in·spi·ra·tion

in·spi·ra·tion  

–noun

1.an inspiring or animating action or influence: I cannot write poetry without inspiration.

2.something inspired, as an idea.

3.a result of inspired activity.

4.a thing or person that inspires.

5.Theology .

A divine influence directly and immediately exerted upon the mind or soul.

b.the divine quality of the writings or words of a person so influenced.

6.the drawing of air into the lungs; inhalation.

7.the act of inspiring; quality or state of being inspired.

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Janet asked last week,

Do you ever feel like other people disapprove of your free scrappy style?

Do you care? 

No, it's totally silly. This whole notion of quilters styles against quilters styles, is absurd.

Everyone is on their own journey, and the personal process is so important to the creator,

it's not, to me, acceptable to carry baggage like that around...

Really in this world?  

Where people are judging people, 

and religion's are judging other's religions, 

we have to judge each other's processes as well?

NOPE.

I have no room for that.

I appreciate all kinds of quilts.

We are all influenced by so many things all around us... 

Things go in, they percolate, they formulate, they come out...

Colors inspire, patterns inspire, people inspire.

Sometimes it's hard to point to what inspires you.

And sometimes, you just know where your inspiration comes from.
his is my grandmother's quilt above.

This recent top I am working on, came to me when I was looking at my grandmothers quilts and wanted to make a quilt that was ME, but based on my grandmother's work. The long strips that  run through this quilt, and her process of taking scraps that were pre cut and adding them together like a giant puzzle.

I can also see that colors in her quilts really resonate in my work as well. the Red's and brights...

That's pretty much what I love to do. Straight up.

These quilts have been made for centuries...Everything has been done, and re done... 

that is what fads are... that's life.

This star quilt that sold on ebay in the spring, (which I did not win! drat!)

Has totally inspired me to work on stars.

Tonya's HUGE Star, was in the back of mine,when I went to see her, 

and asked her to pull it out.

To fab to be left in a box, inspires me.

Something that is totally inspiring me today,

is Amy and I run the 

We have a new blog, you can check it out here...

These folks inspired the daylights out of me this weekend.

The energy in the room was addictive, 

and we all went about our days

with itchy sewing fingers...

This is our first group quilt.

About 17 of us, all brought a strip to add to this quilt.

We laid it out together as a group, the only requirement was the length, 65".

Look how Fabulous it turned out?

That's inspiring.  

So many talents, so many different approaches, 

and together, it all looks fabulous together...

see more here.

Go be inspired.

;-)

Happy sewing!