until we get to play together and I am looking forward to it.
Sharon
Sharon, after I clicked on the photo to get a better look, I can see that you have very eclectic taste in your work. Love it!
ReplyDeleteSo much to explore in your collage Sharon! It’s nice to see another member of the group having different styles. Lisa calls is eclectic, I like that!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful array of your work Sharon. I'm curious...the picture of you in front of a group of what look like plastic bags filled with various colours....what are those?
ReplyDeleteGreat collage of your work! You already have lots to draw on and it's good to see such diversity in Tangled Textiles.
ReplyDeleteSharon, I had a treat looking over all the pieces in your mosaic. You bring a lot of talent and skills to the table!
ReplyDeleteRenate that was my first dyeing class. And I have had 1 other since then. I cannot tell you why but I love hand-dyed fabric. For me you get a different piece of fabric with every dye you do even if it is the same color. Like if I put a piece in red and take it and then add another piece it will come out totally different. I just love the thrill of making the fabirc my own. Wouldn't it be nice if maybe one day in the future we can each take something and do a tutorial on it if enough are interested. it would be another way to learn something that we normally would not do or take a class for....
ReplyDeleteSharon, so diverse. The landscapes really drew my eye, but I can't help it. I am so glad we are all such diverse artists and have such a huge bank of techniques. This is going to be a great challenge.
ReplyDeleteSo many wonderful things - I love it! Like Vicki, I too am glad we are a diverse bunch - I can't wait to see what we all come up with, and alal the different techniques we use.
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