My wife recently purchased this book on quilting by Denyse Schmidt. One passage in the introduction is particularly compelling:
[This book] isn’t intended to be a comprehensive guide to quilting, and I certainly wouldn’t say that my way is the only, or the “correct” way to do things. Once you’ve developed a healthy obsession with quilting, you’ll want to explore many other approaches. The local library, quilt guilds and stores, bookstores, and the Internet are all great places to look for information and inspiration.
The important thing is to begin.
Sound advice, whether you’re quilting or coding!
Dustin Senos
on 08 Feb 08So true, you can replace a couple words in there and it’s completely relevant to programming.
One question, did his words inspire you to try quilting? haha
andycamp
on 08 Feb 08As true as this comment is, it’s also a really, really hard thing to get someone to hear. You can say something like this a hundred times to deaf ears, then when the timing is right and a person’s mind is open, you say it again and it sinks in.
Marlyse Comte
on 08 Feb 08Wonderfully said.
Interesting enough I find it also often the most fascinating part of learning or indulging into a new subject… there is so much unknown, so much to explore which too much information on the subject can drain all life out of it.
Rying
on 08 Feb 08Have you ever seen the instructions for knitting a sweater? My wife is very fond of knitting, but don’t understand one line of coding – she says. However when you look at the instructions, I would argue that we are dealing with a fairly complex coding language.
Harry
on 08 Feb 08Love it.
ramin
on 08 Feb 08Another poor soul married to a quilter. My condolences ;)
As with most things, trying to learn it from a book and not doing it doesn’t work. Just starting to do it and learning in the process is my preferred way in any case.
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