Post #100: On Finding My Tribe

As most of you who read my blog and write one of your own, it is when I am creating with a needle and thread that I feel most in my element. What does that mean? 

According to Ken Robertson  author of: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything, the element "is the meeting point between natural aptitude and personal passion". When a person is in one's element, it is described as a meditation of sorts, a place of calm and a sense of well-being. 

While I have always been a creative person who took on many creative hobbies over my lifetime, it is when I started sewing and making quilts that I  think I found my true passion. 

And 99 posts ago, I started sharing that passion online through this blog.

What I found by doing so is my tribe.  In his book, Robertson describes a tribe as "a group of people who come together to share a common passion".

Unlike what I have read about many of you, I don't come from a family who sews.  I didn't learn to sew from my mother  or my grandmother.  My sisters don't sew nor do the great majority of my friends.  That's why finding this community of like-minded people was important in my life.  And it doesn't just come from the online community.  I found my tribe too at the shop where I teach, by speaking with costumers and learning from other instructors. 

And most exciting of all has been starting the  Montreal Chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild.  I leave every meeting feeling so gratified.  Having the opportunity to sit down with a group of people to chat about this business we call quilting is just amazing.

So thank you everyone for bringing this into my life. It has been a great ride so far!

Happy New Year!