Ep. 52: Stop Saving Your Favorite Fabric — Make the Quilt Just for YOU ⭐

Loose Threads & Stitches: A Quilting Podcast

Host Kristen discusses the importance of creating quilts specifically for oneself rather than always focusing on gifts or commissions. She s

Key takeaways

• The host admitted to saving an entire Tula Pink Grayworks collection because she was waiting for permission to use it.
• Quilting for oneself allows for the most authentic reflection of personal taste without considering a recipient's decor.

Main topics

• Quilting for self
• Creative freedom

Notable quotes

It's not selfish. It is allowed.

Conclusion

The episode empowers quilters to stop waiting for the perfect occasion

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:03) Hey there quilter, welcome back to Loose Threads and Stitches. This is our quiet corner of the internet where we talk about quilting and all the real life stuff that goes with it. I'm your host, Kristen, from IcyStarsQuilting.com and I am so glad that you're here with me today. Sit back, relax, grab a good cup of tea, and let's check. On Speaker 1 (0:22) today's episode, I want to talk about a specific kind of quilt, okay? This is the one that you made. For nobody. It's not a gift. It's not a commission. It's not something to be used for the guest bedroom in your house. It's not something just for like a swap at your quilt guild. This quilt just exists because you wanted it to exist. And I want to talk about why that kind of quilt is so much rarer in the quilting world than it should be and why it might be the most honest thing that you ever make. Here's what I've noticed watching this community for years now. So much of what gets made in quilting has a recipient built in from the start. I'm guilty of it too. Don't think that like I'm thinking that I'm better than you by any means, but honestly, like a baby is born. We make a quilt for the friend's shower, right? A wedding quilt, a quilt for the church raffle so that it can go to charity. And there is nothing wrong with any of that. Gift quilts are beautiful and they're generous. And I love making them too, right? It is a gift of the heart. But I think somewhere along the way, a lot of quilters forgot that making something purely for themselves is also completely allowed. It's not selfish. It is allowed. I want to tell you about a fabric story of mine real quick. It ties right into this. And I had Tula Pink's Grayworks fabric collection, the whole collection. Okay. gorgeous stuff, absolutely beautiful. And I fell in love with it right when it was released and it was so fun. All right. I saved it. And I kept telling myself that I was waiting for the right project, right? Because I bought like half yards of the entire line. That's a lot of money. It is a lot of fabric. And I was waiting for the right project. The one that is special enough, right? The one that would. do this fabric justice. And what