Tuesday, September 25, 2018

The Quilts on Display at the Big E Fair in West Springfield MA

My brother and I went to the fair in West Springfield MA called the Big E Fair. It was huge. It was a lot of walking. It took a couple of days to recover. It was fun.

One part of the fair had a display on quilts. I think they were really good. It was all in one location. I took photos and they are shown below. As one can see, there are a huge number of them. I took wide photos so I could get as many in a photo with the fewest photos taken.

I think they could be an inspiration for quilters; give them ideas to future quilts, an incentive to create a quilt, etc.

















Big Goofy Guy
(I am big, I like Disney's Goofy and I am a guy).

where one can buy my art (some of it with more being added in the future) on things for sale.

Thursday, September 6, 2018

No Quilts Yet But Getting Into Sewing Things!

I have not started sewing any quilts yet but I will be working up to that. It is on my list of things to do in the future; gradually working up to that. I want to get more used to my sewing machine.

I have found lots of books on quilting; both printed and e-book. I have a couple of e-books on my Kindle but it is not easy to see since the screen is monochromatic. Fortunately there are e-book apps for phones, tablets and computers that show the photos in color and one can easily (IIRC) turn the pages forward and backward.

I have found some apps on sewing and quilting. Since I can print from my phone or my tablet, I can print the patterns on my printer - don't have to transfer them to the computer to print them (might anyway to save the patterns to my computer and a flash drive).

There groups that one can get help with too. One is on Facebook; Quilting For Beginners. One can not only get help there but also be inspired by what others have done or questions they have asked.

I have found some sewing apps and some apps with patterns. I want to try some of these before advancing to quilts.