I love sewing and fabric. I learned from my mom at an early age. I've been hooked ever since. In fact I would even go as so far to say it was one of most important classes I took in high school (believe me trigonometry hasn't done that much for me even though I was told it was a necessity). Growing up sewing was a real"girl-y" thing to do, not at all cool like playing volleyball (my versions of what hell is) so I did it in secret. When I studied art, sewing (aka textiles) was a little more acceptable but when I studied animation luckily, I had a friend,
Linda who had the same affliction and secret as me. We used to smuggle quilting (and the odd gardening) magazine between our desks, covertly, so that no one would see, God forbid!
Lately I've started noticing all these creative and crafty people coming out of wood work and they are organized, loud and proud...and so they should be! None of them treat craft as something only retired "grandmas" do. Don't get me wrong, grandmas know stuff, lots of great stuff but when you're sitting in a class and you're the youngest by 20 years, you start to question if you were born in the right era. Most of these blogging, creative women are young, fresh and inspired stay at home moms like: Lesley of
Smidge box, Christine of
From an Igloo or the
luvinthemommyhood blog (I never did catch her name). The last two have recently been sponsored by the the
Plum Project (a new organic fabric store in Deep Cove).
This growing community is why I was so excited when the
Vancouver Modern Quilt Guild popped up. People like me- yes! Instantly I joined and via the Vancouver group I met
Cynthia another creative person living, way, way, way out here in the Fraser Valley (could it be possible?). Cynthia and I became instant friends and schemers of a
Fraser Valley Modern Quilt Guild way, way, way out here. Since then Cynthia has built a beautiful site and we are looking forward to our first meeting this month... I'll keep you posted... oh and your grandma's invited because she's cool too!
