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After completing my lovely multi-coloured quilt last week
which, I have to admit, was a bit of a sewing marathon, I did what I usually
do; I cleaned my studio! This necessary and oft-repeated habit is all part of
the completed project. It’s the rounding off, the drawing a line under, the winding
down and the hiatus before the next project. I put away of any unused fabrics, I
file away of patterns, tidy the room and I re-order the sewing station. It is
also a necessary technique for avoiding/delaying my next project.
With not having students to cater for, which I have done for
nigh on 30 years, I can suit myself what I want to do. I have nothing specific
to focus my attention on, no goal to aim for. My next project could be
functional, as in a quilt for a newly refurbished room; or it could be a gift
for an occasion or perhaps a request from a daughter and so on. All I can say
with any certainty is that I am slave to a constant urge to be creative; I just
can’t help myself. Projects like the last completed quilt are easy for someone
of my experience and, once I have worked out my preferred method of
construction, it’s just straight forward application and sewing stamina after
that. But in many respects that
quilt was also an avoidance measure as it conveniently covered what I really
needed to get on with on my design wall. Out of sight, it also became out of
mind. I’m talking about the Calendar quilt which has been on the go for a
couple of years now.
Calendar quilt
I love the colours of the prepared background and the thread
flowers I have prepared for the centres of each block; these in themselves are
reasons to continue. But the reason I haven’t worked on this quilt is because I
need to put in lots of design time on paper. I have drawn 3 more corner motifs
and that is all. I am going to do this designing this week …… And sometimes
when you actually say things out loud, you make them happen! Watch this space.
Potential designs
I have just returned from a surprise 70th
birthday party. It was a great party organised by her family, so full of love
and warmth and so well done. Everyone enjoyed themselves and people came from everywhere;
distance was no object for such a lovely person. Sue is a regular reader of my blog and is also
a member of our group ‘Fun Seekers’. Happy Birthday Sue!
AFTERTHOUGHT I have been
writing this blog for 5 years plus now and I seldom get any reactions/comments to
what I am doing or what I am writing about. Friends have been telling me lately
that they have had difficulty responding to the blog so that might explain
everything. We are looking into it and will try to sort it out.
