{"id":235,"date":"2021-01-29T01:23:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T01:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rivervalleyquilter.com\/?p=235"},"modified":"2021-01-30T22:45:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T22:45:09","slug":"the-flip-side-of-sewing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rivervalleyquilter.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/29\/the-flip-side-of-sewing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flip Side of Sewing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ever wonder what it looks like around people that wear more than one hat?  Here\u2019s my desk today.  It\u2019s a paperwork kind of day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Paperwork and writing\u2026writing letters and making lists and menus and blog content and\u2026. you get my drift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t mind it so much.  In fact, I like it.  And I\u2019m liking it more and more the longer I blog.  You see, I\u2019ve always wanted to write a blog.  And even more than that\u2026I\u2019ve always wanted to write a book.  Crazy, huh?  Maybe so, but why not?!  Lol\u2026as if I didn\u2019t already have more hats to wear than the average bear.  This crazy idea of writing a book started when I was in high-school and the theme always stemmed around my love of the old west.  Now, quilts are a big part of that theme\u2026and mining\u2026Colorado\u2019s old west has a huge amount of mining history and I basically live in the middle of this amazing history that was lived by real, everyday people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s talk about my hats, cause I\u2019ve got several, and not everyone knows about them all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wear the hat of: A Judy Niemeyer Certified Instruction in-training.  This has been an on-going endeavor and truly what has inspired me to sit down and begin my blog in a serious manner.  I\u2019m enjoying this aspect of growing my social media presence very much as I also begin to fulfill a dream that I\u2019ve had for more than 45 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wear the hat of: A quilting instructor.  This goes hand in hand with the previous hat.  But I enjoy teaching at many, many different levels.  I studied to be a music teacher and much to my parents\u2019 chagrin, did not quite finish. But! My love of teaching has stayed with me through home-schooling our children; teaching 4-H students about quilting; holding an adult quilting class for 3+ years which met once a week; and now I\u2019m teaching Quiltworx patterns as I work towards my certification.  It\u2019s also a long standing and well established hat on my head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wear the hat of: A professional long arm quilter.  A skill that I have been honing for the past 8 years and will continue to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wear the hat of:  Quilt restoration and repair professional.  This is a skill that I\u2019ve been growing since I was a little girl and owe a debt of gratitude to my great-grandmother who first introduce me to needle and thread. It was a crochet hook and yarn, but from there I progressed over the last 50+ years to the skills I have today.   I spoke at length with another restoration professional several years back about how to find a way to gain some sort of certification for this skill set, and she graciously giggled and said there is none.  The best who do this have spent their lifetime acquiring their skills and there aren\u2019t any programs to equal their knowledge.  We\u2019re all self-taught.  Now that\u2019s food for thought!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I wear the hat of: Director of the G<\/strong>reat E<\/strong>scape Q<\/strong>uilt C<\/strong>amp<\/em>, which today looked like a big messy desk as I wrote letters, compared notes from my last off-site retreat, made lists and began to plan menus.  This hat is relatively new\u2026maybe 6-7 years old or so.  But it is something I absolutely and completely love to do.  You see\u2026I firmly believe that everyone has several gifts\u2014or skills\u2014they are innately good at without a lot of effort.  It\u2019s something they just do naturally.  And without trying to toot my own horn too loudly\u2026I\u2019m pretty good at organizing events and being the hostess with the most-ess.  And when I combine quilting and teaching and hosting all under the same hat\u2026or rather all on the same head\u2026well, life just sings away and I\u2019m a pretty happy camper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other hats that I wear are the hats of: Being a wife…Being a mother…Being a daughter and sister…Being a home-maker…Being a farmer\u2019s wife….and the list continues on and on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But suffice it to say, I like my hats.  I\u2019m going to keep wearing them. I think I\u2019ve finally found the right combination and don\u2019t really need to add too many more.  There will be some that come naturally from others, but they\u2019ll get here when the time is right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now\u2026where was that Director\u2019s hat again\u2026. it\u2019s here somewhere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until next time, may your bobbin never be empty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ever wonder what it looks like around people that wear more than one hat?  Here\u2019s my desk today.  It\u2019s a paperwork kind of day. Paperwork and writing\u2026writing letters and making lists and menus and blog content and\u2026. you get my drift. I don\u2019t mind it so much.  In fact, I like it.  And I\u2019m liking it more and more … <\/p>\n

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