Skills get rusty. My “large quilt” skills are rusty. However, I am making progress on the Sandy Quilt and should finish this week. Here is a peek!
Rusty
Brave
It’s possible that your next frontier isn’t to get more efficient, it’s to get more brave.
Something for musing from Seth Godin at http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2013/02/lifehacker-addicts.html Where to I need to get more brave?
Wisdom – font of life
I’ve been machine quilting the twin size quilt I am working on to donate, and pondering the design of this quilt. I like the idea, but the person-like “arms” and “legs” aren’t working for me. I have a notion of how I might be able to reverse applique aqua semi-circular arcs that run from edge to edge of the fabric instead. Hmmmmmm … a work in progress (just like me)
The machine quilting on the Sandy quilt (which may turn into the “….” quilt at my speed) is going well. The quilt looks even better with the stitching (which is always a good thing) in brick red up and down.
Blessings on your Lenten musings, whatever font of life God is leading you towards.
PS Sorry for the horrible photo – Photobooth on the mac works, but not super well!
Wisdom – shoots and branches
Deep into a seminar on grant writing, pondering how I ended up in that room at that time, I sketched a quick drawing on my legal pad, juxtaposed with tips on honing specific aims in a grant.
Thoughts of wisdom imagery, of wisdom waiting in the town, up on the hills, at the door, welcoming me into a thoughtful life. Thoughts of life, of journeys, growing, new doors, and re-entering doors. Yet, always the possibility of the sprouting of vivid new life.
Don’t love how it turned out … used felt with batting, and have it pinned onto another piece of felt to ground it. But, it is nearly finished, and I learned something.
If I tried it again, I would make it more colorful and graffiti-like I think, but still with the seedlings popping. Maybe a traditional backing and binding? However, my goal was to try to make progress on a series of art quilts, and this is forward movement!
Runner – half log cabin scrappy squares
My camera is giving me grief, so I haven’t been able to post anything for a while. Photobooth on the mac just isn’t quite the same as a good digital camera!
This is the sewn table runner that I laid out a while back. Used mainly scraps and experimented with focus and movement and light colors. I cannot decide if I like it, or if it is simply ugly. Sometimes the difference is pretty small! Oh well, I will finish it and see how it comes out.