“We can’t take any credit for our talents. It’s how we use them that counts.” - Madeleine L’Engle
Read MoreComparison kills creativity, so do your own thing!
Read MoreArt is where work and love meet.
Read MoreThe latest gadgets and technology are awesome and helpful, but your work will only be as good as your experience fueled by passion.
Read MoreIt’s OK to do something no one else is doing. Even the old ideas were new once.
Read MoreSometimes you measure twice and cut once, but life still doesn’t go according to plan. So you improvise and get on with it!
Read MoreSo, go at your own pace. Let life be a part of your life.
Read MoreFinishing a work leaves me in a split state of mind: on the one hand, I am proud of it and therefore am glad to see the piece in its completed form; on the other hand, I feel spent of energy from creating it, particularly if it took a long time to complete.
Read MoreSometimes you have to let go of what is holding you back from your creativity in order to be successful.
Read MoreThere is no wrong way to create.
Read MoreKeep calm and quilt on.
Read More"Ah, I'm getting it, I'm finding my feet. I'm starting to communicate what I want to do. Now: what is it I want to do?'…”
Read MoreI want to boldly go where no art has gone before.
Read MoreNever apologize for your art.
Read MoreI have yet to discover a better way to truly get to know myself than through art.
Read MorePractice, practice, practice. Until you get good. Then practice some more.
Read MoreBut as long as the passion is still there (and it is!), everything is going to be alright.
Read MoreBeing creative means I have to let go of any preconceptions or notions of what "should" happen and be willing to just "let" it happen.
Read MoreIf I try to create what others have done, I feel constrained and restricted by the expectations that come from re-creation. But when I work on my own created pieces, I am inspired, excited, and free.
Read MoreI imagine faster than I can sew.
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