It is one week after finishing two weeks of workshops with Nancy Crow - Sets & Variables I & II and Sets & Variables III – and I'm still in recovery mode.
My focus the past year was in making that quilt sandwiches and stitching those quilting lines. Though I can pat myself on the back and say, yes! to bringing a few quilt tops to their ready-to-hang state, these skills did not help me in the workshops.
The month before I'd struggled with finishing the ribbon quilt. How many times did I sew together something only look at it, blanch, then begin anew? So I left for the workshop feeling like I'd forgotten how to create. And I did.
I was unprepared. Despite slogging through those weeks, I got a lot out of them. I'll post more about the workshops later.
I've now spent in total five weeks in four of Nancy's workshops. I am still in awe of the woman – she's amazing and inspirational. Words alone cannot convey how fabulous a teacher she is. She teaches more than piecing, more than quilting, more than art. Much more.
I have a list of things to work on. I have exercises and ideas to develop. Projects to finish. I have direction and aspirations. I am now much more clearly focused. I intend to sustain this feeling this drive until I return to the Barn once again.
It is more important that you had some discoveries in the 2 weeks than finished projects. If you are like me, working in isolation will let you experiment better than with lots of distractions.
ReplyDeletePost, post post about the 2 weeks. You've been home a whole week. Never mind that you had to work this past week and are trying to get caught up at home. Just satisfy me and post.
ReplyDeleteYour selfish little cerdo, Diana