AJSJJDKSJD THE QUILTING SHOW MY GMA WANTS TO GO TO HAS A “FREE TICKET FOR UNDER 30s” IM!!!!! that’s SO funny ?? They wanna encourage young ppl SO much to get into quilting
what i imagine the quilting convention back room looks like
I am a member of 3 different types of fibercraft guilds despite not really doing any fibercraft myself, and I highly recommend joining them to EVERYONE. Under 30, over 30, minors and adults, whether you know how to do any fibercraft or not.
The Guild Members will love you. For real, I was a painfully graceless teenager with a tendency to blunder my way through any novel social situation and they positively fawned over having “A Young Person!” coming to the meetings.
You’re going to show up, stand around awkwardly for probably not more than ten seconds before a Patty or Jane approaches you and ask your name and how you came here and what are you studying and Oh that’s LOVELY, you simply must meet Cecelia- and within the hour you will have been adopted by 10 to 80 Grandmothers and Aunts and every Queer Person with an AARP membership in the county (if you want to know where all the old queens in your area are: they’re in the quilt guild). Congratulations on your new extended family.
They will be foisting fabric and paint and any other art supplies because they’ve been infected with Studio Stash Cordyceps and need you to start one too but don’t worry having a studio is very beneficial I say with half the stash still sitting in the garage despite moving 7 months ago. Congratulations on your new collection!
Now, I can’t do most fibercraft on account of carpal tunnel, but hanging out at the quilt guild taught me a hell of a lot about material engineering and how things in general are made and now I’m really good at mending- clothes, tents, shoes- and building stuff as needed like trellises and a bookcase. I also now have the contact information of anyone I might need if I need help with quilting, tailoring, mending, woodworking, livestock (startling number of people with sheep and llamas out here), game meats, metallurgy, glass blowing, art shows, summer camps, and Jousting because The Quilt Guild Knows Everyone. If your hands are functional, they’ll happily teach you. Congratulations on your new skillset and community!
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