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Thursday, June 5, 2014

(Never) say never

There are many quilting techniques and styles that are simply not my cup of tea, so I stay away from them. I do not even give them a chance to plant a seed of interest in my head. My mind is not as open as you might think. 

A few days ago, Quiltcon 2015 catalogue was published and I was smacked head on by one of those techniques that I would not even discuss - bias tape appliqué. I like, scratch that, I LOVE challenges of any kind, and this time the challenge is bias tape appliqué. So, I opened my mind, just a smidgen, to think about this technique that was up until now packed away with all the undesirable ones. And, as you guessed, I got hooked, completely obsessed with this technique. I cannot sleep, I cannot read, all I can do is think of quilt designs that would utilize bias tape appliqué. I have so many ideas, I went through almost an entire design pad, and I have an urge to make all of them into quilts. My day is only 24 hours long, so I have to pick one. A difficult choice to say the least.

The moral of this story is not obscure - never say never, because if you do, you will have to go back and eat those words with the side of humility, just like I did. Happy quilting!