Challenges..

I took part in a group improv challenge and it was such fun. The challenge was to use scraps and orphan blocks ( ones left over or never finished) and create an improvisational piece from a picture.

So, I had found this picture of a nice little mid century credenza, but really loved the art sitting on it more.

It was the perfect starting point for me. So I went thru my orphaned things looking for blues and greys and lights that would work well. Then I hit the scrap drawers and pulled more fabrics

I had some nice things in the orphan pile like some cyan prints done at a LMQG class and some other piecing left over or not used.

So, off it went to play, and here is the result.

I call this piece Metro and it reminds me of San Francisco, where I grew up. 

The moral of this post..challenge yourself..you will usually be pleasantly surprised with the results.

Why, why, why!?

There has been an uproar over a Facebook group called Worldwide Quilting Group. I did not belong to it, which after reading about what has happened, I am very glad I didn't. It appears the administrator of the group has been stealing other creators free content, editing it and re-posting it as a PDF file and taking credit for its creation. How rude. Then, when they were called out for it, said "opps, sorry I didn't know",  and immediately kicked and blocked the creator of said content, and anyone else who voiced their outrage at what she had done. 

The woman had the gaul to say she didn't know it was wrong. How could you NOT know that copy / pasting a tutorial, going through it page by page removing any mention of the original creators name and website, and repackaging it into a PDF available for download was not WRONG!!

Was it so important for this woman to garner praise and worship from other quilters, to boost her own ego, that she outright stole another quilters work and tried to pass it off as her own?

The group is now a "private" group and the thief and her cronies will dump/block anyone who brings this incident up. As far as anyone knows the content is still up on this group and available for more thieves to steal.

A great article was written over at Hunters Design Studio as to why this is so, so wrong. Please go read and educate yourself on how to not steal another persons hard work.