Around The World Blog Hop

For those who don't know what this is, every Monday a blogger is invited to share with the blog world a little about themselves by answering  four questions about their craft and then invite two/three of their blogger friends to continue the chain.

Dawn from Sew Much To Quilt invited me to participate,

But I am a little late, but better late than never, I say. Dawn is a

friend that I have known since we were kids, then we went our

own way for a little bit (you know, marriage, kids,etc) and

are now back in touch only to find out that we both have a love of quilting,

its so nice to be back in contact and share our love of quilting and

also some childhood memories. So Please go and

have a look around Dawn's Blog, you wont be disappointed.

Here are the question posted for the Blog Hop:

1)  What am I working on?
2)  How does my work differ from other of its genre?
3)  Why do I write/create what I do?
4)  How does my writing/creating process work?

What am I working on?

I am a fabricholic from way back, I used to work for

Bargain Box fabrics, and make demos for the shop and run classes eg. shirts, bra making, dresses I also use to make all my kids clothes, until the day

came when they said "I'm not wearing that we want shop clothes", I knew that day would come, I just didn't realise there would be a great void in my life

when I wasn't sewing, so I had to find a new hobby.

Long story short I found quilting and have never stopped.

So I am currently working on my Briar Rose quilt, its the same quilt

that Dawn made recently and I machine quilted it for her, I loved it so

much I decided to make my own

 

Dawn's Briar Rose

But I have many fingers in the pie, I generally have

at least 2-3 quilts on the go at any one time, usually thats because

while I'm in blogland I see something that I love and

get all enthusiatic and start it. Hopeless I know but that's

how I work, Im trying to work on one, finsih it, then start another.

Wish me luck!!

How does my work differ to others?.

In general it doesn't I generally follow patterns, I have nutted

out a few on my own over the years, but I love machine quilting and

this has grown more and more, I have an APQS long arm machine and now mostly  make quilts that have lots of negative space for me to fill in.

Why do I write/create what I do?

The main reason I do what I do is beacuse I love it, I love creating

something, be it for the home or for my family or grandkids and friends, I 

cannot handle doing nothing so this why I always have something to do.

My quilting has introduced me to lots of new friends around Australia, and I even have had the pleasure of meeting a few. I have travelled interstate

for classes, with teachers from America, for my machine quilting and I was

lucky enough to attend Houston, that was amazing I must say.

How does my writing/creating process work?

Generally if I see something I like, I make it, my favorite part

of the process is picking the fabric and machine quilting it, I love colours and I find

it fun trying to put them together. I do love all aspects of making

the quilts, from piecing to quilting, binding not so much but I fugure I'm at the end of the process so I just get it done. I generally have an idea

of how I'm going to quilt it before I have even made it.

Well thats enough about me, please pop on over

to Dawns blog, I'm not nominating anyone as alot of your have participated

in the Hop already.

Have a great day!