Hi!
My name is Brent, and I'm probably one of two male members here. I'm a 24 year old web and user interface designer by day, and an artist by night. I dabble in many mediums - photography, paint, fiber, woodworking, jewelry, metal, glass, illustration - really anything you can think of, I've done it. I'll do something for a few weeks, then move on to something else, but I always end up coming back to those unfinished projects and getting right back into it. Working with my hands has always been a release for me.
I'm an intermediate sewer, making things like bags, reupholstering furniture, and doing minor alterations for my sister and nieces. I know a little about quilting, but I've never actually made a full quilt from start to finish. I've made a few pinwheel potholders and smaller patchwork projects, but nothing full scale. I'm self-taught, having stuggled for years using an entry-level Singer, and after reading dozens of negative reviews about how unreliable it was, put it back in it's case and gave up sewing for a while. I took the required home-ec courses in high school, where you fiddle around haphazardly on a big industrial Husqvarna trying not to sew through your fingers, knowing nothing about seam allowance or thread tension or even how a lock stitch even happens on a sewing machine, so I definitely learned the hard way.
After wanting to kick my newer Singer down the stairs-- I mean putting it away, a light went on, and I remembered my great grandmother's old Singer 15 from the 50's in the attic. I cleaned her, oiled her, and got her a shiny new belt, and she works like the day she was made. These old mechanical machines never die, even if they sat in an attic for 50+ years. Anyway, that got me right back into sewing. I think it's so awesome that I get to use something my grandmother used, which made me start to think about other heirlooms, like her handmade Afghans. I don't crochet (or are they knitted?) but I'd love to make a few special quilts for family members.
I was looking for tutorials on Youtube on something involving a pillowcase when I stumbled across Missouri Star, and I've been subscribed ever since. I'm excited to be a part of the forums, and to get to know some of you
Right now I just finished the top on a patchwork batik table topper, it's batted, backed and basted and waiting to be quilted and bound. Perhaps I can post some photos tomorrow morning
If you'd like to see some of the other things I do, you can check out my Flickr here: http://flickr.com/photos/natchios
My name is Brent, and I'm probably one of two male members here. I'm a 24 year old web and user interface designer by day, and an artist by night. I dabble in many mediums - photography, paint, fiber, woodworking, jewelry, metal, glass, illustration - really anything you can think of, I've done it. I'll do something for a few weeks, then move on to something else, but I always end up coming back to those unfinished projects and getting right back into it. Working with my hands has always been a release for me.
I'm an intermediate sewer, making things like bags, reupholstering furniture, and doing minor alterations for my sister and nieces. I know a little about quilting, but I've never actually made a full quilt from start to finish. I've made a few pinwheel potholders and smaller patchwork projects, but nothing full scale. I'm self-taught, having stuggled for years using an entry-level Singer, and after reading dozens of negative reviews about how unreliable it was, put it back in it's case and gave up sewing for a while. I took the required home-ec courses in high school, where you fiddle around haphazardly on a big industrial Husqvarna trying not to sew through your fingers, knowing nothing about seam allowance or thread tension or even how a lock stitch even happens on a sewing machine, so I definitely learned the hard way.
After wanting to kick my newer Singer down the stairs-- I mean putting it away, a light went on, and I remembered my great grandmother's old Singer 15 from the 50's in the attic. I cleaned her, oiled her, and got her a shiny new belt, and she works like the day she was made. These old mechanical machines never die, even if they sat in an attic for 50+ years. Anyway, that got me right back into sewing. I think it's so awesome that I get to use something my grandmother used, which made me start to think about other heirlooms, like her handmade Afghans. I don't crochet (or are they knitted?) but I'd love to make a few special quilts for family members.
I was looking for tutorials on Youtube on something involving a pillowcase when I stumbled across Missouri Star, and I've been subscribed ever since. I'm excited to be a part of the forums, and to get to know some of you
Right now I just finished the top on a patchwork batik table topper, it's batted, backed and basted and waiting to be quilted and bound. Perhaps I can post some photos tomorrow morning If you'd like to see some of the other things I do, you can check out my Flickr here: http://flickr.com/photos/natchios
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