The Diamond. Auditioning with a few supporting cast members. The left side triangle fabric on the diamond is from the Goodwill baggy. The right side fabric triangles are from the strip of fabric that I found on my slipper. I have very little in my fabric stash that is dark blue. And traditional. I do have fabric printed with blueberries but--it didn't play well.
The "thing" about this.....in the years I was a member of the local quilt group--almost all of the members used fabrics like this 100% of the time. I happen to have the fabrics on the left side of the diamond because--at times--I had to subvert my own choices just to "get along" with the larger group. In doing so--I eventually (years and years of membership) got to like the tiny prints. The Civil War pieced quilts etc. And, I inherited fabric collections from two dear members when they died. I don't have much, and most is buried in the shelves of the Magic Attic closet. I had to dig.
I was Program Chair and President of this group. Really. And I did needle turn hand appliqué worthy of any 19th Century Baltimore Quilt. With ribbon roses.
The baby quilt top is on it's way to Kentucky. I also purchased Valentine stamps. While in the post office I was asking about stamps displayed on a large poster above the postal desk. No, No. No and finally-- "it's just a poster--we don't have any of the stamps". Then take it down. I would have enjoyed the John Lennon stamps.
Today I am going to vacuum the floors. Dog hair is collecting along the baseboards. Struggling with the central vac hose uses up all my energy. So, after that, I have two 7 day books that need to be returned by the 8th. So, I'll read them. One is a the latest Longmire book. The Mexican desert. Searching for his kidnapped daughter.
And I need to get seeds started. For my garden.
3 comments:
The first quilting class I took was forty years ago in Nova Scotia and we made a pieced block and an applique block. My pieced block was Storm at Sea. Everything was hand-pieced and hand-quilted. I quickly realized that I don't enjoy applique, though my blocks turned out very well, nor do I like hand-quilting, though I enjoy seeing other people's beautifully executed work. I said I would never be a quilter, but now at 71, I am addicted to making pieced scrappy sampler blocks, machine-pieced and quilted.
Joanne, go to the USPS web site and order your stamps, they have many,many to choose from. I buy all my stamps from that site, hate going to the Post Office.
Waiting happily in Kentucky for your quilt
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