This is the first iteration, just playing, seeing how the colors look, etc. The border squares in the photo are 3". Much too large, far out of proportion. So those are a no. But what to do? I feel like I've backed myself into a corner with the large appliques and that wide brown border. Hmmm.
Maybe the quilt needs several narrower borders. Maybe the squares won't have right-angle corners. Maybe I should try a variety of reds, maybe without alternating lights. Perhaps a medium width teal border, then 2" squares into 9- or 12-patches, and another border, maybe with applique. Do you ever begin a quilt of your own design with strong ideas about how it will look when it's finished? Me, too, but this isn't that process.
I don't know what I'm doing. I look at this and I think, "Oh my gosh, what have I done?" At least I still love the center. And I remind myself of Audrey's thought (paraphrased) that out of the three quilts in this series we're bound to fall in love with one of them.
I put this on the floor last week, took photos, and picked it up while my daughter and her kitties were here. They're gone again and I have exactly two weeks to consider and hopefully make some decisions until I have to pick it up. They'll come again in two Fridays.
If you've read this far, thank you! Please know that this post is a thinking-out-loud, rambling in my brain post, but I would love to hear (read) any thoughts, suggestions, or observations you may have for this quilt in progress.
The Little Outings
Our local library offers "culture passes" which are checked out like books and allow library patrons to visit various places of interest at no cost. When we only want to spend an hour or two somewhere, it's great to have these free passes. I suppose this tells you what I've been doing instead of sewing.
Two weeks ago we went to the Columbus Museum of Art. It was a beautiful old building, and part of it still is, but they built a modern addition around part of it. I love it when architects maintain the integrity of old buildings, but at least they didn't take down any of the old walls. There's a section where the outside of the old building is now inside the new addition.
This green and white quilt was on display. The information called it "Sawtooth Diamond in a Square Quilt" and told us it was made of wool challis by an unidentified Amish maker between about 1910 and 1940. The first photo is a detail of the quilting in the corners and the next is the whole quilt. I think the quilting is an unusual motif on an Amish quilt.
I think museum directors of Columbus love Dale Chihuly's work. This is one of several pieces we saw at the Museum of Art. I'm sure it has a name but I didn't see a sign.
More Chihuly. This was in a stairwell. I think the circles are between 18" and 24" but they could be larger. No small feat to invisibly suspend that much weight of fragile glass!
I took a few photos of other plants but this post is already so long....Great news is that spring is in evidence all around me. Daffodils, crocuses, forsythia are in bloom. And many of the bushes have sprouts on them. Have you ever noticed that spring turns green from the ground up? First the grass, then flowers that are close to the ground then taller flowers, then bushes and shrubs, and finally the trees leaf out into green glory. Isn't nature amazing?!
I don't know what kind of blooms these are--maybe witch hazel?--but I thought they were fun. Almost like starbursts.
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> Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts
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--Nancy.
