Oh,
I know. I said I was done with quilting,
that the Blue Quilt was my last quilt, and then I gave all my fabric scraps
away. Yes, I did that. I thought I had a few left, but it looks like
I gave then all away to the quilting teacher for the Somalian community here.
Unfortunately,
Bobbie talked me into making her a quilt.
In khaki’s. No browns…what does
she think khaki is? A grey/green she tells me. I have to break down and tell her that my
khaki and her khaki aren’t communicating.
I’ve decided to make the quilt to please myself. An art quilt.
When
I quit quilting, the smallest fabric size that was available was a “fat quarter.” Again, things have changed. Now there are pre-cuts in all the much wanted
sizes like 2 ½ inch wide strips. I, who
have hand eye coordination problems, see endless possibilities if I use pre-cuts
cut by someone else. I bet they are
uniform and really 2 ½ wide. The thought
makes me laugh.
Right
now I am thinking queen size with a single row of a diamond like pattern along
the bottom. Strips coming up from the
bottom about half way up first in shadow colors then in pale golden grass like
profusion. Then a space of solid fabric
broken by a little strip of color here or there. Finally at the very top, perhaps filling 2 or
3 feet, will be flapping and soaring crows.
Sooty black crows against a light grey sky.
Now
we see what happens.
YOUR quilt is amazing, but even more so is your garage floor. I've never had a garage floor clean enough to put a quilt on it. Oh, maybe an old quilt for a cat's bed, but that's it.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the new quilt project, but I sure do love the blues in the one in your pictures. Wow! I gave away all my quilt scraps as well....just don't have the interest or the time.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful blue quilt. Can't wait to see another. Can't imagine grey-green quilt without yellow. Like a garden. Maybe Monet's? better than those Van gogh crows....unless you are in a dark place.
ReplyDeleteLove your quilt and I too am impressed with your garage floor.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a joy to think about projects,isn't it? I love the thinking almost as much as the doing.
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