I’ve been enjoying with delight a week off from my normal routine. Finally had a chance to finish this quilt top, and just need a backing fabric so I can complete it!
Sandy quilt top
With love
Staying with our theme of recyled gift wrapping, we had a lot of fun today with tags, brown paper bags, magazine scraps, and Christmas tree twine. Joy to the world!
Peace at Christmas
2012 has been about freeing my creative spirit, partly by going back to basics. I collaged fabric scraps from a vibrant palette along with free motion quilting to create this tree art, embracing the process simply because I enjoy it.
Decided to go free-form this year. Every Christmas card is different!
Taylor’s choir ended the AASO Holiday Pops concert with the song “Let there be peace on earth.” This is my prayer for the new year, and that it can begin within me.
“nest” and creativity
What does it take to be creative? Interestingly, current research (I’m reading “Imagine” right now) says that you need skills, but also need to know when to let go of getting something done to let the creativity of thought break through.
I have been working on a table runner, and had all these scraps. Finally, after piecing two rows, I took an extra square along with the scraps and “let go” and made this nest card. It feels more spontaneous and joyful than the table runner which was trying to be spontaneous!
quilts for giving
When I heard of a group that was collecting quilts for victims of hurricane Sandy, I thought that was something I could do. Turned out to be a bigger something than I expected, but here is one of six pinwheels for the quilt. The fabrics are from my stash, many from the AA Christian School dedication quilt we made. Now that the layout is done, the sewing is going easily, with some time out for Christmas cards in the mix. Joy!
