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I've noticed that shed loads of quilts have names. Do you all name your quilts?
The quilt I'm doing is brown, gold, green, flowers...etc and I thought if I named it that 'Forest Floor' might be a suitable one, but is it stupid? Not sure I've got to grips with naming a bit of fabric yet lol.
I name most of my quilts, so I don't think naming a quilt is stupid. Usually a name comes to my mind while I'm working on the quilt.
Remember, it's just like kids, if you give birth, you get to name them. Ha ha ha
I have never named a quilt. Or a sewing machine. Or a car. I don't get the appeal I guess.
My first quilt was just that - My first quilt. Since then I name all my quilts.
And yes I label them too. I asked the forum to help me name my last quilt and I followed their suggestions.
I called it Sherbet Strips. The pictures are in my album and on my blog.
I haven't named any of mine. Just never thought about it. But I don't name my cars or sewing machines either.
Neither do I.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobW
I usually name my quilts -- either for the person who's receiving it, or for the name of the pattern, or for the title of the focus fabric. E.g. my very first quilt from my beginner's quilting class is called my Sampler. The quilt I'm working on now will be titled Storm at Sea, after the pattern name. I haven't named my sewing machine. It's a Viking Opal 670. No names for the cars. JCY
I do name my quilts. When I first started quilting I was just calling them name Jenny gave. Like DP9, or Strip Star Quilt etc. I asked the same question as you have and received the encouragement to give it it's own name. I think the name that you've picked for your quilt is a great name. : )
I call them the name of the pattern usually ( not very creative☺), tumbler, double slice ect., or sometimes refer to them as Cathy's quilt or the name of the recipient, or occasionally after the fabric line such as my "Tranquility" quilt for a fabric by Sandy Gervais.
Thanks ladies (and Bob) 'cause I'm assuming you're a blokey.
Although I don't name my sewing machines or my car, I do name all my quilts. (It's like artwork)
I label all my quilts, and I put a name of sorts on the label. Sometimes it's just the pattern. One I finished earlier this year was simply named 3-D Nine Patch. That's what it's called in the book I took it from. I'm about to start working on one that was called "Raspberry Pie" in the magazine where it was featured. But, my take on the colors looked less "raspberry" and more tropical. So,. I'm going to call it "Miami Pies." I'm giving my daughter a Jellyroll Race quilt soon. I'm labeling it with that name. Years from now, it might be interesting to someone. Maybe. Or not. :)
I think "Forest Floor" is a perfect name. I name mine so that I don't have to describe the quilt everytime I say something about it.
Yes, I name my quilts. They are like my babies, they deserve names. Name it whatever you want. I've had a couple of quilts where the name changed a couple of times before I found the right one. Most of the time the name just comes to me. My latest quilt was Ladders of Love - a Jacob's Ladder baby quilt for my friend's new grandson. Before that it was Love & Gratitude (a QOV for a friend's soldier son). Sometimes the name has more to do with the recipient than the pattern. Who knows. It tells me what it wants to be called and that's the name it's given (unless it's ^&$*%^Y Quilt! Sometime a quilt gives me fits and it gets an inappropriate name for a while)
Have fun with it. It's your quilt do what you want with it. No quilt police here remember.
I think naming your quilt is not stupid, it is something that you are creating and you are the one who should name it.
Ummmmm, I didn't mean naming your quilt is stupid, I thought maybe the name 'Forest Floor' was stupid, lol. Anyway, I'm going to name it and anything else I do too. :D Thanks ladies. :)
I've never named a quilt but I did have a car I called Ethel. ;). As I too have an Opal 670 maybe I'll call it opal it only seems appropriate. I like the concept of naming a quilt but often I don't "get it" when I see other people's chosen names so I just haven't bothered. I've also never labeled a quilt but I've only completed 4 so I hope I'll have lots of opportunity to decide whether to start naming or labelling.
Well, I think "Forest Floor" is a good name, especially if that's what the quilt reminds you of.Quote:
Originally Posted by LorraineRob
I have never named any of my quilts, but the I'm working on now I'm pebble quilting the flower appliqued squares and doing the sashing with a lattice pattern so I keep calling it "Down the garden path". Oh, and yeah,I frequently call my machine "Stupid thing"!
I call mine by either what the pattern is or the fabric or who the quilt is for so I can keep track of what quilt is what. I have a quilt journal that I use to remember what I'm doing with what fabric.
I like the idea of naming after the fabric or pattern etc, but this fabric of mine is from a range called The Spice Trail....I mean, come on...that last thing you'd think of is spices. It's got flowers and paisley all over it!!!
I call mine by the name of the pattern. A long time ago, I called one "bluekey". I never named cars until marrying my second husband, and now everything with a motor has a name, except my sewing machines.
If a name comes to me, I'll name it. I need to make labels for them all, but sometimes I am in such a hurry to finish, the label gets skipped. Sometimes I just can not think of a name.
My sewing machines all have names (except my poor neglected serger). I never named them when I was making costumes, it was just a tool I had to use to do a job. But when I started sewing just because I wanted to vs because I had to, my machines and I have so much FUN together. Each one has it's own unique character. So now they all have their own unique name.
I don't enjoy anything the way I enjoy my machines, so I don't name anything else.