QuiltingAndPatchwork.com 
 We quilt for many reasons and each quilter/fabric artist has something that propels this activity.  I’ll mention 10 reasons here.  Let me know if yours is included.  Do you have something else that keeps you stitching?

Relaxation
Make gifts
Create something unique
Enter contests/challenges
Leave a legacy
Tell family stories
Earn an income
Gain recognition
Inspire others
Justify buying fabric        

Share your reason here.  It may be one of the above you’d like to expand upon.  Or it may be something completely different.  Perhaps you have more than one.
(c)2008 Mary Emma Allen

QuiltingAndPatchwork.com 
  Happy New Year and many blessings for 2008.
 What are your plans for the coming year?
DREAM BIG, REACH HIGH, and ACHIEVE MUCH!
Will you:
*Attend more quilt shows
*Take a special workshop
*Try an online class
*Sell some of your quilted and fabric art items
*Enter a competition
*Visit a quilt museum
*Find more online quilting friends
*Start a blog if you don’t have one
*Write a book about quiltmaking
Use these as springboards for venturing into new arenas of the quilting/fabric arts world.
I’d love to have you share your plans with me…as well as your progress as the year progresses.
My desire for 2008 is having Quilting and Patchwork provide you with …read more