tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737987514962568303.post7728096944528246054..comments2023-08-20T15:04:09.910-04:00Comments on Quilts, Life and Balance: Quilting InspirationNinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13723204041199316054noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737987514962568303.post-29950141472665248702013-01-01T19:36:02.717-05:002013-01-01T19:36:02.717-05:00Thanks so much for rounding out the pirate quilt s...Thanks so much for rounding out the pirate quilt story. I think the pictures help for all of us. When I'm looking for a quilt idea I usually use the image option on one of the search engines and when I see one that I like I follow that link. And sometimes, like you mentioned we combine elements from several quilts and build them into our own. When I got back into sewing I wasn't going to make quilts. But then I made one and two and three and I was hooked. Happy sewing in the new year. Hope we hear more from you "around these parts".Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13723204041199316054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737987514962568303.post-71963272980049818302012-12-21T03:36:53.943-05:002012-12-21T03:36:53.943-05:00Hi Nina,
It's me (sorry, have to find a way ...Hi Nina, <br /><br />It's me (sorry, have to find a way to post non-anonymously) – thanks for posting this, and thanks for the inspiration as well as for your kind help and advice! <br /><br />For readers who may not have seen our conversation on the pirate quilt post: Another great thing about quilt blogs is that they are not only a source of inspiration for the quilter, but give you the chance to involve the quilt’s recipient at a very early stage and find out what they like. For most people it’s hard to express what they like in something like a quilt in a totally abstract way, but it’s easy to look at a picture gallery and point out the ones we like. This is even more true for a kid. This quilt was for my five-year-old, who had picked a pirate fabric for me to make a quilt for him. This was to be my first quilt, and I don’t think I have even seen more than two or three handmade quilts IRL in all of my life, so you can imagine I was not totally confident with what I was doing there, to say the least. And of course I wanted to be sure that my son likes what I would make. So, one day I just did a picture search for pirate quilts and asked which ones he liked. He liked yours enthusiastically. He then got a say in picking most of the additional fabrics, too, so this is really “his” quilt as much as mine. <br /><br />And just so you know: Whenever people ask where I got the idea for this, I credit “a very nice and talented American lady from the internet”. <br /><br />Merry Christmas,<br /><br />I.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737987514962568303.post-44419923554491748912012-12-08T15:55:39.554-05:002012-12-08T15:55:39.554-05:00That really is very cool. And proves that sometime...That really is very cool. And proves that sometimes we think we're stealing an idea, but by the time you're done, it's so much your own, that it can only count as inspiration :-)<br />EErin Quinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09733465690557189717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737987514962568303.post-77798020089146568472012-12-08T10:51:20.223-05:002012-12-08T10:51:20.223-05:00I enjoyed seeing the 'evolution' of the pi...I enjoyed seeing the 'evolution' of the pirate quilt. Thanks for sharing. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com