SOMETIMES SOMETHING THAT IS OUT OF OUR BOX CATCHES OUR EYE AND WE JUST HAVE TO GO WITH IT. MY SOMETHING WAS AN ABSTRACT FLORAL FABRIC THAT CAUGHT MY EYE IN THE QUILT SHOP. IT WAS A LAVENDER, PURPLE AND LIME GREEN PRINT...TOTALLY OUT OF MY BOX. BUT I BOUGHT IT AND WENT HOME AND MADE THIS QUILT.
Actually I didn't use too much of that print I was so drawn to. I only used a little of it at the bottom, but I raided my stash and used all the bright green and pink fabric, colors I seldom used. They just made me happy.
I had just taken a class with Betty and learned to insert slots and I used them to make Roman Numerals. That's where the 22 comes in. I used eleven twice...XI...XI.
I also did some fracturing for the first time. Whenever I take a class I go right home and use the technique in a quilt. When I go to a class I take fabric that I like and that way my samples will be used and not take up room in a drawer. If you don't use them right away, you probably never will use them.
In one panel my lady is about to jump, in the other she already has. We need to be brave and try new things and trust that we
won't be hurt. That is the message I wanted to send with this quilt.
WITH THIS QUILT I LEARNED SOMETHING IMPORTANT
THIS IS A NICE QUILT, BUT IT DOESN'T EXCITE ME LIKE THE ONES WITH BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES AND RED CIRCLES DO. | |||||
| CATCH 22...THE ONE I WILL BECOME WILL CATCH ME SO LET ME FALL |
Actually I didn't use too much of that print I was so drawn to. I only used a little of it at the bottom, but I raided my stash and used all the bright green and pink fabric, colors I seldom used. They just made me happy.
I had just taken a class with Betty and learned to insert slots and I used them to make Roman Numerals. That's where the 22 comes in. I used eleven twice...XI...XI.
I also did some fracturing for the first time. Whenever I take a class I go right home and use the technique in a quilt. When I go to a class I take fabric that I like and that way my samples will be used and not take up room in a drawer. If you don't use them right away, you probably never will use them.
In one panel my lady is about to jump, in the other she already has. We need to be brave and try new things and trust that we
won't be hurt. That is the message I wanted to send with this quilt.
WITH THIS QUILT I LEARNED SOMETHING IMPORTANT
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| CATCH 22 DETAIL |
THIS QUILT WAS ENTERED IN THE ARIZONA STATE GUILD SHOW AND WON AN AWARD, SO THE JUDGES LIKED IT. IT IS A BEAUTIFUL QUILT.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS TRY DIFFERENT THINGS AND THEN SETTLE IN TO THE ONES YOU LOVE...NOT SETTLE, CHOOSE, THE TECHNIQUES, SIZE AND COLORS YOU LOVE. ONLY THEN WILL YOU FIND YOUR VOICE.
UNSCREW THE LOCKS FROM THE DOOR.
UNSCREW THE DOORS FROM THE JAMBS THEMSELVES...UNKNOWN
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