mistä inspiraatiota tilkkutöihin?

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Miksi sitä aina vain jaksaa tilkkuilla? Esitin kysymyksen Tilkkuyhdistys Finn Quilt ry:n puolesta Facebookissa – kysyin, mikä motivoi jatkamaan tilkkuharrastuksen parissa vuodesta (ja vuosikymmenestä) toiseen. Kysely oli suosittu ja siihen tuli yli kolmekymmentä kommenttia – osa pitkiä ja analyyttisiä.

Seuraava keittiöpsykologin pika-analyysi on julkaistu myös Tilkkuyhdistyksen jäsenlehdessä, Tilkkulehdessä. Analyysin perusteella yleisimmät motivaation lähteet ovat:

Uudet mallit ja ideat. Tilkkuharrastaja saa vaikutteita kaikkialta – toisilta harrastajilta, netistä, kirjoista ja jopa jääkiekko-ottelusta.

Lopputulos. Vaikka tekemisen ilo on yksi tärkeistä motivaattoreista, harrastaja haluaa myös tehdä valmista. Monet mainitsivat tärkeäksi saada lopputulokseksi jotain käytännöllistä.

Materiaali. Ihanat kankaat, värit ja muodot mainittiin monesti.

Luovuus. Tilkkuharrastaja toteuttaa luovuuttaan intohimolla ja saa palkaksi tekemisen ilon!


Yksi kommentoijista muotoili tilkkuharrastuksen syvällisen teorian seuraavasti:

”Tilkkuilu on intohimo sellaisille ihmisille, jotka ovat elämässä ymmärtäneet, että kun kaikki menee palasiksi, kokoamalla palat uudelleen syntyy paljon parempaa ja ennennäkemätöntä.”


Tilkkulehden jutussa ei ollut mukana laatimaani sanapilveä. Syötin kaikki kyselyyn tulleet vastaukset sanapilvigeneraattoriin, joka tuotti kuvan. Mitä useammin sana mainittiin vastauksissa, sen isompana se kuvassa näkyy.


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