My Design Wall is interesting. It stayed like it appeared last week until yesterday when I began working n the Get-The-Crap-Out-Of-My-House Challenge with V and Co. I actually cleared out a 2 foot by 2 foot section in front of my Design Wall and was able to get to it and rearrange some blocks. I admit I copied. But I really liked the Kitchen Sink idea. So I put them all together and dug up a couple of pieces I had done over the last few years when I had leftovers and didn't know what to do with them. Instead of cutting them up like I had first thought to do, I left them whole. Whereupon I will sew the other blocks to them and make them more whole. I still have the Oriental blocks separate.
Then I saw what 9patchnurse did with her time on Sunday. And once again I was filled with intense desire to copy. You might as well put me in jail now for total and outright plagiarism. (Had to look up that spelling, I guess I have never written it before.) (And that would be a good thing.)
Speaking of that, did you read in the latest issue of Quilting Newsletter the article on Copyright? I daresay there is not an original thought in the quilting world anymore. If you even think up a quilt on your own you will surely copy one somewhere and they will come and get you. I thought the only way to really be free to make a quilt was to think on your own, but maybe even that is dangerous. I am sure I have seen just about everything somewhere before.
I don't know, maybe I will go hide under a
glen
OH MY GOSH! I AM NUMBER ONE! (tears of joy as I walk down the aisle with roses in my arms and a HUGE crown of rhinestones on my head. And I am trying not to trip on my evening gown as I take the runway one last time!!) Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Okay, I woke up way too early this morning, and decided just to checkout a few blogs. You are too funny! I've had my first smile and laugh of the week, before the coffee was even brewed! :)) Love your humor, you've also got a great voice in your writing. Thanks for a great start to my day!
ReplyDeleteFirst of all congrats on your No. 1 spot!! I totally agree that there most ideas have been done before - still its always cool to come up with one you THINK is your own :)!! Great Board!
ReplyDeleteWoo Hoo! You made the number one spot. Now the challenge is to stay there every week?
ReplyDeleteFinally, Louisiana is first in something besides being laid back. The heat has been horrible. Leeapaul won't even go outside except to jump in the Element for a ride with air on. Love your design wall. The orientals will have to go some place...maybe in the center as a spotlight.
ReplyDeleteIt is hard to have an original idea in this age of constant information influx. I love your crumb blocks though. The idea might not be your own, but the blocks are yours for sure. Congrats on the number one spot. You must be an early riser.
ReplyDeleteI've thought the same things about copyright too-have you every looked at a new pattern and said "hey-that's so and so block". --how's that work?
ReplyDeletelove your wall. I have a Gordon setter and a Westie-I get more wet bathing the westie than the
Gordon, but the Gordon finds better stinky stuff to roll in than the westie so maybe it balances out somehow. :)
I thought I was going to fall off my chair when I saw you were #1 this week! LOL What's the next goal? I love your crumbs. I just finished my quilt on Thursday. And I wonder if it's copied or inspired by! Touchie subject with some. Love your humor.
ReplyDeleteYay!! You are first this week. I had to smile when I saw you there. :)
ReplyDelete#1 - wahoo, way to go girlfriend. I want to know what time you posted to be #1. I can't believe you actually did it.
ReplyDeleteI think this whole idea of not 'copying' someone else's idea is getting a little overboard and ridiculous on some people's part. Why else do they show us their work if not to make us want to copy. If I had any original ideas, I wouldn't have to look at their work. Ok - off the soap box.
And, on a personal note, I think your design wall "laundry sink" (we can't call it the kitchen sink anymore you know) idea is lacking in color. Can you try being a little less reserved and just think about putting a little color into it.
Hugs - Mabel
LOL your 'victory' walk made me laugh out loud (literally!) and startled the dogs! I like the 'kitchen sink' idea...can I COPY it? teehee...I could not resist!
ReplyDeleteYou made my day!! Congrats on the #1 spot. My goal is to get on the wall on Monday! I have high hopes but you never know.
ReplyDeleteVery entertaining post. Love your writing!
ReplyDeleteVery entertaining post! Getting to your design wall and catching first spot was definitely a day brightener!
ReplyDeleteHey, I think I'm the last one. I didn't post until 4:45 my time. Oh well, nothing matters unless you're first. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteLove what you've done to your wall. Interesting looking project. Love those colors.
ReplyDeleteGen you are so funny. Glad you made it to the #1 spot. I too love your quilt blocks. I have been avoiding sewing scraps together and they just keep growing. I need to do some of that piecing to get rid of some things around here.
ReplyDeleteSo, now that you have accomplished # 1 - what is next?? Love your crumbs!
ReplyDeleteYour quilt wall is great but what I really love is what you write! There's an article in the Sept/Oct McCall's Quilting on copyright laws that had me so furious I wrote a long and detailed email to them. the vast majority of the patterns out there are simply copies or derivations of the blocks that were made up 60-150 years ago by unnamed women who were probably happy with their anonymity. Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeletegood job...and good show. I am not trying to be #1...just trying to remember to post on mondays.
ReplyDeleteann
I noticed that you posted at 12:17 a.m. to get that No. 1 spot! It will be interesting to see what you come up with those wild crazy blocks!
ReplyDeleteSo ya made it -- #1! Hooray for you!
ReplyDeleteI like the colorful stuff on your design wall!