Are you an Obsessive Quilter?
Quilting — The Hobby That Always Has Something New to Learn
A hobby for those of us who have a need to create.
When making one quilt is never enough.
When finishing a quilt somehow makes you immediately start thinking about the next one.
When you are obsessed with trying the new trick, the new block, the new technique, the new pattern - or making the next quilt for the next person who needs a gift.
And when you can walk into a fabric store with absolutely no intention of buying anything and somehow walk out with fabric for three quilts you didn't know you were going to make.
If any of this sounds familiar, you are definitely in the right place.
My name is Selina Kuyp, and I am the Obsessive Quilter (and Loving It!)
I've been quilting obsessively for nearly a decade, and I still feel like I have only scratched the surface of everything there is to learn.
That's one of the things I love most about quilting.
There is always something new.
A new block.
A new technique.
A different way to piece something.
A new ruler that apparently I absolutely cannot live without.
A colour combination I never would have thought to put together.
A new pattern that suddenly becomes much more important than whatever I was supposed to be doing that day. And, of course, there is always another quilt.
I am completely self-taught, which doesn't mean I learned everything by myself. Quite the opposite. I've learned an incredible amount from quilters all over the world who have been generous enough to share their knowledge, their successes, their failures, their tips, their tricks — and occasionally the things they probably wish they hadn't tried in the first place - I will share where I spent lots of my time too - in case you wanted to see.
I love all of it.
I love the piecing.
I love figuring out how things go together.
I love the assembly.
I love the actual quilting.
And yes, I even love the part where something doesn't quite work and I have to figure out why.
Well... usually.
Over the years, I've learned that there is rarely just one way to do something in quilting. There are techniques that make life easier, advice that is absolutely worth following, and a few things that will save you from creating a spectacular mess.
But there are also plenty of so-called quilting “rules” that I don't take too seriously. Because quilting is supposed to be fun.
So here, I'll share what I've learned — including the things that work, the things that don't, the things I've discovered from other quilters, and probably a few things I've learned the hard way.
I'm also a quilt pattern designer, and I love designing quilts almost as much as I love making them.
I regularly host free Mystery Quilts on Facebook, where we make a quilt together one step at a time without knowing exactly what the finished quilt will look like.
It's a little bit of quilting.
A little bit of suspense.
A little bit of “I hope this is going to work.”
And a whole lot of fun.
If you've never joined one of my Mystery Quilts, come see what we're up to!
Join my Facebook Mystery Quilt group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/1340174481101742
You can also find me on my Facebook page here:
So, Welcome!!!!!!!
Whether you've been quilting for twenty years, you're just learning what a fat quarter is, or you're somewhere in between, I hope you'll find something here that makes you want to go pull some fabric out of your stash.
I'll share quilting tips, techniques, ideas, patterns, projects, things I've learned from other quilters, things I've learned by making mistakes, and probably a few opinions along the way.
Because I don't believe you ever really finish learning how to quilt.
And that's exactly what makes it so much fun.
One quilt is never enough.
And if you're anything like me...
you wouldn't want it to be.
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