After debating with myself for a week or so, I decided to participate in
Ann Wood Homemade's 100 Day Stitch Book. The idea is 15 minutes a day of slow stitching for 100 days (or 5 days/week) on 20 pages of fabric cut to 5½" x 7". I like the idea of play and lack of rules. And small. No grand effort to make a whole quilt. I thought, I can stitch 15 minutes five days a week.
I've finished two pages (the second of which is a little too pink in the photo),
and am in progress with the third. Changes will happen to this page, below.
Ann works improvisationally, places fabric, stitches it, then adds to it. (But participants can create by whatever method they like.) I like her idea of "yes, and?" No mistakes, no pressure, just visual and needle play. I'm not second-guessing myself, not removing stitches, just choosing, cutting, and arranging fabric, then stitching, and there's lots of play involved with the choosing, cutting, and arranging.
I won't be stitching on the stitch book today but I will likely be quilting a few more fans on Everyday Patchwork. I'm nearly half finished!
I'm linking this post to
Slowing Stitching Sunday at Kathy's Quilts. Thanks for hosting, Kathy.
I hope you all have a great Sunday!
--Nancy.
and am in progress with the third. Changes will happen to this page, below.
This sounds like a fun project, playing with whatever and however you wish. Three pretty blocks. I'm loving that "little too pink" one.
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