On the way home, Whole Foods. Went in for strawberries and yogurt and ended up treating myself to a shellfish dinner. Mussels and clams on the grill. Since it is just me Tues, Wed, and Thurs, I have enough for tomorrow night's dinner as well.
For the first time in my life, I am giving two of my quilts to somebody else to quilt. I hate the thought of it, but the last time I quilted a bed-sized quilt it was for my daughter, going off to college - and I did it by HAND. No thanks. So, I am outsourcing it.
What have I been doing in the sewing room (besides cleaning up for a change?) I finished a black and white quilt that, until somebody mentioned how influenced it was by what I saw in Africa, I really hadn't been conscious of it. But now I see it. And I actually want to make a piece that is totally inspired by a South African textile I saw. But "inspired by" does not mean reproducing. I wouldn't want to do that, even if I could.
Maybe tomorrow I will start. I have another piece that is finished but not quilted, but this one I will do myself. It was inspired by ceramics I saw at the museum in Durban.
But for now, I need my Fitbit to keep track of my sleep:-)).
3 comments:
The only 2 quilts I have made are lap quilts, and I did the quilting myself. I would not even give a passing thought to doing a bed-sized quilt! I know where to go for 2 or 3 long-arm quilters should the crazy notion of making a bed quilt ever take me over. Leave it to the professionals who have the right tools, I always say!
I have had only two quilts that other people have done for me. One was decades ago. I had some 80 year old lady hand quilt a Amish bar quilt and the fabrics I used were all printed calicos! She was quite shocked that I asked her to use red thread to quilt it with! The other was a quilt that was a gift for a dear friend more than 20 years ago. I wanted it hand quilted and this was still before free motion machine quilting was even part of our vocabulary. I knew it would be years before I would get it done if I did it myself. Now I just have to do them myself. I guess it is the process of quilting that makes the quilt my own.
I think that everyone can create they way they want so as long as the quilt gets done it's a good thing!
The African fabric and the tile - what fabulous inspirational pieces!
I love that black and white.
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