Seen Recently: The quilt Wisperer (other peoples work)

Perfection in Nature

 Good Morning Sewists! Have you ever been captivated by the work of other quilters? Have you considered just how much talent/practice is required to reach the expertise we see online and at quilt shows? Recently,  I read a brief piece that claims that anyone can reach this level of expertise with enough practice. I do not agree with that. I do feel that there are some special people who have been gifted with a special skill that puts their work above the standard. Was Mr. Rembrandt an average painter dude with lots of time to practice? I doubt that. Look at what Julia does in these examples. 


There is a young woman long-arm quilter who shows her work on Facebook. Her Facebook page is Julia Quiltoff. I am always amazed at her work.

This is just one example of how she can take any quilt, any style any genre and make it a masterpiece.

 Someone called her "The Quilt Wisperer!"

Of course, most of us will likely not ever achieve her level of skill or her style. Most of us make quilts to be used, on beds, couches, cuddlers, baby quilts. This is the link to her Facebook page. She lives in the midwest, is a mother of two small children. 




This is one of the currently popular quilt panels.

And this....................

Please check her Facebook Timeline for more outstanding work.    

• For those wishing inspiration, check out You Tube Video's, just use "quilting" as your search word.
• There are now more Facebook sewing/quilting sites than ever. Most require a request to join. Usually two or three sewing related questions are asked to weed out lurkers.
• And of course there is always Google, use quilting, or piecing, or quilt tops...whatever, and many options will pop up. The world is your oyster in the online quilt world.
• My most recent foray at a public library yielded very little in this genre. Mostly old-style books donated from an estate sale.
• Many quilt guilds offer gently used books, old and current, at shows and charity shops at much reduced prices. 

Well, well, that's a wrap for July. August is upon us, my tomatoes will ripen all in the same day of this I am sure.  I have recently discovered A Place Called Home on Acorn TV. Set in beautiful NSW , Austrailia, it is a bit of Downton Abbey set in post-WWII and 1980's Dynasty. It is sort of soap opera-ish but the scenery, the style and the landscape take it up a level or two. I may start wearing my pearls every day.