#17 - Something a little larger

Quilt inspired by Gee's Bend

Finishing a big project like this is always fun.  There is also the moment of reckoning when you get to see how what you made actually measures up to the idea you started with.  Sometime the idea evolves so much that I am pleased to see it took on a new direction.  Other-times I am accepting the work I produced, and happy with my novice skills on that project.
This is my first quilt.  And what fun.  I have felt I was on the edge of the quilt vortex, and any day would be sucked in and before long have a huge stash.  Instead though this project carried through the recycled denim jeans theme which has been with me for a while, and incorporated some red felt left over from a blanket last year.

Text detail

I think I am officially a quilter with this one though.  I notice that I first dreamt up the project.  Then I needed to find someone to give it too.  I think lots of quilters clothe their family with their work don't they?  So there is a 13th birthday here soon and this is the gift.

The words are spoken daily by Garrison Keillor on the Writer's Almanac.  He closes with them at the end of his daily post.

So, as I head off for a couple of weeks, be well, do good work and keep in touch.

#16

Another striped Barn Square, 17th one completed

What happens when you announce a plan out loud is people witness it, and keep you on track.  My little brother passed a comment a couple of weeks ago that things had gone quiet here - how's that!!  He is right . . . though as I am slightly ahead of schedule and working on a large project I remained relaxed.

And I had the 17th Barn Square on the needles at the time, lovely an striped one.  Slightly more blue than I expected, but fun anyway.

And I was on holiday so plans of crafting were put aside for a bit!  This weekend I fly to London, first time ever!  And in preparation I have managed to find the correct size of DPN to knit on the plane - yet to see if that actually happens.  This week has been full of lists of things to do, lists which seem to keep growing.  However Saturday night looms and once that plane lifts off, well anything not done is forgotten isn't it!