Creativity Shines Through

Engineering isn’t without creativity.  Designing things can be extremely creative.  One of my side hobbies is to quilt.  I like cutting straight lines and trying to sew everything together in a straight line.  I’m drawn to patterns that have a geometric difficult to them.  I’ve bought patterns for quilts that are not easy for beginning sewers, because I thought they would look neat.  Some have turned out well, and others, never got finished, or never got started.  Whether I’ve finished everything or not, hasn’t changed my enjoyment of quilting, and when I finish something I have pride, but sometimes it’s just about the creativity.

Along those lines, I’m getting ready to delve into another side of quilting, art quilts.  I have this idea in my head, of a picture that I love, of the space shuttle launching, and I want to see if I can replicate that in fabric.  Not exact, but I want to try and see what I can make, see if I can put into fabric how awesome I think that is.  If I can get that, I think my next idea, might be to try and make a quilt that represents an anechoic chamber, and how I think the wedges are just neat.  If the first art quilt goes well, I may try to make more.  I still like traditional quilting, but I want to experiment and see what else I can create, how I can make it my own.

Where do you output your creativity?