tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post2302363970614372393..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Patterns vs. plansKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-5717613134080004562010-09-07T12:26:49.651-04:002010-09-07T12:26:49.651-04:00kits are the second generation spawn of the devil ...kits are the second generation spawn of the devil -- the first-generation spawn having subsequently mated with Hitler<br /><br />I am perfectly OK if you don't visit the food blog. that's why I started a separate blog, since I don't like to read about recipes, grandchildren, cats, politics or divorces in the art blogs I follow. just hope that doesn't mean you don't do food, because you'll waste away, and we need you!kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-30246080115241294812010-09-07T10:15:36.987-04:002010-09-07T10:15:36.987-04:00Amen to all of this! You could have been describin...Amen to all of this! You could have been describing my guild. Except if patterns are the spawn of the devil, what does that make kits?<br /><br />Anyway, I'll be looking forward to your blogs about the log cabin recipe. But sorry, I don't do food blogs--ever.Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05669924514599648160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-78672061598641221332010-09-06T20:10:10.937-04:002010-09-06T20:10:10.937-04:00A fiber artist and a cook! My two aspirations as ...A fiber artist and a cook! My two aspirations as well. Now I have two blog addictions.Sandy Ciolinonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-33112039237379676732010-09-06T19:08:57.255-04:002010-09-06T19:08:57.255-04:00Hey Kathy, I've seen your work at QN and Fiber...Hey Kathy, I've seen your work at QN and FiberArt International and in Youngstown with the show Mary Lou curated. I love your work and think you'd like mine. check out my stitches on my blog today, Sept. 6th cmauers.blogspot.com.<br /><br />I digg your work.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08048753941726949285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-17044686756524704572010-09-06T18:44:12.552-04:002010-09-06T18:44:12.552-04:00Great analogy!
I make traditional style quilts, a...Great analogy!<br /><br />I make traditional style quilts, and have never used a pattern without at least drastic changes. New blocks, and mixing assorted blocks means no one ever needs to make up a design that someone has made before them!<br /><br />Judy BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-27191535951453600752010-09-06T14:58:50.461-04:002010-09-06T14:58:50.461-04:00thanks, Sandy! of course you can use this analogy...thanks, Sandy! of course you can use this analogy and I can see how it would apply to dressmaking. so many concepts slide so effortlessly from one arena to another and we should all feel free to encourage that.kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-14660273849409349982010-09-06T14:45:31.566-04:002010-09-06T14:45:31.566-04:00what a fun analogy. I hope you don't mind if I...what a fun analogy. I hope you don't mind if I quote you to my dressmaking students. C+G fashion. So, for them it is a skirt plan or a blouse plan. I so much would like them to try something different and not rely on pattern concepts.<br /><br />this right up there on the helpful scale as the analogy by Colleen Jones about rotating darts for fit, using the concept of a pizza with one piece removed. you can move the other pieces round anywhere and you will still get the fabric to go round the curve you are fitting!<br /><br />Thanks so much!<br />Sandy in the UKSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978514536651961190noreply@blogger.com