If you've read my profile, you already know how much I miss my dear friends from the Quilt Tasters group in Denmark. I don't think even I realized quite how much I miss them until recently.
A few weeks ago, I took a quilting vacation -- and by this I do not mean a vacation from quilting. I took a vacation for the sole purpose of quilting. For four days, I shut the doors of my small business and enjoyed day-long quilting workshops with my hero, Harriet Hargrave. She was in the area for the annual quilting event at Lake Farmpark. I took her classes on precision piecing, machine applique and, of course, her speciality of heirloom machine quilting. It was four days of bliss. I cannot believe how much I learned in such a short period. Harriet taught me how to solve problems that I have been having for literally 20 years.
The classes also reminded me how much I love other quilters. I can't do this alone any more. I need some other quilters in my life. I am going to make a concerted effort to meet some local quilters in person, but I am also thrilled to have the opportunity to meet new quilting friends through this blog. Thanks in advance for your time, interest and advice. And please let me return the favor.
About Me
- Dawn Hanson
- Cleveland Heights, Ohio
- My name is Dawn Hanson and I’m a quilter when I’m not overwhelmed with other things in life – family, dogs, owning a business and trying to save the planet. I’ve been quilting since my early 20s. I started out doing all my piecing and quilting by hand, just like my grandmother and my great-grandmother used to do. That got old very quickly. In the mid 90s, I discovered Harriet Hargrave's book about machine quilting. It changed everything. I have been machine quilting ever since. This blog is named after a quilting group that met every month for six years while I lived in Copenhagen, Denmark. A cross between a quilting guild and a wine tasting club, we called ourselves the Quilt Tasters. I will forever be grateful for everything I learned from that special group of friends. Today, I typically have multiple quilting projects underway at once (and dozens more in my head.) There is no shortage of ideas. There is only a shortage of time. Thanks for spending some of your time with me here to share your thoughts, opinions, experience and inspirations. Even if you don't agree with all my opinions, I hope you'll enjoy my quilts!
I'm more of a taster than a quilter but am following your blog anyway.
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Good idea with the blog. Harriet is my hero too!
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Yes Dawn, wine and quilting is a winning combination. I look forward to reading your blog.
ReplyDeleteHey, Roberta! The biggest thing I learned is that I should have taken a class with Harriet 20 years ago! Seriously, I learned so many new things! I'll be sharing tips here on the blog regularly so please visit again!
ReplyDeleteAdd me to the Harriet Hero Worship club. She is brilliant. I only wish I could get to do a real class.
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