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| Gathering Storm (15 in by 15 in) Feb 2014 |
It takes me about 2 months to make an art quilt so it's asking a lot to have a novice make one in 5 weeks. The only time I made a quilt in a month was back in 2014 when I took Elizabeth Barton's master class. That year I made 10 quilts since there were 10 lessons. We did not make a quilt in June or December. That was a crazy year and I was still working at the time!
One of the things I asked them to do early in the class was to introduce themselves and how long they have been quilting. I also asked them what their biggest fear was. It would be not a surprise to find that they were fearful that they are not artistic. I almost could have predicted that. I had one student that said she had no fears and she was excited. To give you an idea that means one student out of 6 was not fearful. The other 5 were fearful. I think the not artistic stuff might actually be fear of failure. I suppose we all have that to varying degrees. I certainly have a lot of self doubts when I make an art quilt. I think we go from fearless creative kids to fearful non creative adults. Creativity is taken out of us along the way. Thoughts?
Speaking of self doubt.....I have no idea what to make next. I was going to make an antique truck, but am not really motivated to do that. I need to get motivated to make something. I am beginning to stagnate.
Linking to Nina-Marie.
Thanks for reading.
Chris
