tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post9115338246935935394..comments2024-03-28T03:17:28.911-04:00Comments on Art With a Needle: Redemption of the pattern whoreKathleen Loomishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05930922068379938756noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-57992890131518332562011-08-24T08:09:37.192-04:002011-08-24T08:09:37.192-04:00Very good and thoughtful article. Having a fair am...Very good and thoughtful article. Having a fair amount of experience in teaching, I might add that different people learn in different ways and some people need to know how the product will turn out, which fuels the pattern industry. Must be something about left brain dominance. In any case, I like your teaching philosophy.<br />best, nadiaMulticoloredPieceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06161913409399066123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-22408454836410682552011-08-23T20:34:26.253-04:002011-08-23T20:34:26.253-04:00Karen -- maybe you're right about the motivati...Karen -- maybe you're right about the motivation -- but how many purchased patterns are any more worthwhile, artistically, than what the quilter could come up with herself? <br /><br />Who knows whether your original quilt design is good? If you don't, then just make something you like. That's exactly what happens when people go out to buy patterns -- who knows if the pattern design is good, so you just buy something you like.kathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-67521748906362991712011-08-23T14:42:03.721-04:002011-08-23T14:42:03.721-04:00The trouble being, I suppose, that it is possible ...The trouble being, I suppose, that it is possible for an experienced but un-confident practitioner to evaluate/critique their technique and form a view about its quality or not, but as regards 'design' the issue always is: IS IT ANY GOOD?? And that's the rub. Who knows? How do you judge? If your partner/friend likes it, does that mean it's good? If your partner/friend doesn't like it, does that mean it's good but they just don't like it?? And before you know where you are you are agonising about representative vs abstract, about what is the MEANING (what if you don't know - does it matter? If you do know - does that make it trite?) And this is the problem. If you are a "pattern whore" you can dump this stuff as someone else has already figured it out. Maybe...Karen Eadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14753033021426186635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-71353961280528168112011-08-23T13:05:30.261-04:002011-08-23T13:05:30.261-04:00Great post...I love doing my own thing. I like wha...Great post...I love doing my own thing. I like what you said about developing a quilt on the shoulders of a previous quilt.MariQuiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07024634370648175612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-68128848842805814102011-08-23T12:41:38.167-04:002011-08-23T12:41:38.167-04:00It is funny the dependence people have on purchase...It is funny the dependence people have on purchased patterns. When I saw a pattern for a pillowcase being sold for $8 at my LFS, I just couldn't believe it. Surely we all have a whole linen closet full of such "patterns"? With the benefit of knowing which ones fit our own pillows best!<br /><br />It does seem like generally there's an assumption that people who design patterns are somehow "experts" and "know about design". It sorta makes people feel that they somehow "can't design" on their own. Aren't 'creative enough'. <br /><br />I will frequently buy a pattern I like with little intention of making it. If I look at it and can come up with a whole bushel of ideas to tweak it in the two minutes it spends in my hands, then I'll call it 'inspiration' and reward the person who inspired me. Rarely does what I end up making look like the pattern I bought. It just goes through too many swap-outs, changeups, and tweaks. The creative part is about playing with the design and the technique, and working through the what if ideas. It's all just practice. People don't seem to believe that though. Sometimes I think the need for instant gratification squashes the creative spirit. <br /><br />Having a pretty quilt done fast via a pattern trumps coming up with an original quilt.Leighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588118538433483895.post-50727712401965404442011-08-23T11:17:21.344-04:002011-08-23T11:17:21.344-04:00An excellent post about teaching. You are doing c...An excellent post about teaching. You are doing challenging work yourself, and it is generous of you to open doors for others to their own designs. Getting away from patterns.<br /><br />I love to teach, but I am jealous of my creative time, and take sabbaticals from it.<br /><br />p.s. I love the image in your sidebar of CRAZED 10, red alert.judy martinhttp://judys-journal.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com