The Learning Curve March

The Learning Curve
Linda Pearce
When I attended our February meeting and made the difficult decision of selecting my favorite challenge quilts, I suddenly realized that we are the pioneer quilters of the 21st century. What a mind boggling thought. For our background, we have our quilt heritage from the early 18th through the 20th centuries. Now, in 2007, we have the widest selection of fabrics, fibers, threads, patterns, books, tools, and battings in history. If we can’t find it in one of our seven area quilt shops, we have the Internet. We can even design our quilts and fabrics on our computers.

What will historians say about our quilts? What will our contribution be? Will we be content to continue as we always have or will our generation chart new ways, incorporate new ideas, create new quilting dimensions?

From what I see at “Show and Tell”, we are a creative group of “sister quilters”. We have the tools, we have the ideas, and we have the skills. To complete our repertoire, we even have wonderful educational opportunities. How many of you have yet to take a class this season? For those of you who missed some truly fantastic classes, it is not too late. Opportunities are still there. Will you educate
your way into the 21st century?

“To learn, you must want to be taught.” – Proverbs
12:1