Kickoff of my Quilting Blog
I like to make sh*t with my hands, in fact, our whole family enjoys working on projects together. A year and a half ago my wife got appendicitis just as the summer was kicking off here. This meant that she could not get in the pool for four weeks, which is how we usually spend time together during the summer months. My wife has been an avid quilter for years and I have always supported her quilting habit by finding quilt stores to visit and helping select fabrics for particular quilts. Instead of hanging out in the pool that month, I started spending some time with her in the quilt room and learned that the skills I had built in woodworking transferred to a type of quilting that we liked called applique. It started with making a "mug rug", what I would call a giant coaster. I enjoyed the process and really liked the sense of satisfaction when the project was completed. The feeling of satisfaction was just like when I had completed a woodworking proj...