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Quilt Museums Are Beautiful To Look At

By Jeffrey Cook


People often turn their hobbies into a commercial venture when the improve at the hobby quite a bit. Proficiency is the key when someone goes from avocation to vocation. Spending a lot of time on a certain skill, they find themselves wanting to advance to a more full-time basis on the skill. You can learn a lot about quilting by visiting quilt museums.

The Internet can direct you of where to find a museum that displays quilts. Find out their hours and schedule a time in time to visit. Look at each display and enjoy its beauty. The person that made what you look at probably took a lot of time to design it and to decide where to put each pattern.

It would be a great idea to take photographs when you make a visit to the museum. You can use them later when you reminisce about your experience. You could also share your experience with friends or family by showing them the photos. Color helps the world overcome its sense of darkness.

You may really like history. Researching parts of the past can be very interesting. You can discover things that happened which you never had thought were possible. During the civil war era, people made many quilts to keep themselves warm. It also may have been comforting to the touch to hold in bed at night. The museum may have information there for you to read about history or you could read about it in books at the library or bookstore.

Men now sometimes engage in this hobby. They find respite in sewing just like women do. A hobby like this is universal and does not discriminate according to gender. You may be a man interested in learning this skill. You should pursue it if it is your passion.

Your patterns can be your own creation. You can become very sophisticated or keep it very simple. The decision is yours which is the beauty of creativity. It is just an experience between you and yourself. Enjoy every minute of your experience. Some people do not have the audacity to even explore their creativity. See what you can do with colors and shapes. Turn on your sewing machine and sees what happens.

Finding other like-minded individuals is not a bad idea when you get stuck. Find them before you get stuck because they could maybe prevent you from getting into a place where you did not want to be. Creative people sometimes get into a block that keeps their creative flow from churning. If you find yourself in this rut, take a deep breath and step back and try to reflect on what it is that you want to achieve.

Art of any form is very therapeutic and helpful if you are sad about things in your life or angry. It can lift up your soul. Quilts offer some therapy because you can have them near you when you rest or look at them on the wall in your living room or office. Their beauty can reach out to you when you need it the most.




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